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E.3.2: Assassinate Noble [9149]


Usage:  USE 9149 target
Time to learn: 14 days.
Time to use: 7 days.
Time to practice: 14 days.
Cost to practice: 50 gold.

This skill is used to assassinate a noble. If successful, the attack will instantly kill the target noble. If unsuccessful, the assassin will be captured by the target noble.

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 9149 increases the base chance of success by 5%.

Each level of experience in the skill [9146] 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 9149 attempted to assassinate a noble in a stack that held two bodyguards with 3 and 6 levels respectively of [9146] 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%.

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.