Fingerprints sometimes not showing up

[mr.stealth]

I've had several recent games where fingerprints have not shown up, even after immediately checking doors the ghost had moved.

Got one game ruined because lack of fingerprints was used to in ruling out possible ghosts, and it ended up being a ghost that does in fact leave fingerprints.

Almost happened a 2nd time, but random fingerprints got picked up trying to take a photo of something else. This was after the ghost touched 2 doors in front of 2 players, and neither of us could see fingerprints on the doors.

[Genesis Erebus Wilde]

it's intended iirc. 75% chance for normal ghost and 50% chance for obakes.

[💚⁧⁧ Peach]

Originally posted by Genesis Wilde:

it's intended iirc. 75% chance for normal ghost and 50% chance for obakes.

75% for Obake and 100% for usual.

[Kelrycor]

That has changed, Genesis Wilde. It is 100% for normal ghosts, but 75% for Obakes (also 16% change for 6-fingered one on doors).

The problem the OP has is most likely to tell apart a ghost event from a real physical touch. It is something people occasionally have from the very beginning of this game.

The ghost has to touch the door, light switch or window to leave fingerprints. For windows, there are no ghost events that can cause the "knock knock" sound, so windows are the most reliable fingerprint source. Also cupboard locker doors are very reliable, as they are only moved by a physical touch of the ghost.

Light switches, front doors or normal room doors may be moved by ghost events or a ghost power, like a Yurei can slam a door to hit you with a sanity drop, or a ghost can shut off the room lights during a spook. Even the Mare has a special power to shut off room lights from afar. In those cases no fingerprints will be left.

So unless you have a windows or cupboard locker interaction from the ghost, you always have to check for fingerprints more carefully. Only checking once and ruling fingerprints out, is a fatal tactic which will lead to wrong conclusions on the ghost type.

[mr.stealth]

I think one of the first occasions of this was an obake, so their 75% chance would do it. But it almost certainly would have to had to fail leaving prints multiple times.

The game where we caught fingerprints later with a camera, I believe was a jinn. And one of the printless interactions was on a closet double door that two of us checked. This was after having trouble with it a couple times, so we were checking any door that moved unless we knew fingerprints weren't possible.

[Shadow_Mel2]

Originally posted by mr.stealth:

I think one of the first occasions of this was an obake, so their 75% chance would do it. But it almost certainly would have to had to fail leaving prints multiple times.

The game where we caught fingerprints later with a camera, I believe was a jinn. And one of the printless interactions was on a closet double door that two of us checked. This was after having trouble with it a couple times, so we were checking any door that moved unless we knew fingerprints weren't possible.

I had an Obake physically touch 3 doors before leaving fingerprints, it really did give itself up there.

there is also a time limit too, i find checking the door with the EMF- getting a 2 and then taking a photo/using bluelight is reasonably reliable.

when they check doors do they physically see the door move or are guessing the general vicininity?

[mr.stealth]

Originally posted by Shadow_Mel2:

when they check doors do they physically see the door move or are guessing the general vicininity?

Doors that moved in front of us.