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Death and Taxes

v1.0.0

by ManeCharacterSyndromeCustomDifficulty:

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Ferryman
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Characters

Townsfolk

  • Steward

    You start knowing 1 good player.

  • Noble

    You start knowing 3 players, 1 and only 1 of which is evil.

  • Investigator

    You start knowing that 1 of 2 players is a particular Minion.

  • Librarian

    You start knowing that 1 of 2 players is a particular Outsider. (Or that zero are in play.)

  • Sailor

    Each night, choose an alive player: either you or they are drunk until dusk. You can't die.

  • Mathematician

    Each night, you learn how many players' abilities worked abnormally (since dawn) due to another character's ability.

  • King

    Each night, if the dead outnumber the living, you learn 1 alive character. The Demon knows who you are.

  • Oracle

    Each night*, you learn how many dead players are evil.

  • Gambler

    Each night*, choose a player & guess their character: if you guess wrong, you die.

  • Professor

    Once per game, at night*, choose a dead player: if they are a Townsfolk, they are resurrected.

  • Soldier

    You are safe from the Demon.

  • Choirboy

    If the Demon kills the King, you learn which player is the Demon. [+ the King]

  • Mayor

    If only 3 players live & no execution occurs, your team wins. If you die at night, another player might die instead.

Outsider

  • Tinker

    You might die at any time.

  • Politician

    If you were the player most responsible for your team losing, you change alignment & win, even if dead.

  • Snitch

    Minions start knowing 3 not-in-play characters.

  • Puzzlemaster

    1 player is drunk, even if you die. If you guess (once) who it is, learn the Demon player, but guess wrong & get false info.

Minion

  • Godfather

    You start knowing which Outsiders are in play. If 1 died today, choose a player tonight: they die.

  • Poisoner

    Each night, choose a player: they are poisoned tonight and tomorrow day.

  • Witch

    Each night, choose a player: if they nominate tomorrow, they die. If just 3 players live, you lose this ability.

  • Psychopath

    Each day, before nominations, you may publicly choose a player: they die. If executed, you only die if you lose roshambo.

Demon

  • Shabaloth

    Each night*, choose 2 players: they die. A dead player you chose last night might be regurgitated.

  • Vortox

    Each night*, choose a player: they die. Townsfolk abilities yield false info. Each day, if no-one is executed, evil wins.

  • Lleech

    Each night*, choose a player: they die. You start by choosing an alive player: they are poisoned - you die if & only if they die.

  • Al-Hadikhia

    Each night*, choose 3 players (all players learn who): each silently chooses to live or die, but if all live, all die.

Traveller

  • Bureaucrat

    Each night, choose a player (not yourself): their vote counts as 3 votes tomorrow.

  • Bone Collector

    Once per game, at night, choose a dead player: they regain their ability until dusk.

  • Judge

    Once per game, if another player nominated, you may choose to force the current execution to pass or fail.

  • Beggar

    You must use a vote token to vote. Dead players may choose to give you theirs. If so, you learn their alignment. You are sober & healthy.

  • Voudon

    Only you and the dead can vote. They don't need a vote token to do so. A 50% majority is not required.

Fabled & Loric

  • Ferryman

    On the final day, all dead players regain their vote token.

Night order

First night

  1. 1
    D
    Dusk

    Start the Night Phase.

  2. 2
    M
    Minion 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.

  3. 3
    D
    Demon 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. 4
    Snitch

    After Minion info wake each Minion and show them three not-in-play character tokens. These may be the same or different to each other and the ones shown to the Demon.

  5. 5
    King

    Wake the Demon, show them the 'This character selected you' card, show the King token and point to the King player.

  6. 6
    Sailor

    The Sailor points to a living player. Either the Sailor, or the chosen player, is drunk.

  7. 7
    Lleech

    The Lleech points to a player. Place the Poisoned reminder token.

  8. 8
    Poisoner

    The Poisoner points to a player. That player is poisoned.

  9. 9
    Godfather

    Show each of the Outsider tokens in play.

  10. 10
    Witch

    The Witch points to a player. If that player nominates tomorrow they die immediately.

  11. 11
    Librarian

    Show the character token of an Outsider in play. Point to two players, one of which is that character.

  12. 12
    Investigator

    Show the character token of a Minion in play. Point to two players, one of which is that character.

  13. 13
    Noble

    Point to 3 players including one evil player, in no particular order.

  14. 14
    Mathematician

    Show the hand signal for the number (0, 1, 2, etc.) of players whose ability malfunctioned due to other abilities.

  15. 15
    D
    Dawn

    Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.

Other nights

  1. 1
    D
    Dusk

    Start the Night Phase.

  2. 2
    Sailor

    The previously drunk player is no longer drunk. The Sailor points to a living player. Either the Sailor, or the chosen player, is drunk.

  3. 3
    Poisoner

    The previously poisoned player is no longer poisoned. The Poisoner points to a player. That player is poisoned.

  4. 4
    Gambler

    The Gambler points to a player, and a character on their sheet. If incorrect, the Gambler dies.

  5. 5
    Witch

    If there are 4 or more players alive: The Witch points to a player. If that player nominates tomorrow they die immediately.

  6. 6
    Shabaloth

    One player that the Shabaloth chose the previous night might be resurrected. The Shabaloth points to two players. Those players die.

  7. 7
    Vortox

    The Vortox points to a player. That player dies.

  8. 8
    Al-Hadikhia

    The Al-Hadikhia chooses 3 players. Announce the first player, wake them to nod yes to live or shake head no to die, kill or resurrect accordingly, then put to sleep and announce the next player. If all 3 are alive after this, all 3 die.

  9. 9
    Lleech

    The Lleech points to a player. That player dies.

  10. 10
    Godfather

    If an Outsider died today: The Godfather points to a player. That player dies.

  11. 11
    Professor

    If the Professor has not used their ability: The Professor either shakes their head no, or points to a player. If that player is a Townsfolk, they are now alive.

  12. 12
    Choirboy

    If the King was killed by the Demon, wake the Choirboy and point to the Demon player.

  13. 13
    Tinker

    The Tinker might die.

  14. 14
    Oracle

    Show the hand signal for the number (0, 1, 2, etc.) of dead evil players.

  15. 15
    King

    If there are more dead than living, show the King a character token of a living player.

  16. 16
    Mathematician

    Show the hand signal for the number (0, 1, 2, etc.) of players whose ability malfunctioned due to other abilities.

  17. 17
    D
    Dawn

    Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.

Steward, Ferryman don't have night-order data in BOTChub yet — check the printed script or Script Tool for exact placement.