Age of Darkness

The Dark Set

Removed Roles

• Angel - The Angel doesn't fit into the Dark theming and aesthetic of the Dark set, and her abilities were quite one dimensional.

• Bell Ringer - The bell ringer has gone on vacation - he will make a loud return at some point.

• Candlemaker - She tried to bring light to fight the darkness, but the darkness consumed her.

• Embalmer - The Embalmer has wandered into the forest in search of his purpose in life.

• Fisherman - The Fisherman has gone deep sea fishing to try make more money. It's tough in this economy.

• Hunter - The Hunter isn't hugely thematic, and has always struggled to find a home in the Dark set.

• Information Broker - GDPR cracked down and the Information Broker's dodgy data collection is no longer allowed.

• Outsider - The Outsider is now truly an outsider.

• Psychic - We already have a large host of Town investigation roles, and the Psychic has always felt like an outlier that didn't fit in.

• Prophet - The Prophet gave up on the Village and emigrated.

• Skeletal Archer - Too bony.

• Skeletal Mage - Melted Himself.

• Skeletal Warrior - Moved to Asia.

• Sniper - Bang.

• Stone Mason - Kinda boring innit bruv.

• EmoteStrigoi/waving emote.

• Soul Binder - Bet you don't even remember what she did!

• Weaver - To be frank, this role is boring in every way possible.

• Wretch - The Wretch is taking a short break and will likely return.

Vampire Lord

A strange new man arrives to rule from the dark.

Amnesiac

• Now transforms into a role of the hosts choice whenever the host wants.

Alchemist

• Is now classed as Protection instead of Elimination.

• No longer protects a player each night.

• Now throws a single splash potion of healing, healing a player and their neighbours.

Architect

• No longer learns the exact amount of alive players part of a chosen faction.

• Now chooses a faction and predicts how many alive players are part of that faction. Then learns if they are correct, or if the answer is higher or lower than their prediction.

Banshee

• Is now a Vampire instead of Lesser Evil.

• No longer makes a player untargetable.

• Now hexes a player.

Butcher

• No longer leaves anyone who attacks him bleeding.

• Now simply makes a player bleed each night.

Cleric

• No longer heals.

• Now protects a player, and makes them immune to conversion for the night.

Coroner

• Is now Lesser Evil instead of Village.

• No longer learns the faction if the player that is executed during the day.

• Now learns the roles of all players dying during the night, and can then transform their corpses into any roles of his choice.

Damsel

• Is now classed as Elimination instead of Investigation.

• No longer causes the Vampires to gain an extra nightly attack on death.

• No longer learns the identity of players that protect her.

• Now causes any Town players who accuse her to be struck with an attack.

Empath

• Is now classed as Investigation.

• No longer protects players at night.

• Now learns if both of their neighbours are Village each night.

Exorcist

• Now classed as Manipulation instead of Elimination

• No longer causes her targets to bleed.

• Now targets 3 players instead of 2.

• Now secretly makes her targets exposed.

Flame Keeper

• Forbidden Flame now has 1 charge.

• Forbidden Flame no longer causes the Flame Keeper to perish if their target is not a Vampire.

Fortune Teller

• Now predicts a player's role instead of capabilities.

Gargoyle

• Now only protects 1 player each night.

Goat

• Can no longer sacrifice themselves to heal the entire Village. (This was wild)

• Now learns the role and identity of all players that visit them each night.

Hag

• Is no longer permanently frail.

• No longer heals players that are not Village.

Herb Vendor

• Is now Neutral instead of Village.

• No longer causes players to miss.

• Now wins as long as they survive until the start of day 3.

Jester

• Is now Neutral instead of Lesser Evil.

• Is now only granted Divine Protection if they are fated to die by execution.

Knight

• Now classed as Protection instead of Elimination.

• No longer attacks players who target another player.

• Now has permanent defense and cannot be converted.

Loner

• Renamed to Recluse.

• No longer becomes exposed or divinely protected if people visit him.

• Now appears as a Vampire.

Mind Eater

• No longer makes their target exposed.

• Now makes themselves exposed when they learn another player's role.

Mortician

• Now learns a dead player's capabilities instead of role.

Mystic

• Makes their return to the Dark set!

• Now learns of that one of two players is a particular Village role on the first night.

Paladin

• No longer gives another player divine protection once per game.

• Now has a charge of divine protection that is automatically granted to the Paladin if they are fated to die.

Parasite

• No longer haemorrhages a player each night.

• Now silently enters another a player and feasts on their insides.

• The parasite becomes untargetable and shares the fate of the player that they are inside of.

• After a day has passed, the player that the parasite is inside of is struck with a guaranteed unstoppable attack.

Ravenkeeper

• Is now Town instead of Lesser Evil.

• No longer learns a player's role each night.

• No longer sends Ravens out, allowing them to send messages to players during the night.

• Now wakes if they are fated to die during the night, allowing them to choose a player to learn their role before they die.

Saint

• No longer converts the closest Village players to him to Lesser Evil if he is executed.

• Now causes all players who share his faction to perish if he is executed.

Serpent

• No longer has a bizarre lingering venom mechanic.,

• Now poisons and hexes a player each night.

Scout

• No longer selects 3 players and learns a role that belongs to one of them.

• Now learns there is a role that is not in the game.

Shade

• Is no longer untargetable at night.

• Now causes all elimination abilities used on them miss.

• Now causes all protection abilities to become attacks on them.

Siren

• No longer learns of what roles are in play.

• Now redirects a player's targets to herself.

Strigoi

• No longer redirects attacks to his fellow Vampires.

• No longer transforms players into Minions.

• Now causes 3 Neutrals to be in play.

Sleep Walker

• No longer learns the identity of all players that he meets during the night.

• Now learns the identity of the players targeting him and his target during the night.

Tailor

• No loner assumes the role of a dead player.

Thief

• No longer assumes a player's role. (???)

• Now redirects protection and investigation abilities affecting a player to himself.

Visionary

• No longer selects 4 players to start a new future with.

• Is now immune to conversion.

• Now wins the game if he is in the last 3 players, regardless of all other factions or roles.

Undertaker

• Can no longer choose to have dead players revealed.