Oops! All Marionettes
v1.0.0by Petra4PalestineCustomDifficulty:
Bootlegger rules
- All minions are the Marionette. A Marionette may neighbor another Marionette if there are no other valid neighbors for them.
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Characters
Townsfolk
InvestigatorYou start knowing that 1 of 2 players is a particular Minion.
LibrarianYou start knowing that 1 of 2 players is a particular Outsider. (Or that zero are in play.)
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.
Snake CharmerEach night, choose an alive player: a chosen Demon swaps characters & alignments with you & is then poisoned.
KingEach night, if the dead outnumber the living, you learn 1 alive character. The Demon knows who you are.
Cult LeaderEach night, you become the alignment of an alive neighbour. If all good players choose to join your cult, your team wins.
Town CrierEach night*, you learn if a Minion nominated today.
LycanthropeEach night*, choose a living player: if good, they die, but they are the only player that can die tonight.
PhilosopherOnce per game, at night, choose a good character: gain that ability. If this character is in play, they are drunk.
RavenkeeperIf you die at night, you are woken to choose a player: you learn their character.
ChoirboyIf the Demon kills the King, you learn which player is the Demon. [+ the King]
MayorIf only 3 players live & no execution occurs, your team wins. If you die at night, another player might die instead.
Outsider
HermitYou have all Outsider abilities. [-0 or -1 Outsider]
LunaticYou think you are a Demon, but you are not. The Demon knows who you are & who you choose at night.
RecluseYou might register as evil & as a Minion or Demon, even if dead.
Plague Doctor
When you die, the Storyteller gains a Minion ability.
Minion
MarionetteYou think you are a good character but you are not. The Demon knows who you are. [You neighbour the Demon]
Demon
No DashiiEach night*, choose a player: they die. Your 2 Townsfolk neighbours are poisoned.
ImpEach night*, choose a player: they die. If you kill yourself this way, a Minion becomes the Imp.
Fabled & Loric
SentinelThere might be 1 extra or 1 fewer Outsider in play.
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
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
LunaticIf 7 or more players: Show the Lunatic a number of arbitrary 'Minions', players equal to the number of Minions in play. Show 3 character tokens of arbitrary good characters. If the token received by the Lunatic is a Demon that would wake tonight: Allow the Lunatic to do the Demon actions. Place their 'attack' markers. Wake the Demon. Show the Demon’s real character token. Show them the Lunatic player. If the Lunatic attacked players: Show the real demon each marked player. Remove any Lunatic 'attack' markers.
- 6
KingWake the Demon, show them the 'This character selected you' card, show the King token and point to the King player.
- 7
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.
- 8
Snake CharmerThe Snake Charmer points to a player. If that player is the Demon: swap the Demon and Snake Charmer character and alignments. Wake each player to inform them of their new role and alignment. The new Snake Charmer is poisoned.
- 9
LibrarianShow the character token of an Outsider in play. Point to two players, one of which is that character.
- 10
InvestigatorShow the character token of a Minion in play. Point to two players, one of which is that character.
- 11
EmpathShow the finger signal (0, 1, 2) for the number of evil alive neighbours of the Empath.
- 12
Cult LeaderIf the cult leader changed alignment, show them the thumbs up good signal of the thumbs down evil signal accordingly.
- 13DDawn
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
Snake CharmerThe Snake Charmer points to a player. If that player is the Demon: swap the Demon and Snake Charmer character and alignments. Wake each player to inform them of their new role and alignment. The new Snake Charmer is poisoned.
- 4
LunaticAllow the Lunatic to do the actions of the Demon. Place their 'attack' markers. If the Lunatic selected players: Wake the Demon. Show the 'attack' marker, then point to each marked player. Remove any Lunatic 'attack' markers.
- 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
No DashiiThe No Dashii points to a player. That player dies.
- 8
ChoirboyIf the King was killed by the Demon, wake the Choirboy and point to the Demon player.
- 9
RavenkeeperIf the Ravenkeeper died tonight: The Ravenkeeper points to a player. Show that player’s character token.
- 10
EmpathShow the finger signal (0, 1, 2) for the number of evil neighbours.
- 11
Town CrierNod 'yes' or shake head 'no' for whether a Minion nominated today. Place the 'Minion not nominated' marker (remove 'Minion nominated', if any).
- 12
KingIf there are more dead than living, show the King a character token of a living player.
- 13
Cult LeaderIf the cult leader changed alignment, show them the thumbs up good signal of the thumbs down evil signal accordingly.
- 14DDawn
Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.
High Priestess, Hermit, Plague Doctor, Sentinel, Bootlegger, Djinn don't have night-order data in BOTChub yet — check the printed script or Script Tool for exact placement.
Jinxes

Plague Doctor & MarionetteIf the Storyteller would gain the Marionette ability, one of the Demon's good neighbors becomes the Marionette.