Johannes replied to me: > > [...] Much easier to give the pawns > > a story they will believe -- there is a party so A can seduce > > and compromize B, and Helga was invited so that Ingrun would > > come because C (a friend of B) would like to meet a real > > gladiatrix. Maybe C tries to hit on Ingrun, and spills the wine > > mixture when he doesn't seem to understand a polite "no". > So the actors don't all know each other, and mostly beleive, they are > there to con each other, so they don't recognize Ingrun and helga as > primary targets. I like that version.
Or they believe that they are the "window dressing" for some plot, but they are misled about what the plot is. No need to give all the other pawns a fake mission, and to keep that straight. Only C has to know about Ingrun, A has to know about B, and possibly B would be told to play along with A. > > I would think that actual TL2 poisons aren't up to the job. If > > it was in the food, there is no way to know who eats how much. > > Magic might help, but do you want the mastermind to be a mage? > I haven't looked up poisons yet, but i wouldn#t be suprised if you are > correct. That would not be my favourite version anyway. If you go with the scenario above, the mastermind only has to take out three pawns. There could be a narrative how C killed B and A and then suicided himself. It would be rather hypocritical if C tried a pass at Ingrun and then goes mad because B had an affair with A, but double standards are quite common. Or introduce disposable pawn D as the jealous husband/wife of B. What the other pawns think they know: * A (a pawn) wants to seduce B (the target). * B will come to the party if C does. * C will come to the party if Ingrun does. * Ingrun will come to the party if Helga does. * Helga got invited. * They are all supposed to make B, C, Ingrun and Helga feel welcome, in that order, but they should not meddle in the mission that was going on. * B got seduced. * Later that night, jealous husband D kills A and B. C kills D. C disappears. The "window dressing" pawns all believe that Helga, Ingrun, and C were only invited to get B to come, and are no part of the conspiracy. They are not surprised if C stays close to Ingrun, because they were told that C has a crush on her. And since they believe that C and Ingrun are not part of the plot, they will give them some room. The mastermind would have to sacrifice five operatives, counting the assassin. Is the flamen election worth it? > > The PCs go to the tailor, show him the clothes, and ask "did > > you make this, and who was the customer?" Why would that make > > the tailor think that the PCs murdered the customer? > > Because they come with the clothes of the customer and the clothes have > plenty of blood on them. If they had killed the customer, they wouldn't have to ask who he was. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
