The Witch: Two Potions, Two Game-Changing Moments

One heal. One kill. Both single-use. No second chances. The Witch is a Citizen-aligned role who learns the Mafia's target each night and holds two potions that can completely reshape the game — if used at the right time.

• Faction: 🟢 Citizens (Town)
• Ability: Two single-use potions — a heal potion to save the Mafia's victim, and a kill potion to eliminate any player
• When you act: Each night, after the Mafia chooses their target
• Win condition: All Mafia members and the Maniac (if present) are eliminated

Each night, the Game Master shows you who the Mafia targeted. You then decide: do you spend your one-time heal potion to save that player, or do you hold it?

After the heal decision, you may use your one-time kill potion to eliminate any player (except yourself). The kill potion bypasses the Doctor's protection — no one can save your target.

Both potions can be used on the same night, or on different nights, or never at all. Once a potion is used, it's gone for the rest of the game. The Game Master skips your turn entirely once both potions are spent.

If the Courtesan blocks you, neither potion takes effect that night — but neither is consumed either. You keep them for a future round.

When to Heal

The heal potion is most valuable in the early game. Saving a key Citizen (like the Sheriff or Doctor) can swing the entire game. But if the Mafia targets someone you're less sure about, it might be worth holding.

Don't panic-heal on the first night. If you're unsure, save it for a round where losing that player would be devastating.

When to Kill

The kill potion is your nuclear option. Use it when you have strong reads on a Mafia member — remember, this bypasses the Doctor, so it's guaranteed.

Late-game kills are especially powerful. If you can identify the last Mafia member and take them out with the potion, you win the game outright.

But if you guess wrong, you've killed a Citizen and wasted your strongest weapon.

Information Advantage

You know who the Mafia targeted every night, even if you don't use either potion. That's valuable information for day discussions. Be careful sharing it, though — if Mafia figures out you're the Witch, you become a priority target.

1. Using the heal potion too early — Night 1 saves feel safe, but the heal is often more critical in later rounds when the player pool is smaller.
2. Kill potion on a hunch — A wrong kill potion is worse than not using it. Wait until you're confident.
3. Revealing your role — The Witch has the most powerful single-use abilities in the game. Announcing yourself paints a target immediately.
4. Forgetting the information angle — Even without using potions, you learn the Mafia's target each night. That intel matters.

• Sheriff checks Witch → Shows as Citizen
• Courtesan blocks Witch → Both potions are blocked but NOT consumed
• Doctor heals Witch's kill target → Cannot — Witch kill is unsaveable
• Mafia had no target → Heal potion is not offered (no victim to save)
• Witch targets a Mafia member → Allowed (can target anyone except self)