Citadels Player Aid

Character Cards

Name	Rank	Ability
Assassin	1	Call a character you wish to kill.  The killed character skips his turn.
Witch	1	Gather resources, call a character you with to bewitch, then put your turn on hold.  After the bewitched character gathers resources, you resume your turn as that character.
Magistrate	1	Assign warrents face down to character tokens.  Reveal the signed warrent to confiscate the first district that player builds.  The player gets all gold paid to build their district.  There are 3 warrent markers, only one of which is signed.
Thief	2	Call a character you wish to rob.  When the robbed character is revealed, you take all his gold.
Spy	2	Name a district type and look at another player's hand.  For each card of that type, take 1 of his gold and gain 1 card from the deck.
Blackmailer	2	Assign threats face down to character tokens.  A threatened character can bribe you (half his gold rounded down) to remove the threat.  If you reveal the flower, you take all his gold.  There are 2 threat markers, one of which has a flower on the back.
Masgician	3	Either exchange hands of cards with another player or discard any number of cards to gain an equal number of cards from the deck.
Wizard	3	Look at another player's hand and choose 1 card.  Either pay to build it immediately or add it to your hand.  You can build identical districts.
Seer	3	Randomly take 1 card from each player's hand and add it to yours.  Then give each player you took a card from 1 card from your hand.  You can build up to 2 districts.
King	4	Take the crown.  Gain 1 gold for each of your Noble districts.
Emperor	4	Give the crown to a different player and take either 1 of his gold or 1 of his cards.  Gain 1 gold for each of your Noble districts.
Patrician	4	Take the crown.  Gain 1 card for each of your Noble districts.
Bishop	5	The rank 8 character cannot use its ability on your districts.  Gain 1 gold for each of your Religious districts.
Cardinal	5	If you are short of gold to build a district, exchange your cards for another player's gold (1 card = 1 gold).  Gain 1 card for each of your Religious districts
Aboot	5	The richest player gives you 1 gold.  Gain either 1 gold or 1 card for each of your Religious districts.
Merchant	6	Gain 1 extra gold.  Gain 1 gold for each of your Trade districts.
Trader	6	You can build any number of Trade districts.  Gain 1 gold for each of your Trade districts.
Alchemist	6	At the end of your turn, you get back all the gold you paid to build districts this turn.  You cannot pay more gold than you have.
Architct	7	Gain 2 extra cards.  You can build up to 3 districts.
Navigator	7	Gain either 4 gold or 4 extra cards.  You cannot build any districts.
Scholar	7	Draw 7 cards, choose 1 to keep, then shuffle the rest back into the deck.  You can build up to 2 districts.
Warlord	8	Destroy 1 district by paying 1 fewer gold than its cost.  Gain 1 gold for each of your Military districts.
Diplomat	8	Exchange 1 of your districts for another player's district, giving him gold equal to the difference in their costs.  Gain 1 gold for each of your Military districts.
Marshal	8	Sieze a district with a cost of 3 or less from another player's city, giving that player gold equal to its cost.  Gain 1 gold for each of your Military districts.
Queen	9	If you are sitting next to the player who revealed the rank 4 character, gain 3 gold.
Artist	9	Beautify up to 2 of your districts by assigning each of them 1 gold.  A district can be beautified only once.  The beautification is worth 1VP at the end of the game.
Tax Collector	9	After each player builds, he places 1 of his gold on the Tax Collector's character token.  Take all gold from your character token.

Unique Buildings

Standard Combinations