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== Summary ==
"You do not know you are the Drunk. You think you are a Townsfolk character, but you are not."


The Drunk player thinks that they are a Townsfolk, and has no idea that they are actually the Drunk.
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"If you die by execution, your team loses."
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The Drunk, who thinks they are the {{Good|Soldier}}, is attacked by the {{Evil|Imp}}. The Drunk dies.
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The Drunk, who thinks they are the {{Good|Empath}}, wakes and learns a "0,” even though they are sitting next to one evil player. The next night, they learn a "1.".
There are seven players alive and nominations are in progress. The {{Good|Saint}} gets four votes and is about to die. Then, the {{Evil|Baron}} is nominated but only gets three votes. No more nominations occur today. The {{Good|Saint}} is executed, and evil wins.
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The Drunk, who thinks they are the {{Good|Ravenkeeper}}, is killed at night. They choose the {{Good|Saint}}, but learn that this player is the {{Evil|Poisoner}}.
The {{Evil|Imp}} is nominated, and the players vote. The {{Traveler|Gunslinger}} kills the {{Good|Saint}}. The {{Good|Saint}} dies, and the game continues.
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The {{Good|Fortune Teller}} is executed. That night, the Drunk, who thinks they are {{Good|Undertaker}}, learns that the Drunk died today.
The {{Good|Saint}} is executed. However, the {{Traveler|Scapegoat}}'s ability is triggered, so the {{Traveler|Scapegoat}} dies instead. The game continues, because the {{Good|Saint}} did not die.
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== Tips & Tricks ==
== Tips & Tricks ==


* The Drunk will never know that they are the Drunk - they will start the game with a Townsfolk token and behave as that Townsfolk normally while receiving bad information. Figuring out if you are the Drunk can only be discovered via gameplay; be looking for tells like information you receive being demonstrably false, or your ability failing (e.g. A {{Good|Soldier}} dying at night).
* Do not get executed.


* Figuring out if a Drunk is in play is important - this will allow Townsfolk to know whether or not they should be scrutinizing their information. The most obvious tell that a Drunk may be in the town is if there are more or fewer Outsiders than you expected (if more, there might be a {{Evil|Baron}} who has let a Drunk into town).  
* No, really. Don't. If you die by execution, the game ends, and your whole team loses. Make sure the good team knows you are the {{Good|Saint}}! Tell it in the streets! Tell it from the rooftops! Tell it to everybody! You must be believed to be a good player, or it's curtains. If you have been nominated, cry black and blue that you are the {{Good|Saint}}, loudly and publicly... the fate of the game depends on it.


* If you suspect a Drunk is in play, it is important to determine which of the Townsfolk it is as soon as possible. There can only be one Drunk in play, so knowing who it is will allow you to treat their information skeptically, but it will also mean that all other Townsfolk can probably trust what they know to be true and reliable.
* To help prove that you are good, you can arrange for other good players to confirm your identity. Kill players sitting between you and an {{Good|Empath}} so that the {{Good|Empath}} learns your alignment. Convince the {{Good|Fortune Teller}} to select you of a night time to prove you are not the Demon. Find a {{Good|Ravenkeeper}} and get them to agree to choose you so they learn who you are. Get a {{Good|Slayer}} to attempt to slay you.The Demon will usually not want to kill you of a night time, so the question of who you really are will be asked by the group at some stage, and having some players back you up could be crucial.


* Differentiating the effects of a Drunk from a {{Evil|Poisoner}} can be difficult, but crucial. If only one person seems to be receiving false information, they might be the Drunk. If multiple people are receiveing sporadically good and bad information, that's probably the work of a dastardly {{Evil|Poisoner}}. Try to extrapolate from the case where either one is true, and see what inferences you can draw from that. Perhaps a Drunk being in play means that the {{Good|Butler}} is lying? Or if there's a {{Evil|Poisoner}} in a game with only one Minion, you know that nobody who's been executed could have been the {{Evil|Imp}}.
* Alternatively, either stay silent, or bluff as a juicy target for the Demon to attack, such as the {{Good|Slayer}} or the {{Good|Monk}}. If you die at night, then you remove the possibility of being executed accidentally by the good team. It's only executions that count for your ability.


* Characters like the {{Good|Undertaker}} and {{Good|Ravenkeeper}} will see the Drunk character when checking that player. You do not register as a Townsfolk - you just think you are! This is also true for characters like the {{Good|Virgin}} - a Drunk cannot activate them because they are not really a Townsfolk, they're an Outsider.
* Find out which other Outsiders are in play. If there are supposed to be two Outsiders in the game, and the only Outsiders to come out publicly are you and the {{Good|Recluse}}, for example, then even though you both look inherently suspicious, there are supposed to be two Outsiders in play, so the good team may believe that you are good for this reason alone. If you're the only one, so much the better! It must be you and a {{Good|Drunk}}
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* If you have figured out you are the Drunk, try to reverse engineer what you know. For example, if you thought you were the {{Good|Empath}} and have been getting a read of '0', you should be suspicious that you have at least one evil neighbour after all. Or, if you thought you were an {{Good|Investigator}}, you can probably assume that neither of the two players you saw were Minions!
== Bluffing as the Saint ==


* Remember that the Drunk receives ''unreliable'' information, not false information. In the majority of cases, the information you receive will be wrong, but sometimes the Storyteller may tell you something that is true. This can happen when the alternative would definitely reveal you are the Drunk (e.g. The Drunk {{Good|Ravenkeeper}} choosing themselves will be shown the {{Good|Ravenkeeper}}).
When bluffing as the {{Good|Saint}}, there are a few things you should keep in mind:


* Keep in mind that characters like the {{Good|Slayer}}, {{Good|Monk}} and {{Good|Mayor}} cannot impact the game with their ability when they are actually the Drunk. For example, a {{Good|Slayer}} will not kill a good player instead of the Demon; their shot will always fail.
* You would never wake, learn anything, or act during the day, except on your execution, at which point the game is already over.
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* Because of the {{Good|Saint}}'s lose condition, it is easily one of the best evil bluffs in the game. It is such a risk to execute you that the good team will usually err on the side of caution and leave you alone. This does not mean that it is bulletproof; on the final day, you're at the same risk as everyone else (since if they don't execute the Demon, they lose anyway). You'll also come under a reasonable amount of scrutiny as the game progresses.


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* {{Good|Saint}} is often an excellent bluff for the {{Evil|Poisoner}} in particular. Even if the good team truly believe you to be evil, perhaps with information from all three of the {{Good|Investigator}}, {{Good|Empath}}, and {{Good|Ravenkeeper}}, the good team may still be too scared to execute you before the final day, by when you've already done all the damage you need to. You can then either get executed and win for the evil team, or if you think the good team know you're not the Demon, have the {{Evil|Imp}} attack themself in the night and make you the new Demon.


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* If you are the {{Evil|Imp}}, you know that your execution causes your team to lose if there's no {{Evil|Scarlet Woman}} in the game. Because of that, if you're slated to be executed and try desperately to save yourself, the good team may correctly interpret that as a Demon trying to save themselves, at least long enough to kill themself and pass on the responsibilities to a Minion. That is severely limited by the {{Good|Saint}} bluff, however - they may read that you want to avoid execution to stop your team from losing, but not know which team that is.
== Bluffing as the Drunk ==


When bluffing as the Drunk, there are a few things you should keep in mind:
* Bluffing as the {{Good|Saint}} in a game with no {{Evil|Baron}} can be tricky since you will likely be conflicting with other Outsiders. Fortunately, your lose condition makes you a larger threat to execute over a {{Good|Butler}} or {{Good|Recluse}}; use this to your advantage to leverage the execution of a good player.


* You would not know that you are the Drunk at first. You would receive a Townsfolk character. The Storyteller would treat you as if you were that Townsfolk; check the relevant 'bluffing as' section to see how that character would wake (or not!)
* You may be detected as evil at some point during the game. A great counter-argument is that because you are the {{Good|Saint}}, you are being targeted by the Storyteller. For example, you could say you are the {{Good|Fortune Teller}}'s false positive, or that an {{Good|Empath}} getting an evil read on you is actually {{Good|Drunk}}.


* The Drunk is the only good character that you can claim to be without another good character calling you out for claiming the same character as them.
* Good players benefit from bluffing as the {{Good|Saint}} as well! Demons are unlikely to target a {{Good|Saint}} since they would much rather they be executed. Using this to your advantage can allow you to survive a few days longer as an {{Good|Empath}} or {{Good|Fortune Teller}}.


* Bluff as a character that gains information more passively, such as the {{Good|Fortune Teller}}, {{Good|Investigator}}, {{Good|Empath}}, {{Good|Washerwoman}}, {{Good|Undertaker}} or {{Good|Librarian}} and give deliberately and obviously false information. If your information is ridiculous (like claiming one of two players is the {{Good|Saint}} whilst neither is claiming to be the {{Good|Saint}}), you look obviously the Drunk.
* If you are executed, it will become immediately obvious you are not the {{Good|Saint}} when the game doesn't end. Be prepared to have a back up bluff, such as the {{Good|Recluse}}, or a powerful Townsfolk who didn't want to die (like the {{Good|Undertaker}} or {{Good|Slayer}}).


* Bluff as a character that has a power that can fail, then when your fake ability fails, act surprised, and put forward the possibility that you are the Drunk. For example, bluff as the {{Good|Monk}}, and claim the player you protected died anyway. Bluff as the {{Good|Soldier}} and kill yourself of a night time, or get the Demon to kill you. Bluff as the {{Good|Slayer}} or nominate the {{Good|Virgin}}, and act surprised when these character abilities have no visible effect.
* Beware of {{Good|Slayer}}(s)! The {{Good|Saint}} is usually a very powerful bluff to keep yourself safe from execution, but if a {{Good|Slayer}} is in play, they will very likely want to test you, and would not trigger the {{Good|Saint}}'s lose condition using their ability. One good way to circumvent this is to have a Minion bluff as the {{Good|Saint}}, get slayed, and then have the {{Evil|Imp}} pass the Demonhood to them after that.


* Insinuate a Drunk is in play, and lead the group on a hunt to find out who it is. This will distract them from the main goal of finding the Demon, and will make them distrust their own good team.
* If you get nominated, drop any previous bluff and come out as the {{Good|Saint}}. Claim that your previous information and character were a ploy to attempt to get the Demon to target you. This will usually give the good team significant pause.


* Insinuate that a particular player is drunk. This is especially helpful if they have a damning case against your team, such as a {{Good|Undertaker}} claiming that your dead {{Evil|Poisoner}} is indeed the dead {{Evil|Poisoner}}.
* Don't be afraid to claim to be the {{Good|Saint}}, even if there's already one in play. The good team can usually resolve cases of two players claiming to be the same character by executing them both in either order, but this is not possible to do with the {{Good|Saint}}.


* Convincing the group that a Drunk is in play, or that a particular player is the Drunk, is MUCH easier to achieve if the number of people publicly claiming to be Outsiders supports your story. For example, if you are saying that the {{Good|Virgin}} is drunk, and there is supposed to be just the one Outsider in play, but the real {{Good|Saint}} has revealed who they are, then the only way for the {{Good|Virgin}} to be the Drunk is if the {{Good|Saint}} is lying. If you bluff as an Outsider, or if a fellow evil player bluffs as an Outsider, then it is much easier to convince the good team that a Drunk is in play, because the extra Outsiders make it look like a {{Evil|Baron}} is in the game, which would add two extra Outsiders.
* Claiming to be an Outsider can obfuscate the presence of the {{Good|Drunk}}, or cause the good team to think that a {{Evil|Baron}} is in play.
 
* If you want a fellow evil player to back up your bluff as the Drunk, get them to claim to be the {{Good|Librarian}}. The {{Good|Ravenkeeper}} and {{Good|Undertaker}} work well too, but one of you will have to die for that to work.
 
* If you intend to bluff as the Drunk later in the game, and you believe you can succeed, initially give opposite information to what you want the good team to believe. If you are claiming to be the {{Good|Empath}} for example, and later in the game you want to execute your good neighbours, then initially tell the group that both your neighbours are good - if later on, the group comes to believe that you are the Drunk, then they will assume that at least one of your neighbours is evil and execute them both.
 
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"Wisdom begets peace. Patience begets wisdom. Fear not, for the time shall come when fear too shall pass. Let us pray, and may the unity of our vision make saints of us all."

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The Saint ends the game if they are executed.

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"If you die by execution, your team loses."

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There are seven players alive and nominations are in progress. The Saint gets four votes and is about to die. Then, the Baron is nominated but only gets three votes. No more nominations occur today. The Saint is executed, and evil wins.

The Imp is nominated, and the players vote. The Gunslinger kills the Saint. The Saint dies, and the game continues.

The Saint is executed. However, the Scapegoat's ability is triggered, so the Scapegoat dies instead. The game continues, because the Saint did not die.

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  • Do not get executed.
  • No, really. Don't. If you die by execution, the game ends, and your whole team loses. Make sure the good team knows you are the Saint! Tell it in the streets! Tell it from the rooftops! Tell it to everybody! You must be believed to be a good player, or it's curtains. If you have been nominated, cry black and blue that you are the Saint, loudly and publicly... the fate of the game depends on it.
  • To help prove that you are good, you can arrange for other good players to confirm your identity. Kill players sitting between you and an Empath so that the Empath learns your alignment. Convince the Fortune Teller to select you of a night time to prove you are not the Demon. Find a Ravenkeeper and get them to agree to choose you so they learn who you are. Get a Slayer to attempt to slay you.The Demon will usually not want to kill you of a night time, so the question of who you really are will be asked by the group at some stage, and having some players back you up could be crucial.
  • Alternatively, either stay silent, or bluff as a juicy target for the Demon to attack, such as the Slayer or the Monk. If you die at night, then you remove the possibility of being executed accidentally by the good team. It's only executions that count for your ability.
  • Find out which other Outsiders are in play. If there are supposed to be two Outsiders in the game, and the only Outsiders to come out publicly are you and the Recluse, for example, then even though you both look inherently suspicious, there are supposed to be two Outsiders in play, so the good team may believe that you are good for this reason alone. If you're the only one, so much the better! It must be you and a Drunk


Bluffing as the Saint

When bluffing as the Saint, there are a few things you should keep in mind:

  • You would never wake, learn anything, or act during the day, except on your execution, at which point the game is already over.
  • Because of the Saint's lose condition, it is easily one of the best evil bluffs in the game. It is such a risk to execute you that the good team will usually err on the side of caution and leave you alone. This does not mean that it is bulletproof; on the final day, you're at the same risk as everyone else (since if they don't execute the Demon, they lose anyway). You'll also come under a reasonable amount of scrutiny as the game progresses.
  • Saint is often an excellent bluff for the Poisoner in particular. Even if the good team truly believe you to be evil, perhaps with information from all three of the Investigator, Empath, and Ravenkeeper, the good team may still be too scared to execute you before the final day, by when you've already done all the damage you need to. You can then either get executed and win for the evil team, or if you think the good team know you're not the Demon, have the Imp attack themself in the night and make you the new Demon.
  • If you are the Imp, you know that your execution causes your team to lose if there's no Scarlet Woman in the game. Because of that, if you're slated to be executed and try desperately to save yourself, the good team may correctly interpret that as a Demon trying to save themselves, at least long enough to kill themself and pass on the responsibilities to a Minion. That is severely limited by the Saint bluff, however - they may read that you want to avoid execution to stop your team from losing, but not know which team that is.
  • Bluffing as the Saint in a game with no Baron can be tricky since you will likely be conflicting with other Outsiders. Fortunately, your lose condition makes you a larger threat to execute over a Butler or Recluse; use this to your advantage to leverage the execution of a good player.
  • You may be detected as evil at some point during the game. A great counter-argument is that because you are the Saint, you are being targeted by the Storyteller. For example, you could say you are the Fortune Teller's false positive, or that an Empath getting an evil read on you is actually Drunk.
  • Good players benefit from bluffing as the Saint as well! Demons are unlikely to target a Saint since they would much rather they be executed. Using this to your advantage can allow you to survive a few days longer as an Empath or Fortune Teller.
  • If you are executed, it will become immediately obvious you are not the Saint when the game doesn't end. Be prepared to have a back up bluff, such as the Recluse, or a powerful Townsfolk who didn't want to die (like the Undertaker or Slayer).
  • Beware of Slayer(s)! The Saint is usually a very powerful bluff to keep yourself safe from execution, but if a Slayer is in play, they will very likely want to test you, and would not trigger the Saint's lose condition using their ability. One good way to circumvent this is to have a Minion bluff as the Saint, get slayed, and then have the Imp pass the Demonhood to them after that.
  • If you get nominated, drop any previous bluff and come out as the Saint. Claim that your previous information and character were a ploy to attempt to get the Demon to target you. This will usually give the good team significant pause.
  • Don't be afraid to claim to be the Saint, even if there's already one in play. The good team can usually resolve cases of two players claiming to be the same character by executing them both in either order, but this is not possible to do with the Saint.
  • Claiming to be an Outsider can obfuscate the presence of the Drunk, or cause the good team to think that a Baron is in play.