I also agree that it should have been four total rituals. When the haunt wants you to only count the heroic characters, it'll say "heroes." If it says "explorers" or "players," it means everyone at the table who is playing this game, regardless of which team they're on once the haunt starts (since the traitor character still counts as an explorer even after turning traitor). And no, the number shouldn't go down if one of them dies.
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