A Tale They Won't Believe

Full Script

Ben Burns

Characters

Total 25

Townsfolk

Steward

You start knowing 1 good player.

Chef

You start knowing how many pairs of evil players there are.

Bounty Hunter

You start knowing 1 evil player. If the player you know dies, you learn another evil player tonight. [1 Townsfolk is evil]

High Priestess

Each night, learn which player the Storyteller believes you should talk to most.

Sailor

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

Fortune Teller

Each night, choose 2 players: you learn if either is a Demon. There is a good player that registers as a Demon to you.

Monk

Each night*, choose a player (not yourself): they are safe from the Demon tonight.

Town Crier

Each night*, you learn if a Minion nominated today.

Engineer

Once per game, at night, choose which Minions or which Demon is in play.

Amnesiac

You do not know what your ability is. Each day, privately guess what it is: you learn how accurate you are.

Tea Lady

If both your alive neighbors are good, they can't die.

Cannibal

You have the ability of the recently killed executee. If they are evil, you are poisoned until a good player dies by execution.

Mayor

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

Outsider

Puzzlemaster

1 player is drunk, even if you die. If you guess (once) who it is, learn the Demon player, but guess wrong & get false info.

Recluse

You might register as evil & as a Minion or Demon, even if dead.

Moonchild

When you learn that you died, publicly choose 1 alive player. Tonight, if it was a good player, they die.

Mutant

If you are “mad” about being an Outsider, you might be executed.

Minion

Poisoner

Each night, choose a player: they are poisoned tonight and tomorrow day.

Assassin

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

Godfather

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

Devil's Advocate

Each night, choose a living player (different to last night): if executed tomorrow, they don't die.

Demon

No Dashii

Each night*, choose a player: they die. Your 2 Townsfolk neighbors are poisoned.

Imp

Each night*, choose a player: they die. If you kill yourself this way, a Minion becomes the Imp.

Shabaloth

Each night*, choose 2 players: they die. A dead player you chose last night might be regurgitated.

Lil' Monsta

Each night, Minions choose who babysits Lil' Monsta & "is the Demon". Each night*, a player might die. [+1 Minion]