Offer the fellow a partnership

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From: The Antiquarian Footman


He supplies the antiques, you supply the expertise. Persuade him that he needs your help in valuing his acquisitions and finding a fence.


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 75

  • 52 - very chancy (41%)
  • 64 - chancy (51%)
  • 77 - modest (61%)
  • 89 - very modest (71%)
  • 102 - low-risk (81%)
  • 114 - straightforward (91%)
  • 125 - straightforward (100%)

Success

This is working out nicely.

The footman turns out to be good at palming curiosities […] You are a genius at feigned expertise. You undervalue the trinkets to the footman […] and overvalue them to the fences […] You're making it all up, but you're also making a killing […]

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Failure

The footman lacks the eye for this.

You've talked up your contact, and fences around the city are expecting high-quality goods […] clearly, even to the least educated eye, coated in blue paint and lacquer, rather than the promised glim leaf […] you've lost a great deal of trust […]

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