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Tom Darling
Tom Darling

Sep-11-2005 06:50

For the cheerfully pessimistic detective!

1. Your client did it.

2. Buying Advanced Thread Analysis means that all threads immediately disappear from the crime scene.

3. The question you need answered most is the one the witness clams up on.

I'm sure more experienced players can add to the list. Care to have a go?

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Dionne Dawson
Dionne Dawson

Sep-11-2005 09:40

good addition Andrea!! i forgot that one! lol

LilRach
LilRach
Well-Connected

Sep-11-2005 13:20

Your client won't talk, you use lockpicking, and of course it is who they suspect, not their alibi...

DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

Sep-11-2005 14:13

First off, my two contacts are The Fortune Teller, and Shoe Maker." Now, I open a case and find all the crime scene evidence is four threads. Then I check and find all suspects, with fake alibis used the Tailor for their alibi..lol. I ask the Tailor about the first suspect and the Tailor clams up on me. I then try "Bending the Rule," at which time I have to bribe the Tailor with $350 for the answer, but the Tailor takes my money and still clams up on me. On top of all of this, while I'm asking suspects "Who had Motive to Kill," most of them clam up on the second question. So, even though I'm able to narrow it down and find the guilty suspect, then I can't accuse because I wasn't able to find out their motive by the suspects that clammed up early on. Wow, now this is a complicated case..hehe, but keeps it interesting.

Thaddeus Mint
Thaddeus Mint

Sep-12-2005 02:23

If you get two favours for the same townsperson one day, they'll crop up in a treasure hunt the next day.

*mutters "lousy no-good don't-need-anything-right-now waitress..."*

P. Rockwell
P. Rockwell
Well-Connected

Sep-12-2005 06:25

or a 3rd favor in a row from that not needed favor!

Having an agency burn around 20 favors looking for either one of two favors, and still nada...



cfm
cfm
Nomad

Sep-12-2005 06:30

More than 20 Rock! It's been three days and twenty a day..... *grumbles and heads out to the pool to hide*

gradbeth
gradbeth
Well-Connected

Sep-12-2005 06:54

The amount of money you spend bribing people is directionally proportional to the liklihood your client is guilty (ie, the more you spend, the less likely you are to get any back)

Lady Emerald Devon
Lady Emerald Devon
Nomad

Sep-12-2005 09:27

*Does is a little dance as she is not a pessimistic detective. "I LOVE YOU DELHERS!"*
(See Newbie Boards- 'Dumb Luck' Thread for more information)

-Disclaimer: The Lady Emerald Devon does not recommend her actions to anyone and was aware of the complete stupidity.-

gradbeth
gradbeth
Well-Connected

Oct-7-2005 10:49

bump, cuz some days you just need to know you aren't alone

Luniar Arkain
Luniar Arkain

Oct-7-2005 11:24

8. Your research ability eliminates a suspect that none of the evidence may imply as the murderer.

9. You manage to squeeze three questions from a hard-to-persuade townie that has no alibis. You go to the other hard-to-persuade townie that has two alibis and you can't get a single question.

((That last one has happened to me a good few times.))

10. You find more than one piece of left-handed handwriting evidence, but then, shattering statistics, 80%-90% of the suspects are left-handed.

11. Chance of 70-something persuades a suspect/townie, but not high-90s.

12. Once you get your hands on that expensive Handwriting Analysis, all (exaggeration) of the handwriting evidence you find is the same. Right-handed.

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