Response to Pie: what if scum have a role that allows them to negate MC's role?
I don’t know of any such role on MafiaScum, Drafters List, or MafiaUniverse
What if there's a hammerer who hasn't spoken (or isn't allowed to)? There's many possible reasons not to test MC's claim, from a purely theoretical pov.
That would probably be borderline bastard and the function would still be the same if you put me at L-1. Weird you’re thinking about this.
Being overly cautious (your approach) would recommend against putting likely townies at L-1 just so that we can test something that doesn't help us solve the game in at all, but certainly presents numerous risks.
You clearly believe no such risk existed when you wanted to put me at L-1 lol. So let me ask you a simple question: are you a hammerer?