Grind:Artistry in the Empress' Court Progress

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This grind might consume the following materials:

• Favours: The Church
• Favours: Revolutionaries
• Favours: Society
• Favours: Bohemians
• Foxfire Candle Stub
• Jade Fragment
• Drop of Prisoner's Honey
• Bottle of Greyfields 1879
• Favours: Hell

This grind is a source of:

• Sapphire
• Secluded Address
• Melancholy
• Austere
• Flawed Diamond
• Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
• Shard of Glim
• Inspired...
• Hedonist
• Appalling Secret
• Confident Smile

This grind might cause:

• Wounds
• Nightmares
• Scandal
• Suspicion

Grind definition

Choose the best option:

• Seek inspiration in nature ( Persuasive 98 challenge).
  • Success: +10 CP Inspired....
  • Alternative success (15.00%): +20 CP Inspired....
  • Failure: +1 CP Scandal.
• Cloister yourself and work ( Persuasive 99 challenge).
  • Success: +10 CP Inspired....
  • Alternative success (15.00%): +20 CP Inspired....
  • Failure: +1 CP Scandal.
• Depending on Working on...:
  • 4-8: Seek out the music of the people ( Persuasive 100 challenge).
    • Success: +10 CP Inspired....
    • Alternative success (15.00%): +15 CP Inspired....
    • Failure: +1 CP Scandal.
• Bury it deep ( Persuasive 102 challenge).
  • Success: +10 CP Inspired....
  • Failure: +1 CP Scandal.
• Depending on Working on...:
  • 3-8: Inspire them to work together ( Persuasive 103 challenge).
    • Success: +10 CP Inspired....
    • Failure: +1 CP Scandal.
• Gauge the tastes of the Court ( Persuasive 105 challenge).
  • Success: +10 CP Inspired....
  • Alternative success (15.00%): +15 CP Inspired....
  • Failure: +1 CP Scandal.
• Persuade her that her work requires alteration ( Persuasive 105 challenge).
  • Success: +10 CP Inspired....
  • Failure: +1 CP Scandal.
• Seek out inspiration among artists ( Persuasive 97 challenge).
  • Success: +30 CP Inspired..., -1 x Favours: Bohemians.
  • Alternative success (15.00%): +40 CP Inspired..., -1 x Favours: Bohemians.
  • Failure: +1 CP Scandal.
• Ensure that their work is unfavourably reviewed ( Persuasive 100 challenge).
  • Success: +30 CP Inspired..., -1 x Favours: Society.
  • Alternative success (15.00%): +2 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip, +30 CP Inspired..., -1 x Favours: Society.
  • Failure: +2 CP Scandal.
• Passion and bats ( Persuasive 100 challenge).
  • Success: +35 CP Inspired..., -1 x Favours: Revolutionaries, +1 CP Suspicion.
  • Failure: +1 CP Scandal, +1 CP Suspicion.
• The art of the Brass Embassy ( Persuasive 100 challenge).
  • Success: +25 CP Inspired..., -1 x Favours: Hell.
  • Failure: +1 CP Nightmares.
• Depending on Working on...:
  • 4-8: Depending on Renown: Tomb-Colonies:
    • 4-: Study the dour tunes of the tomb-colonies ( Persuasive 100 challenge).
      • Success: +10 CP Inspired..., +1 CP Melancholy.
      • Failure: +1 CP Scandal, +1 CP Melancholy.
• Depending on Working on...:
  • 3-8: Consult the lead's Opinions ( Persuasive 100 challenge).
    • Success: -5 CP Austere, +15 CP Inspired..., +1 CP Hedonist.
    • Alternative success (10.00%): -5 CP Austere, +2 x Flawed Diamond, +15 CP Inspired..., +1 CP Hedonist.
    • Failure: -20 CP Inspired..., +1 CP Scandal.
• Call on the help of the Church ( Persuasive 100 challenge).
  • Success: +35 CP Inspired..., -1 x Favours: The Church.
• Mortification of the flesh!.
  • Success: +3 CP Austere, +5 CP Inspired..., -3 CP Hedonist.
• An organ recital at All Christs ( Austere 6 challenge).
  • Success: -3 CP Austere, -10 x Jade Fragment, +20 CP Inspired....
  • Failure: -10 x Jade Fragment, +1 CP Scandal, -1 CP Inspired....
• Depending on Prismatic Squidling:
  • 1-: Seek inspiration from your Prismatic Squidling ( Persuasive 100 challenge).
    • Success: +15 CP Inspired....
    • Alternative success (15.00%): +15 CP Inspired..., +12 x Shard of Glim.
    • Failure: -20 CP Inspired..., +1 CP Nightmares.
• Depending on Renown: Bohemians:
  • 5-: Call in some favours ( Persuasive 107 challenge).
    • Success: +15 CP Inspired..., +1 CP Scandal.
    • Alternative success (15.00%): +20 CP Inspired..., +2 x Appalling Secret.
    • Failure: -20 CP Inspired....
• Depending on Working on...:
  • 4-8: Consult the lead's Opinions ( Persuasive 108 challenge).
    • Success: +20 CP Inspired..., -25 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey.
    • Alternative success (10.00%): +20 CP Inspired..., +1 x Sapphire.
    • Failure: -25 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey, +1 CP Nightmares, -20 CP Inspired....
• Come to an equitable arrangement ( Luck 30% challenge).
  • Success: -50 x Foxfire Candle Stub, +15 CP Inspired..., +2 x Secluded Address.
  • Failure: -50 x Foxfire Candle Stub, +15 CP Inspired..., +2 CP Suspicion.
• Depending on Inspired...:
  • 5-: Toss it onto the fire ( Luck 60% challenge).
    • Success: +25 CP Inspired..., +1 x Confident Smile.
    • Alternative success (10.00%): +35 CP Inspired..., +1 x Confident Smile.
    • Failure: -20 CP Inspired..., +2 CP Wounds.
• Seek inspiration in indulgence ( Luck 50% challenge).
  • Success: +20 CP Inspired..., +3 CP Hedonist, -15 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey, -3 CP Austere, -20 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879.
  • Failure: +10 CP Inspired..., +3 CP Hedonist, -15 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey, -3 CP Austere, -20 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879.

Calculator

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