Editing Persuade the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's/Tables

<noinclude>[[Category:Tables]]</noinclude>
==Difficulty==
{{Variant table
|Condition = Question before the Board |Condition alias = Question
|Condition type = <noinclude>Raw</noinclude><includeonly>Math</includeonly>
|Effect = [[Persuade the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's/Tables|Base Difficulty]]
|Value 1 = 1 - [[Plan the next route through occupied buildings, alongside the Moloch Line|Recommending a Route through Occupied Buildings]]
|Effect 1 = 240
|Value 2 = 2 - [[Plan the next route through abandoned buildings|Proposing the Demolition of Unused Houses]]
|Effect 2 = 240
|Value 3 = 3 - [[Plan the next route through the Pitiless Bog|Recommending a Route over Marshland]]
|Effect 3 = 160
|Value 4 = 4 - [[Plan the next route across the Plain of Thirsty Grasses|Recommending a Route through Plainsland]]
|Effect 4 = 180
|Value 5 = 5 - [[Plan the next route over the Monkprince Hills|Route through Hills]]
|Effect 5 = 220
|Value 7 = 7 - [[Plan the next route across a ravine|Recommending a Route across a Ravine]]
|Effect 7 = 220
|Value 9 = 9 - [[Plan the next route through Wasteland|Recommending a Route through Wasteland]]
|Effect 9 = 100
|Value 10 = 10 - [[Vote His Amused Lordship off the Board|Proposing the Removal of His Amused Lordship]]
|Effect 10 = 560
|Value 11 = 11 - [[Vote the Efficient Commissioner off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Efficient Commissioner]]
|Effect 11 = 600
|Value 12 = 12 - [[Vote the Jovial Contrarian off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Jovial Contrarian]]
|Effect 12 = 500
|Value 13 = 13 - [[Vote Sinning Jenny off the board|Proposing the Removal of Sinning Jenny]]
|Effect 13 = 600
|Value 14 = 14 - [[Vote Feducci off the board|Proposing the Removal of Feducci]]
|Effect 14 = 600
|Value 15 = 15 - [[Vote Virginia off the board|Proposing the Removal of Virginia]]
|Effect 15 = 500
|Value 16 = 16 - [[Vote Furnace off the board|Proposing the Removal of Furnace Ancona]]
|Effect 16 = 500
|Value 17 = 17 - [[Vote the Dean of Xenotheology off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Dean of Xenotheology]]
|Effect 17 = 640
|Value 19 = 19 - [[Vote the Bishop of Southwark off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Bishop of Southwark]]
|Effect 19 = 700
|Value 20 = 20 - [[Vote the Tentacled Entrepreneur off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Tentacled Entrepreneur]]
|Effect 20 = 500
|Value 21 = 21 - [[Vote the Gracious Widow off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Gracious Widow]]
|Effect 21 = 500
|Value 22 = 22 - [[Vote April off the Board|Proposing the Removal of April]]
|Effect 22 = 500
|Value 23 = 23 - [[Vote the Wandering Gondolier off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Wandering Gondolier]]
|Effect 23 = 500
|Value 24 = 24 - [[Vote September off the Board|Proposing the Removal of September]]
|Effect 24 = 500
|Value 26 = 26 - [[Vote the Viscountess off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Viscountess of the Viric Jungle]]
|Effect 26 = 700
|Value 27 = 27 - [[Vote the Rubbery Yes-Man off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Rubbery Yes-Man]]
|Effect 27 = 500
|Value 28 = 28 - [[Vote the Hell-Scarred Gondolier off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Hell-Scarred Gondolier]]
|Effect 28 = 500
|Value 29 = 29 - [[Vote Cornelius off the Board|Proposing the Removal of Cornelius, the Bandaged Prehistoricist]]
|Effect 29 = 500
|Value 30 = 30 - [[Vote January off the Board|Proposing the Removal of January]]
|Effect 30 = 500
|Value 31 = 31 - [[Vote the Wry Functionary off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Wry Functionary]]
|Effect 31 = 500
|Value 32 = 32 - [[Vote the Delightful Reverend off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Delightful Reverend]]
|Effect 32 = 700
|Value 33 = 33 - [[Vote the Drummer off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Drummer]]
|Effect 33 = 500
|Value 35 = 35 - [[Vote the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner]]
|Effect 35 = 540
|Value 37 = 37 - [[Vote the Implacable Detective off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Implacable Detective]]
|Effect 37 = 500
|Value 100 = 100 - [[Propose a plan for the next Station building and for the train engines to go there|Proposing a Station Plan]]
|Effect 100 = 100
|Value 105 = 105 - [[Propose a station that is a defiance to All|Proposing a Station Plan more like a Fortress]]
|Effect 105 = 100
|Value 115 = 115 - [[Propose a daringly-built station in brass and rose, tribute to Hell|Proposing a Station Plan styled in the Manner of Hell]]
|Effect 115 = 300
|Value 120 = 120 - [[Propose a station building proclaiming the Bazaar's great reach|Proposing a Station Plan that Honours the Bazaar]]
|Effect 120 = 100
|Value 130 = 130 - [[Propose a station building unmistakably of the Empress' realm|Proposing a Station Plan that Speaks to the Glory of London and the Empress]]
|Effect 130 = 100
|Value 140 = 140 - [[Propose a station fit for the wilderness|Proposing a Station Plan Suited to Wasteland]]
|Effect 140 = 100
|Value 150 = 150 - [[Propose the kind of station one might find in a sleepy village in Oxfordshire|Proposing a Station Plan Suited to a Surface Summer]]
|Effect 150 = 380
|Value 160 = 160 - [[Plan for an icy route to the Hurlers|Proposing an ice-resistant route and a well-insulated station]]
|Effect 160 = 100
|Value 181 = 181 - [[Plan your last route, and set aside land for a tracklayers' city near Ealing Gardens|Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Ealing Gardens]]
|Effect 181 = 100
|Value 182 = 182 - [[Plan your last route, and set aside land for a tracklayers' city near the Magistracy of the Evenlode|Proposing a Tracklayers' City near the Magistracy of the Evenlode]]
|Effect 182 = 100
|Value 183 = 183 - [[Plan your last route, and set aside land for a tracklayers' city near Balmoral|Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Balmoral]]
|Effect 183 = 100
|Value 184 = 184 - [[Plan your last route, and set aside land for a tracklayers' city near Station VIII|Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Station VIII]]
|Effect 184 = 100
|Value 185 = 185 - [[Plan your last route, and set aside land for a tracklayers' city near Burrow-infra-Mump|Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Burrow-infra-Mump]]
|Effect 185 = 100
|Value 186 = 186 - [[Plan your last route, and set aside land for a tracklayers' city between Moulin and Hurlers|Proposing a Tracklayers' City somewhere between Moulin and Hurlers, as no one sensible wants that land at all]]
|Effect 186 = 500
|Value 187 = 187 - [[Plan your last route, and set aside land for a tracklayers' city at the outskirts of Hell|Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Marigold Station, under the walls of Hell]]
|Effect 187 = 300
|Value 200 = 200 - [[Add Train Defences|Recommending Better Defences for Each Train]]
|Effect 200 = 100
|Value 205 = 205 - [[Build more room for baggage on the train|Recommending More Baggage Accommodations for Each Train]]
|Effect 205 = 260
|Value 210 = 210 - [[Add Train Luxuries|Recommending More Luxurious Fittings for Each Train]]
|Effect 210 = 200
|Value 220 = 220 - [[Advocate paying off the striking workers|Recommending More Worker Compensation]]
|Effect 220 = 300
|Value 230 = 230 - [[Recommend giving the workers a share of the company|Recommending Worker Co-ownership]]
|Effect 230 = 420
|Value 240 = 240 - [[Recommend giving the workers a sharp corrective|Recommending the Strike be Broken]]
|Effect 240 = 100
|Value 250 = 250 - [[Free up the funds to excavate whatever the Tracklayers found|Requesting Funds to Excavate the Remains of a Prehistoric Creature]]
|Effect 250 = 100
|Value 260 = 260 - [[Pave over whatever the Tracklayers found|Suggesting the Union Pave Over a Prehistoric Creature]]
|Effect 260 = 100
|Value 270 = 270 - [[Vote extra funds to build around the anomalous block|Requesting Funds to Route Around an Anomalous Section of London]]
|Effect 270 = 100
|Value 280 = 280 - [[Propose a Red Science solution that would remove the anomalous block|Proposing to Drive the Track through the Zone]]
|Effect 280 = 260
|Value 340 = 340 - [[Accept the Bishop of Southwark's argument for an emphatically mission-oriented charter|Proposing a Charter engaging in the Work of the Church]]
|Effect 340 = 100
|Value 400 = 400 - [[Vote a dividend to the shareholders|Proposing to Pay Dividends to Shareholders]]
|Effect 400 = 200
|Value 500 = 500 - [[Suggest a detour through Parabola|Proposing a Bypass through Parabola]]
|Effect 500 = 500
|Value 510 = 510 - [[Plan to hire Hellworms and drill through rock that way|Proposing the Rental of Hellworms]]
|Effect 510 = 240
|Value 520 = 520 - [[Plan the next route through former battlefields|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell]]
|Effect 520 = 520
|Value 521 = 521 - [[Support Feducci's motion regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following Feducci's Guidance]]
|Effect 521 = 520
|Value 522 = 522 - [[Support April's motion regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following April's Guidance]]
|Effect 522 = 300
|Value 523 = 523 - [[Support Virginia's motion regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following Virginia's Guidance]]
|Effect 523 = 180
|Value 525 = 525 - [[Support the motion of the Bishop of Southwark regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following the Bishop of Southwark's Guidance]]
|Effect 525 = 380
|Value 526 = 526 - [[Support His Amused Lordship's motion regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following His Amused Lordship's Guidance]]
|Effect 526 = 100
|Value 527 = 527 - [[Support the motion of the Wandering Gondolier regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following the Wandering Gondolier's Guidance]]
|Effect 527 = 520
|Value 528 = 528 - [[Support Cornelius' motion regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following Cornelius' Guidance]]
|Effect 528 = 100
|Value 529 = 529 - [[Support the Viscountess' motion regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following the Viscountess' Guidance]]
|Effect 529 = 240
|Value 700 = 700 - [[Propose that the Unyielding Highlander become Castellan of Balmoral|Proposing that the Unyielding Highlander become Castellan of Balmoral]]
|Effect 700 = 100
|Value 710 = 710 - [[Propose September become Castellan of Balmoral|Proposing that September become Castellan of Balmoral]]
|Effect 710 = 540
|Value 720 = 720 - [[Propose the Fervent Widow become Castellan of Balmoral|Proposing that the Fervent Widow become Castellan of Balmoral]]
|Effect 720 = 400
|Value 800 = 800 - [[Appoint (a Tracklayer) in Furnace's place|Proposing a tracklayer aligned with Mr Fires]]
|Effect 800 = 100
|Value 850 = 850 - [[Appoint Cornelius in Furnace's place|Proposing Cornelius to lead]]
|Effect 850 = 500
|Value 905 = 905 - [[Propose that the Dean of Xenotheology become Patron of the Burrow Church|Proposing the Dean of Xenotheology as Patron of the Burrow Church]]
|Effect 905 = 300
|Value 931 = 931 - [[Vote a new set of concessions to the Union|Resuming Normal Operations with Furnace in Charge]]
|Effect 931 = 580
|Value 932 = 932 - [[Vote on Cornelius' plan to build a Tracklaying Beast|Supporting Cornelius' Prehistoricist Building Approach]]
|Effect 932 = 420
|Value 933 = 933 - [[Vote on new illumination for the stations|Supporting a Brightly-Lit Building Approach]]
|Effect 933 = 100
|Value 934 = 934 - [[Vote a package of measures intended to get work to resume|Proposing a Package of Measures to Resume Normal Operations]]
|Effect 934 = 100
|Value 940 = 940 - [[Propose special consideration to certain charitable groups|Proposing special consideration to certain charitable groups]]
|Effect 940 = 240
|Value 941 = 941 - [[Propose paying a dividend to the poor of the Hinterlands|Proposing a dividend be paid out to the poor of the Hinterlands]]
|Effect 941 = 240
|Value 1000 = 1000 - [[Propose a costly but effective tribute to Hillchanger Tower|Proposing an expensive tribute to the Hillchanger Tower]]
|Effect 1000 = 700
|Value 1020 = 1020 - [[Accept a proposal from those board members aligned with a month|Proposing a calendrical tribute to the Hillchanger Tower]]
|Effect 1020 = 620
|Value 1030 = 1030 - [[Accept a proposal from those board members expert in the history of the Neath|Proposing a legalistic tribute to the Hillchanger Tower]]
|Effect 1030 = 660
|Value 1100 = 1100 - Proposing to send your train to war in Parabola<br/>([[Propose you deploy your train in the Parabolan War on behalf of Cats|Cats]], [[Propose you deploy your train in the Parabolan War on behalf of Fingerkings|FKs]], [[Propose you deploy your train in your Parabolan War campaign for the Ophidian Gentleman|Gent]], [[Propose you deploy your train in the Parabolan War for the Viscountess|Visc.]], [[Propose you deploy your train in the Parabolan War|Other]])
|Effect 1100 = 500 (Cats)<br>440 (FKs, Gent)<br>700 (Visc.)<br>740 (Other)
|Value 1110 = 1110 - [[Suggest building a spur line into Parabola|Proposing to build a spur line into Parabola so that you can send in a war-train]]
|Effect 1110 = 700
}}

==Success Text==
{{Variant table
|Condition = Question before the Board |Condition alias = Question|Compact = yes
<noinclude>|Condition type = Raw</noinclude>
|Effect = [[Persuade the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's/Tables|Success Description]]
|Value 1 - 3, 9, 310 - 320, 800, 850, 932 = "I see," he says, as you lay out your arguments. "You have a point."
|Value 4 = "Better the grass than the hills," he says. "We'll find fewer things to alarm us, by that route."
|Value 5 = "If we have to go through the hills," he says, "then we should cut the path quickly and make sure the work is well lit. Don't let the explosions be too big, and never cut too deeply into any hillside."
|Value 7 = The first time you ask his opinion, he shares some thoughts about The Abyss and the Darkness of the Soul. The second time, he agrees that a bridge is a fine thing.
|Value 17 = "If she was invited as a representative of the Church's views, she was poorly chosen," says the Bishop of Saint Fiacre. "Her theology is syncretistic and her interest largely theoretical. I have heard her actively advising a student against prayer."
|Value 19 = "He'll ask me why, later," says the Bishop of Saint Fiacre, in a weary tone. "But I suppose he can go."
|Value 100, 105, 115 - 160 = "Oh, very well," says the Bishop. "I had hoped for something more uplifting – a station that also carried the glory of the church – carved saints over the door? But I see that the mood of the company does not tend in that direction."
|Value 170 = "Our tracks running alongside the tracks of Hell. May I vote for the proposal but against the metaphor?"
|Value 181 - 187 = "If we must indulge the Tracklayers one last time, one place is as good as another."
|Value 200 = "A reputation for danger on the line would be most deleterious to the business," says the Bishop. "We should do all in our power to protect our customers, as a matter of financial prudence."
|Value 205 = "The better class of clientele do like to bring along luggage. And expeditionary equipment."
|Value 210 = "If we hope to attract the right sort of rider, this is exactly the sort of thing we ought to undertake […] The better families of the Neath do remember […] that they used to take the Grand Tour. They used to engage in Excursions. […]"
|Value 300 = "It hardly seems worth memorialising in a charter," remarks the Bishop. "But if it pleases you to write it down..."
|Value 340 ="Excellent," says the Bishop. "I expected something far less uplifting. And I do have several young priests […]" you get the impression that the Church is […] not having enough postings to go round. Older rectors live much longer […] so they don't retire. 
|Value 400 = "Ready payment of dividends will make future investors more eager to join us," says the Bishop. "It is a fine recommendation."
|Value 500, 510, 931 - 934 = "There may not be a better way," admits the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's. "That is the only reason it is worth considering."
|Value 520 - 523, 525 - 529 = "There would be worse ways," says the Bishop. "Probably many worse ways."
|Value 600 = "Very well!" The Bishop of Saint Fiacre looks more than usually ruffled. Perhaps even 'harassed.' "I see I will not be allowed any peace unless I agree. But […] People will be mentioning it at my clubs, asking what on earth we were thinking."
|Value 610 = "A cat for Mayor is a little peculiar," admits the Bishop of Saint Fiacre. "It deserves comment. But her lineage is impeccable. The Salesperson in Viric may be an unknown, but the Viscountess is not."
|Value 620 = "A tolerable choice," says the Bishop of Saint Fiacre. "Certainly when one considers some of the alternatives."
|Value 700, 720 = "Their 'Kirk' out there needs some attention," he says. "And the whole business should be made more regular."
|Value 710 = "Oh, very well!" says the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's. "Very few folk find their way out there anyhow."
|Value 905 = "She wouldn't be my choice," the Bishop sniffs. "But I can't see why we should hold the Burrow Church back."
|Value 940 - 941 = "I suppose I cannot argue against a charitable mission," Fiacre says, raising an eyebrow a little too high.
|Value 1000, 1020, 1030 = "A power of this kind could be a powerful ally," says the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's. "It may have existing contracts with devils, but that does not put it at Hell's disposal."
|Value 1100, 1110 = "A test run, perhaps." The Bishop says, steepling his fingers. He does not elaborate on a test run for what.
}}

==Failure Text==
{{Variant table
|Condition = Question before the Board |Condition alias = Question|Compact = yes
<noinclude>|Condition type = Raw</noinclude>
|Effect = [[Persuade the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's/Tables|Failure Description]]
|Value 1 - 3, 9 = The Bishop of Saint Fiacre's reviews the map with the eye of an experienced explorer, and raises several questions about the surveying accuracy. Could these be in error? Are you certain enough to commit to this course?
|Value 4 = "The grass would be better than the hills, but I wish there were some way that would take less from the workers."
|Value 5 = "The hills are very old and very dangerous," says the Bishop.
|Value 7 = "That sounds expensive," says the Bishop. "And dangerous. And are you entirely sure that the Station will reward the bother of going there?"
|Value 10 - 16, 20 - 24, 26 - 33, 35, 37 = The Bishop says some eloquent words on the value of continuity. A Board, collectively, has a personality and a will. It would be misguided to change its composition too frequently, or the company will be likewise erratic.
|Value 17 = The Bishop says some eloquent words on the value of continuity. "She is perhaps not exactly what I would have chosen, but now that she is a member of the board, we have much to gain from retaining her."
|Value 19 = "No," says the Bishop of Saint Fiacre. "Reginald has his exasperating moments, to be sure, and he proposed a liturgical adaptation for Whitsun Sundays that verged on the heretical. But he is a true servant of the Church, and we do not have many."
|Value 100, 105, 120 - 150 = The Bishop of Saint Fiacre's finds the building distressingly secular. He points out that the station does not set aside any room for a chapel, and that there's nothing about possible frescoes for the ceiling.
|Value 115 = Ah," says the Bishop, frowning. "Surely any passengers seeking this sort of thing would be more disposed to ride the Moloch Line?"
|Value 160 = The Bishop examines the station plans with a raised eyebrow. "Bit of a dismal place, isn't it," he says. "I suppose the views from the train windows won't improve further West, either."
|Value 181 - 187 = "This seems like an entirely unreasonable use of company resources," says Fiacre.
|Value 200 = "Perhaps we would do better to ask why our trains so frequently come under attack," begins the Bishop.
|Value 205 = The Bishop frowns at the compartments. "What precisely are we bringing into London in such quantities, I wonder?"
|Value 210 = "We have other purposes for our money than lavishly appointing our trains," says the Bishop.
|Value 220 - 280 = "There are undoubtedly methods of diplomacy that would be less expensive." He doesn't elaborate, however.
|Value 300 - 320, 340 = "I would prefer that we not declare our intentions so openly," says the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's. "To take a stand inevitably invites criticism and charges of hypocrisy. Our acts can speak for us more effectively."
|Value 400 = The Bishop brings out the account books and reviews a few […] lines. In his view, the company cannot afford to grant dividends at the moment, and any impression to the contrary can only be the result of tragic innumeracy among the voting members.
|Value 500 = It is rare for the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's to become so exercised about anything, but the prospect of diverting the train through Parabola offends him almost past speech.

[…]
|Value 510 = "Even in ordinary circumstances one has doubts about compacts with Devils," says the Bishop. "The contract to rent a living animal will certainly be full of alarming caveats. And then the creature itself! There must be an alternative."
|Value 520 - 523, 525 - 529 = "There might be approaches to this matter that would be more congruent with the aims of church and society," says the Bishop slowly.
|Value 610 = "I admire the Viscountess. Her lineage is impeccable and her human allies include nobility at the highest levels. Nonetheless, a cat may face certain difficulties. The Lord Mayor's robes, for instance, would need to be resized."
|Value 700, 720 = "It isn't a bad idea," says the Bishop […] You have the sense he rather likes the Board being so important that it can weigh in on this matters of Neathy politics. "But I wonder whether another even more suitable candidate might not be found."
|Value 710, 800, 850 = "An idiosyncratic choice," says the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's. "And he's no ally to the Church."
|Value 905 = "Perhaps if you had picked me," the Bishop says with a frown, "I might have a different view."
|Value 931, 933 - 934 = You can't get the Bishop to agree. "Surely we can find a better course of action?"
|Value 932 = The Bishop of Saint Fiacre's offers a rather grumpy refusal.
|Value 940 = The Bishop of Saint Fiacre is no stranger to Neathy phillanthropy – he asks to see the accounts of those organisations that will benefit, know who their donors are, understand how the trains will be used.
|Value 941 = The Bishop of Saint Fiacre frowns. "I'd agree, but... can we truly afford it?"
|Value 1000, 1020, 1030 = "We should be cautious in dealings with this power. I don't share the alarmist tendencies of our well-known friend the Commissioner. Nonetheless..." His argument against appears to boil down to "you never know."
|Value 1100, 1110 = The Bishop gives you a weary look. "Is this really the best use of our resources you can think of?"
}}
{{Variant table
|Condition = Other Votes |Condition type = <noinclude>Raw</noinclude><includeonly>Quality</includeonly>
|Effect = Second paragraph of Failure Description
|Value ? = 
|Alias ? = (none)
|Effect ? = The Board Secretary dutifully minutes the objection.
|Value Virginia = Virginia's Vote
|Alias Virginia = Virginia
|Effect Virginia = Virginia makes an acid remark about the Church's opposition to Progress. The Bishop of Saint Fiacre's replies – in the soft voice that completely faileth to turn away wrath – that the sort of Progress endorsed by Hell is not worth having.
}}