I feel your pain of dying night one a lot.
Even though in my case you're usually the one doing the killing of me.
I agree that assassin isn't a 'must have' role though, but I'm in favor of less extra killing roles in general. They're good in either very little quantities or the novelty of extremely high quantities.
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If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE]
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