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Nomad

Apr-9-2006 22:34
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WARNING GAME SPOILER!!

If you wish to enjoy the adventure of figuring out this game on your own, DO NOT read the rest of this post.

If you are too lazy to read through a page or two of threads to see if your question has already been asked a zillion times, then PLEASE read this first!

Welcome to Sleuth, and your new addiction.  There is no cure, so just accept it and enjoy it! Here are a few tips and hints that you should find helpful, and are among the FAQ of the newbie boards.

First, a great place to FIND ANSWERS and cool history threads about Sleuth is in the Moderator Picks Board. The Mods have picked out their favorite bits and made them easy to find. In addition to personal favorites, try looking over the Newbie FAQ. This can be found on the bottom of most pages as a tiny little grey link. Also the Help file at the upper right of most screens is packed with little useful tidbits.

HOW DO I SOLVE a case? First off…we recommend that you try the tutorial found on the front of the case page. It won’t count against your daily caseload, and it will give you an idea of how the game works. It’s not set up to walk you through the most efficient course through the game, but to show you how the game works, leaving you to find your own strategy. The following formulas will help you find your murderer.

PE+Fake/"none of your business" Alibi=guilty
WE+Fake/"none of your business" Alibi=guilty
2 WE = guilty

PE=Physical Evidence WE=Witness Evidence

Having a clammed suspect that will not give you an alibi is not the same as a fake/none alibi.

PE+WE DOES NOT = Guilty



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Nomad

Apr-15-2006 22:42

How do I CHANGE Avatars (NEW FACES) ? Go to...
City Hall

Submitting Content (currently the very last link on the bottom of the City Hall page)

Read and follow the directions.


Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

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Nomad

Apr-18-2006 15:27

Secret Squirrel, I thought all those grey hairs came from having to watch the same newbie questions clutter up the board again and again and again.

By the way....How do I change my avatar?

*grins wickedly and runs for cover*

Lucian Ty
Lucian Ty

Apr-18-2006 17:35

FACTION: The Green Hand (London, Delhi)
SKILL: Pugilism
COST: 14 skill points
TYPE: Toughness

FACTION: La Cosa Nostra (New York, London)
SKILL: Safe Cracking
COST: 12 skill points
TYPE: Smarts

FACTION: The Circle of Light (Shanghai, Delhi)
SKILL: Surveillance
COST: 15 skill points
TYPE: Smarts

FACTION: The Dies Arcanum Brotherhood (New York, Delhi)
SKILL: Pick Pocketing
COST: 12 skill points
TYPE: Toughness

FACTION: The Order of Socrates (New York, Shanghai)
SKILL: Hypnotism
COST: 12 skill points
TYPE: Charming

FACTION: The Eastern Triads (London, Shanghai)
SKILL: Underworld Connections
COST: 17 skill points
TYPE: Charming

If you are Very Tough, all Tough skills will be reduced by 4 points.
If you are Very Smart, all Smart skills will be reduced by 4 skills.
If you are Very Charming, all Charming skills will be reduced by 4 points.
If you are Tough and Smart, all Tough and Smart skills will be reduced by 2 points.
If you are Tough and Charming, all Tough and Charming skills will be reduced by 2 points.
If you are Smart and Charming, all Smart and Charming skills will be reduced by 2 points.

Also, to quote cfm from earlier...
"You are better off building your interview and smart skills before worrying about the faction skills. "

Also, here's the faction points necessary to do the things there...
1 point - you may now visit this faction's headquarters.
10 points - if you are in an agency you may purchase any hunt information.
25 points - if you have enough skill points you may now purchase the faction skill
30 points - You will now receive the highest discount on items.

Hopefully I have helped cfm build her lifesaver newbie thread with this information... of course, more faction information can be found at
http://pachome2.pacific.net.sg/~simbp76/site/
I just wanted to cheat a bit and post the info here. ;)

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Old Shoe

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Nomad

Apr-19-2006 15:17

How do I JOIN or START an AGENCY?

First you MUST SUBSCRIBE. There is no way around it. Joining and opening agencies is a subscriber perk.

Second, visit the Recruitment boards to join an exsisting agency or to post for recruits and/or codirectors for your own. You purchase your space for your agency at the Real Estate office.

*thinks newbies would be wise to join exsisting agencies to build, grow, and learn before branching off on their own*

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Nomad

Apr-20-2006 17:41

After a long hard day she drags herself through Newbies and shakes her head. She didn't understand what so difficult about *attempting* to figure out the game and reading through at least a *few* pages of the boards as research.

While she was tempted to cuff every newbie that walked through the doors to an experienced detective in hopes of cleaning up City Hall a bit, she knew she'd end up arrested. Instead, she went to the printshop and had them make up a whole new bundle of flyers. If the newbies could litter up town with redundant questions, she could do the same with the answers, in mass.

As she posted up her flyers to the another sign post, she looked down at Bubbles and lamented, "Does no one understand the rewards of research? There wouldn't be a mass grave of threads to go through if they would just take a few minutes to go look at a page or three instead of instantly thinking they were the only person in History to ever have a question." Her faithful friend, and Bloodhound, just looked up at her with big, brown eyes and sat outside the door of the candy shop as she entered to have another copy hung in the store window.

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Apr-20-2006 19:02

As he walks silently down a darkened street Rasputin gives a sudden tug at his leash. He looks up to see what has encouraged this seldom fit of energy from his old friend. Another bloodhound sits patiently outside a candy shop. He looks down at Ras', "You're getting on old chap, aren't you, for that?" He means to let the hound cross, but is taken by a bright flyer taped hapharzardly to a lamp post. It's rather long and meandering, but as read he finds it helpful to him in so many ways. When Ras' whines at his side he remembers the other bloodhound, and looks to cross. But the other hound is gone, and so he supposes is the owner. "Sorry mate", he whispers to Ras', but by now the hound is nonplussed, and they trundle back down the darkened street. He touches his coat pocket briefly, and the jewel encrusted egg within hums softly in reply... [ ;) ]

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Story Teller

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