Universal Skills

Universal skills refers to skills that can be used by any player no matter what their roles are. Players do not need to declare their roles to use a Universal Skill.

Coup:
Pay 7(9 if the perpetrator has 2 Life and target has 1) Gold to the Treasury and direct a Coup at another player. The targeted player immediately loses a Life. Coups are always successful and cannot be prevented but can be redirected by Contessa. If a player has more or equal to 10 Gold, he has to Coup on his turn. A Coup has to be used at the very start of the turn (precedes all other actions) and does not count as an action if the player has less than 10 Gold

Income:
Take 1 Gold from the bank. Cannot be blocked or challenged

Foreign Aid:
Take 2 Gold from the bank. Can be blocked by Duke but cannot be challenged