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"It's time someone took matters into their own hands. That someone... is me."

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Townsfolk

The Gunslinger kills players who vote.

Character Text

"Each day, after the 1st vote has been tallied, you may choose a player that voted: they die."

Examples

The Imp has been nominated. There are 10 players alive, and five votes for the Imp, so the Imp is about to die. The Gunslinger chooses a voting player to die. They die, and the nomination continues, with the Imp still about to die.

The players exile the Thief. Then, the Butler is nominated for execution and gets one vote. This is the first nomination for execution, since the Thief’s exile does not count. The Gunslinger chooses to kill the single voting player. Later that day, the Saint is nominated and six players vote. The Gunslinger cannot use their ability now because this is not the first vote for execution today.

Tips & Tricks (if you are good)

Hot diggity, you're the Gunslinger ! Enjoy it while you can!

Deaths caused by your ability are not executions, and as such, they don't cause the day to end, and nor does the character you shot get seen by the Undertaker.

You get the opportunity to kill a player each day. Make the most of it, and remember to let the Storyteller know that you wish to use your ability. Doing so every day practically doubles the good team's chance of killing the Demon. Normally, each day / night, 2 players die - one due to the Demon attack, and one due to the daily execution. If you use your ability each day, two thirds of all deaths are chosen by the good team. These are great odds.

Pay attention to the vibe of the group. Sometimes, the good players will not want you to kill a player each day. If you go against their desires, they may Exile you as soon as they can. Pay attention and get your fingers off the trigger if you want to stay alive.

Pay attention to who isn't voting on the first nomination each day. Minions may be a bit laissez faire, but Demon players quickly learn how dangerous it can be to vote when you are in play. Demons will usually not vote if they think there is even a small chance that you will shoot them. Use this information to your advantage! By executing those players that seem fearful of voting, you may luck upon the Demon. Or, you may startle the Demon into voting, which gives you a chance of killing them single-handedly.

It's ok if a few innocent bystanders die. Don't be afraid to take out a supposed Undertaker or a suspicious looking Recluse. As long as you kill a Minion or two as well , it was probably worth it.

You are the perfect way to deal with the Saint. They can't be executed? You don't execute!

If you live until just 3 players are left alive, be very wary of who you kill. The Demon may try to psyche you out and get you to kill Minion (or a good player), which will reduce the player count to just 2 players... and evil wins. Beware.

Ignore all of the above advice, and never use your ability. Sit. Wait. Watch. Be passive and silent and unassuming. Watch people's body language and listen to what arguments they are making. When you think that you know who the Demon is, say nothing, and wait until that player votes on the first nomination of the day - then BOOM. Either you've won the game and have one very surprised dead Demon, or you blew it and killed a nobody.

If there a 3 or more other Travellers in the game, you know that 1 of them is probably evil. It may be worth taking out an evil Traveller before they can do too much harm.

Tips & Tricks (if you are evil)

Just like a good Gunslinger, it is best if you kill each day. After all, you have insider information on who you should be killing and who you shouldn't, so go nuts. The more destruction you cause, the quicker that the game will get to the final day, and the more evil players will be alive compared to good, which gives your team greater voting power. Just like a good gunslinger though, listen to the group's opinion on what your actions should be, and don't go kill crazy unless they want you to.

Obviously, shooting the Demon is a bad idea, unless you know you have a Scarlet Woman, or you're not playing Trouble Brewing and there's a Zombuul in the game. Luckily, you know who the Demon is, so that won't be a problem. But should you kill Minions? That depends. If Minions are looking suspicious, and you think that they may get executed soon anyway, putting a cap in that Minion's arse may be the best option. Each Minion that you kill reduces the number of living players alive down one number - and that means that an evil victory is one step closer. Killing a Minion that has already used their ability, such as a Baron or a Spy, is probably more helpful than keeping them alive. Killing a Minion that still has trouble to cause, such as a Poisoner or Scarlet Woman is probably a mistake.
- Of course, if you want to avoid shooting Minions, you'll have to learn who they are - be sure to coordinate with your Demon!

Encourage the Demon to vote. Since you'll not be killing them, they can vote freely. Tell the group that the players that are not voting are probably the Demon.

You can play it safe, if you want to stay alive longer. Each day, kill the player that looks the most suspicious, regardless of what character they are claiming to be. This will ingratiate you with the good team, because it looks like you are trying to kill evil players. You can even ask the other players who they think you should kill. If the good players see you repeatedly killing the players that they want to kill, you'll live a long time.

You can throw caution to the wind, and kill the most dangerous, powerful good player to remove their ability from the game. If a Fortune Teller keeps getting fantastic information, and is believed to be trustworthy by the good team, you can quickly and easily neutralize that threat. The downside is that the good team will quickly vote to exile you afterwards. But there are situations where it is worth it. Another example is if a Soldier is in the game, and the good players overwhelmingly believe them, then you may foresee a troublesome final day where the Soldier is one of three living players. To avoid this situation, sacrificing yourself to remove the Soldier would be well worth it.

Use fear as a weapon. Nominate evil players, or bluff nominating evil players, and dare the good team to vote for it. You'll probably get exiled, but you can have some control over the execution for a day or two.

If the good players are foolish enough to keep you alive until just 3 players are left alive (not including Travellers), you've basically won. As soon as the first vote happens, kill a non-Demon player and seize victory.

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-<p class='flavour'>"Good evening! Thank you for inviting me to the ball. I'm not from around here, but you sure seem like a friendly bunch, by golly. I'm sure we'll get along just dandy. What's all that rope for?"<p>
+<p class='flavour'>"It's time someone took matters into their own hands. That someone... is me."<p>
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-The Scapegoat is executed instead of an ally.
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 == Character Text ==
-"If a player of your alignment is executed, you might be executed instead."
+"Each day, after the 1st vote has been tallied, you may choose a player that voted: they die."
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-The {{Good|Fortune Teller}} is about to be executed, but the Storyteller chooses to execute the good {{Traveler|Scapegoat}} instead. The {{Good|Fortune Teller}} lives and the {{Traveler|Scapegoat}} dies. That night, the {{Good|Undertaker}} learns that a {{Traveler|Scapegoat}} was executed today.
+The {{Evil|Imp}} has been nominated. There are 10 players alive, and five votes for the {{Evil|Imp}}, so the {{Evil|Imp}} is about to die. The {{Traveler|Gunslinger}} chooses a voting player to die. They die, and the nomination continues, with the {{Evil|Imp}} still about to die.
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-The {{Evil|Poisoner}} is about to be executed, but the Storyteller chooses to execute the evil {{Traveler|Scapegoat}} instead. The Storyteller could have let the {{Evil|Poisoner}} die as normal, but chose not to.
+The players exile the {{Traveler|Thief}}. Then, the {{Good|Butler}} is nominated for execution and gets one vote. This is the first nomination for execution, since the {{Traveler|Thief}}’s exile does not count. The {{Traveler|Gunslinger}}  chooses to kill the single voting player. Later that day, the {{Good|Saint}} is nominated and six players vote. The {{Traveler|Gunslinger}}  cannot use their ability now because this is not the first vote for execution today.
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-<div class='example'>
-The {{Evil|Spy}} is about to be executed. The good {{Traveler|Scapegoat}} dies instead.
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-</div>
+== Tips & Tricks (if you are good) ==
+* Hot diggity, you're the {{Traveler|Gunslinger}} ! Enjoy it while you can!
+* Deaths caused by your ability are not executions, and as such, they don't cause the day to end, and nor does the character you shot get seen by the {{Good|Undertaker}}.
-== Tips & Tricks (if you are good) ==
+* You get the opportunity to kill a player each day. Make the most of it, and remember to let the Storyteller know that you wish to use your ability. Doing so every day practically doubles the good team's chance of killing the Demon. Normally, each day / night, 2 players die - one due to the Demon attack, and one due to the daily execution. If you use your ability each day, two thirds of all deaths are chosen by the good team. These are great odds.
-* Stay alive, however you can. Lay low and don't tempt the Demon into attacking you. Avoid getting exiled until after your ability triggers. If you can live long enough for you to die in place of an executed player, that helps enormously. The Storyteller will often wait for the second half of the game for your ability to make your ability trigger, so be patient, and play it safe.
+* Pay attention to the vibe of the group. Sometimes, the good players will not want you to kill a player each day. If you go against their desires, they may Exile you as soon as they can. Pay attention and get your fingers off the trigger if you want to stay alive.
-* When the Storyteller declares that the players kill you instead of the normal executee, this is great! Talk to the player you saved in private. You know that they are good, and they know that you are good. Work together, vote together, and win together. Encourage them to tell you any information that they have due to their character ability, and any information that they have due to other private conversations they have had. Do whatever you can to keep this player alive, and save your vote for when they vote too.
+* Pay attention to who isn't voting on the first nomination each day. Minions may be a bit laissez faire, but Demon players quickly learn how dangerous it can be to vote when you are in play. Demons will usually not vote if they think there is even a small chance that you will shoot them. Use this information to your advantage! By executing those players that seem fearful of voting, you may luck upon the Demon. Or, you may startle the Demon into voting, which gives you a chance of killing them single-handedly.
-* Vote liberally, and try to convince others to do the same. If execute an evil player, that's great! The Demon will often bluff as a powerful information-gathering character that the good team doesn't want to execute, so taking a chance on executing the {{Good|Fortune Teller}} might help your teammate enormoursly. If you execute a good player, you might be executed instead, which is what you want - you can keep that very real {{Good|Fortune Teller}} alive!
+* It's ok if a few innocent bystanders die. Don't be afraid to take out a supposed {{Good|Undertaker}} or a suspicious looking {{Good|Recluse}}. As long as you kill a Minion or two as well , it was probably worth it.
-* After you have talked to the player who's life you saved, do whatever you can to convince the rest of the group that they are good. You have two publicly known facts to help you do this:
+* You are the perfect way to deal with the {{Good|Saint}}. They can't be executed? You don't execute!
-** Most Travellers are good. The odds are that you are good, are good, therefore the odds are that the player you saved is good, are good.
-** Both you and the player you saved are the same alignment. If there is a {{Good|Chef}} or {{Good|Empath}} in play, their information would need to be congruent with you both being the same alignment. If an {{Good|Investigator}} or {{Good|Fortune Teller}} is in-play, their information may be incongruent with you both being evil. It is rare that a piece of information such as "two players are the same alignment" becomes publicly known, so use it to the full.
-* Beware of the {{Evil|Spy}}! If they get the votes, you, the poor, innocent, good {{Traveller|Scapegoat}} might be executed instead! You at least learn that they weren't the Demon when you were executed, so it's not all bad news!
+*If you live until just 3 players are left alive, be very wary of who you kill. The Demon may try to psyche you out and get you to kill Minion (or a good player), which will reduce the player count to just 2 players... and evil wins. Beware.
-* Feeling devious? Go up to a player you don't trust and tell them you're evil. Convince them to get themselves executed so you can 'prove' you're on the same team - only to watch them get executed for their crime of believing you. One Minon (or even Demon!) down.
+* Ignore all of the above advice, and never use your ability. Sit. Wait. Watch. Be passive and silent and unassuming. Watch people's body language and listen to what arguments they are making. When you think that you know who the Demon is, say nothing, and wait until that player votes on the first nomination of the day - then BOOM. Either you've won the game and have one very surprised dead Demon, or you blew it and killed a nobody.
-* To help convince the group that you are good, make the argument that another Traveller in the game is evil. Whether they are actually good or evil doesn't really matter to you. What does matter is that if the group thinks that one of them is evil, they will believe that you are good, because the chance of there being 2 evil Travellers is small. A group that believes that you are the good Traveller will keep you alive long enough for you to use your ability, and will believe that the player whose life you save is good too. And you never know, maybe the Traveller that you are throwing under the bus actually is evil after all!
+* If there a 3 or more other Travellers in the game, you know that 1 of them is probably evil. It may be worth taking out an evil Traveller before they can do too much harm.
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 == Tips & Tricks (if you are evil) ==
-* Stay alive, however you can. So that the Demon doesn't kill you, either talk to the Demon to let them know that you are evil, or otherwise get a message to them.  Avoid getting exiled no matter the cost. The Storyteller will almost always wait until the Demon is executed for your ability to trigger, so you remaining alive until that happens will save the evil team from defeat. Sometimes, the Storyteller will make your ability trigger when a Minion is executed instead. If this happens, that's still great, because at least that Minion gets another night and day in the game.
+* Just like a good {{Traveler|Gunslinger}}, it is best if you kill each day. After all, you have insider information on who you should be killing and who you shouldn't, so go nuts. The more destruction you cause, the quicker that the game will get to the final day, and the more evil players will be alive compared to good, which gives your team greater voting power. Just like a good gunslinger though, listen to the group's opinion on what your actions should be, and don't go kill crazy unless they want you to.
+* Obviously, shooting the Demon is a bad idea, unless you know you have a {{Evil|Scarlet Woman}}, or you're not playing Trouble Brewing and there's a {{Evil|Zombuul}} in the game. Luckily, you know who the Demon is, so that won't be a problem. But should you kill Minions? That depends. If Minions are looking suspicious, and you think that they may get executed soon anyway, putting a cap in that Minion's arse may be the best option. Each Minion that you kill reduces the number of living players alive down one number - and that means that an evil victory is one step closer. Killing a Minion that has already used their ability, such as a {{Evil|Baron}} or a {{Evil|Spy}}, is probably more helpful than keeping them alive. Killing a Minion that still has trouble to cause, such as a {{Evil|Poisoner}} or {{Evil|Scarlet Woman}} is probably a mistake.
+** Of course, if you want to avoid shooting Minions, you'll have to learn who they are - be sure to coordinate with your Demon!
-* You are that rare beast, an evil traveller who can prove themselves evil to their Demon! If they get the votes and you're executed instead, they know that you must be their ally!
+* Encourage the Demon to vote. Since you'll not be killing them, they can vote freely. Tell the group that the players that are not voting are probably the Demon.
-* If the good team begins to think that you are evil, it may be best to die. Either get yourself exiled, or get the Demon to kill you. If you live, and your ability triggers when a Minion dies, the good team will believe that the Minion you saved is in fact evil. This may give them all the information they need to deduce who the Demon is.
+* You can play it safe, if you want to stay alive longer. Each day, kill the player that looks the most suspicious, regardless of what character they are claiming to be. This will ingratiate you with the good team, because it looks like you are trying to kill evil players. You can even ask the other players who they think you should kill. If the good players see you repeatedly killing the players that they want to kill, you'll live a long time.
-* When the Storyteller declares that the players kill you instead of the normal executee, this is great! Talk to the player you saved in private, just as if you were a good player. You can talk about the weather, football, whatever. As long as the good team believes that you are good, they will believe that the player you saved is good. If this player is the Demon, this strategy could win you the game. If this player is a Minion, they get to keep their ability and their daily voting power.
+* You can throw caution to the wind, and kill the most dangerous, powerful good player to remove their ability from the game. If a {{Good|Fortune Teller}} keeps getting fantastic information, and is believed to be trustworthy by the good team, you can quickly and easily neutralize that threat. The downside is that the good team will quickly vote to exile you afterwards. But there are situations where it is worth it. Another example is if a {{Good|Soldier}} is in the game, and the good players overwhelmingly believe them, then you may foresee a troublesome final day where the {{Good|Soldier}} is one of three living players. To avoid this situation, sacrificing yourself to remove the {{Good|Soldier}} would be well worth it.
-* If the game is near to a close, and you died in place of a Minion, it may be best if you look as evil as possible to the group. The following day, if just 3 or 4 players are left alive, the good team will probably execute the player you saved, believing them to be the Demon. If you look evil, the good team thinks that the Minion is evil, and may not click that they are not in fact the Demon. This strategy may still be useful if 5, 6, or even 7 players are still alive. Convincing the group to execute a Minion (again) at least means that they are not executing the Demon, and good loses precious time and votes in the process.
+* Use fear as a weapon. Nominate evil players, or bluff nominating evil players, and dare the good team to vote for it. You'll probably get exiled, but you can have some control over the execution for a day or two.
-* Do whatever you can to convince the rest of the group that the player who's life you saved is good. This may be an uphill struggle, depending on the number of other Travellers in play. Since the group will know for a fact that you are both the same alignment, they may be able to use this information to prove or disprove other player's alignments. Pay attention, and focus on discrediting key players. For example, If the {{Evil|Imp}} just got executed but saved by you, and the {{Good|Empath}} is sitting next to you and knows that one of their neighbours is evil, you will need to completely discredit either the {{Good|Empath}}, or their other living neighbour... otherwise it's curtains for team evil.
+* If the good players are foolish enough to keep you alive until just 3 players are left alive (not including Travellers), you've basically won. As soon as the first vote happens, kill a non-Demon player and seize victory.
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