Advise a Ducal Portraitist

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From: Duke and Duchess Both


Burgundy is long overdue a new portrait of its rulers – but they are too busy with actual governance to sit for the appearance of it. Luckily, you know them well.


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 220

  • 151 - very chancy (41%)
  • 187 - chancy (51%)
  • 224 - modest (61%)
  • 261 - very modest (71%)
  • 297 - low-risk (81%)
  • 334 - straightforward (91%)
  • 367 - straightforward (100%)

Each point of Inerrant adds 15 points of Persuasive.

Success

Verisimilitude

Resemblance is found in the details[…]. The painter's work is good, but he does not know the two like you do; he has not seen them in dire straits and in victory.

Here: adjust the tilt of the Last Duchess' chin. There: soften the set of Maximilian's jaw.

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Failure

"No, no, no!"

Art is a torturous process. At first, the Portraitist was pleased for your help, but, three hours in, he is becoming increasingly doubtful that you even know what the Last Duchess looks like. So, for that matter, are you.