Voudon

Traveller•Bad Moon Rising

A Traveller that transfers voting rights exclusively to the dead and removes the majority requirement for execution. This shifts the game's political power from the living to the deceased, who can vote freely without tokens.

Wakes

Never

Causes Death

Selects

Alignment

Static

Ability

Only you & the dead can vote. They don't need a vote token to do so. A 50% majority isn't required.

Strategy Guide

Playing As

Leverage your absolute power on Day 1 (when you are likely the only voter) to remove a high-priority target.
Act as the coordinator for the graveyard; since the dead don't need tokens, organize them into a voting bloc under your influence.
Monitor the alignment of the graveyard; if the dead population shifts to favor the opposing team, call for your own exile to return voting control to the living.
Use your central role to bluff alignment; the living must appease you for votes, giving you significant social leverage.

Playing Against

Lobby the dead players and the Voudon aggressively, as they are the only ones who can determine the execution result.
Be extremely careful with nominations, as a simple plurality is enough to execute; accidental executions are much easier.
If the block of dead voters becomes hostile to your team's interests, campaign to exile the Voudon immediately to restore normal voting rules.
As a Storyteller or player, consider the Voudon's impact on game pacing; adding them late gives power back to players who lost their vote tokens.

Interactions

Zombuul

Once the Zombuul 'dies' for the first time, they register as dead and gain the ability to vote, giving the evil team a persistent secret vote.

Professor/Shabaloth

Resurrecting a player removes them from the 'dead' state, instantly stripping them of their Voudon-granted voting rights.

Mastermind

The removal of the 50% threshold makes it easier to force executions on a Mastermind day, or for the town to accidentally execute the wrong person.

Bishop

While the Bishop prevents nominations from anyone but the Storyteller, the Voudon controls the voting, creating a highly restrictive game state.