Arcanist

Village Intel used in wlf setups
When you are dealt this role, the game tells you:
You are an Arcanist. You can use a Tarot deck to compare the differences between two players.

How this role reads

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

Status Reads as Tarot card
A Seer sees member of the village Dove
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 read cards for player - pick another target
  • Tonight you will read cards for player and player

In the morning report

  • Your targets do not share the same Tarot Cards, you can see cards for one of them
  • Your targets have the same Tarot Cards

Objectives

  • Eliminate all evil doers

How it plays

  • You use Witchcraft
  • Each night you can select two living players to compare
  • If the two players share the same alignment, killing and witchcraft statuses then you will see no card
  • If any of the two players' attributes differ, the corresponding Tarot cards for those attributes will be placed into a deck and one random card from that deck will be shown to you

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