Alchemist-Vortox Interaction
I've got a question about the way I tend to see Alch-Vortox being run when in a game together. It's honestly less of a question and more of a general variance in how I view the interaction.
I believe the alchemist being told their ability at the start of the game is exactly the same concept as the demon with a lunatic being told their character at the start of a game- it’s not really ‘learning’ information and more just telling the player vital baseline info that their token doesn’t.
The Vortox, infamously, makes all townsfolk information incorrect. We always explain to newer players that this evidently doesn't affect roles that don't glean information e.g. Snake Charmer, Innkeeper, Mayor, Preacher, Minstrel etc. The alchemist's ability does not anywhere have the text 'You learn' or 'You (start) know/ing' which all other townsfolk (with the exception of Fisherman) have in their abilities. The Alchemist is not a townsfolk that learns information, it instead fits right in with the above characters and I think it's an unfun interaction for them not to know their own ability.
What do you think? I'd love to hear some disagreement