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Nov-8-2005 17:40

Okay, having stumbled upon this site by pure chance (someone posted the url in the NaNoWriMo forums, curse them!), I quickly went through my first detective. Deciding that he was a total failure, I created this one. Sticking with it, even paid for two months (8 bucks, that's nothing ^^), since I can't play any other fun games on this computer.

Anyway, disregarding my earlier rambling, here's the questions I've been thinking about.

Can any NPC (or whatever they're called... the priest, barber, and so on) give a false alibi? Can they give false information (such as "Yes, this hair belongs to Bianca Fryburger")?

Can you, as a detective, actually DIE from having too low standing with any faction?

Are the "hints" always true )"Yes, I saw Sunny Utsch wash off his hands, since they were covered in blood")? I know that the murderer can have "hints" too, but I've yet to actually get a positive from the murderer him/herself.

Think that's it for now, I'm sure I'll come back here and harass you with more questions ;)

Nov-8-2005 18:14

Chantico, I suggest you glance over the moderator picks list. You'll find the answers to a lot of your questions, and learn a little about Sleuth History along the way. :D

Nov-8-2005 20:09

Oh, I'll bite.

Non-playing characters who work in the town we usually call townspeople or something like that. They don't lie. So if one of them answers a question about evidence or alibis, trust them.

However, if they say that Mary Jones thinks she knows who the murderer is, well, Mary may /think/ she knows, but she might not be right.

The only way a detective dies is to be retired by having three false accusations. So there is no shame in quitting cases, and it's much better than losing all your experience, skills and gear. Retirement is forever in the sleuth world.

The witness evidence that you get from suspects is only to be believed in certain combinations. Do a post history on cfm and it won't be too long until you discover these. ; )

Happy sleuthing!

Nov-8-2005 20:32

*grins at the ever dependable Moonshh*

I wish I was as big a softie as you are. :D

Nov-9-2005 08:28

Another point here, that you can get a lot of help on cases in an agency. You are subscribed, I am sure you will get a few feelers. Consider MoJo.

And if you want to reveal, who are you over on the NaNoWriMo forums? and what are you writing this year?

Nov-9-2005 15:35

I'm Azazel, more likely to be found in Plot Realism, the procrastination forum or the "I hate myself and want to die" forum rather than actually writing. Couldn't join Sleuth under the handle Azazel, though :/

As for my novel this year, it's a -very- clichéd fantasy piece (my MC is called "Raven", for christ's sake... :P).