Hello Johannes, the first question would be just what standard of evidence and proof the court uses. We're talking about a highly politicized trial, and a freedwoman is accused of killing an eques. Who has seen her (or thinks so)? Citizen, foreigner, or slave?
Next question, anything to show that Ingrun would have known her way around Pressus villa adds an extra motive, maybe she wanted to elope with the wife or whatever. Her defense would rest on "I'm not that incompetent as a killer" ... * Say Ingrun has a recognizable piece of clothing. The plan of the real murderer was to have a hired pawn (perhaps the laundrywoman) damage it, and to leave a replica part on the scene of the murder. The laundrywoman rips a button off, and the killer drops a button. (Why a replica? Timing!) Except that the laundrywoman removed a right button, and the killer drops a fake left button. At a first glance, it is the missing button, on closer inspection it isn't. * The killer leaves a bloody weapon on the scene which is supposed to implicate Ingrun. Only he stole the wrong weapon, which belongs to another PC. In either case, the PCs could try and follow the evidence trail. Hard to estimate the size of someone who is running away on the roof. No easy references. So maybe the killer is considerably smaller than Ingrun, and he (she?) waited for the victim to come home in a closet where Ingrun wouldn't fit in. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
