Assassinate Noble [1292]

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

### E.3.2: Assassinate Noble [1292]

      Usage:  USE 1292 target
      Time to learn: 14 days.
      Time to use: 7 days.
      Time to practice: 28 days.
      Cost to practice: 50 gold.

This skill is used to assassinate a noble. If successful, the attack will instantly kill the target noble. Assassinations can only take place in cities, where the assassin can hide in the crowds, or in castles, where the assassin can make use of secret passages and the like to sneak up on the victim.

The chance of success is dependent upon several factors: luck, the skill of the assassin, and the skill of any bodyguards.

The base chance of success is randomly -25% to 25%.

Each level of experience the assassin has in 1292 increases the base chance of success by 5%.

Each level of experience in the skill [1990] Protect Noble possessed by any noble stacked with the target noble reduces the chance of success by 5%.

As an example, suppose an assassin with 13 levels of experience in 1292 attempted to assassinate a noble in a stack that held two bodyguards with 3 and 6 levels respectively of [1990] Protect Noble. If the base chance was randomly determined to be 7%, then the overall chance of success would be 7 + (13*5) - (9*5) = 27%.

The maximum chance of success for assassination is 75%.

Assassination takes 7 days. Most of this time is spent in preparation. The target noble must be present only on the 7th day.

Assassination attempts are always visible to everyone in the location, but the identity of the assassin is not revealed.

If the assassination fails, or the slain target has bodyguards, there is a 25% chance that the assassin will be captured after the assassination.