Re: I want Him DEAD !(mepbm)

From: nl@kvl.dk (Niels)

Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Al Capone <mllx4arm@stud.man.ac.uk> wrote:

>    I have a 60 rank agent scouting a Major Town for a 30-35 rank
>agent. He has come up with no characters with agent ranks. The
>rule book says that the scout for characters order requires
>comparison of agent ranks. Is it likely that my agent has just
>failed to notice the presence of his target?

>    Please reply ASAP because:-(

>              "I want Him DEAD! I want his family DEAD!
>               I want his House BURNED TO THE GROUND!
>               I want to go to his grave in the middle of the
>               night - SO I CAN PISS ON HIS HEAD!"

>                 -AL CAPONE(the origional)

Hi Al

The scout for characters order does dot necessarily give you all
available information. On the contrary missing information is often
the norm for this order. I usually scout with two agents in the 60-70
range, when one misses something (and he will, unless you play the
woodmen or another nation with bonuses to all scout/recons) the other
agent will likely pick it up.

The rulebook does say something about comparison of ranks, I cant
remember if agent rank is mentioned specifically, but in my experience
agents are not harder to pick up that other characters so I do not
think that target AGENT rank means anything. Stealth on the other hand
will reduce the chance of spotting a character.

If my interpretation of the rules are correct (I may be wrong though)
the higher the rank (agent or not) the harder it is to spot the
character. On the other hand a high skilled (famous) character is more
likely to show up under your pop center, at least in my experince.
This seems to be selfcontradictory but the rules and game mechanism in
mepbm often is.

But if I understand your post you have verified the presence of said
character by other means and therefor you CAN make him dead. Your
agent does not need to personally ferret out the target character just
beeing on the same location enabels all sorts of
narstysssissss.........

Niels

References

I want Him DEAD !(mepbm)
Al Capone <mllx4arm@stud.man.ac.uk>
Mon, 05 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0000