Handsome Townhouse: Schemes (Guide)

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This guide provides side-by-side comparisons of scheme options available from the opportunity card The Tower of Eyes: Behind Closed Doors at a Handsome Townhouse. Only one scheme may be chosen. Each scheme has a unique affiliation item and different opportunities for generating making waves.

Pursue a Scheme (increase Engaged in a Scheme)

Establishing a scheme unlocks options for increasing Engaged in a Scheme: a Salon or Engaged in a Scheme: an Orphanage, depending on which scheme was chosen. Increasing EiaS is necessary to later generate making waves through your chosen scheme. On average, each CP of EiaS will be worth 10 CP of Making Waves.

Spending Engaged in a Scheme

Once your Engaged in a Scheme (EiaS) is high enough, you can unlock options for spending it to generate Making Waves.

Engaged in a Scheme: a Salon

	Min EiaS	Action	Requirements	Reward	CP/ CP
Any	6	Invite an Author acquaintance	2 Actions Friend with: Profession: Author	-15 CP EiaS +150 CP Making Waves	10
0-25	6	Your Salon: invite the Sardonic Music-Hall Singer as a guest of honour	2 Actions Acquaintance: the Sardonic Music-Hall Singer	-15 CP EiaS +121-180 CP Making Waves 1 x Memory of Light 1 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip	10.03
0-25	20	Your Salon: invite the Captivating Princess as a guest of honour	1 FATE 2 Actions Acquaintance: the Captivating Princess	-200 CP EiaS +1501-2500 CP Making Waves 1 x Zee-Ztory +1 CP Scandal	10
25-50	12	Your Salon: invite the Duchess as a guest of honour	2 Actions Connected: The Duchess 10 1 x Midnight Matriarch (likely consumed)	-65 CP EiaS +850 CP Making Waves 1 x Intriguing Snippet 1 x Favour in High Places -1 x Midnight Matriarch Rare Success: -65 CP EiaS +650 CP Making Waves 1 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip	13.08, or 10 on rare success
25-50	6	Your Salon: invite the Mercies as guests of honour	2 Actions EiaS 5 challenge 100% @ EiaS 10 Acquaintance: the Mercies	-15 CP EiaS 1 x Tale of Terror!! (with Lettice, the Mercy) +10 CP Making Waves Success: +150 CP Making Waves Failure: +50 CP Making Waves -4000 x Penny +3 CP Scandal	10, or 10.66 w/
25-50	6	Your Salon: Present your Lyrebird Educated in Three Schools	2 Actions Lyrebird Educated in Three Schools	-15 CP EiaS +150 CP Making Waves	10
50-75	6	Your Salon: invite Silas the Showman as a guest of honour	2 Actions Luck 80% Acquaintance: Silas the Showman	Success: -15 CP EiaS +129-190 CP Making Waves Failure: -1 CP EiaS	10.2
75-100	6	Your Salon: invite the Repentant Forger as a guest of honour	2 Actions Luck 80% Acquaintance: the Repentant Forger	Success: -15 CP EiaS +101-220 CP Making Waves Failure: -1 CP EiaS +10 CP Making Waves +1 CP Scandal	10.69
75-100	8	Your Salon: invite a Presbyterate Diplomat as a guest of honour	Presbyterate Diplomat	-28 CP EiaS +201-360 CP Making Waves 3 x Mystery of the Elder Continent	10.02
80-100	6	Invite a Crooked-Cross to address your Salon	2 Actions Friend with: Profession: Crooked-Cross	-15 CP EiaS +200 CP Making Waves +2 CP Scandal	13.33

Engaged in a Scheme: an Orphanage

	Min EiaS	Action	Requirements	Reward	CP/ CP
Any	6	Invite a Conjuror acquaintance to... perform	2 Actions Friend with: Profession: Conjurer	-12-21 CP EiaS +150 CP Making Waves	9.09
0-20	6	Invite a Midnighter acquaintance to honour a tradition of St Joshua	2 Actions Friend with: Profession: Midnighter	-15 CP EiaS +200 CP Making Waves	13.33
0-60	10	Scheme: Reunite a Dispossessed Orphan with loving parents		-15 CP EiaS +101-200 CP Making Waves Either 1 x Mystery of the Elder Continent or 1 x Memory of Distant Shores	10.03
50-100	6	Scheme: Graduation		-15 CP EiaS +101-200 CP Making Waves 1 x Favours: Criminals Normal: +5 CP Watchful Rare: 1 x Memory of Light	10.03
80-100	6	Invite a Correspondent acquaintance to educate the orphans	2 Actions Friend with: Profession: Correspondent	-15 CP EiaS +200 CP Making Waves	13.33
90-100	15	Recruit a Laconic Prodigy as your assistant (20 FATE)	20 FATE No Laconic Prodigy	-110 CP EiaS Laconic Prodigy	N/A

Picking Your Scheme

Both the Orphanage and the Salon offer comparable options for converting Engaged in a Scheme into Making Waves, though the orphanage's best options are available at The Airs of London 0-20 and 80-100, whereas the salon's only covers 80-100.

The utility of a Salon is directly dependent on how efficiently you can acquire the needed items and Favours. There are only two options for gaining Scheme CP, but they're always available. Visiting the Sardonic Music-Hall Singer gives one Bohemian and Society Favour, as does the weekly payment of Correspondents. See Influence Grinding (Guide) for information on obtaining Stolen Kisses and Favours in High Places.

Progressing an orphanage, on the other hand, primarily uses money and items that can be purchased from the Bazaar. You're essentially converting Echoes directly into Scheme CP, though the specific items are Airs-dependent. If you have a Warm-hearted Amber Iguana, it's the best option by far for advancing your Scheme with Airs 0-30.

Both schemes can potentially generate massive amounts of Making Waves with sufficient investment. Which you go with is largely a personal decision based on what kind of investment you'd rather make, and possibly roleplaying concerns. (Would your character be willing to manage an orphanage? Should they be trusted with children in the first place?)