Gardener

Information

Type	Loric
Artist	Z. Benetatos
Revealed	28/04/2023

"Oh now, this won't do. We've got the monkshood mixed in with the wolfsbane and the hemlock is smothering the hellebore! Oh dear me, we'd better start over. Fetch my shears."

Summary

"The Storyteller assigns all players' characters."

The Gardener removes randomness from the setup.

• The Storyteller chooses which player is which character.
• The normal setup rules must be followed.
• The purpose of the Gardener is not to allow players to choose their character, but instead to allow the Storyteller to craft a specific style of game or logic puzzle.

How to Run

At the start of the game, declare that the Gardener is in play.

Before character tokens are sent out to players, decide what characters the players affected by Gardener will have. Assign, or swap, the relevant players to the characters you have decided.

Then, send the characters to players in the game.

Examples

The Vizier is on the script and Ida doesn’t like playing as outed evil. To ensure that Ida doesn’t receive the Vizier token, the Storyteller puts the Gardener into play and assigns Ida directly as the Poisoner instead.

Robin has been evil every game today. The Storyteller puts the Gardener into play and assigns Robin directly as the Chef instead.