Doing Business in Wilmot's End (Guide)

Early PoSI Content

Doing Business in Wilmot's End Summary
Fixed-Length Activity
Setup				Progress				End
1 A				9 A				1 A
Progress Details			Raise Doing Business in Wilmot's End to 5.
Items Inputs/Outputs Outputs Legal Document Dramatic Tension Volume of Collated Research Favours: The Great Game Stolen Kiss Other Dramatic Tension Uses: Strong-Backed Labour Use of Villains Bazaar Permit Collection of Curiosities
Raw EPA						1.14

General

At Wilmot's End you can do the carousel, Doing Business in Wilmot's End.

There are various storylets and cards to raise Doing Business in Wilmot's End, depending on your qualities, which menaces you are willing to risk acquiring, and Walking the Paths of Wilmot's End (the qualities are abbreviated as  DBiWE and  WtPoWE respectively in the tables below):

One full cycle is 11 actions.

Progress

The following table details the progress actions for this activity. There are several times when you are presented with a choice that determines what actions you are able to take to complete the cycle. Initially, picking Money. Power. The Game itself. or The New Order will open up The Faithful Functionary which has a rare chance of providing 2 x Compromising Document. At Level 3, picking "Whatever the Game brings" or "Hard lessons" will grant access to Shadowy and Dangerous Challenges. Otherwise it will just be Shadowy.

Storylet	Challenge	Requirement	Success	Failure
Level 0
Playing the Game at Wilmot's End
Empress and Country	Automatic		DBiWE to 2 WtPoWE to 1
Money. Power. The Game itself.			DBiWE to 2 WtPoWE to 2
The New Order			DBiWE to 2 WtPoWE to 3
Level 2
Business about Wilmot's End (The 2 following options belong to this storylet)
The short, straight path	Dangerous 120		+1 CP DBiWE	+1 CP Wounds
The long, twisting path	Shadowy 120			+1 CP Suspicion
An Agent of the Tsar	Shadowy 120	WtPoWE 1 or 2	+1 CP DBiWE	+1 CP Suspicion
The Faithful Functionary	Shadowy 120	WtPoWE 2 or 3	+1 CP DBiWE 2 x Comprom. Document (rare)	+1 CP Suspicion
The Sights of Wilmot's End Card (2 options)	Luck: 20% chance	Drawn anywhere	+2 CP DBiWE	+1 CP DBiWE
Level 3
Meeting a Certain Gentleman
"Keep it bloodless"	Automatic		DBiWE to 4 WtPoWE to 1 +3 CP Subtle -3 CP Forceful
"Whatever the Game brings"			DBiWE to 4 WtPoWE to 2
"Hard lessons"			DBiWE to 4 WtPoWE to 3 +3 CP Forceful -3 CP Subtle
Level 4
Secrets in High Places	Shadowy 120		+1 CP DBiWE	+1 CP Suspicion
The Exchange	Shadowy 120	WtPoWE 1 or 2	+1 CP DBiWE	+1 CP Suspicion
The Missionary Bush	Dangerous 120	WtPoWE 2 or 3	+1 CP DBiWE	+1 CP Scandal
A New Move in the Game Card	Watchful 120	Drawn anywhere	+1 (rarely +2) CP DBiWE	+1 CP Nightmares

Rewards

Storylet	Challenge	Requirement	Success	Failure
Level 5 (All options reset DBiWE)
Another contact in the fog
Keeping the Game moving	Automatic		+1 CP Dramatic Tension
Make the deal			1 x Legal Document
She is wearing pearls today		Dramatic Tension 1	10 x Collated Research
An exchange of favours		Dramatic Tension 1	8 x Stolen Kiss 1 x Favours: The Great Game

Analysis

All Dramatic Tension increases can be cashed out at any of the Dramatic Tension (Guide) carousels. This can be an easy way to get Legal Documents early on. Also it will give 1 x Favours: The Great Game with an investment of 22 actions. Maximum cashing out through this carousel yields 1.14EPA.