The Contagion Insurrection

Full Script

Tom O

Notes

This is my submission for the Clocktower Con Australia 2026 Script Comp. The required characters were: Balloonist, Acrobat, Lycanthrope, Plague Doctor, Harpy, and either Riot or Al-Hadikhia. Seeing no way for Lycanthrope and Al-Hadikhia to interact favourably, I instead opted for the Riot approach, with the rest of the script designed to obscure a Riot game as much as possible for the first three days, until it catches town by surprise. The Acrobat, Lycanthrope, Gossip, Tinker, Godfather, Assassin, and Boffin can provide much needed cover for a Zombuul, while simultaneously helping to obscure whether Riot is in play. Note that in a Riot game, the Sailor must drunk themselves on night 3, as to prevent them being unkillable and hard confirmed during the riot. There are a plethora of strong Boffin abilities here that can give the evil team crucial information, or help to obscure which Demon is in play. Be careful about giving the Riot a Boffin-Lycanthrope or Boffin-Gossip ability at certain player counts, as this could result in situations where it is mechanically impossible for good to win. I took this opportunity to try out the Riot/Mayor jinx, which is a bit of a controversial one due to its lack of bluffability. Hopefully a Drunk on script should be enough to make this at least occasionally bluffed by evil. The presence of a Harpy with other relatively quiet Minions here means the script will likely function better at 2-minion player counts and above, otherwise the existence of a Harpy can disprove the existence of other Minions, which can be very strong for the good team.

Characters

Total 29

Townsfolk

Steward

You start knowing 1 good player.

Highpriestess1 75 2-75

매일 밤, 이야기꾼이 당신이 가장 대화를 나눠야 한다고 생각하는 참가자가 누구인지 알게 됩니다.

Sailor

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

Balloonist

Each night, you learn a player of a different character type than last night. [+0 or +1 Outsider]

Innkeeper

Each night*, choose 2 players: they can't die tonight, but 1 is drunk until dusk.

Acrobat

Each night*, choose a player: if they are or become drunk or poisoned tonight, you die.

Lycanthrope

Each night*, choose an alive player. If good, they die & the Demon doesn’t kill tonight. One good player registers as evil.

Gossip

Each day, you may make a public statement. Tonight, if it was true, a player dies.

Savant

Each day, you may visit the Storyteller to learn 2 things in private: 1 is true & 1 is false.

Fisherman1 75 4-75

게임당 한 번, 낮에 이야기꾼을 방문해 당신의 진영의 승리에 도움이 되는 조언을 들을 수 있습니다.

Mayor

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

Pacifist

Executed good players might not die.

Outsider

Goon

Each night, the 1st player to choose you with their ability is drunk until dusk. You become their alignment.

Drunk

You do not know you are the Drunk. You think you are a Townsfolk character, but you are not.

Tinker

You might die at any time.

Plague Doctor

When you die, the Storyteller gains a Minion ability.

Minion

Godfather

You start knowing which Outsiders are in play. If 1 died today, choose a player tonight: they die. [-1 or +1 Outsider]

Devilsadvocate1 75 3-75

매일 밤, 어제와 다른 살아있는 플레이어를 1명 선택합니다. 해당 플레이어는 내일 처형되더라도 죽지 않습니다.

Harpy

Each night, choose 2 players: tomorrow, the 1st player is mad that the 2nd is evil, or one or both might die.

Assassin

Once per game, at night*, choose a player: they die, even if for some reason they could not.

Boffin

The Demon (even if drunk or poisoned) has a not-in-play good character’s ability. You both know which.

Demon

Zombuul1 75 2-75

매일 밤*, 만약 오늘 낮에 아무도 죽지 않았다면, 참가자 1명을 선택합니다. 해당 참가자는 죽습니다. 당신이 처음 죽을 때, 실제로는 살아있지만 죽은 것처럼 취급됩니다.

Vigormortis

Each night*, choose a player: they die. Minions you kill keep their ability & poison 1 Townsfolk neighbor. [-1 Outsider]

Riot

On day 3, Minions become Riot & nominees die but nominate an alive player immediately. This must happen.

Traveller

Thief

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

Bureaucrat

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

Judge

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

Bishop

Only the Storyteller can nominate. At least 1 opposing player must be nominated each day.

Voudon

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