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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-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.

Apr-30-2004 09:48

- Parfume
- finger print tools
- Book named "Detective for dummys", +1 int
- lock picking tools
- Blood testing tools (Blood type identifycator as skills)
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Apr-30-2004 09:56

- Car
- motor cycle
- air pilot jacket
- doctor bag

Apr-30-2004 16:15

-shoes (smart points)
-business card (agencies only)
-gloves (tough points)
-slacks (charm points)
even one better for evidence not only have hair, footprints,and thread, what about weapons found at the schene like gun casing, knife, rope, durg found in her drink.
just a few.

Apr-30-2004 21:40

Forensic/investigative fingerprinting has been around since the early 1900s, so a fingerprinting kit wouldn't be a bad idea.

If footwear were to be opened as a new slot, there could be different kinds.. Stileto Heels [+Charm], Leather Boots [+Tough?], Wingtips [+Charm].. not sure what footwear would make you smarter.. maybe some sensible loafers. ^_^

Here's an idea, too.. what about items that work better [or not at all] for certain genders? I strolled around in a fur coat and hat and felt rather silly.. but damn I was smooth.

~S.A.M.

Apr-30-2004 23:32

Perhaps fingerprinting forensics could possibly be in their infant or pioneering stages then. It would still fit in, if it is a simple kind, not those we have today.

Apr-30-2004 23:58

Historically speaking, fingerprint anaylsis launched the forensic revolution in crime investigation. It actually pre-dates widespread thread and hair analysis. The reason I included those and not fingerprinting has to do more with gameplay than with chronology. I couldn't think of a similar way to handle fingerprints.

Now, I'm reluctant to add a fifth type of physical evidence. It would definitely require a lot of balancing and testing to make sure that it didn't disrupt the current relative difficulty levels, etc.

Of course, that doesn't preclude just including a fingerprinting kit as a smarts bonus item. It certainly would make a lot more sense than say, a pipe that makes you smarter or a monkey paw that makes you dumber.