Illusionist

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"No one cares about the man in the box, the man who disappears."

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Summary

"If you nominate and execute a dead player, they live and you die."

The Illusionist's trick can switch themselves with a dead player. What a neat trick!

The dead player can either be good or evil.
The dead player can be any character type, but must be able to be nominated. A dead Traveller can only be exiled.
When the dead player is executed, the Illusionist and the dead player switch their living and dead states.
The switched player regains their ability, even a "once per game" ability already used. If they had a "first night only" or "start knowing" ability, they may use it again.

When the Illusionist nominates a dead player, mark the nominated player with the TA-DA reminder.

If the player marked TA-DA is executed (and they are still dead), announce that player is alive and the Illusionist is dead.

On the 1st day, the Illusionist nominates and executes a living player. That player dies.

The Illusionist nominates the dead Investigator, but the Investigator does not get enough votes to be executed. Nothing happens.

The Illusionist nominates the dead Baron. When the Baron is executed, the Storyteller announces that the Baron is alive and the Illusionist is dead.

Talk with dead players. Find out if they are particularly trustworthy or have an ability worth switching back in.
When your ability works, you have confirmed to everyone that you are the Illusionist. Even better, the player you just replaced used to be dead. They can't be the Demon!

When bluffing as the Illusionist, there are a few things you should keep in mind:

If you successfully nominate and execute a dead player, they won't be coming back to life. You better have a good explanation for why this happened.
If the good team is convinced you are evil, you might get executed soon after. If you are a Minion, this might be worth it as the good team might spend two days executing a corpse and then you.
Beware bluffing as the Illusionist if a real Illusionist is in play. If you have told the group that you are the Illusionist, and the real Illusionist proves themself by switching themselves with a dead player, you can not possibly be the Illusionist.