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Apr-11-2004 10:10

I'd like to add 5 to 10 new favor items to the game. I'm mostly looking for more powerful items (up to +5 bonus), but would consider adding some lower level ones.

If you have any ideas, please post them here.

Apr-25-2004 21:34

how about a tommy gun in a violin case. all the toughness but without the negitives. plus you can say you're in the city symphony

Apr-29-2004 00:18

I had considered suggesting an additional slot for footwear in general.. I mean, whats a detective without a nice pair of wingtips? But then again, it would be silly to see a guy in +2 Charm stilettos. Maybe a little too J. Edgar Hoover?

A voodoo doll could be a potent toughness/smarts but minus charm item.

Tuxedo for some charm and maybe a little smarts?

I can't beleive this isn't an item yet.. Briefcases? Plain for a small bonus to smarts, Leather for a bonus to smarts and charm?

Flashlight?

Chloroform soaked rag! lol Those always work in the movies.

~S.A.M.

Apr-29-2004 06:58

A blackjack for toughness...

Apr-29-2004 08:49

Why not a Palm Pilot? Add to the smarts, and take from the toughness. Same with a cell phone, except it takes from charm.

Apr-29-2004 12:04

A Ph.D. for a massive smarts bonus...

Apr-29-2004 12:06

...or how about perfume for charm?

Apr-29-2004 12:38

Palm pilots and cell phones would take away from the feel of the game. I've always thought we aren't supposed to be set in the present, but somewhere in the first half of last century. Maybe that's just my assumption.

Apr-29-2004 12:59

The game is set in 1938. Or maybe 1935. No cellphones. I'm thinking of adding a short-wave radio wristwatch, like the one Dick Tracy uses, though.

Apr-29-2004 13:15

Heh heh, that would be cool.

Do we get a decoder ring as well? :D

Apr-29-2004 22:21

Yes, I also assumed we were in the height of the Film Noir era. Hence the Tommy guns and fedoras.

I love Bess' idea for perfume! Good call. Don't mix it up with the chloroform, though.