Alchemist

Coven
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

Targeting and immunity

Question Answer
Transmute can be aimed at Yourself only
Purge can be aimed at Living players, not yourself

What a redirect moves, what a roleblock takes away, and what refuses either, is on night action order.

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

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