The Madness of King Lear

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Emma

Characters

Total 25

Townsfolk

Clockmaker

You start knowing how many steps from the Demon to its nearest Minion.

Pixie

You start knowing 1 in-play Townsfolk. If you were mad that you were this character, you gain their ability when they die.

Sailor

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

Preacher

Each night, choose a player: a Minion, if chosen, learns this. All chosen Minions have no ability.

King

Each night, if the dead equal or outnumber the living, you learn 1 alive character. The Demon knows you are the King.

Innkeeper

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

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.

Professor

Once per game, at night*, choose a dead player: if they are a Townsfolk, they are resurrected.

Juggler

On your 1st day, publicly guess up to 5 players' characters. That night, you learn how many you got correct.

Fool

The 1st time you die, you don't.

Choirboy

If the Demon kills the King, you learn which player is the Demon. [+the King]

Amnesiac

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

Outsider

Heretic

Whoever wins, loses & whoever loses, wins, even if you are dead.

Mutant

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

Drunk

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

Lunatic

You think you are a Demon, but you are not. The Demon knows who you are & who you choose at night.

Minion

Mezepheles

You start knowing a secret word. The 1st good player to say this word becomes evil that night.

Witch

Each night, choose a player: if they nominate tomorrow, they die. If just 3 players live, you lose this ability.

Cerenovus

Each night, choose a player & a good character: they are “mad” they are this character tomorrow, or might be executed.

Assassin

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

Demon

Pukka

Each night, choose a player: they are poisoned. The previously poisoned player dies then becomes healthy.

Lil' Monsta

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

Shabaloth

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

Fang Gu

Each night*, choose a player: they die. The 1st Outsider this kills becomes an evil Fang Gu & you die instead. [+1 Outsider]