Skinchanger

Neutral
When you are dealt this role, the game tells you:
You are a Skinchanger. A malevolent, hungry spirit that feeds on the living. Every time you kill, you will take the form of your victim.

How this role reads

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

Status Reads as Tarot card
A Seer sees a malevolent spirit Shadow
Killing role Yes, seen as a killer Death
Witchcraft No Labourer

Targeting and immunity

Question Answer
Immune to night kills Yes
Immune to roleblocks Yes
Kill can be aimed at Living players, not yourself
Toggle can be aimed at Yourself only

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 kill and assume the form of player

In the morning report

  • You will assume the identity of tonight's victim
  • You will kill tonight's target without shifting

Objectives

  • Eliminate everyone else.

How it plays

  • You will swap identities with your victim when you kill someone
  • You do not use witchcraft
  • The Seer will check you as a 'a malevolent spirit'
  • You are night immune

History

Introduced: 2019-09-08

Related

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