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	*[http://site.pelgranepress.com//nas/content/live/pelgranepress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Complete-Addenda.pdf Pelgrane's official NBA character/reference sheets and rules summary]		*[http://site.pelgranepress.com//nas/content/live/pelgranepress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Complete-Addenda.pdf Pelgrane's official NBA character/reference sheets and rules summary]
	*[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_Inanna_Protocol:_Points_Expenditure/ Point use notepad]		*[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_Inanna_Protocol:_Points_Expenditure/ Point use notepad]

	~~[ooc]This is the IC channel for the Night's Black Agents / GUMSHOE resoled campaign The Inanna Protocol~~



	~~The OOC channel is here.~~

	~~The recruitment channel is here.[/ooc]~~

	=Characters=		=Characters=

Pstjmack: /* GUMSHOE Resoled House Rules */

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	For most Covers where you already have a supporting Ability (e.g., Mechanics for a repairman, etc.), any test will have a lower Difficulty (typically 3 or less). The Director may let you use your Ability to test instead of your Cover.		For most Covers where you already have a supporting Ability (e.g., Mechanics for a repairman, etc.), any test will have a lower Difficulty (typically 3 or less). The Director may let you use your Ability to test instead of your Cover.


			'''Benefits from General Ability rolls'''

			If there is a relevant General Ability you can use to case a joint, scope out a target, or otherwise set up things for a later contest or conflict, you can gain an extra 1 pool point for that particular objective only. If you roll a 6, you get 2 pool points. Any pool points are for very strictly targeted purposes, though, and only 1 roll per Ability can be applied to that target - first player who rolls, first served, and the rest can't keep trying.

Pstjmack: /* GUMSHOE Resoled House Rules */

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	'''Cover'''		'''Cover'''

	You can spend Pool Points from your Cover pool for Cover identifies. To use a specific Cover ID, you need to put at least one Pool Point of Cover into it. You can then pass yourself off as that Cover ID, but if it can be tested. The value of the Cover ID is equal to how many Pool Points you put into it, and you can spend these on any tests. However, any Pool Points you spend on that ID are used up instead of refreshing later, and you have to refill the ID with more from your pool if you want to keep on using that ID. A failed Cover test means of course that your Cover is blown: you've lost the Pool Points you used and you can't use that Cover again.		You can spend Pool Points from your Cover pool for Cover identifies. To use a specific Cover ID, you need to put at least one Pool Point of Cover into it. You can then pass yourself off as that Cover ID, but if it can be tested. The value of the Cover ID is equal to how many Pool Points you put into it, and you can spend these on any tests, to help you beat the test Difficulty. However, any Pool Points you spend on that ID are used up instead of refreshing later, and you have to refill the ID with more from your pool if you want to keep on using that ID. A failed Cover test means of course that your Cover is blown: you've lost the Pool Points you used and you can't use that Cover again.

	For most Covers where you already have a supporting Ability (e.g., Mechanics for a repairman, etc.), any test will have a lower Difficulty (typically 3 or less). The Director may let you use your Ability to test instead of your Cover.		For most Covers where you already have a supporting Ability (e.g., Mechanics for a repairman, etc.), any test will have a lower Difficulty (typically 3 or less). The Director may let you use your Ability to test instead of your Cover.

Pstjmack: /* GUMSHOE Resoled House Rules */

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	Cover		'''Cover'''

	You can spend Pool Points from your Cover pool for Cover identifies. To use a specific Cover ID, you need to put at least one Pool Point of Cover into it. You can then pass yourself off as that Cover ID, but if it can be tested. The value of the Cover ID is equal to how many Pool Points you put into it, and you can spend these on any tests. However, any Pool Points you spend on that ID are used up instead of refreshing later, and you have to refill the ID with more from your pool if you want to keep on using that ID. A failed Cover test means of course that your Cover is blown: you've lost the Pool Points you used and you can't use that Cover again.		You can spend Pool Points from your Cover pool for Cover identifies. To use a specific Cover ID, you need to put at least one Pool Point of Cover into it. You can then pass yourself off as that Cover ID, but if it can be tested. The value of the Cover ID is equal to how many Pool Points you put into it, and you can spend these on any tests. However, any Pool Points you spend on that ID are used up instead of refreshing later, and you have to refill the ID with more from your pool if you want to keep on using that ID. A failed Cover test means of course that your Cover is blown: you've lost the Pool Points you used and you can't use that Cover again.

	For most Covers where you already have a supporting Ability (e.g., Mechanics for a repairman, etc.), any test will have a lower Difficulty (typically 3 or less). The Director may let you use your Ability to test instead of your Cover.		For most Covers where you already have a supporting Ability (e.g., Mechanics for a repairman, etc.), any test will have a lower Difficulty (typically 3 or less). The Director may let you use your Ability to test instead of your Cover.

Pstjmack: /* GUMSHOE Resoled House Rules */

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	'''Investigative Abilities Rules		'''Investigative Abilities Rules
	'''		'''
	This thread is for a new Night's Black Agents campaign with a different take on GUMSHOE. It's also an original campaign, though it's going to be using published campaign resources, especially The Dracula Dossier. Agents will be starting in London, as burned and damaged goods, freelance assets, hired to commit a deniable heist. As to where it goes from there, well...

	~~I’m running~~ this ~~campaign partly to sort out my issues~~ with ~~GUMSHOE as a system and try out some ideas I’ve had. I enjoy GUMSHOE’s point-spend resource management mechanic a lot. But I think it and the whole game suffers from the basic redundancy of~~ Investigative Abilities ~~as written. They just don’t do anything. Especially in a system like GUMSHOE with no characteristics~~, ~~Abilities essentially define~~ the ~~character. And the most personal~~, ~~distinctive Abilities in standard GUMSHOE do nothing at all~~.		With this system, you can roll with Investigative Abilities, according to the usual GUMSHOE roll of a single d6 to beat a set Difficulty, modified by Pool Point spends.

	~~Yes, I know there’s TFFBs. Yes~~, you ~~can occasionally spend IA points~~ for ~~other purposes than clue~~-~~finding. But overall, there’s nothing in~~ the ~~system as written to animate IAs~~ . ~~And Call of Cthulhu~~, ~~Delta Green and other systems have got over the Spot-Hidden-fail problem without needing~~ to ~~give up their skills systems~~.		Normally, you don't need to roll for Core Clues, and finding information - although you do need to say you're using the Ability. However, you do need to roll for doing things.

	~~So for this game, you can roll with IAs for many things – though you don’t need to for Core Clues.~~ For whipping up explosives with Chemistry, saving someone's life with Diagnosis, Cop Talking a constable out of making an arrest, etc, ~~it all works,~~ just ~~like~~ with ~~any~~ Ability. So long as you ~~have~~ any ~~points in~~ the Ability, you can roll for it, even with all ~~pool points~~ spent, and still have a chance against the basic Difficulty of the task~~. Everyone starts with 60 points to dole around GAs, and 30 points for IAs~~.		For whipping up explosives with Chemistry, saving someone's life with Diagnosis, Cop Talking a constable out of making an arrest, etc, you have to roll just as with a General Ability. So long as you allocated any initial Build Points to the Investigative Ability, you can still roll for it, even with all Pool Points spent, and still have a chance against the basic Difficulty of the task.

	~~For this campaign, to keep things fun, I’m keeping~~ the ~~TFFB rules, cherries, Thriller Monologue~~, and ~~most perks except MOS. (That’s part of the test, to see how well these still work with~~ the ~~revised system.) The whole shebang will probably need some tweaking as things go on, but it's intended as a learning and a discovery experience~~.		You can still spend Investigative Ability Pool Points for the standard Tactical Fact-Finding Benefits, and rolls don't affect those one way or the other.

	If you ~~like~~ the ~~sound~~ of it, ~~go ahead~~ and ~~state~~ your ~~interest~~. ~~Any questions~~, ~~go ahead and ask~~.
			Cover

			You can spend Pool Points from your Cover pool for Cover identifies. To use a specific Cover ID, you need to put at least one Pool Point of Cover into it. You can then pass yourself off as that Cover ID, but if it can be tested. The value of the Cover ID is equal to how many Pool Points you put into it, and you can spend these on any tests. However, any Pool Points you spend on that ID are used up instead of refreshing later, and you have to refill the ID with more from your pool if you want to keep on using that ID. A failed Cover test means of course that your Cover is blown: you've lost the Pool Points you used and you can't use that Cover again.

			For most Covers where you already have a supporting Ability (e.g., Mechanics for a repairman, etc.), any test will have a lower Difficulty (typically 3 or less). The Director may let you use your Ability to test instead of your Cover.

Pstjmack: /* GUMSHOE Resoled House Rules */

2022-05-10T14:16:24Z

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			'''Investigative Abilities Rules
			'''
	This thread is for a new Night's Black Agents campaign with a different take on GUMSHOE. It's also an original campaign, though it's going to be using published campaign resources, especially The Dracula Dossier. Agents will be starting in London, as burned and damaged goods, freelance assets, hired to commit a deniable heist. As to where it goes from there, well...		This thread is for a new Night's Black Agents campaign with a different take on GUMSHOE. It's also an original campaign, though it's going to be using published campaign resources, especially The Dracula Dossier. Agents will be starting in London, as burned and damaged goods, freelance assets, hired to commit a deniable heist. As to where it goes from there, well...

Pstjmack at 14:10, 10 May 2022

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	=Investigative Leads=		=Investigative Leads=

			=GUMSHOE Resoled House Rules=

			This thread is for a new Night's Black Agents campaign with a different take on GUMSHOE. It's also an original campaign, though it's going to be using published campaign resources, especially The Dracula Dossier. Agents will be starting in London, as burned and damaged goods, freelance assets, hired to commit a deniable heist. As to where it goes from there, well...

			I’m running this campaign partly to sort out my issues with GUMSHOE as a system and try out some ideas I’ve had. I enjoy GUMSHOE’s point-spend resource management mechanic a lot. But I think it and the whole game suffers from the basic redundancy of Investigative Abilities as written. They just don’t do anything. Especially in a system like GUMSHOE with no characteristics, Abilities essentially define the character. And the most personal, distinctive Abilities in standard GUMSHOE do nothing at all.

			Yes, I know there’s TFFBs. Yes, you can occasionally spend IA points for other purposes than clue-finding. But overall, there’s nothing in the system as written to animate IAs . And Call of Cthulhu, Delta Green and other systems have got over the Spot-Hidden-fail problem without needing to give up their skills systems.

			So for this game, you can roll with IAs for many things – though you don’t need to for Core Clues. For whipping up explosives with Chemistry, saving someone's life with Diagnosis, Cop Talking a constable out of making an arrest, etc, it all works, just like with any Ability. So long as you have any points in the Ability, you can roll for it, even with all pool points spent, and still have a chance against the basic Difficulty of the task. Everyone starts with 60 points to dole around GAs, and 30 points for IAs.

			For this campaign, to keep things fun, I’m keeping the TFFB rules, cherries, Thriller Monologue, and most perks except MOS. (That’s part of the test, to see how well these still work with the revised system.) The whole shebang will probably need some tweaking as things go on, but it's intended as a learning and a discovery experience.

			If you like the sound of it, go ahead and state your interest. Any questions, go ahead and ask.

Pstjmack: /* Helpful Resources */

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	*[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/nights-black-agents-gumshoe-resoled-the-inanna-protocol.897032/ In Character Thread]		*[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/nights-black-agents-gumshoe-resoled-the-inanna-protocol.897032/ In Character Thread]
	*[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/nights-black-agents-the-~~hesselius~~-~~letter~~.~~841477~~/ Out of Character Thread]		*[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/nights-black-agents-gumshoe-resoled-the-inanna-protocol.897033/ Out of Character Thread]
	*[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/interest-recruitment-nights-black-agents-gumshoe-resoled-the-inanna-protocol.896733/ Recruitment Thread]		*[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/interest-recruitment-nights-black-agents-gumshoe-resoled-the-inanna-protocol.896733/ Recruitment Thread]
	*[http://site.pelgranepress.com//nas/content/live/pelgranepress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Complete-Addenda.pdf Pelgrane's official NBA character/reference sheets and rules summary]		*[http://site.pelgranepress.com//nas/content/live/pelgranepress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Complete-Addenda.pdf Pelgrane's official NBA character/reference sheets and rules summary]

Pstjmack: /* Helpful Resources */

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	=Helpful Resources=		=Helpful Resources=

	*[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/nights-black-agents-the-~~hesselius~~-~~letter~~.~~841479~~/ In Character Thread]		*[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/nights-black-agents-gumshoe-resoled-the-inanna-protocol.897032/ In Character Thread]
	*[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/nights-black-agents-the-hesselius-letter.841477/ Out of Character Thread]		*[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/nights-black-agents-the-hesselius-letter.841477/ Out of Character Thread]
	*[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/interest-recruitment-nights-black-agents-gumshoe-resoled-the-inanna-protocol.896733/ Recruitment Thread]		*[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/interest-recruitment-nights-black-agents-gumshoe-resoled-the-inanna-protocol.896733/ Recruitment Thread]
	*[http://site.pelgranepress.com//nas/content/live/pelgranepress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Complete-Addenda.pdf Pelgrane's official NBA character/reference sheets and rules summary]		*[http://site.pelgranepress.com//nas/content/live/pelgranepress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Complete-Addenda.pdf Pelgrane's official NBA character/reference sheets and rules summary]
	*[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_Inanna_Protocol:_Points_Expenditure/ Point use notepad]		*[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_Inanna_Protocol:_Points_Expenditure/ Point use notepad]

			[ooc]This is the IC channel for the Night's Black Agents / GUMSHOE resoled campaign The Inanna Protocol



			The OOC channel is here.

			The recruitment channel is here.[/ooc]

	=Characters=		=Characters=

Pstjmack: /* Characters */

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	\|[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?members/the-lore-bear.13425/ The Lore Bear]		\|[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?members/the-lore-bear.13425/ The Lore Bear]
	\|[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/~~The_Hesselius_Letter~~:~~_Edgar_Klarfeld~~ Evelyn Rousseau]		\|[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/The_Inanna_Protocol:_Evelyn_Rousseau Evelyn Rousseau]
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