Darkest Clocktower - Homebrew based on Darkest Dungeon

[jovial wadi]

Hello everyone! I have created and tinkered with a set of 26 characters based around the heroes and enemies of Darkest Dungeon. The Good team are built around character type information as well as being supplemented by 2 characters that can kill others (with cost), and the evil team is built around disrupting and confusing town, along with potentially killing faster than usual. Certain abilities are subject to change, and I am more than happy to hear any constructive feedback on the script, as well as answer any questions about the running or construction of the script.

JSON: https://www.bloodstar.xyz/p/MageofMildMannered/Darkest-Clocktower/script.json?6b79b63b
ALMANAC (slight WIP): https://www.bloodstar.xyz/p/MageofMildMannered/Darkest-Clocktower/almanac.html

[tender bane]

I feel like some of the demons and minions are FAR better than others

[jovial wadi]

Which ones are better than which others?

[tender bane]

Shambler feels much weaker than the other three demons

[tender bane]

And siren is like a more flexible mez

[tender bane]

Countess kills two a night most nights and adds an outsider

[jovial wadi]

Siren is not a more flexible Mez. A siren target cannot win with evil, and as such evil cannot trust them, where a mez turned player will continue to be evil even if dead or on final day.

[tacit finch]

Oh I've met it on Reddit before, it looks good to play.

[jovial wadi]

ST should be allowing shambler to kill both targets most of the time unless it would otherwise end the game. As such, they are a demon that can kill fast and don’t have to rely on the good team picking their kills.

[jovial wadi]

Thank you! The version posted on Reddit is a bit outdated, and I plan on updating the version here as improvements are made

[hardy lance]

Gave +1 Thanks to @tacit finch

[tender bane]

Siren then feels weak, as the most optimal (unfun) way to play after turning evil is to work for good, as you know you win with good

[jovial wadi]

You still don’t want to execute the demon, which could lead to you simply not voting, and it can be confused with a BH turn if applied consistently. I agree that ability is fairly weak, weaker than a poison, so that’s why I added +1 outsider

[tender bane]

Fair enough

[split owl]

Cultist feels cracked, but then I just have to think of it as a less strong Marionette

(approx. 33% chance of mistakenly being the Cultist vs approx. 50% change of being the marionette, and non-cultists can’t be falsely told they are cultists)

I agree with the notion that Siren should probably just be the mezepheles

Crusader feels like it could use a reword

And Jester should probably say “If you weren’t funny today, learn falsely” because true information is implied

Ooother than that, I would just say try to get some games in with this

I would playtest the hell out of the Sleeper

But yeah, very solid

[jovial wadi]

It is worded to imply that when unfunny you learn arbitrarily, as it is easy to be not funny, and false yes or no info that you know is false is as useful as true

[jovial wadi]

It is slightly clunky, but it is worded like that to avoid abuse from evil townsfolk abilities, most notably from a BH-turned player, a cultist, or from the heart itself.

@tender bane @split owl Thank you both for your feedback, I appreciate it!

[hardy lance]

Gave +1 Thanks to @tender bane

[tender bane]

Thanks @split owl