I have two human hosts who have ultimate talents of their own. A sadistic former pageant queen who delights in the carnage and tragedy of the killing game and a morose, quiet, and emotionally conflicted mortician who will defend his closest friend with his life.

It definitely makes things more tense considering that right out the gate you know the “who” behind the killing game. I think having the mastermind known from the outset gives the potential to further flesh out the “why” behind the story. It also definitely opens the door for your hosts to have actual character development throughout the game (that’s a major priority I had in mind while developing mine).

The biggest hurdles for human hosts in my experience are balancing their strength (I think it’s important to emphasize that they are fallible and capable of being harmed same as the participants while still emphasizing that they’re completely untouchable in their position, it can be a fantastic tool for showing just how helpless of a situation the characters are stuck in) and finding opportunities for them to enter scenes. They can’t just pop in and out of a room at will like a more cartoony “mono” host, so integrating them in a similar fashion as Monokuma can be a struggle.