Editing A Turncoat

{{Menace
|Icon = Sidebarturncoat.png
|ID = 1185
|Description = 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.
|Discrete = yes
|Gains Category = yes
|Cures Category = yes
|Penalty = [[The Traitor's Feast]]
|Menace level = 4
}}

==Levels==
#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 ==
'''A Turncoat''' is primarily increased by switching sides during [[A Boxful of Intrigue]], based on whether your {{IL|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 The Conscience of Empire, while choosing [[Those who are governed]] sets it to A Guardian of the Realm.)

The only way to reduce '''A Turncoat''' is the storylet [[The Traitor's Feast]], which only unlocks at '''A Turncoat 4''' (and also requires {{IL|Shadowy}} 120 and {{IL|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 {{IL|Empire's Kingmaker}}:
{| class="article-table"
!Storylet
![[File:Caperers.png|20px]] A Guardian of the Realm
![[File:Master2.png|20px]] The Conscience of Empire
|-
|[[An Agent of the Masters]]
|[[Help cover up the sordid business]]
|[[Expose him to the newspapers]]
|-
|[[The Course of Love]]
|[[Help keep them together]]
|[[Keep its agents at bay]]
|-
|[[Doing the Rounds]]
|[[Tell them the truth]]
|[[Lie to them]]
|-
|[[Encryption of a Sort]]
|[[See that the messages arrive safely]]
|[[Intercept the messages]]
|-
|[[A Night of Desperate Ambushes]]
|[[Wade in with the neddy men]]
|[[Defend Spite from the neddy men]]
|-
|[[A Strong Box]]
|[[Tell the gentlemen in blue about any plans for robbery you hear about]]
|[[Tell your larcenous colleagues when the strong-box will be moved]]
|-
|[[The Unionist]]
|[[Join the hunt]]
|[[Help her escape]]
|}
'''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]] gains '''A Turncoat'''
* [[Working with the Cheery Man]]: [[Go to the Constable]] gains '''A Turncoat'''
<nowiki> </nowiki>Finally, it can increase in these other storylets:
* [[The talkative gaoler]]: [[A grass]] gains '''A Turncoat'''
* [[Pugilism and politics]]: [[Beat up the Underworld Kingpin]] gains '''A Turncoat'''