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[Cthulhu] Portraying cultists for interrogation

Started by Imperator, September 25, 2010, 08:26:43 AM

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Simlasa

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September 27, 2010, 04:24:51 AM Last Edit: September 27, 2010, 05:53:16 PM by Simlasa
Quote from: Blackhand;407144Even San 0 guys are gonna crack after they have torture applied to them for a couple of days.  Maybe not even that long.
They'll probably crack but it doesn't mean that what they tell you is true... Most likely they are just saying whatever is necessary to make the pain stop... And their idea of what's true might be quite... Insane. If their insanity is a retreat from their newly realized cosmology... Beating on them might just as likely drive them further away (Brazil).
I'm inclined to think torture is good at getting confessions... But not so hot at getting reliable information.

Imperator

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September 27, 2010, 11:08:55 AM
Quote from: Simlasa;407153They'll probably crack but it doesn't mean that what they tell you is true... Most likely they are just saying whatever is necessary to make the pain stop... And their idea of what's true might be quite... Insane. If their insanity is a retreat from their newly realized cosmology... Beating on them might just as likely drive them further away.
I'm inclined to think torture is good at getting confessions... But not so hot at getting reliable information.

I agree on this. My players have been just interrogating them. They just grew (understandably) tired of getting nothing from it. That, of course, is going to get fixed thanks to the helpful advice you all gave me :D
My name is Ramón Nogueras. Running now Vampire: the Masquerade (Giovanni Chronicles IV for just 3 players), and itching to resume my Call of Cthulhu campaign (The Sense of the Sleight-of-Hand Man).
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