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Apr-21-2004 11:14

I was just wondering could the city people you talk to during a case help you like for instance I had a case my only witness clamed up completely then I went back and she was dead. Of course I can not go any futher but when you talk to the city folk and the give a name can it apear so we can question them making it a double murder increasing your earnings or even if we are good in the fraction they can give a witness to help? just asking cause i so needed this favor completed for the treasure.

May-1-2004 10:39

I can vouch that Kitten is a nice person.

May-1-2004 13:24

As can I. In the few days I've known her Kitten has been incredibly kind, helpful, and patient. Especially patient because I'm an idiot. ^_^ Its so difficult to express tone through written word alone, hence why I use smilies.

~S.A.M.

May-1-2004 14:06

No worries Kitten, and no apology needed.

May-1-2004 18:09

wow, kitten, that was the most non-offensive but aggressive apology ive ever seen! bravo!

May-2-2004 13:50

I had a favor to do today. I had the usual one suspect. So , as recommended, I asked the movite question first. Suspect clammed up and that was the end of that. No more suspects. On the first question of the case.

Could you at least give me some chance of getting it.

May-2-2004 15:39

Flashman, if you have a decent Charm or Toughness [pick one] this shouldn't be a problem. You don't have so much XP that you should be on too hard a case for favours, so I guess you were just really unlucky. That kind of thing isn't common.

May-2-2004 16:15

The favors that it's happening on are that the Difficult level.

It's happened twice tonight.

I have a tough adjustment of around +7 but it didn't do any good.

Vert Frustating.

May-2-2004 17:26

Flashman, you may want to rethink your strategy. You are a SmartCharming, no? Maybe you are not tough enough to scare your suspects?

May-2-2004 18:08

Yes, I have to agree. At the Difficult/Hard level and above, you can't rely in suspects to answer even your first question without some persuasion. This is where it is essentially to have abilities like Rule Bending, Sweet Talking, Intimidation or Interrogation [and preferably Advanced].

There is a lot of overlap between the Toughness and Charm skills, so I suggest you just pick one variety and stick to it until you have skill points to waste, which believe me, will take months.

The first time a suspect clams up, you're given an option to use a charm or toughness persuasion method on them. Its random which charm and which toughness skill is available, so try to have two of one kind to cover all the bases.

You can never have too much of one attribute. I'm Very Charming and like to run around with a +10 or so to my score.

~S.A.M.

May-3-2004 01:53

I think it may be just me, but I can't finish ANY cases tonight. My bad luck, OR the fact that I'm playing at 3am. Oh well, tomorrow is another day.