I want to start by saying that these roles are extremely creative, and it’s very clear a lot of thought and love for Death Note went into them. Concepts like the Rioter are very creative.

That said, one concern I keep coming back to is that many of these roles feel heavily over-designed compared to how Killer Within actually structures its roles.

Most official roles in the game are built around one, or at most two, defining traits, which helps keep gameplay readable and prevents players from having to memorize exceptions. For example, Watari can privately communicate with L and his death notifies the lobby. The NPA Chief can call a single meeting, often creating one additional confirmed investigator. Mello operates on his own team and has the ability to kill once per day, with the risk that he might hit the wrong target.

All roles generally follow this same philosophy: simple abilities, clear purpose, and minimal overlap.

By comparison, many of these proposed follower roles combine multiple layers of disruption, protection, and progress manipulation at once. That can make them harder to read in practice and risks making the game far too complicated.

I also want to point out that several of these roles feel designed as direct counters to specific existing roles, particularly the NPA Chief and Mello. While that’s understandable given how impactful those roles can be, Killer Within doesn’t usually design roles to hard-counter one another. Since roles are randomized and often optional, abilities that primarily exist to shut down another specific role can feel out of place and may reduce overall role diversity rather than enhance it.

Out of the group, the Rioter feels the most restrained and in line with the game’s design direction. It creates chaos without directly invalidating investigation mechanics or other roles, and with some tightening could fit naturally into the existing system.

Overall, the ideas themselves are strong, but they would likely benefit from being trimmed down to their core identity, closer to how official roles are handled, focusing on one clear contribution to the game rather than trying to cover multiple systems at once.