Sword of the Samurai Planning Subterfuge: -------------------- Submitted by: RM When commencing "un-honorable" acts (well, if the target is an allied rivals), such as assassinations, kidnapping, planting incriminating evidence, etc. Such acts take place at a rival or enemy castle. At lower difficulty levels, this isnt much of a problem. However, at higher levels, there is a numerous number of guards, thus killing all of them is quite straining and extremely difficult. There is a way to limit the number of emerging guards, in case the alarm goes off. Guards re-spawn at un-explored areas (areas that are still covered by the black fog-of-war). Thus, if you try to explore those areas carefully, they will limit guards re-spawning to the point, if all areas have been explored, they no longer re-spawn. As easy as the theory goes, in practice it is even more difficult. When you start exploring, guards patrol casually, only patrolling areas that are accessible and they do not open doors (whereas if the alarm is raised, they will open doors). At this point, there usually are a limited number of guards patrolling, which you can kill quietly. Avoid killing them in corridors or areas where they will likely be discovered. When you see a guard, bait him by exposing yourself for a second, and he will follow you to your last exposed location. Hopefully, this last known location will be in a room where you can kill him silently. Guards only raise the alarm when theyve seen you long enough or discover dead bodies. So, try to avoid long corridors at all costs and duck-in room by room. Only use those long corridors when there is no other route.
