Birdwatching
v1.1.0by no joshiiCustomDifficulty:
Bootlegger rules
- If the Demon kills the Banshee, the Storyteller alerts the players by doing a birdcall.
- God of Ug is fine to use or to not use. But has some fun way of help to talk like bird. ;)
"Open Script Tool" pre-loads this script's characters directly on script.bloodontheclocktower.com, the same way it works from other script libraries.
Characters
Townsfolk
WasherwomanYou start knowing that 1 of 2 players is a particular Townsfolk.
ShugenjaYou start knowing if your closest evil player is clockwise or anti-clockwise. If equidistant, this info is arbitrary.
PixieYou start knowing 1 in-play Townsfolk. If you were mad that you were this character, you gain their ability when they die.
EmpathEach night, you learn how many of your 2 alive neighbours are evil.
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]
Town CrierEach night*, you learn if a Minion nominated today.
SavantEach day, you may visit the Storyteller to learn 2 things in private: 1 is true & 1 is false.
JugglerOn your 1st day, publicly guess up to 5 players' characters. That night, you learn how many you got correct.
Cannibal
You have the ability of the recently killed executee. If they are evil, you are poisoned until a good player dies by execution.
AmnesiacYou do not know what your ability is. Each day, privately guess what it is: you learn how accurate you are.
RavenkeeperIf you die at night, you are woken to choose a player: you learn their character.
BansheeIf the Demon kills you, all players learn this. From now on, you may nominate twice per day and vote twice per nomination.
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.
SaintIf you die by execution, your team loses.
MutantIf you are "mad" about being an Outsider, you might be executed.
Minion
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.
Marionette
You think you are a good character but you are not. The Demon knows who you are. [You neighbour the Demon]
Scarlet Woman
If there are 5 or more players alive & the Demon dies, you become the Demon. (Travellers don't count)
Organ GrinderAll players keep their eyes closed when voting and the vote tally is secret. Each night, choose if you are drunk until dusk.
Demon
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]
Fang GuEach night*, choose a player: they die. The 1st Outsider this kills becomes an evil Fang Gu & you die instead. [+1 Outsider]
Fabled & Loric
God of UgOne Ug hat. When wear Ug hat, must speak one sound at a time but vote twice. If fail, pass Ug hat.
BootleggerThis script has homebrew characters or rules.
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
MarionetteSelect one of the good players next to the Demon and place the Is the Marionette reminder token. Wake the Demon and show them the Marionette.
- 5
PoisonerThe Poisoner points to a player. That player is poisoned.
- 6
PixieShow the Pixie 1 in-play Townsfolk character token.
- 7
AmnesiacDecide the Amnesiac's entire ability. If the Amnesiac's ability causes them to wake tonight: Wake the Amnesiac and run their ability.
- 8
WasherwomanShow the character token of a Townsfolk in play. Point to two players, one of which is that character.
- 9
EmpathShow the finger signal (0, 1, 2) for the number of evil alive neighbours of the Empath.
- 10
BalloonistChoose a character type. Point to a player whose character is of that type. Place the Balloonist's Seen reminder next to that character.
- 11DDawn
Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.
Other nights
- 1DDusk
Start the Night Phase.
- 2
PoisonerThe previously poisoned player is no longer poisoned. The Poisoner points to a player. That player is poisoned.
- 3
Scarlet WomanIf the Scarlet Woman became the Demon today: Show the 'You are' card, then the demon token.
- 4
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.
- 5
Fang GuThe Fang Gu points to a player. That player dies. Or, if that player was an Outsider and there are no other Fang Gu in play: The Fang Gu dies instead of the chosen player. The chosen player is now an evil Fang Gu. Wake the new Fang Gu. Show the 'You are' card, then the Fang Gu token. Show the 'You are' card, then the thumb-down 'evil' hand sign.
- 6
VigormortisThe Vigormortis points to a player. That player dies. If a Minion, they keep their ability and one of their Townsfolk neighbours is poisoned.
- 7
AmnesiacIf the Amnesiac's ability causes them to wake tonight: Wake the Amnesiac and run their ability.
- 8
RavenkeeperIf the Ravenkeeper died tonight: The Ravenkeeper points to a player. Show that player’s character token.
- 9
EmpathShow the finger signal (0, 1, 2) for the number of evil neighbours.
- 10
Town CrierNod 'yes' or shake head 'no' for whether a Minion nominated today. Place the 'Minion not nominated' marker (remove 'Minion nominated', if any).
- 11
JugglerIf today was the Juggler’s first day: Show the hand signal for the number (0, 1, 2, etc.) of 'Correct' markers. Remove markers.
- 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.
- 13DDawn
Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.
Shugenja, High Priestess, Banshee, Harpy, Organ Grinder, God of Ug, Bootlegger, Djinn don't have night-order data in BOTChub yet — check the printed script or Script Tool for exact placement.
Jinxes

Cannibal & JugglerIf the Juggler guesses on their first day and dies by execution, tonight the living Cannibal learns how many guesses the Juggler got correct.

Scarlet Woman & Fang GuIf there would be two Demons, one of which was the Scarlet Woman, the Scarlet Woman remains the Scarlet Woman.

Marionette & BalloonistIf the Marionette thinks that they are the Balloonist, an Outsider might have been added.