Quote Originally Posted by Zaccino View Post
To expand on TinCow's suggestion, recruitment by outright bribery might be an interesting mechanic. For example, instead of scanning for susceptibility or handing out Letters of Marque, the mafia could (by a specific night action) bring a player to a "recruitment" QT, where the mafia can anonymously haggle with the townie for the price of conversion. Ultimately, the townie can choose to either decline the offer, or accept. Thus, conversion is done by bribery, instead of by a forced conversion. Mafia might need to spend a night or two stealing so they can re-acquire enough gold for more recruitment, and so on.
That might be interesting. It would also raise suspicion on everyone who steals, which would make for some interesting day phases. In this game, stealing wasn't seen as scummy or even really something bad at all. If stealing is something mafia would be expected to do, that would change things a bit more and also give the mafia more cover during the day.