Fighting a War of Assassins (Guide)

Early PoSI Content

Fighting a War of Assassins Summary
Limited-Length Activity
Setup				Progress				End
0 A				33+ A				1 A
Progress Details			Raise FaWoA to 4 to raise Dramatic Tension. Cashes out after 3 times through.
Items Inputs/Outputs Inputs Rat on a String Renown: Urchins 20 Ratwork Derringer Renown: Revolutionaries 10 Ancient Hunting Rifle Outputs Dramatic Tension Bazaar Permit Collection of Curiosities Volume of Collated Research Use of Villains Other Dramatic Tension Uses: Favours: The Great Game Stolen Kiss Strong-Backed Labour
Raw EPA			1.86			Raw SPA			-

General

The War of Assassins is one of the many carousels available to Persons of Some Importance, which rewards the victor with various goods otherwise created in the Bazaar Side-Streets. It relies on Dramatic Tension, and requires 2 levels (3 CP) of it to make the reward available. With 100% success rates, it takes 11 actions to acquire 1 CP of Tension from the War, and so it takes 34 actions to unlock and then acquire the reward. The reward to be chosen takes 1 action to change, and resets Fighting a War of Assassins (henceforth abbreviated as FaWoA), but does not change Tension; it is therefore a small efficiency hit to change but can be done after the rest of the carousel is complete. This carousel can also be freely mixed with the two carousels in Wilmot's End which also use Tension to track number of rounds completed; consult Dramatic Tension (Guide) for details.

Choosing an Opponent and Reward

These are all options on the Choose an enemy! storylet at Your Lodgings. The rewards are options on The Treasures of War.

Opponent	Reward Option	Reward contents	Echo Value
A Rival in Power	Tribute from your Rival of Power	3 x Bazaar Permit	37.50
A Former Lover	A few of your old things	1 x Collection of Curiosities	65
A Rival of Letters	Settling out of court	16 x Volume of Collated Research	40
A Ghost Mantled in Shadow	Deserting henchmen	2 x Use of Villains	12

Progress

Depending on your qualities and which menaces you are willing to risk acquiring, there are numerous ways to raise FaWoA:

Storylet	Challenge	Requirement	CP on Success	Failure
Level 0-2
The Forgotten Quarter
A Noose	Dangerous 120		FaWoA +1	Wounds +1
The Infernal Hunt	Shadowy 120
The Tea Shop	Dangerous 120
The Flit
Gather urchin informants	Persuasive 120	Renown: Urchins 20	FaWoA +1	-
The Portly Assassin	Watchful 120			Suspicion +1
Recruit the Raggedy Men	Persuasive 120	200 x Rat on a String		-100 x Rat on a String
Level 3
The Forgotten Quarter
A Ride to the Quarter	Dangerous 120	1 x Ratwork Derringer	FaWoA +1	Wounds +1
The Waker of Snakes	Dangerous 120		FaWoA +1 TbF +1 (up to 16)	Wounds +1
The Picnic	Luck: 50%		FaWoA +2	FaWoA -1
The Flit
The Boatman's Market	Watchful 120		FaWoA +1	Scandal +1
The Woman in Green	Persuasive 120			Nightmares +1
The Revolutionary Gathering	Persuasive 120	Renown: Revolutionaries 10		Wounds +1
Level 4 (These actions exchange 4 levels of FaWoA for 1 CP in Dramatic Tension.)
The Forgotten Quarter
An Avenue of Dusty Earth	Shadowy 120		Dramatic Tension +1	Wounds +2
A Moment of Respite	Dangerous 120	1 x Ancient Hunting Rifle
The Courier for Killers	Shadowy 120
The Flit
A Pause for Reflection	Watchful 120		Dramatic Tension +1	Wounds +2
A Long Drop	Dangerous 120			Wounds +2
The Topsy King would like a Word	Watchful 120			Nightmares +2 SttEoI +1

Conclusion

You will need Dramatic Tension 2 (3 CP total) to get your rewards through The Treasures of War at your Lodgings.