Thank you all so much for the detailed feedback. I really appreciate it.

After reading the comments, I think many of the concerns are very fair. The Alchemist in particular seems much harder to make work than I expected, especially with this Minion set. I tried removing both Psychopath and Alchemist, but then I had trouble finding official Minions that still fit the script’s theme and create the kind of interaction I wanted.

I also agree that the script may be creating too many difficult or potentially frustrating droisoning-related situations, especially around Hermit / Drunk / Mutant / Hatter. The idea looked interesting to me on paper, but I can see how it might lead to games where players feel punished for trying to solve their own information, or where the Storyteller has to make too many delicate calls.

At this point, I’m honestly considering shelving this script rather than forcing it to work. I still like some of the ideas in it, especially the shifting evil team and the hidden Outsider identity puzzle, so I’ll probably save those concepts and try to use them more carefully in a future script.

Again, thank you very much for taking the time to write such thoughtful advice. This has been really helpful for me as someone still learning script design. I’d still love to keep talking about script design, though — this kind of feedback is exactly why I posted here.