Swords and Daggers
v2.1.0by AliceDergCustomDifficulty:
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Characters
Townsfolk
NobleYou start knowing 3 players, 1 and only 1 of which is evil.
LibrarianYou start knowing that 1 of 2 players is a particular Outsider. (Or that zero are in play.)
SailorEach night, choose an alive player: either you or they are drunk until dusk. You can't die.
Village IdiotEach night, choose a player: you learn their alignment. [+0 to +2 Village Idiots. 1 of the extras is drunk]
Mathematician
Each night, you learn how many players' abilities worked abnormally (since dawn) due to another character's ability.
Fortune TellerEach night, choose 2 players: you learn if either is a Demon. There is a good player that registers as a Demon to you.
Town CrierEach night*, you learn if a Minion nominated today.
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.
GossipEach day, you may make a public statement. Tonight, if it was true, a player dies.
PhilosopherOnce per game, at night, choose a good character: gain that ability. If this character is in play, they are drunk.
Tea LadyIf both your alive neighbours are good, they can't die.
MagicianThe Demon thinks you are a Minion. Minions think you are a Demon.
Outsider
DrunkYou do not know you are the Drunk. You think you are a Townsfolk character, but you are not.
RecluseYou might register as evil & as a Minion or Demon, even if dead.
Plague DoctorWhen you die, the Storyteller gains a Minion ability.
ZealotIf there are 5 or more players alive, you must vote for every nomination.
Minion
GodfatherYou start knowing which Outsiders are in play. If 1 died today, choose a player tonight: they die.
PoisonerEach night, choose a player: they are poisoned tonight and tomorrow day.
HarpyEach night, choose 2 players: tomorrow, the 1st player is mad that the 2nd is evil, or one or both might die.
AssassinOnce per game, at night*, choose a player: they die, even if for some reason they could not.
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]
LleechEach night*, choose a player: they die. You start by choosing an alive player: they are poisoned - you die if & only if they die.
Traveller
ThiefEach night, choose a player (not yourself): their vote counts negatively tomorrow.
BaristaEach night, until dusk, 1) a player becomes sober, healthy and gets true info, or 2) their ability works twice. They learn which.
Bone CollectorOnce per game, at night, choose a dead player: they regain their ability until dusk.
JudgeOnce per game, if another player nominated, you may choose to force the current execution to pass or fail.
ScapegoatIf a player of your alignment is executed, you might be executed instead.
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
PhilosopherThe Philosopher either shows a 'no' head signal, or points to a good character on their sheet. If they chose a character: Swap the out-of-play character token with the Philosopher token and add the 'Is the Philosopher' reminder. If the character is in play, place the drunk marker by that player.
- 5
Magician - 6
SailorThe Sailor points to a living player. Either the Sailor, or the chosen player, is drunk.
- 7
LleechThe Lleech points to a player. Place the Poisoned reminder token.
- 8
PoisonerThe Poisoner points to a player. That player is poisoned.
- 9
GodfatherShow each of the Outsider tokens in play.
- 10
LibrarianShow the character token of an Outsider in play. Point to two players, one of which is that character.
- 11
Fortune TellerThe Fortune Teller points to two players. Give the head signal (nod yes, shake no) for whether one of those players is the Demon.
- 12
NoblePoint to 3 players including one evil player, in no particular order.
- 13
MathematicianShow the hand signal for the number (0, 1, 2, etc.) of players whose ability malfunctioned due to other abilities.
- 14DDawn
Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.
Other nights
- 1DDusk
Start the Night Phase.
- 2
PhilosopherIf the Philosopher has not used their ability: the Philosopher either shows a 'no' head signal, or points to a good character on their sheet. If they chose a character: Swap the out-of-play character token with the Philosopher token and add the 'Is the Philosopher' reminder. If the character is in play, place the drunk marker by that player.
- 3
SailorThe previously drunk player is no longer drunk. The Sailor points to a living player. Either the Sailor, or the chosen player, is drunk.
- 4
PoisonerThe previously poisoned player is no longer poisoned. The Poisoner points to a player. That player is poisoned.
- 5
MonkThe previously protected player is no longer protected. The Monk points to a player not themself. Mark that player 'Protected'.
- 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
LleechThe Lleech points to a player. That player dies.
- 9
AssassinIf the Assassin has not yet used their ability: The Assassin either shows the 'no' head signal, or points to a player. That player dies.
- 10
GodfatherIf an Outsider died today: The Godfather points to a player. That player dies.
- 11
GossipIf the Gossip’s public statement was true: Choose a player not protected from dying tonight. That player dies.
- 12
AcrobatIf a good living neighbour is drunk or poisoned, the Acrobat player dies.
- 13
Fortune TellerThe Fortune Teller points to two players. Show the head signal (nod 'yes', shake 'no') for whether one of those players is the Demon.
- 14
Town CrierNod 'yes' or shake head 'no' for whether a Minion nominated today. Place the 'Minion not nominated' marker (remove 'Minion nominated', if any).
- 15
MathematicianShow the hand signal for the number (0, 1, 2, etc.) of players whose ability malfunctioned due to other abilities.
- 16DDawn
Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.
Village Idiot, Plague Doctor, Zealot, Harpy, Yaggababble, Djinn don't have night-order data in BOTChub yet — check the printed script or Script Tool for exact placement.
Jinxes

Mathematician & DrunkThe Mathematician learns if the Drunk's ability yielded false info or failed to work properly.