Anomaly Detection
v1.0.0by VoidstarrCustomDifficulty:
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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.
PixieYou start knowing 1 in-play Townsfolk. If you were mad that you were this character, you gain their ability when they die.
Bounty HunterYou start knowing 1 evil player. If the player you know dies, you learn another evil player tonight. [1 Townsfolk is 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]
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]
Mathematician
Each night, you learn how many players' abilities worked abnormally (since dawn) due to another character's ability.
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.
CannibalYou have the ability of the recently killed executee. If they are evil, you are poisoned until a good player dies by execution.
Outsider
HermitYou have all Outsider abilities. [-0 or -1 Outsider]
RecluseYou might register as evil & as a Minion or Demon, even if dead.
Plague Doctor

When you die, the Storyteller gains a Minion ability.
Puzzlemaster1 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
SpyEach night, you see the Grimoire. You might register as good & as a Townsfolk or Outsider, even if dead.
XaanOn night X, all Townsfolk are poisoned until dusk. [X Outsiders]
Marionette
You think you are a good character but you are not. The Demon knows who you are. [You neighbour the Demon]
Boffin
The Demon (even if drunk or poisoned) has a not-in-play good character’s ability. You both know which.
Demon
YaggababbleYou start knowing a secret phrase. For each time you said it publicly today, a player might die.
No DashiiEach night*, choose a player: they die. Your 2 Townsfolk neighbours are poisoned.
OjoEach night*, choose a character: they die. If they are not in play, the Storyteller chooses who dies.
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
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
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.
- 6
PixieShow the Pixie 1 in-play Townsfolk character token.
- 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
Bounty HunterPoint to 1 evil player. Wake the townsfolk who is evil and show them the 'You are' card and the thumbs down evil sign.
- 10
SpyShow the Grimoire to the Spy for as long as they need.
- 11
GeneralShow the General thumbs up for good winning, thumbs down for evil winning or thumb to the side for neither.
- 12
MathematicianShow the hand signal for the number (0, 1, 2, etc.) of players whose ability malfunctioned due to other abilities.
- 13DDawn
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
LycanthropeThe Lycanthrope points to a living player: if good, they die and no one else can die tonight.
- 4
No DashiiThe No Dashii points to a player. That player dies.
- 5
VigormortisThe Vigormortis points to a player. That player dies. If a Minion, they keep their ability and one of their Townsfolk neighbours is poisoned.
- 6
AcrobatIf a good living neighbour is drunk or poisoned, the Acrobat player dies.
- 7
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.
- 8
Bounty HunterIf the known evil player has died, point to another evil player.
- 9
SpyShow the Grimoire to the Spy for as long as they need.
- 10
GeneralShow the General thumbs up for good winning, thumbs down for evil winning or thumb to the side for neither.
- 11
MathematicianShow the hand signal for the number (0, 1, 2, etc.) of players whose ability malfunctioned due to other abilities.
- 12DDawn
Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.
Shugenja, High Priestess, Village Idiot, Hermit, Plague Doctor, Xaan, Boffin, Yaggababble, Ojo, Djinn don't have night-order data in BOTChub yet — check the printed script or Script Tool for exact placement.
Jinxes

Boffin & Village IdiotIf there is a spare token, the Boffin can give the Demon the Village Idiot ability.

Plague Doctor & SpyIf the Storyteller would gain the Spy ability, a Minion gains it, and learns this.

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

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

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