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[Terenos]

Money and Resources will have multiple uses. Primarily used for hiring new minions, expanding the base. Research based shenanigans.
Hinting at the Future
One word. Bribes.
A few more words: Special projects. See Research.

[Happerry]

Jesus, I go to class and then come back and people have made 5 new pages? I need to get cracking. Lair updated to being hidden under a warehouse.


Lord Silver glances over his base, a small sneer over his mouth, before he sighs. "I do suppose this will have to do, baring better options after the... coup." He fairly spits that last word out as he turns to his minions "You two! Yes, the small one hiding behind the tall one. Get out there and rob a bank or something! We need a better cash flow. You! The one with the glasses. Come up with something special for my return to my roots. And you, the fat one? Go pretend to be a rent a cop and keep those annoying kids out of here. Come, Research flunky, we must make Rayguns!"

Spoiler: E.V.I.L. plots evil. Please await your orders. (click to show/hide)

Send one minion to plot, two to steal some cash and one to pretend to be a rent a cop to keep annoying people out. Lord Silver and the scientist research physics in search of better rayguns

[Neyvn]

Date:: Still the 2nd Day after Capture, just now I have that Tan.
Location:: Small room and sitting on a Really Cold chair. Designer Jeans do not keep you warm...

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Again the Speakerbox Garbled something to Gathord who was attempting to scratch his nose with the limited movement of his hands.

"What did we do for the first week??? Well naturally my Entourage helped me plan some things. They agreed with me about the painting but there was a few things we needed to work out and there was the problem of the cash flow due. Father's Business was a no touch so while I had a wealthy lifestyle I couldn't just go and take out a Million when ever I wanted. Father said that it builds character, heh if only he knew what kinda character he built me into...

"So anyway we needed a plan and some dough. And my boys knew how to get the cash well, you remember those 'Special Offers' that ran on TV a while ago..."

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

3 Regulars Plot. 2 Embezzle Cash.  ((When I say a Unit Guards, can we imagine that its the Boat Moving locations around the world until the fan is hit by the shit...?))

[Terenos]

((Quite so! Your boat will act as a mobile base of operations, and I assume you wont stay in one place too long. Guarding would probably also prevent people from accidentally wandering onto your boat while its docked, Or infiltrating it. So on.))

[Neyvn]

((Also do ya understand the RP side of things???))

[Terenos]

((You appear to have been captured. But I won't hold that against you. At some point you may in fact get captured by the Forces of Justice. Or the endgame might have you not quite make it, so an autobiographical sort of thing is quite a nice touch. I like it.))

[Criptfeind]

And if you win you can always say your guy developed a taste for BDMS and this is your way of writing your autobiography.

[Toaster]

It won't matter when you are bowing to the might of the ascendant god Thrakor.


Does sending more minions increase the chance of success, the gains from the mission, or both?

[HailFire]

Does sending more minions increase the chance of success, the gains from the mission, or both?

Generally speaking, yes, but too many minions being too active for too long can increase the odds of them being captured or killed, or the forces of Justice finding/invading your secret base.

[CyberGenesis]

As a more legitimate answer: For most missions: No, yes, as well as increasing notoreity gains (usually). Also, the odds of your minions getting killed/captured is more based on if your rolls suck (so is success rate/unless Terenos has changed something) than anything else - however it is to scale.

The missions that it doesnt effect certain aspects are generally the 'event' missions where your gains are set in stone (exceptional rolls might warrant a bonus, but unrelated to the minion count but may be related to the minion type sent).

[Terenos]

Week 1, The Stretching of Evil.

Spoiler: Lord Silver, of E.V.I.L, (Happerry) (click to show/hide)

Archetype:  Mad Scientist
Traits: Researcher (1)

Minion Cap: 5
Minions:  1 Scientist, 4 Regulars

Cash:  $5,120 USD
Resources:  90
Notoriety: 1
Lair:  Under a Warehouse

Weekly Actions: Your minion assigned to plotting manages to spend the whole week browsing silly youtube videos and thusly gets no work done.
Your thefts are merely a modest success, gaining you +$120, and 1 Notoriety. Your minions also limp back with a few more bruises. They dont wish to talk about what happened.
The research goes spectacularily, and within the space of a small week you unveil your new Giant Laser! Its
large. Its heavy. It takes up a good chunk of a room, But damnit whats an evil lair -without- a giant laser?
Really. It makes the place feel more homey.

Physics Research : 5.11
Research Unlocks: Giant Laser (10 Resources/Per)

Lair Accoutrements: 1x Giant Laser.

Spoiler: Taric, of DOOM, (Taricus) (click to show/hide)

Archetype: The Mastermind
Traits: Man With a Plan (1)
Minion Cap: 5
Minions: 5 Regulars

Cash: $7,650
Resources: 150
Notoriety: 2
Lair: House in Germany

Weekly Actions: One of your minions approaches you with news of a very important historical tapestry being moved into a museum near your location. Perhaps it would look better hanging in your inner sanctum, Great Mastermind.
A feeble haul from your minions sent to rob, You merely gain $150, and 2 Notoriety

Spoiler:  Lord Thrakor, of the Disciples of Thought, (Toaster) (click to show/hide)

Archetype: Cult Leader
Traits: Cult of Personality (1)

Minion Cap: 9
Minions: 5 Regulars, 2 Thugs, 2 Scientists

Cash: $3,630
Resources: 100
Notoriety: 4
Lair: A small compound deep in the forest of the Blue Ridge Mountains of the USA.
Weekly Actions: Your minions return bearing several sacks of cash (+$230 cash), They were however unsuccessful at maintaining a low profile (+4 Notoriety)
You probably should not have left that Sudoku book out, Your minions assigned to plotting seem to have wasted the week.

Spoiler: Reginald Gathord, No Organization Name. (Nevyn) (click to show/hide)

Archetype: Layabout Playboy
Traits: Legal Eagles (1)
Minion Cap: 5
Minions: 5 Regulars

Cash: $10,750
Resources: 200
Notoriety: 6
Lair: A Luxury Cruiser
Weekly Actions: Your minions, with access to the internet, manage to scam several dozen people out of a modest amount of cash.. (+$750)
This however attracts a comparatively large amount of attention from the powers that be. +6 Notoriety.
Your plotting reveals an archaeological dig that is about to send a large Aztec statue to be the centerpiece of a museum exhibit. It could be easily stolen in transit!

Spoiler: Dr Black, Black Industries, (Kashyyk) (click to show/hide)

Archetype: The Mastermind
Traits: (Wo)man with a Plan (1)
Minion Cap: 5
Minions: 5 Regulars
Cash: $7,500
Resources: 150
Notoriety: 12

Lair: A warehouse on the outskirts of London.
Weekly Actions: A brilliant success, Your minions deface public monuments in broad daylight, steal scooters and terrorize the populace, and generally cause a fair amount of mayhem. And they escape easily. The authorities take note of this.
(+12 Notoriety)
You and your minions come up with a few plans while listening to the police scanner, but nothing seems worthwhile or hell, not suicidal. Until suddenly! Some of the boffins at a nearby university seem to have made great strides in the field of Robotics. You could make off with their research to start your own department.

Spoiler: Frankie Fredaroni, The Boys of USA. (Criptfeind) (click to show/hide)

Archetype: The Mob Boss
Traits: Streetwise (1)
Minion Cap: 5
Minions : 1 Thug, 3 Regulars, 1 Technician

Cash: $5,000
Resources: 100
Notoriety: 3

Lair: A small mom and pop shop in small town US
Weekly Actions: Several small businesses around town cave to your protection racket. You can choose between +$500 a week, or +10 Resources a week (the choice is made once, and sticks until your extortion is broken) People however, start to talk about you moving in on the businesses. +3 Notoriety.
Your minions easily kidnap a technician from a few state lines over. He spills his secrets in exchange for his life.
New Minion type: Technician. Tasks Available: Enhance Base, 2(Enhance jobs occur at 2 Minion Weeks per 1 Technician. A 2x boost to construction speed), Guard, General Mayhem.
 -1 Regular, +1 Technician.

Spoiler: comp112, Of Technet, (Comp112) (click to show/hide)

Archetype: Mad Scientist
Traits: Researcher (1)
Minion Cap: 5
Minions : 1 Scientist, 4 Regulars

Cash: $5,000
Resources: 100
Notoriety: 0

Weekly Actions: Your minions bring word of a modest shipment of resources you could acquire to bolster your stockpiles a considerable amount.
Your research advances slowly, though between you and your scientist minion, you manage to come up with some very practical improved batteries.
Research: Physics 5.00
Research Unlock: Improved Batteries (This is a prerequisite unlock to a large number of things, So don't get disheartened.)

Lair: Abandoned Warehouse

Spoiler: Tchao Zhi Ping of the Whistling Zephyr, (Hastur) (click to show/hide)

Archetype: Mob Boss
Traits: Streetwise (1)
Minion Cap: 5
Minions : 1 Thug, 4 Regulars

Cash: $5,260
Resources: 100
Notoriety: 2
Lair: An unassuming Casino.

Weekly Actions: Since you have literally no idea where to find this so called Evil playboy, your minions must instead comfort themselves with a heavy handed raid on coastal villages across China. The take is modest at best (+$260), and the local police seem powerless to stop you (+2 Notoriety)

Spoiler: Ochita, No Organization Name, (Ochita) (click to show/hide)

Archetype: Mad Scientist
Traits: Researcher (1)
Minion Cap: 5
Minions : 1 Scientist, 4 Regulars

Cash: $5,000
Resources: 100
Notoriety: 0

Lair: A small camp in a forest.
Weekly Actions: Your minions seem quite excited about the possibility of stealing a small bronze statue. All the papers are talking about how it is a huge deal that a nearbyish museum gets to showcase it in their new summer display. Well we can't have people being excited, can we?
An incredible breakthrough by your scientist ..Or you think theres an incredible breakthrough. Hes sort of clutching at the air and babbling about rhinos. He -might- have developed a usable hallucinogen in injectable form. He seems fine a few hours later.

Research: Chemistry 5.23
Chemistry Research unlocks.. Hallucinogenic Compound (1 resource/Minion[you have to add it to all your minions on the mission to get the boost], to add it to a mission, Gives +2 to all Combat+Stealth type rolls within the mission)

Spoiler: Edward T.Error of Genesis Labs. (Ultimuh) (click to show/hide)

Archetype: Mad Scientist
Traits: Researcher (1)

Minion Cap: 5
Minions : 1 Scientist, 4 Regulars

Cash: $5,000
Resources: 0
Notoriety: 0

Lair: Abandoned Zoo
Lair Accoutrements:
Laboratory

Weekly Actions: Your minions very successfully round up many stray cats and dogs, and use the cages of your lair, to contain them. This should give many boosts to your research.
Your laboratory is constructed quickly and efficiently. By your other scientist (Not a regular)
Unfortunately, you are unable to come up with much as of yet.

Sorry Lemon, To keep things moving you've been pushed to the waitlist. Or you can speak to Cyber about getting rolled up for the weeks you're missing to catch up.
Other things to remember folks, Only your scientists (And now Technicians!) can build base enhancements.

[Taricus]

Spoiler: MASTERMIND EYES ONLY (click to show/hide)

Minions, time to get that tapestry. All go now!

[Criptfeind]

Can we sell and buy resources? And can we sell and buy things from each other?

Also, is there anyway to (with pursumably mid to high level techs) separate our minion notoriety and our justice notoriety?

[Terenos]

You can buy and sell resources. And can influence that transaction slightly with traits and possibly henchmen.
The transaction would be $1,000 for 20 Resources, and vice versa.
And, no. Currently your Notoriety is effectively the one tracking statistic used by the FoJ. This may change later if it needs to.

[CyberGenesis]

There will be missions/event to lower notoreity. Splitting it has never really been on our mind before, if you can make a compelling reason to do so i would possibly at least consider it.