Coven Leader

Coven Leader
Alignment	Coven Evil
Immunities	Role block Immunity Detection Immunity (with the Necronomicon) Attack: None (Basic with the Necronomicon) Defense: None (Basic with the Necronomicon)
Special	Coven Chat Unique Role
Ability Stats
Type	Manipulation, Killing, Unique
Priority	2
Investigation Results
Sheriff	Without the Necronomicon: Your target is a member of the Coven! With the Necronomicon: Your target is not suspicious.
Investigator	Coven Expansion Results Your target could be a Lookout, Forger, or Coven Leader.
Consigliere	Your target leads the mystical. They must be the Coven Leader.
Game Information
Summary	A voodoo master who can control the actions of others.
Abilities	You may choose to Control someone each night.
Attributes	Your victim will know they were controlled. With the Necronomicon, your victim is dealt a Basic attack and you gain Basic defense. You will know the role of the player you control.
Goal	Kill all who would oppose the Coven.
Victory Conditions
Wins with	Coven Survivor
Must kill	Town Mafia Vampires Arsonist Serial Killer Werewolf Plaguebearer Pestilence Juggernaut

Template:Story Coven Leader

Mechanics

• The Coven Leader selects two people per night. The first target is controlled and uses their night ability on the second target. You will also see the role of the player you control, you will receive the same investigative results as a Consigliere, Potion Master and Witch.
  • Like the Coven Leader, the Coven Leader only visits their first target, not their second.
• You will see anything that happens to the person you control (for instance, if they are intercepted by a Coven Leader, Coven Leader, or Coven Leader; you will also be told the role that intercepted them).
• The Coven Leader is immune to role blocks, like the Coven Leader.
• With the Coven Leader, you deal a Basic Attack to your first target only.
  • Hence you can be killed by a Coven Leader, and if you trigger a trap placed by a Coven Leader, you will die.
  • If you do not have the Coven Leader, you cannot be killed by a Coven Leader, and if you trigger a trap, you will not die.
  • If the Coven Leader with the Coven Leader controls a Coven Leader to protect themselves, the Coven Leader and Coven Leader will kill each other.
• If an Coven Leader remembers the role of Coven Leader, they will not automatically gain the Necronomicon if another Coven Leader member possesses it.
• The Coven Leader is very similar to a Coven Leader, except you control people's actions, and only with the Coven Leader will you deal a Basic Attack and gain Basic Defense. Therefore, some Coven Leader strategies may work well with this role.
• The death message when the death is announced is "He/She was drained by a Coven Leader.

Controlling a target - Effects on different roles

If Visit is yes, then a Coven Leader can see the Coven Leader's first target visit the second target, even if the visit does nothing.

If Veteran is yes, then the first target can be controlled and can be attacked by visiting a Coven Leader who is on alert or Coven Leader who is gazing as the second target. (Same concept to visiting Coven Leader.)

If Werewolf is yes, then the first target can be controlled and can be attacked by a Coven Leader who is the second target during a Full Moon night.

Role	Special effects on first target	Visit	Veteran	Werewolf
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will check if the Coven Leader's second target is a Coven Leader if they are he will kill them.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will protect the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will heal the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will roleblock the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will watch the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will investigate the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will investigate the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will bug the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader (with executions)	If the Coven Leader's second target is the prisoner, the Coven Leader will execute them (but not during Night 1). If the second target is not the prisoner, the Coven Leader is prevented from executing their jailed target.	yes	no	yes
Coven Leader (without executions)	No effect.	no	no	no
Coven Leader (with or without being revealed)	No effect.	no	no	no
Coven Leader	No effect.	yes	no	yes
Coven Leader (with resurrection)	Will be role blocked, but doesn't lose resurrection.	yes	no	yes
Coven Leader (resurrection used)	No effect.	no	no	no
Coven Leader	While Coven Leader cannot change a Coven Leader's action, she can cause the Coven Leader to visit a third target -- i.e. a Veteran or Medusa. This is likely a bug.	no	yes	unknown
Coven Leader	No effect because the Coven Leader is immune to the Coven Leader. The Coven Leader cannot be controlled into using an alert. If the Coven Leader chooses to be on alert, the Coven Leader will be killed.	no	no	no
Coven Leader (with bullets)	Will immediately shoot the second target, even on Night 1.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader (without bullets)	No effect.	no	no	no
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will protect the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will only trap a target if their trap is built but not placed. The Coven Leader cannot force a Coven Leader to dismantle their trap.	varies	varies	varies
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will follow the Coven Leader's second target	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	No effect. Does not disrupt visions.	no	no	no
Coven Leader (with Coven Leader who is not role blocked)	Will command the Coven Leader to attack the second target.	no1	no1	no1
Coven Leader (with Coven Leader who is not role blocked)	Will still attack the Coven Leader's target and ignore the Coven Leader.	no2	no2	no2
Coven Leader/Coven Leader (solo)	Will attack the second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader (with ability uses)	Will use ability on second target. Costs one use of ability.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader (0 ability uses)	No effect. Applies for Coven Leader and Coven Leader.	no	no	no
Coven Leader (with ability uses)	Will use ability on second target. Costs one use of ability.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader (0 ability uses)	No effect. Applies for Coven Leader and Coven Leader.	no	no	no
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will disguise themself as the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will frame the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will check the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will blackmail the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will roleblock the Coven Leader's second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will lie outside of the Coven Leader's second targets house and kill a player who visits them.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will hypnotise the Coven Leader's second target if they chose a message if not they won't visit the target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	Will douse the second target. If second target is themselves, they will douse themselves.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	Will attack the second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	Will be role blocked if attempted to remember a dead target's role.	yes	no	yes
Coven Leader	No effect.	yes	no	yes
Coven Leader	No effect.	yes	no	yes
Coven Leader (No matter who has been targeted)	Will be forced to use a vest.	no	no	no
Coven Leader (on a night they can bite)	Will ignore the Coven Leader votes and bite the second target. The youngest Coven Leader will automatically be controlled if the Coven Leader targets any living Coven Leader.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader (on a night they cannot bite)	Cannot convert another person.	yes3	no	yes3
Coven Leader (full moon)	Coven Leader controls who the Coven Leader visits. If the Coven Leader is role blocked or controlled to visit themselves, they will stay at home and attack the Coven Leader and/or the roleblocker.	yes	yes	yes4
Coven Leader (non-full moon)	No effect.	yes	no	no
Coven Leader (No matter who has been targeted)	No effect because the Coven Leader is immune to the Coven Leader's control.	no	no	no
Coven Leader	A controlled Coven Leader (via Coven Leader) will cause the Coven Leader to visit their second target. The Coven Leader can force themself to visit a Coven Leader or Coven Leader this way. A Coven Leader cannot drain themselves.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	A controlled Coven Leader (via Coven Leader) will not be forced to gaze, but can still be drained.	no	no	no
Coven Leader	A controlled Coven Leader (via Coven Leader) will visit the Coven Leader's second target and can be drained.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	A controlled Coven Leader (via Coven Leader) is immune to control but can still be drained.	no	no	no
Coven Leader	A controlled Coven Leader (via Coven Leader) will visit the Coven Leader's second target and can be drained.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	A controlled Coven Leader (via Coven Leader) is immune to control but can be drained.	no	no	no
Coven Leader (No matter who has been targeted)	The Coven Leader won't visit the Coven Leader's second target. They will instead protect their target.	no	no	no
Coven Leader	A controlled Coven Leader will attack the Coven Leader's second target. If the Coven Leader controls the Coven Leader into himself before his third kill he will kill himself if not the Coven Leader will attack the Coven Leader and anyone who visits him.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	A controlled Coven Leader will infect the Coven Leader and their second target.	yes	yes	yes
Coven Leader	The Coven Leader will be killed and the Coven Leader won't attack Coven Leader's second target because he is immune to the Coven Leader's control.	no	no	no

¹ Note: The Coven Leader will not be detected by a Coven Leader or forced to visit a Coven Leader or Coven Leader, but his Coven Leader can be, assuming the Coven Leader is not role blocked. If the Coven Leader is role blocked, the Coven Leader can be detected by a Coven Leader and die to a Coven Leader or Coven Leader.
² Note: If the Coven Leader is not role blocked, the Coven Leader will not visit the Coven Leader's second target. If the Coven Leader is role blocked, the Coven Leader will be able to control the Coven Leader. The Coven Leader can be detected by a Coven Leader and die to a Coven Leader or Coven Leader.
³ Note: If the youngest Coven Leader is controlled, the youngest Coven Leader can be detected by a Coven Leader and die to the Coven Leader. If any of the other alive Coven Leader are controlled, none of the Coven Leader will be detected by the Coven Leader or die to a Coven Leader or Coven Leader.
⁴ Note: The Coven Leader will stay home and attack himself, but he will not die. He will see that he has attacked at least two people which would be the Coven Leader and the Coven Leader himself.

Strategy

• Claim to be an Investigator to the Town and look up possible results as you know the true role of your first target. Be careful as smart townies may be able to piece together the fact that they were controlled when you investigated them.
  • Do not claim Sheriff. Sheriff is thought of as a Coven Leader meta claim and is less convincing than Investigator. 
  • When claiming Investigator, it is thought that you may consider switching the order of them around, for example, if you figure out someone's role later on you can put that as your result for earlier. 
• Controlling a Doctor and make them heal other Coven members or yourself could benefit your team. That isn't to say your Necronomicon could kill the Doctor or a Medusa may accidentally use their stone gaze to kill him.
• Claiming Tracker is saying who your controlled targets visit is a semi-viable strategy.
• You may control a target to visit Medusa. Not only you will learn the victim's role, but stone the target on purpose. Controlling a confirmed visiting role will be nice. This tactic is more effective against the Town Protective and Town Investigative roles. Their Last Wills will be useless and they prevent the Retributionist to revive the victims. It is also much better if the role isn't revealed yet to the Town, in order to have more claim space for other roles. Be careful if you control Vigilantes (or otherwise killing roles or roles that can cause harmful visits) as it would be harmful to Coven.
  • You can to the same to control targets to visit Pestilence, Veterans and Werewolves staying home, which all have alert-based mechanics, however, they will still have their Template:Last will, their role will be visible, and they can be revived.
• A Coven Leader works the same way as the Witch, so think like you are the Witch from Classic when it comes to writing wills, making claims, etc. However, keep in mind that unlike the Witch, you kill those who you control when taking the Necronomicon and you house permanent Basic Defense. You are also allied with teammates, therefore you should be wary about what judgment to make, no longer being alone.
  • Coven Leaders, however, are not only aligned against the Town.
• Unlike the Witch, you generally want to control enemy killers whenever you find them in order to keep them from killing other Coven.
• If you find a Doctor or Bodyguard before you get the Necronomicon, use him to protect a fellow Coven member if you think they are going to die.

Trivia

• The Coven Leader is the only Coven role to have Basic Defense, similar to the Godfather, leader of the Mafia. 
• The Coven Leader is the only guaranteed Coven role other than the Medusa in Ranked.
• The Coven Leader is the only Coven role that does not have an entirely new ability.
  • The Coven Leader shares controlling players with a Witch, draining others of their life force is a new ability. Both Coven Leader and Witch have forms of defense.
• There was a bug where the Coven Leader was unable to control a Vigilante to shoot someone on Night 1.

Roles Town Town Investigative   Investigator • Lookout • Psychic • Sheriff • Spy • Tracker Town Killing   Jailor • Vampire Hunter • Veteran • Vigilante Town Protective   Bodyguard • Crusader • Doctor • Trapper Town Support   Escort • Mayor • Medium • Retributionist • Transporter Mafia Mafia Deception   Disguiser • Forger • Framer • Hypnotist • Janitor Mafia Killing   Ambusher • Godfather • Mafioso Mafia Support   Blackmailer • Consigliere • Consort Coven Coven Evil   Coven Leader • Hex Master • Medusa • Necromancer • Poisoner • Potion Master Neutral Neutral Benign   Amnesiac • Guardian Angel • Survivor Neutral Evil   Executioner • Jester • Witch Neutral Killing   Arsonist • Juggernaut • Serial Killer • Werewolf Neutral Chaos   Pirate • Plaguebearer/Pestilence • Vampire