Patroness

How to Run

Each day, before nominations begin, ask the Patroness to publicly choose another player.

That player cannot be nominated today while the Patroness has this ability.

Make the choice clear to the whole group and mark the chosen player PROTECTED.

At dusk, remove PROTECTED.

If the Patroness is exiled before the day ends, their ability stops functioning and the protected player may be nominated normally from that point onward.

Examples

The Patroness publicly chooses Alice. Alice cannot be nominated that day. The town may still discuss Alice, vote normally on other nominations, or exile the Patroness.

The evil Patroness knows who the Plague is and chooses the Demon. The town cannot nominate the Plague while the protection remains. Suspicious of the Patroness's motives, the group exiles the Patroness; the Plague may now be nominated normally.

The Patroness protects a player secretly marked by the Lordling. Since that player cannot be nominated, the Lordling's nomination-triggered death cannot occur while the protection lasts.

The Patroness protects the Curate. The Curate later breaks Madness. Protection from nomination does not prevent the Curate's Madness consequence from triggering.

The Patroness protects a player who dies during the day for another reason. The protection does not prevent death; it only prevents nomination.

Rules & Clarifications

• The Patroness must make the choice publicly and before nominations begin.
• The Patroness cannot choose themselves.
• The chosen player cannot be nominated by any player, including themselves.
• Protection affects nomination only. It does not prevent execution caused by another ability, death, poisoning, character changes, or other effects.
• Players may still nominate and exile the Patroness normally.
• If the Patroness is exiled, the protection immediately ends and the chosen player may be nominated later that same day.
• If the Patroness loses their ability by another means, the protection also ends.
• A protected player may still vote normally.
• The protection expires at dusk.
• If the Patroness enters the game after nominations have already begun that day, they make no choice until the following day.