Just some more clarification on a few things. Some people have been asking me some questions lately about stuff so hopefully this will help everyone out.
The back-up/doctor can protect someone from the day's vote at any time until 10 pm Eastern or 2 hours before the day's vote ends. This will allow people a chance to change their votes if they need to.
The Chivalrous Villain can be recruited by the mafia. He would most likely stop using his power though. No sense killing mafia when you are a mafia member yourself.
There are many ways a person can die in this game. It could be by the vote, by mafia, by the killer, by the tough guy, by identity theft and by the chivalrous villain. That doesn't mean you are going to see all of those deaths occur every night. If the death count is low, don't worry about. There's most likely a reason why. When the mad scientist uses his power, not only will roles be revealed but also the way a person died will be revealed.
If you have the ability to kill someone in the night and want to avoid hitting the same person as someone else, you can send me an alternative hit. So, let's say that a person is killed by the tough guy. However, you sent out a hit to kill the person being killed by a tough guy. Since that person is already going to die, you could send me an alternative.
Know this, if you are the first person to send in a hit on somebody, and someone else sends in a hit later on the same person, the person who sent the hit in first will be the one to carry it out. Also, the way of determining who gets the first hit is this way:
The Vote
Identity Thief
Tough Guy
Chivalrous villain, mafia and vigilante are all counted equal and whoever sends in the hit first on a person will be the one who gets to carry it out between them.
Also, if you have a role but are killed by the vote, you do not get to carry out your role in the night. You were killed in the day.
Hopefully now, everyone has a clearer picture of what can and cannot be done. Also, do not try to read too much into this information. I'm not giving any hints with it.