diff --git a/evennia/accounts/bots.py b/evennia/accounts/bots.py
index 0f5a2cbddd..c881664982 100644
--- a/evennia/accounts/bots.py
+++ b/evennia/accounts/bots.py
@@ -637,6 +637,30 @@ class DiscordBot(Bot):
                 # send outputfunc channel(msg, discord channel)
                 super().msg(channel=(strip_ansi(message.strip()), dc_chan))
 
+    def change_nickname(self, new_nickname, guild_id, user_id, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Changes a given user's nickname on the given guild the bot is in.
+
+        Args:
+            new_nickname (str) - The user's new nickname.
+            guild_id (int) - The guild the nickname will be changed in.
+            user_id (int) - The Discord ID of the user who's nickname will be changed.
+
+        """
+        super().msg(nickname=(new_nickname, guild_id, user_id))
+
+    def assign_role(self, role_id, guild_id, user_id, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Assigns a user the role on the given guild the bot is in.
+
+        Args:
+            role_id (int) - The Discord role's ID.
+            guild_id (int) - The guild the role will be assigned in.
+            user_id (int) - The user the given role will be assigned to.
+        """
+        
+        super().msg(role=(role_id, guild_id, user_id))
+
     def direct_msg(self, message, sender, **kwargs):
         """
         Called when the Discord bot receives a direct message on Discord.
diff --git a/evennia/server/portal/discord.py b/evennia/server/portal/discord.py
index 38f387f04f..babae8a495 100644
--- a/evennia/server/portal/discord.py
+++ b/evennia/server/portal/discord.py
@@ -352,8 +352,10 @@ class DiscordClient(WebSocketClientProtocol, _BASE_SESSION_CLASS):
         """
         url = f"{DISCORD_API_BASE_URL}/{url}"
         body = FileBodyProducer(BytesIO(json.dumps(data).encode("utf-8")))
+        request_type = kwargs.pop("type", "POST")
+        
         d = _AGENT.request(
-            b"POST",
+           request_type.encode("utf-8"),
             url.encode("utf-8"),
             Headers(
                 {
@@ -366,7 +368,7 @@ class DiscordClient(WebSocketClientProtocol, _BASE_SESSION_CLASS):
         )
 
         def cbResponse(response):
-            if response.code == 200:
+            if response.code == 200 or response.code == 204:
                 d = readBody(response)
                 d.addCallback(self.post_response)
                 return d
@@ -487,6 +489,22 @@ class DiscordClient(WebSocketClientProtocol, _BASE_SESSION_CLASS):
         data.update(kwargs)
         self._post_json(f"channels/{channel_id}/messages", data)
 
+    def send_nickname(self, text, guild_id, user_id, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Changes a user's nickname on a Discord server.
+
+        Use with session.msg(nickname=(new_nickname, guild_id, user_id))
+        """
+
+        data = {"nick": text}
+        data.update(kwargs)
+        self._post_json(f"guilds/{guild_id}/members/{user_id}", data, type="PATCH")
+
+    def send_role(self, role_id, guild_id, user_id, **kwargs):
+
+        data = kwargs
+        self._post_json(f"guilds/{guild_id}/members/{user_id}/roles/{role_id}", data, type="PUT")
+
     def send_default(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Ignore other outputfuncs
@@ -552,4 +570,4 @@ class DiscordClient(WebSocketClientProtocol, _BASE_SESSION_CLASS):
             # send the data for any other action types on to the bot as-is for optional server-side handling
             keywords = {"type": action_type}
             keywords.update(data["d"])
-            self.sessionhandler.data_in(self, bot_data_in=("", keywords))
+            self.sessionhandler.data_in(self, bot_data_in=("", keywords))
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