Dead

**Dead** is a status present in Storyteller.

## Appearance

Dead actors have a few different appearances if placed in again after dying, those being a ghost or a corpse.

Ghosts float slightly above the ground, generally in their idle pose, with none of their normal colors other than an ethereal blue. They no longer have pupils.

Corpses act differently, with two versions, an ash statue, and a half-eaten body. The ash statue has a grey, almost stone like exterior, with the actor in question generally posed kneeling and holding a hand above them with hollowed out eyes. The half-eaten body simply takes the body of the actor, with the top part being completely removed up to the waist, leaving only the legs left.

## Behavior

### Perks of being Dead

Dead actors retain all lore they had previously but have limited effects on other actors. Dead actors can be placed freely on any panel.

Any character seeing a dead actor will be spooked. If that actor was in love with or married to the dead actor, they will also become heartbroken.

If an actor believes an actor that they love to be dead, they will become heartbroken. However, even if an actor dies, their death will not always be public and be made known to all characters immediately. Most forms of death will keep the killer, if there is one, a secret unless certain conditions are fulfilled.

Dead actors are removed from consideration on Mirror's judgement.

For more information see: Ghosts, Corpse

### Becoming/Losing Dead

The simplest way to become dead is through the Death scene, requiring no prior lore or resentment. Placing an actor on the gravestone section of the scene will cause them to become dead and turned into a ghost. This is private and will NOT be known to anyone that does not directly see the gravestone or their ghost.

Time is capable of killing actors who are old, turning them into a ghost. This death is private and will NOT be known to anyone that does not directly see their ghost.

Drinking poison out of heartbreak or being poisoned by a resentful actor will turn the actor who drank the poison into a ghost. This death is public and is known to all, but the killer remains unknown.

Standing on a Devil-sabotaged Kiss boat will cause all non-frog actors to die, turning them into ghosts. This death is also public.

Armed actors can kill other actors, turning them into ghosts. The death is public, but the killer isn't known.

Resentful actors can push actors they hate off of a cliff, again turning them into ghosts. The death is public, but the killer isn't known.

Royalty actors can kill actors they have resentment against by executing them. This death is public and is one of the few ways to make the killer immediately known.

God can kill any actor through the Judgment scene if they were successfully tempted, turning them into an ash statue. This death is public and is immediately made known to all other actors.

Bernard, as a werewolf, can kill any actor he isn't afraid of, turning them into a half-eaten body. This death is private and is not shared with other actors unless they witness the corpse.

Stabbing a vampire in their crypt is made public, turning the vampire into an ash statue.

Actors who placed in the Revive scene will be restored from their dead state, in private, meaning that no one knows they revived until later meeting them again. They will retain all their lore unless afflicted with amnesia.

## Actors who can become Dead

All actors have the potential for becoming dead except Magic Mirror.