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Jordan Cervantes
Jordan Cervantes

Nov-27-2007 19:29

Hello All-
I am a relative newbie and I have literally spent the last 3 hours trying to read through threads so please forgive me if this has been proposed already. I appreciate all comments.
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Also, I hope this is in the right forum....

If/when a detective finds a bloody footprint, you can determine if it's male or female blood using a simple blood test while you are in the field. If you can already determine it came from a heavy or slender person (Advanced Footprint Analysis) , one more test is all you would need to do.

I know this game takes place in the 1920's-1940's, so genetic testing was available--even if it was in it's infancy.

You can make a pregnancy test (or something like it) purchasable with some skill points under the "Smarts" category.
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Part II

Another idea I have is to have weapons as a part of the crime scene. In other words, the killer left in a rush/panic and left a bloody knife. You can then lift the bloody fingerprint and, like the handwriting analysis, determine if the person was a righty or a lefty. You would leave a heavier print on a murder weapon with your dominant hand. You can also add ropes and then the sleuth will have to figure out if the killer tried to cover up by making it look like a suicide. This would be a great twist especially in the case of a really neat crime scene (the experienced killer) or if the body was moved.

Since detectives can purchase guns from certain factions, I think, they can be added as murder weapons too because I think sleuths during that time could test for GSR.

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Treschaude
Treschaude
Washed Up Punter

Dec-1-2007 21:04

Jordan - Thanks for the complement on the avatar :) We posted at almost the same time so I didn't see the new ideas when I commented. Don't be talking about magic brownies unless you brought enough for everyone!

Dave - there is a round about way to get money into the safe from a different city. You have to trust your fellow agency members though ;-) Just transfer funds to a detective at home and then have them put it in the safe. Not terribly efficient, but will do in a pinch.

A new city would be a lot of fun. Doesn't matter where. I'd even go to Cleveland! My secret hope is that Ben has some new ideas for Noir up his sleeve for about the same time as SoM comes out so we'll have to play both. Feed the addiction.

Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Dec-6-2007 17:08

Ixnay on Chicago...-ay. I called it first. :)

biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Dec-6-2007 20:27

I will continue to vote for Boston as long as it takes to get some beantown love.

*waves to her partner in crime*

Johnboy
Johnboy

Dec-6-2007 21:51

I think that the East Coast is pretty much set with New York. It was pretty much the center of America during the time period. A Midwest city just wasn't accesible enough in that time period either. Commercial Aviation wasn't really going back then if i remember correctly. Although Chicago was interesting. What we need is another major port. I would like it to be another North American one though.



Johnboy
Johnboy

Dec-6-2007 23:12

Ok this is my third time trying to post this. I have a serious issue with this posting thing and it is being mean...(Wow i'm mad at an inanimate object). Anyway i changed my mind about Midwest cities.

Minneapolis would totally work.

I have written the main points too many times and i'm tired of it now (Sorry guys) but i think that it would be a great city. Read this wikipage, well you don't have to, but i think it would really fill in what i'm talking about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Minneapolis,_Minnesota

Minneapolis was the gem of the Midwest in the '20's-'40's. Achieving things like the Foshay Tower, The first Basilica in the US (In 1929) St. Mary's Basilica, Mill Capital of the World, Political influences and Cultrual Achievements and influences. Civil achievements and whatnot. All of this in the correct time period.

But what i'm really excited about is the potential to introduce Mass Murders to sleuth (I know that makes me sound morbid, but really it is interesting). With all the mills in Minneapolis...one spark could kill all of the workers due to the dust in the air (No lie folks, this could work). I don't know why Sleuth hasn't used Mass Murders before. It would be difficult to pull off without drawing attention to yourself and getting caught, and i feel the mills give the murderer a way to pull it off easily and still leave us with enough to track him by. Anyway those are my thoughts...

This wasn't nearly as good as the two rants i wrote before this, but somehow those didn't get posted...


Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Dec-7-2007 22:58

SERGES!!! Nice to see you back!! ;-D

I think it'd be really neat to see a couple more cities here on Sleuth. I know there's those out there who have a 'what's the point' view about that, but I, for one, like traveling, and it'd be nice to have a couple new cities to explore, wherever they might be.

Not entirely sure I understand what you're gettin' at with the mass murders and the Minneapolis thing, Johnboy. I suspect there'd be huge programming issues when you deal with more than one murder (ie. - case) at a time. Perhaps you could expand a bit for those of us who're somewhat slow on the uptake, as it were? ;-)

Anikka
Anikka
Babelfish

Dec-8-2007 09:34

Meh...I vote for no more US cities. It's a big ole world out there - why should one country be represented twice?

I'd love to see something in South America, which is not yet represented. And how about Australia? Also not yet part of the Sleuth world.

brick84
brick84
Sleuth About Town

Dec-8-2007 11:44

There was a lotta espionage and intrigue going on in South America during this time period.

Johnboy
Johnboy

Dec-8-2007 12:25

Good point about the whole programming thing and whatnot Breitkat, i hadn't thought of. At that point in the day i was tired and sore from running around playing hockey and whatnot and not really thinking. Although i do find it to be fascinating. I don't really think that the mass murder would really require much more than a normal case. It would just have multiple victims, one crime scene. You would have to prioritize (Spelling anyone?) your victims for clues. It would be difficult to find a clue leading to a specific killer because you would have threads from so many people, or a lot of footprints, etc... It would be quite the challenge, and i think it would be fun to do. But you're right, it would be a programming nightmare.

As to South America, that sounds delightful!

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Dec-8-2007 15:07

Ah, okay, now I get it!! That's an interesting idea. There's been some discussion about having an ultra-difficult, above Almost Impossible type of case that the most experienced detectives among us who are bored with solving the same ol' AI's day-in, day-out would be up for. Perhaps this might fit into that kind of scenario....;-)

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