Sleuth Home - Message Boards - Newbie Questions

Oct-7-2005 05:09

For all who wants to know how the faction skills work, I report an old jstkdn post:

Hypotism: each case some suspects you can hypnotize in giving more suspects. Which means you have to ask less questions to the suspects.

Pugilism: enhances tough.

Pick pocketing: allows you to keep the money of the client is the guilty one.

Surveillance: you can hide outside of one suspects house, and sometimes get the answer to an extra question.

Underworld connection: for that escaped suspect thing.

Safe cracking: only useful if you are in an agency. Allows you to take the last key in treasure hunts that involves keys.


A big "thank you" to jstkdn for this.

Oct-8-2005 16:24

Thanks for putting it all in one place, jstkdn and An. I would add:

Hyponotism: Is a charming skill that works by chance. It will be used on your behalf automatically each time you ask a suspect about others with a motive, and the chance of success increases if you are wearing charming gear while you do your questioning.

Pugilism: Works automatically to increase the chance level of tough interviewing skills, both interrogation and intimidation, by 10.

Pick Pocketing: Also happens automatically once you learn the skill.

Surveillance: Can be used once per case only, and you decide when to use it. It also is a matter of chance whether it works or not. This chance is enhanced by the level of smarts gear you are wearing.

Underworld Connections: This always works.

Safe Cracking: This also always works, although only in a key hunt, of course.

Oct-8-2005 17:11

You are welcome.

Man this is a painful reminder as to how bad of a memory I have, when people quote old posts of mine.....9 out of 10 times, I don't even remember them!!!! :)

Oct-9-2005 03:55

I would like to add here that faction skills are less important in the game then "normal" skills. Only buy them after you have smart and interview skills.

Oct-9-2005 23:15

I agree with reda and would emphasize interviewing skills even before smarts skills, although getting /some/ smarts skills before all the interviewing skills are complete is helpful.

By interviewing skills we mean tough: Intimidation and Interrogation, charming: Sweet Talking and Rule Bending. Focus on one set before the other, and when that set is complete, focus on smarts and possibly even a faction skill or two before worrying about the opposite quality. (IMHO, of course!)

Oct-10-2005 07:13

I agree with Moonshh.
If you've the charming interviewing skill, go for hypnothism, if you're a tough one, go for pugilism.

Feb-10-2006 00:20

What level do you have to get to with the faction in order to learn the skill?
15-20-30? Thanks.

Feb-10-2006 01:24

25 :)

Jun-8-2006 15:42

I just got the skill under world connections from the eastern triads. What I want to know is how is this skill useful? Only when someone goes missing? Does it enhance my very tough skills? Can it help me with the feature stories?

Jun-8-2006 16:07

All it does is bring back a suspect who has gone into hiding. Less running around trying to find out which townie knows where they are. It was one of the last faction skills I got, and I didn't think it would really rock my world, but I *love* it now!

As for featured mysteries, no idea if it works there. Might depend on the FM.

Jun-8-2006 17:03

Underworld Connections is worth the price of subscribing just be able to learn it.