A Turncoat
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You are becoming known for your uncertain loyalties.
Game Instructions: Don't let this rise beyond 3, or you may find options closed to you.
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Penalty[edit]
Unlocked at Menace Level: 4
Levels[edit]
- Somewhat Untrustworthy [Your apparent change in loyalties has raised eyebrows.]
- Somewhat Untrustworthy [Commentators are puzzled by the true nature of your loyalties. Perhaps you are not to be trusted...]
- Somewhat Untrustworthy [You are becoming known as a creature of inconstant loyalties.]
- Beyond the Pale [You have changed sides once too often. You are not to be trusted.]
Wiki note: Anything above 4 shares the same message
Avoiding increases[edit]
A Turncoat is primarily increased by switching sides during A Boxful of Intrigue, based on whether your A Power in Waiting - quality is set to A Guardian of the Realm or The Conscience of Empire. This is initially set in the storylet The Troubles So Far: choosing Those who govern sets it to Conscience of Empire, while choosing Those who are governed sets it to Guardian of the Realm.
The only way to reduce A Turncoat is the storylet The Traitor's Feast in Spite, which unlocks at A Turncoat 4. It also requires Shadowy 120 and
A Survivor of the Affair of the Box 12.
To avoid gaining A Turncoat during A Boxful of Intrigue, choose the option listed below your side on these storylets, which will also gain CP in Empire's Kingmaker:
A Turncoat can also increase during the Family and Law story if you switch sides between the Cheery Man and the Last Constable.
- Working with the Last Constable: Abandon her or Off to the Cheery Man
- Working with the Cheery Man: Go to the Constable
Finally, it can increase in these other storylets:
- The talkative gaoler: A grass in New Newgate Prison
- Pugilism and politics: Beat up the Underworld Kingpin