Re: Legends: Assassination

From: griffith@netcom.com (Jim Griffith)

Date: Tue, 01 Nov 1994 20:37:55 +0000

bryan@salestech.com (Bryan Donaldson) writes:

>My understanding was that soldiers that provide a Guard rating (Guards,
>Knights, some others) provide that guard rating to all character in the
>force with the soldiers.  Slot leaders seem to get an additional bonus.

Not quite.  A slot commander is protected by the soldiers in the same slot
as the character.  The overall commander is protected by every soldier in the
same force.  Characters not assigned to slots get no protection.  That's how
I understand it to work.

>If the target has Thief skill, that might also help him.  Invisibilty
>adds 50% or 100% to ALL covert actions, so you might want to try again
>after going invisible.

I don't understand how invisibility or stealth apply, but my understanding is
if a player with thief rating X goes after a target with thief rating of Y,
the kidnapper operates at a base skill level of (X - Y), which is good for
a base chance of (X - Y) * .05.  You subtract from that the guard protection
of the troops (for a single slot, it's guard rating * number of troops / 100).
So a level 16 thief has a base 80% chance of kidnapping an unprotected
character with no applicable skills.  He has a 50% chance of kidnapping a
level 6 thief.  He has a 40% chance of kidnapping a level 6 thief who
has 1000 normal troops protecting him.  He has a 0% chance of kidnapping a
level 6 thief who has 1000 knights protecting him (guard 5).

The kidnapper's stealth comes into play only if the attempt fails.  If it
fails, stealth determines if the kidnapper escapes.

I *think* invisibility and stealth for the target affect if the action even
goes off in the first place, but I'm not sure about this.  I think the
kidnapper first has to sight his target, then attempt the kidnap, then
escape.  But I'm not positive about this.

>If your target has a high PC, he will be difficult to assassinate.
>Did you use poison (gives a small bonus) and will probably leave the
>target with a little present.

>By the way,what was the assassin's PC?  That is a  major factor in determining
>assassination success.

Not as I understand it.  Assassinlevel of target affects chance of success.
PC affects effectiveness of the assassination once it has succeeded.

Jim

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References

Legends: Assassination
tcline@nyx.cs.du.edu (Terry Cline)
Fri, 28 Oct 1994 01:40:14 +0000
Re: Legends: Assassination
bryan@salestech.com (Bryan Donaldson)
Tue, 01 Nov 1994 15:37:24 +0000

Referenced By

Legends: Assassination
tcline@nyx.cs.du.edu (Terry Cline)
Fri, 28 Oct 1994 01:40:14 +0000
Re: Legends: Assassination
bryan@salestech.com (Bryan Donaldson)
Tue, 01 Nov 1994 15:37:24 +0000