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01-26-1999, 05:24 PM #11
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Espionage?
Actually there's a simple way to handle Espionage. Have the player put some RPs into a "counter-espionage" pool. He may put as many RPs there as he wishes, at any time. However, DON'T TELL him the current amount of the RPs in that pool. When an Espionage action is performed against the player, secretly subtract some RPs from that pool to oppose it, but don't tell the player how many RPs you subtracted (or that you even did it). That way, the player can still spend some effort on counter-espionage, but he won't know if he was spied upon, unless the espionage is discovered.
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Aleksei Andrievski
aka Solmyr, Archmage of the Azure Star
aka Azure Star Dragon
solmyr@kolumbus.fi
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Fortress/2198/index.html
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01-27-1999, 09:10 AM #12JulesMrshn@aol.coGuest
Espionage?
In a message dated 1/26/99 2:25:13 PM Central Standard Time,
solmyr@kolumbus.fi writes:
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I don't know why you people insist on taking the RP control out of the
player's hands. The rule is fair the way it is. Othewise you would have Avan
and Boeruine assinating each toher because Boeruine only put 80 RPs in his
pool, and Avan put 100 into assassination. No. It should be hard to do
espionage. Especialy in the circumstances of BR. The special "connection"
that the Regents of Cerilia enjoy should not be undermined because you want
secret operations. Sure the players know something went down, but there is a
lot that could happen in a provience, and they won't know who did it, unless
that person fails.
Think about it. How hard is it for army patrols to pick up a trail of
someone who spied on their encampments? How many plots have been foiled by
loose lips? How hard is itto cometo the conclusion that a black dressed man
witha dagger in your beroom is going to assassinate you? Not very. That is
why it starts with a 20.
Next, it is harder for a stranger to scope things out in a low population
provience. Why? Well strangers are not regulars there. That is why there is
a modifier of the Provience level.
Then comes the holdings. It is pretty easy to discern why these modify the
rolls. So I am not going to explain them.
Next is were most people have the problem. The RPs and GBs used to bid. This
is the way the game works. If you think about why a spying regent gets to
modify this roll, you have your answer on why the regent gets to do the same.
Think about it. Reflect on this. Its not that difficult to understand.
Maybe you are looking at it wrong. Sit back, throw some Bond movies on (new
one's the best), maybe a little Flint action, try out "The Saint" staring Val
Kilmer, or watch Sneakers. Watch how these agents work against their foes.
The authors had to be influence by these flicks. It will show you that you can
know something is going on, maybe even what, but you don't always know who.
And the secret of Espionage is to not conceal the action, but to make sure no
one finds out who did it. If you want to get into counter-espionage, then play
it out. That why BR is a RPG not a Computer Game (and why the computer game
lacks the fun of a real game).
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