The Murder Mystery Tale




Tales From the Hydian Way show

Summary: Rissa and Ben set out to talk a little about making careers in Genesys, that idea was a red herring apparently as they fall into the trap of making a whole murder mystery one shot for you to use.<br> Things talked about in this episode:<br> <br> * <a href="https://thehydianway.com/2018/05/13/episode-193-the-steam-setting-tale/">The Steam Setting Tale</a><br> * <a href="https://www.agathachristie.com/characters/hercule-poirot">Poirot</a><br> * <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/49996-sherlock-holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a><br> * <a href="http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/">Nancy Drew</a><br> * <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000393/">Peter Falk</a><br> * <a href="https://youtu.be/6dZ8sd7prr4">Columbo</a><br> * <a href="https://youtu.be/mXn8CsQU1-U">Murder By Death</a><br> * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Guinness">Alec Guinness</a><br> * <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001749/">Maggie Smith</a><br> * <a href="https://youtu.be/g7jQouPtfKo">Rockford Files</a><br> * <a href="https://youtu.be/xq9D_wlTcuw">Murder She Wrote</a><br> * <a href="https://youtu.be/e5U6YKaVi1Q">Charlies Angels</a><br> * <a href="https://youtu.be/MA65V-oLKa8">James Bond</a><br> * <a href="https://youtu.be/CzvH6_e2a-U">Zootopia</a><br> * <a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/margaret-addison/murder-in-the-folly.htm">Murder in the Folly</a><br> * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_Irregulars">Bakerstreet Irregulars</a><br> * <a href="https://youtu.be/_pYsi8T1Yv4">Gleaming the Cube</a><br> * <a href="https://youtu.be/cDqA3b3nXcE">Mike Hammer</a><br> * <a href="http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Harvey_Bullock">Harvey Bullock</a><br> * <a href="https://youtu.be/XAFH3cs88ew">Rizoli and Isles</a><br> * <a href="https://www.agathachristie.com/characters/miss-marple">Miss Marple</a><br> <br> <br> Careers talked about in this episode:<br> Holmes – Brawl, Perception,  Knowledge, Streetwise, Medicine, Skulduggery, Cool, Coercion<br> Poirot – Charm, Vigilance, Discipline, Deception, Stealth, Negotiation, Perception, Knowledge<br> Nancy Drew – Driving, Cool, Computers, Deception, Skulduggery, Resilience, Charm, Perception<br> Columbo – Ranged (light), Coercion, Streetwise, Perception, Discipline, Cool, Deception, Driving<br> Bones – Medicine, Mechanics, Computers, Knowledge, Discipline, Skulduggery, Coordination,<br> Jessica Fletcher – Vigilance, Streetwise, Stealth, Deception, Perception,  Knowledge, Discipline, Computers<br> <br> NPCs talked about in this episode:<br> Frank –<br> Blustery man, chomping cigars, running the interview. He’s seen this so much he doesn’t think the second murder has happened, he thinks that the players are making too much out of it. He’s seen it all before in this interview process. They dislike at least one of the player characters.<br> Short of stature, and has a comb-over. Suffering withdrawal of his cigar smoking, still makes the hand motions to deal with the cigar.<br>  <br> Caroline –<br> They are the planner, they devised the initial scenario that the investigators are going through and attempting to solve, including how the night is supposed to progress, who ‘killed’ the victim and the implement. As their plans go awry they get more and more frazzled<br> In her late 20s, graduated early, this scenario is the first time she’s been in charge of any sort of large scale gathering. She starts the night very calm and collected, very logical and ‘cold’ and as the night goes on she becomes irritated. Dressed with big round glasses,<br>  <br> Jason –<br> Nice man at the front desk of the precinct. No one would suspect him of having a mean bone in his body, but now…. He’s dead, Frank.<br> He had knowledge of comings and goings in the building,