Dark Academia
v4.0.0by WaywardWaspCustomDifficulty:
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Characters
Townsfolk
NobleYou start knowing 3 players, 1 and only 1 of which is evil.
ShugenjaYou start knowing if your closest evil player is clockwise or anti-clockwise. If equidistant, this info is arbitrary.
High PriestessEach night, learn which player the Storyteller believes you should talk to most.
BalloonistEach night, you learn 1 player of each character type, until there are no more types to learn. [+1 Outsider]
GeneralEach night, you learn which alignment the Storyteller believes is winning: good, evil, or neither.
PreacherEach night, choose a player: a Minion, if chosen, learns this. All chosen Minions have no ability.
Village IdiotEach night, choose a player: you learn their alignment. [+0 to +2 Village Idiots. 1 of the extras is drunk]
MonkEach night*, choose a player (not yourself): they are safe from the Demon tonight.
AcrobatEach night*, if either good living neighbour is drunk or poisoned, you die.
LycanthropeEach night*, choose a living player: if good, they die, but they are the only player that can die tonight.
SavantEach day, you may visit the Storyteller to learn 2 things in private: 1 is true & 1 is false.
FishermanOnce per game, during the day, visit the Storyteller for some advice to help you win.
RavenkeeperIf you die at night, you are woken to choose a player: you learn their character.
Outsider
GoonEach night, the 1st player to choose you with their ability is drunk until dusk. You become their alignment.
DrunkYou do not know you are the Drunk. You think you are a Townsfolk character, but you are not.
TinkerYou might die at any time.
Plague DoctorWhen you die, the Storyteller gains a Minion ability.
Minion
GodfatherYou start knowing which Outsiders are in play. If 1 died today, choose a player tonight: they die.
HarpyEach night, choose 2 players: tomorrow, the 1st player is mad that the 2nd is evil, or one or both might die.
WitchEach night, choose a player: if they nominate tomorrow, they die. If just 3 players live, you lose this ability.
XaanOn night X, all Townsfolk are poisoned until dusk. [X Outsiders]
Summoner
You get 3 bluffs. On the 3rd night, choose a player: they become an evil Demon of your choice. [No Demon]
Demon
YaggababbleYou start knowing a secret phrase. For each time you said it publicly today, a player might die.
ImpEach night*, choose a player: they die. If you kill yourself this way, a Minion becomes the Imp.
VigormortisEach night*, choose a player: they die. Minions you kill keep their ability & poison 1 Townsfolk neighbour. [-1 Outsider]
Fabled & Loric
DjinnUse the Djinn's special rule. All players know what it is.
Night order
First night
- 1DDusk
Start the Night Phase.
- 2MMinion Info
If there are 7 or more players, wake all Minions: Show the THIS IS THE DEMON token. Point to the Demon. Show THESE ARE YOUR MINIONS token. Point to the other Minions.
- 3DDemon Info
If there are 7 or more players, wake the Demon. Show the Demon token. Show all Minions. Show the THESE CHARACTERS ARE NOT IN PLAY token. Show 3 not-in-play good character tokens.
- 4
PreacherThe Preacher chooses a player. If a Minion is chosen, wake the Minion and show the 'This character selected you' card and then the Preacher token.
- 5
GodfatherShow each of the Outsider tokens in play.
- 6
WitchThe Witch points to a player. If that player nominates tomorrow they die immediately.
- 7
NoblePoint to 3 players including one evil player, in no particular order.
- 8
BalloonistChoose a character type. Point to a player whose character is of that type. Place the Balloonist's Seen reminder next to that character.
- 9
GeneralShow the General thumbs up for good winning, thumbs down for evil winning or thumb to the side for neither.
- 10DDawn
Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.
Other nights
- 1DDusk
Start the Night Phase.
- 2
PreacherThe Preacher chooses a player. If a Minion is chosen, wake the Minion and show the 'This character selected you' card and then the Preacher token.
- 3
MonkThe previously protected player is no longer protected. The Monk points to a player not themself. Mark that player 'Protected'.
- 4
WitchIf there are 4 or more players alive: The Witch points to a player. If that player nominates tomorrow they die immediately.
- 5
LycanthropeThe Lycanthrope points to a living player: if good, they die and no one else can die tonight.
- 6
ImpThe Imp points to a player. That player dies. If the Imp chose themselves: Replace the character of 1 alive minion with a spare Imp token. Show the 'You are' card, then the Imp token.
- 7
VigormortisThe Vigormortis points to a player. That player dies. If a Minion, they keep their ability and one of their Townsfolk neighbours is poisoned.
- 8
GodfatherIf an Outsider died today: The Godfather points to a player. That player dies.
- 9
AcrobatIf a good living neighbour is drunk or poisoned, the Acrobat player dies.
- 10
TinkerThe Tinker might die.
- 11
RavenkeeperIf the Ravenkeeper died tonight: The Ravenkeeper points to a player. Show that player’s character token.
- 12
BalloonistChoose a character type that does not yet have a Seen reminder next to a character of that type. Point to a player whose character is of that type, if there are any. Place the Balloonist's Seen reminder next to that character.
- 13
GeneralShow the General thumbs up for good winning, thumbs down for evil winning or thumb to the side for neither.
- 14DDawn
Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.
Shugenja, High Priestess, Village Idiot, Plague Doctor, Harpy, Xaan, Summoner, Yaggababble, Djinn don't have night-order data in BOTChub yet — check the printed script or Script Tool for exact placement.
Jinxes

Summoner & PreacherIf the living Summoner has no ability, the Storyteller has the Summoner ability.