The Incident Room: General Chat

[jp1885]

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During both of Leo's last outings, there were moments when an intense flash would have made everyone's lives easier, so he decided to spend his study time mastering the famous werelight. He spent an inordinate amount of time in view of the entrances, hoping to get a glimpse of Varvara, but she must have been as busy as Grant and Nightingale.

Don’t forget to add an extra Magic Point for every spell mastered

[jp1885]

Hey chums, BoyBlunder78 is rejoining us! Their character will be introduced just as soon as it’s created

[SaintMeerkat]

I apologize for disappearing for a bit. I am back.

Also, while catching up with the game thread, I noticed this:

[Trivun]

Welcome back, and welcome BoyBlunder too! Also, damn, I thought the image looked vaguely familiar but I wasn't sure where from (I actually had the comedian and actor, Omid Djalili, in mind!).

[jp1885]

I apologize for disappearing for a bit. I am back.

Also, while catching up with the game thread, I noticed this:


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Any likeness is entirely coincidental…

[BoyBlunder78]

Hi everybody, it's good to be back.

[Mr. Handy]

Welcome back!

[jp1885]

Got a busy weekend ahead, so I’ll update when I can.

[BoyBlunder78]

Forgive me if this has been covered before. Is there a base level for skills you don't have?
For instance, my character doesn't have medicine can I still roll it?

[jp1885]

Not usually, but you can try ‘pushing your luck’, in which you spend 10 luck (iirc) and roll against half the associated characteristic (INT in the case of Medicine).

If no-one else has the skill, and you succeed, you can spend another 10 luck to permanently gain that skill at half the characteristic.

[Snapper]

Welcome welcome!

[BoyBlunder78]

Not usually, but you can try ‘pushing your luck’, in which you spend 10 luck (iirc) and roll against half the associated characteristic (INT in the case of Medicine).

If no-one else has the skill, and you succeed, you can spend another 10 luck to permanently gain that skill at half the characteristic.

Ahh, OK. Thank you.

[Snapper]

Clearly that PNC terminal is cursed / occupied by a revenant / turning into a baby river god.

[Trivun]

Just a thought, are we specifically setting these case files in any particular time within or between the books so far? I was wondering as when I mentioned that thing in my last IC post about range of magic effect and CCTV, I remembered the first chapter of Amongst Our Weapons, I wondered if the case files are being set after the events of that book or before, or otherwise...

(probably doesn't matter unless we ever want to reference specific characters like PC Danni or otherwise, considering as well when Peter's twins are born )

[jp1885]

The Folly expansion programme begins around the time of the graphic novel Monday, Monday; so we’re in a vaguely-defined period shortly after that.

[jp1885]

Another busy weekend folks. I’ll update as soon as I’ve a mo.

[jp1885]

Some useful information...

Stages of a criminal investigation

1. Crime Instigation and Call Handling
2. Response and Management
3. Investigation and Suspect Management
4. Case Management and Court
5. Case Disposal

Police resources

Constables and Trainee Officers
Police Forensic Services
Specialist Firearms Command
Family Liaison Officers
Communications and Data Specialists
Financial Investigators
Pathologist
Home Office Large Major Enquiry System (HOLMES)
The Police National Computer (PNC)
The National Injuries Database (NID)
The National Fingerprint Database
The National DNA Database (NDNAD)

Police identity codes

IC1 = White – North European
IC2 = White – South European
IC3 = Black
IC4 = Asian (e.g. Indian, Pakistani etc.)
IC5 = Chinese, Japanese, or other Southeast Asian
IC6 = Arab or North African
IC9 = Unknown

The ABC rule

Assume Nothing.
Believe Nothing.
Challenge/Check Everything.

The 6 W's

Who was the Victim?
What happened?
Where did the incident take place?
When did it take place?
Why did it happen?
hoW did it happen?

TIE

Trace
Identify/Interview/Implicate
Eliminate

The 4 E's

Engage,
Explain,
Encourage,
Enforce

[Snapper]

That's very cool, thank you. A big part of the appeal of the RoL series has got to be that authentic police procedural attention to detail, spiced up obviously by the "Falcon" stuff.

[jp1885]

Yeah, agreed. The rulebook is great for that kind of thing, plus lots of info about London and the Met for non-Londoners (especially country bumpkins like myself).

[Snapper]

(A part of me was, in truth, attempting an acronym for (historically) oppressing the Irish, targeting minorities, and committing well concealed sex offences but that seemed in rather bad taste.)