"Why did you claim doctor?"
Why, I'm glad you asked!
It accomplishes a number of things.
1. It pretty much confirms me as town. Most of you (town at least) probably already had townreads on me, because you're smart. Assuming that investigative roles have not already targeted me, it guarantees that now they will not waste their abilities on me, and have a better chance of finding scum.
2. Most likely, scum will prefer to NK me over other townies, because they're afraid of targeting the person I protect. This practically guarantees that more powerful investigative roles will live an extra night, and I'm fine with dying for that cause.
And possibly most importantly,
3. I'm Trunks Briefs (Dragonball Z) – Town Time Travelling Doctor
I can choose to travel through time.
N0, I was forced to timetravel to use my protection, I couldn't use it on N0. I traveled forward to [Unspecified Night (not N1)] and protected [Unspecified Player]
N1, I chose to travel forward to [Unspecified Night] and protected [Unspecified Player]
I wasn't informed of being roleblocked on either Night, so I'm assuming the protections went through.
ToNight, even if I'm killed, I plan to travel forward to [Unspecified Night] and protect [Unspecified Player.] Unless I'm roleblocked, that means that up to 3 of my protections will be floating around, even if I'm dead. This will continue to happen if scum doesn't kill me, so I don't mind claiming because I think I've done enough damage
"But why did you claim D2 instead of waiting longer?!?!"
I dunno, I was bored. :3