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Jun-15-2015 07:43

If I'm not wrong, pugilism increases the chance of intimidation (or interrogation?) by 20% against both male and female suspects (right?).

Whereas flirting increases the likelihood of rule bending (or sweet-talking, I'm not sure though I have the skill! :P ) for suspects only of the opposite gender.

That gives a slight edge to Tough, unless there's a similar skill for charm that I don't know (?).

If there isn't, wouldn't it be possible for us to get such a skill too? :)

Jun-17-2015 03:49

So someone correct me if I'm wrong...

The short answer is: Your archetype only effects your ability to buy skills. ie if you're VERY Charming then your charm skills are cheaper than in you were say charm / smart.

Your archetype won't effect the base roll the computer makes when you encounter a suspect or townie. ie when the computer puts the metaphorical dice in its metaphorical cup it doesn't care what your archetype / skills or gear are. it just rolls (jiggle jiggle jiggle)...

Tough 23
Charm 45

Then you're *decisions* do the rest. ie what gear, what skills. etc

Eventually, in time, you'll get ALL the skills. So then it just becomes a case of gear, and whether you want to bash your way through on pure smarts eg

Base Interrogation Chance: 34
Tough Equipment Adjustment: -6
Advanced Skill Bonus: 35
Pugilism Bonus: 10
Adjusted Interrogation Chance: 73

Base Sweet Talking Chance: 59
Charming Equipment Adjustment: 31
Advanced Skill Bonus: 35
Flirting Bonus: 20
Adjusted Sweet Talking Chance: 145

or take a more balanced approach and go tough charm to give yourself a chance with a wider range of suspects / townies or charm smarts | tough smarts in order to lessen the blow of getting HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR instead if Straight HAIR, Curly HAIR etc etc

I'm personally a proponent of bashing my way through cases, - zero tough and smarts and relying purely on my dazzling wit and lightning sharp repartee.

Jun-17-2015 06:09

Oh. Okay. So that's why sometimes the base tough is greater than charm tough, because it's random. :)

Bela, no not really, it wasn't my first case with JoC but since I only have charm skills right now (other than Trap Detection etc), I hardly ever use it.... that's why I don't know much about the base numbers. :)