The Silent One stood beneath Belinder Big Ben, the Detective patrolled the square, and the Outlander Traveler was at the entrance of The Club on the outskirts of the square, nearly beyond the selectable range. "Her" puppet wore men's clothing, but everyone sitting and standing around the table assumed it was a disguise.
"The criminal who broke into The Club and murdered a local noble was the three players' target this afternoon. No one knew why they were so obsessed with that criminal, but all of them were determined to capture the sinner and win glory. Clang-clang~ Destiny stirred with the fall of the dice, and like people awakening from a long dream, they decided what to do at this moment."
The three people at the table each picked up their dice.
"To investigate a criminal, begin at the crime scene. Roll two dice to form a number and make an 'Urban Anecdotes' check. A result above 80 means the location of the crime scene is known; failure requires another investigation. Social Credit can provide additional bonuses to the dice. Higher rolls yield extra information."
The woman from the Seekers of Light Research Society was the first to throw her two dice:
"Roll: 41. The Silent One's Social Credit is 25, for a total of 66."
It seemed he had only recently arrived in the area, though he had likely been here for half a month. Otherwise, as an outsider Ring Arcanist, his Social Credit could not have been this high.
"No symbolic item can take effect in this check, but activate the character's special talent—Silence. At the cost of being unable to use rhetoric or persuasion in future rounds, gain an additional 50-point bonus to any check in the current round. The number of uses affects the number of