Questions/observations:
Are the neighbors informed about each others alignment? Important question since Sarah can change allegiance apparently.
Can I get some specific examples of how Hypnotist works? The TOS link does not really help much in the context of this game.
Town seems to have multiple information roles (Insomniac, Voyeur, 2-shot cop) At least insomniac and Voyeur are pretty weak.
What happens if Voyeur's target is investigated by cop AND the recruiter-checker?
What happens if Cop checks recruitable before they are recruited?
I don't like unpopular. I would change them to Goon or Loved.
I'll just go in order--
1. No, they aren't, hence not masons.
2. The examples in the ToS link are what made me like this role. I was considering whether or not to:
-give the person who gets the role a pool from which they must choose (each one one use)
-give them some examples and then let them do whatever
But like the false report of a poisoning is really cool - "you ere poisoned! You will die tomorrow," or a false report of a roleblock, etc. or a false alignment check - that could be sending someone a report, like Player X (the hypnotist) messages Player Y and says, "you receive a report in the night that Player Z is mafia." In the right hands, this could be a really fun role, or really powerful, or could just fall flat. Will depend on the RNG.
3. The hypnotist is meant to interact in a way with the informational roles to muddy the waters, so there's information flying around but no one really knows what to trust - which is in theme for the source material.
4. I defer to advice there - would I just report "was investigated" or would I report "was investigated by multiple sources?"
5. They show as town prior to recruitment.
6. Why? If mafia manages to recruit, they become pretty strong for a small game. I feel like this returns the balance. Most of the town power roles aren't actually particularly powerful, though if one needs to be knocked down for balance, I could remove the doctor and change them to a 1-shot bulletproof.