buy items during the day, receive them at night.
people use items at night (unless they're vote altering items, this way we avoid day phase vigis which are a huge and total bitch)
people lotto for scavenged goods during the day, the lotto proceeds at the end of the day phase and the winner receives it at the beginning of the night phase.
you need to decide whether or not you want items to be sent during the day or night phase.
If you choose the day phase then items should be received by the player at night.
If you choose the night phase then the passed items should be prohibited from being used the night they were received.*
*The thing about passing during the night is that the host needs to prioritize his actions.
If player A buys item X and sends it to player B he'll have to keep an eye out for real-time action. This is bad. Very, very bad.
Items should always be received in between phases to prevent potential issues.
day:
buy items
send items (no restriction, meaning you could buy an item and send it as a favour)
vote.
night phase:
receive items (no restriction on immediate usage after delivery)
item effects/passes
role effects
wolfing.
EDIT: One thing on my mind, FJ, is that if items are only usable during the night, it renders Sonic's ability to seer Blue completely useless. Aside from Tails' indicator crystal, there would be essentially know way to test a Sonic claim without using a vigi item/lynching him once, which would be pointless because then he'd just be wolfed/suicide vigied.
Although setting it so specific items could only be used during certain phases would probably work in that regard.
EDIT2: Wait, so if Tails and SS (screw the full code-number name thing) can withhold items, does that mean every other player must use their items during the phase in which they get them?
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