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Hey! This is a Luigi, who's a been quiet all a this time. But, every
time a one of you runs into me, you say, "Hey, Luigi, what's a your
secret?" So I tell them, "it's a being so sly."
It's a important to be sly in a Lords campaign. There's a lot of big countries
out there, who want to stomp a small country all over the place. So what's
a honest Corsican to do?
Well, here's a the Four Rules of Luigi. Every one's about being sly:
- The NewsFax is a more important than the truth.
- Seem to be a small potatoes.
- Other people's Intel will a make you look good.
- When in a doubt, blame the GM.
The Newsfax is a more important than the truth
Pulling off a intelligence coup, she's a expensive. Putting lies in
the Newsfax, she's a cheap. Intelligence, it's a all about lies. The "Conceal
Fact" action is a what intelligence is all about. That's a what you
should be using. Every time you use a "Battle Assistance" action,
you're a calling yourself a idiot. Don't be a stupid. Lie! Lie! Lie! That's
a the name of the game.
For an example, I told people I had a these assassins for hire. But really,
I didn't have nobody. When somebody a paid me to kill somebody, I a pocketed
all the money, and sent somebody to the scene of the hit to give a bum a
bottle of vino and a knife, and a told him to kill a the king.
Nobody ever complained. The king, he was still alive, so a he was happy.
My client, he a read a nice write-up in the NewsFax about how a my brilliant,
devious, expensive plan only failed by a miracle, so he was happy. Me, I
had the money, so I was happy. The bum, he was a dead trying to escape,
so he was happy. And a even though I never killed nobody, I got a good reputation
because I always "came so close," and a the write-up in a the
NewsFax was a impressive.
Me, I didn't even have to spend an AssassinOp on the hit! Just a one crummy
"Conceal Fact" operation, and a my sterling reputation as a the
rent-an-assassin guy, she's a maintained. Later, I even opened a branch
office in the middle east and a said I was a the Real Assassins. Nobody
ever a figured it out. They believed it, 'cause it was a all in the NewsFax.
In a combat, it's a the same thing. A "Conceal Fact" point tells
a the enemy that your city, she's a full of your guys, when really she's
a empty. It tells a the enemy that you got another army, or no army, or
that they'd a better go home, 'cause a someone with siege guns and a bad
attitude is a outside their capital.
And a don't forget the a "Steal Gold Shipment" action. It's a
like stealing candy from a baby. Me, I like it especially to a steal the
gold from a the mercenaries right after they've a been paid. If a you're
lucky, they'll a turn on a their employers that way, if you make them think
they've a been cheated.
Oh, and a don't forget the international banking system. (What's a matter,
do I a have to spell it out for you?)
Seem to be a small potatoes
Your Lords player, he's a the macho man. Glory, that's a what he wants.
If a you seem like a small potatoes, he's a embarrassed to beat you up.
If a you a call him names, or a make him nervous, he'll a beat you up anyway,
so a you want to a seem harmless to a the big guys. I did this by a sending
them a note saying I a pocketed the hit money because I was a so scared
of them. They a liked my attitude.
If a you seem like small potatoes, you can a use some of your Intel openly,
and a they won't mind. If a you seem serious, your Intel, it makes them
a nervous, and they'll a stomp all over you.
Other people's intel will a make you look good
Other countries, they a blamed me when they did an assassination themselves.
Since they really HAD a hit squad, sometimes they a managed to kill somebody.
Then they'd a blame me, and I'd a look good.
This a sort of thing always happens. As soon as you a do something, other
people, they'll a blame stuff on you, or a copy you. Confusion like this,
she's a good thing. You can a pick and a choose which stories to take a
credit for, and a which ones to a deny.
When in a doubt, blame Thomas (the GameMaster)
This a rule, she's a real important when a you deal with other players.
If a they're mad at you, you tell them that Thomas (the GameMaster) ignored
a your orders, and did a whatever damn fool thing a came into his head.
Tell them you heard that a Thomas was a bored, or that a he had a domestic
spat, or that a his mind, she's been possessed by Elvis.
Me, I told them that it was a all Thomas' fault hundreds of times, and
a they believed me every time.
xxxoooo, Luigi |
