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Jun-21-2017 04:58

As a 'smart and charming' detective who has all the smart and charming skills (plus all the related faction skills), should I now go for the 'tough' array of skills (intimidations etc) or is it more advisable to go for the additional faction skills eg. pickpocketing .

I'm also wondering how useful skills like interrogation really are to a 'charming' detective. Would I need to load up heavily on tough gear in order to make them work?

Thanks for any advice : )

Jun-22-2017 11:10

[That turned out to way longer than I anticipated. I feel like I'm playing the Resistance. :P]

If you already have all those skills, I think pick-pocketing might be the way to go, because I don't think the tough interview skills (especially in their basic form, and that will have to be where you start - the advanced skills' total requirement is 29 skill points for the skill that works on suspects, and 24 for the one that works on townies. Pugilism is a neat bonus though; get that when you start building up your tough adjustments) are of much use. Without an outfit that can contribute a little to those adjustments, it'd be even more off. Of course, all of this is based on my experience, you may find out that different things work for you. If you have Judge of Character, watch your suspects and townies over different cases - if you sense some sort of bias to a particular technique, you could shift that way faster, but otherwise just know that the game can be that mean to all of us! I would like to stop typing now, and leave you with that inspiring message. :P

Jun-26-2017 01:46

Oh thanks for your info. :D

Jun-26-2017 09:34

Stress detection ... what a useless skill.

Jun-27-2017 07:32

A belated (re)viewing of this thread. Thanks Bela : )

Jun-27-2017 09:36

I disagree Cro. Once you get a full skill set and good gear, yeah it's fairly unnecessary, but when you're younger, don't have fantastic gear, and aren't as skilled, it can help in deciding what questions to ask. If you need alibi really badly and other suspects not so much, you'll know which question to ask because you'll know when they're going to clam.

Bela, that was great!