Alchemist

Coven Support
When you are dealt this role, the game tells you:
You are an Alchemist. You have two potions that can change the role of players. You are a member of the Coven and must eliminate the werewolves and the village.

How this role reads

What a Seer, a Tarot Reader and other intel checks read off the Alchemist.

Status Reads as Tarot card
A Seer sees member of the Coven Magician
Killing role No Dove
Witchcraft Yes, uses witchcraft Magician

What the game tells you

The exact wording the game sends. A token is filled in with the player, role or number it applies to.

When you use this at night

  • Tonight you will purge player
  • Tonight you will transmute player

What your allies are told

  • Tonight you will purge player
  • Tonight you will transmute player

Objectives

  • Kill all other evil factions
  • Gain control of voting by having at least 50% of living players be Coven members

How it plays

  • You have two potions that can change the role of a player, one targets Coven, the other targets your enemies
  • The potion that targets Coven will assign a randomised Coven role to that player (excluding Puppetmaster). The new role will have a fresh supply of powers (Shaman Totems, Witch Potions etc)
  • The potion that targets enemies will assign a randomised weak role to that player
  • Village-aligned players will become one of the following; Villager, Lycan, Sleepwalker, Insomniac, Stalker
  • Werewolf-aligned players will become either a Werewolf or a Shapeshifter

Related

Reads the same to a Tarot Reader:

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