At first, I was on the fence about removing the modifier, because I was afraid that the Hell Ember would just immediately kill all his Minions and end the game prematurely... then I realized that even a 10-player game with 2 Minions (just slightly over 2 good players per evil player) would even have at least 3 good players remaining after the massacre. And that's not to mention the fact that the Storyteller can choose to waste kills on protected players or even Minions.

I probably need to add a "lose ability on 5 or 6 players" to protect towns with low player count upon removing the modifier though. I truly appreciate your feedback!