Mediate a dispute (Bohemians)

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ID: 267102

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From: A Tournament of the Imagination: Aiding the Bohemians

Two of the actors are arguing fiercely.

Unlocked with Imagination: The Story So Far ( Schedule + 1), Airs of the Games 71

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 120

• 82 - very chancy (41%)
• 102 - chancy (51%)
• 122 - modest (61%)
• 142 - very modest (71%)
• 162 - low-risk (81%)
• 182 - straightforward (91%)
• 200 - straightforward (100%)
  

The difficulty is equal to 80% of your base Persuasive, rounded. The given example is for base Persuasive 150.

Success

Dialectic

[...] dispute [...] about how to perform the text. [...] go in circles debating gesture, intonation, and the wearing of masks.

You jam up their logic by constructing a Nocturnalist synthesis – masks, but no gestures. [...] The language of the gutter, but spoken like a chorus. [...]

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You have aided your allies' efforts. (Raises Imagination: Aiding Bohemians by ?)
•  The balance of the tournament shifts. (Sets Imagination: Currently in the Lead to [Whichever team is in the lead])
• Crowds cheer. Rivals clash. The Coilheart Games continue apace. [Airs of the Games change…] (random)
•  You've gained ? x Coilheart Renown

Failure

Error

Their dispute is about how to perform the text. Your opening gambit in resolving their differences is to cite Turgenev at them. You succeed at getting them to stop, in that they are now all too busy arguing against you.

• Persuasive is increasing…
• Crowds cheer. Rivals clash. The Coilheart Games continue apace. [Airs of the Games change…] (random)
•  Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)