Editing Persuade the Tentacled Entrepreneur/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 Tentacled Entrepreneur/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 = 380
|Value 2 = 2 - [[Plan the next route through abandoned buildings|Proposing the Demolition of Unused Houses]]
|Effect 2 = 100
|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 = 100
|Value 7 = 7 - [[Plan the next route across a ravine|Recommending a Route across a Ravine]]
|Effect 7 = 380
|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 = 360
|Value 11 = 11 - [[Vote the Efficient Commissioner off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Efficient Commissioner]]
|Effect 11 = 300
|Value 12 = 12 - [[Vote the Jovial Contrarian off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Jovial Contrarian]]
|Effect 12 = 300
|Value 13 = 13 - [[Vote Sinning Jenny off the board|Proposing the Removal of Sinning Jenny]]
|Effect 13 = 300
|Value 14 = 14 - [[Vote Feducci off the board|Proposing the Removal of Feducci]]
|Effect 14 = 400
|Value 15 = 15 - [[Vote Virginia off the board|Proposing the Removal of Virginia]]
|Effect 15 = 300
|Value 16 = 16 - [[Vote Furnace off the board|Proposing the Removal of Furnace Ancona]]
|Effect 16 = 300
|Value 17 = 17 - [[Vote the Dean of Xenotheology off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Dean of Xenotheology]]
|Effect 17 = 440
|Value 18 = 18 - [[Vote the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's]]
|Effect 18 = 400
|Value 19 = 19 - [[Vote the Bishop of Southwark off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Bishop of Southwark]]
|Effect 19 = 300
|Value 21 = 21 - [[Vote the Gracious Widow off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Gracious Widow]]
|Effect 21 = 300
|Value 22 = 22 - [[Vote April off the Board|Proposing the Removal of April]]
|Effect 22 = 300
|Value 23 = 23 - [[Vote the Wandering Gondolier off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Wandering Gondolier]]
|Effect 23 = 300
|Value 24 = 24 - [[Vote September off the Board|Proposing the Removal of September]]
|Effect 24 = 300
|Value 26 = 26 - [[Vote the Viscountess off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Viscountess of the Viric Jungle]]
|Effect 26 = 500
|Value 27 = 27 - [[Vote the Rubbery Yes-Man off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Rubbery Yes-Man]]
|Effect 27 = 400
|Value 28 = 28 - [[Vote the Hell-Scarred Gondolier off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Hell-Scarred Gondolier]]
|Effect 28 = 300
|Value 29 = 29 - [[Vote Cornelius off the Board|Proposing the Removal of Cornelius, the Bandaged Prehistoricist]]
|Effect 29 = 300
|Value 30 = 30 - [[Vote January off the Board|Proposing the Removal of January]]
|Effect 30 = 300
|Value 31 = 31 - [[Vote the Wry Functionary off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Wry Functionary]]
|Effect 31 = 300
|Value 32 = 32 - [[Vote the Delightful Reverend off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Delightful Reverend]]
|Effect 32 = 300
|Value 33 = 33 - [[Vote the Drummer off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Drummer]]
|Effect 33 = 300
|Value 35 = 35 - [[Vote the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner]]
|Effect 35 = 300
|Value 37 = 37 - [[Vote the Implacable Detective off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Implacable Detective]]
|Effect 37 = 300
|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 = 240
|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 = 100
|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 = 240
|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 170 = 170 - [[Put forward the last plans for the last station|Proposing the connection to the final station at Marigold]]
|Effect 170 = 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 = 300
|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 = 300
|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 = 100
|Value 200 = 200 - [[Add Train Defences|Recommending Better Defences for Each Train]]
|Effect 200 = 100 + (120 × {{<noinclude>IL</noinclude><includeonly>Use|Type=Math</includeonly>|Train Defences}})
|Value 205 = 205 - [[Build more room for baggage on the train|Recommending More Baggage Accommodations for Each Train]]
|Effect 205 = 100 + (120 × {{<noinclude>IL</noinclude><includeonly>Use|Type=Math</includeonly>|Train Baggage Accommodations}})
|Value 210 = 210 - [[Add Train Luxuries|Recommending More Luxurious Fittings for Each Train]]
|Effect 210 = 100 + (120 × {{<noinclude>IL</noinclude><includeonly>Use|Type=Math</includeonly>|Train Luxuries}})
|Value 220 = 220 - [[Advocate paying off the striking workers|Recommending More Worker Compensation]]
|Effect 220 = 400
|Value 230 = 230 - [[Recommend giving the workers a share of the company|Recommending Worker Co-ownership]]
|Effect 230 = 220
|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 = 220 or 340
|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 = 300
|Value 280 = 280 - [[Propose a Red Science solution that would remove the anomalous block|Proposing to Drive the Track through the Zone]]
|Effect 280 = 180
|Value 400 = 400 - [[Vote a dividend to the shareholders|Proposing to Pay Dividends to Shareholders]]
|Effect 400 = 300 + (40 × <noinclude>{{IL</noinclude><includeonly>{{Use|Type=Math</includeonly>|In Corporate Debt}})
|Value 500 = 500 - [[Suggest a detour through Parabola|Proposing a Bypass through Parabola]]
|Effect 500 = 300
|Value 510 = 510 - [[Plan to hire Hellworms and drill through rock that way|Proposing the Rental of Hellworms]]
|Effect 510 = 300
|Value 520 = 520 - [[Plan the next route through former battlefields|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell]]
|Effect 520 = 240
|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 = 240
|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 = 200
|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 = 100
|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 = 240
|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 = 380
|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 = 380
|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 = 100
|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 = 300
|Value 720 = 720 - [[Propose the Fervent Widow become Castellan of Balmoral|Proposing that the Fervent Widow become Castellan of Balmoral]]
|Effect 720 = 300
|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 = 200
|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 = 100
|Value 910 = 910 - [[Propose that the Bishop of St Fiacre's become Patron of the Burrow Church|Proposing the Bishop of St Fiacre's as Patron of the Burrow Church]]
|Effect 910 = 500
|Value 931 = 931 - [[Vote a new set of concessions to the Union|Resuming Normal Operations with Furnace in Charge]]
|Effect 931 = 600
|Value 932 = 932 - [[Vote on Cornelius' plan to build a Tracklaying Beast|Supporting Cornelius' Prehistoricist Building Approach]]
|Effect 932 = 580
|Value 933 = 933 - [[Vote on new illumination for the stations|Supporting a Brightly-Lit Building Approach]]
|Effect 933 = 340
|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 = 260
|Value 940 = 940 - [[Propose special consideration to certain charitable groups|Proposing special consideration to certain charitable groups]]
|Effect 940 = 420 or 500
|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 = 420 or 500
|Value 1000 = 1000 - [[Propose a costly but effective tribute to Hillchanger Tower|Proposing an expensive tribute to the Hillchanger Tower]]
|Effect 1000 = 580
|Value 1020 = 1020 - [[Accept a proposal from those board members aligned with a month|Proposing a calendrical tribute to the Hillchanger Tower]]
|Effect 1020 = 240
|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 = 260
|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 = 400 (Cats)<br>440 (FKs)<br>240 (Gent)<br>500 (Visc.)<br>540 (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 = 300
|Effect 1200 = ?
}}
==Success==
{{Variant table
|Condition = Question before the Board |Condition alias = Question|Compact = yes
<noinclude>|Condition type = Raw</noinclude>
|Effect = [[Persuade the Tentacled Entrepreneur/Tables|Success Description]]
|Value 3, 240 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur fishes in its waistcoat pockets and produces a ruddy amber card, which it holds up for you to view. Someone else has written on it, in a businesslike hand, 'I agree despite certain reservations.'
|Value 5 = He writhes a cautious approval.
|Value 7, 9 - 19, 21 - 24, 26 - 33, 35, 37, 280, 320 = You still have a hard time recognising which gurgle means agreement, but you know when the tentacles are waving assent.
|Value 100, 105, 115 - 170 = The Entrepreneur raises a pale amber card of approval, or at least tolerance. It does not obviously have very strong views on architecture, but it must have overseen a few of the decisions made in Ealing.
|Value 181 = The Entrepreneur's tentacles knot up in concern, but he holds up the amber card of approval.
|Value 182 - 187, 720, 800, 850, 931-934, 940 - 941, 1000, 1020, 1030, 1200 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur holds up the amber card of approval.
|Value 210 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur fishes in its waistcoat pockets and produces one of its amber cards of agreement, but it follows that up with gestures at its book of images. […] it would like to decorate a more luxurious train with an assortment of art […]
|Value 230, 250 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur fishes in its waistcoat pockets and produces a card the colour of lacre, which it holds up […]. Someone else has written on it, in a businesslike hand, 'I support this decision, and am very curious to see the outcome.'
|Value 300 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur fishes in his waistcoat pockets and produces a vibrant orange. Apparently he considers this idea too obvious for debate.
|Value 310 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur produces a card so light as almost to be white. He doesn't disapprove, but... is that meant to suggest his doubt about how you'll carry out the plan? No matter; he does agree.
|Value 400 = Is the Entrepreneur ''rubbing his tentacles together''? He must have learnt the gesture from someone.
|Value 500 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur holds up its various tentacles in a fashion expressing enthusiasm and curiosity.
|Value 510 = The Entrepreneur reaches through his collection of cards and turns up the slime-green one. You don't have to read it to know what it indicates: this is the card for 'I believe the venture will prove extremely profitable.' It is his favourite card.
|Value 520 - 523, 525 - 529 = You still have a hard time recognising which gurgle means agreement, but you know when the tentacles are waving assent. This time there is an undercurrent of discomfort, something you might even call anxiety. But it is a yes.
|Value 620 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur writhes its response: it will tolerate this decision, but it is angry about the whole affair, and it will not forget how fundamentally it has been misunderstood. […] It's astonishing a tentacled face can hold a scowl.
|Value 700 = The Entrepreneur spends some time writhing his opinion on this point. His view appears to include approval for the Highlander's beard, which is the next best thing to having a full face of tentacles.
|Value 710 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur holds up a card which... has he had that painted in plaid? He has!
|Value 905 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur holds up the amber card of approval and waves it frantically. At last the Dean catches what he is up to and gives him a grateful smile.
|Value 910 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur holds up the amber card of approval and tosses it in the Bishop's direction. The Bishop wipes away the slime on the sleeve of his cassock.
|Value 1100, 1110 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur gurgles amiably. It is apparently keen to see your train in action.
}}
{{Variant table
|Condition = Board Member |Condition type = <noinclude>Raw</noinclude><includeonly>Quality</includeonly>
|Effect = Second paragraph of Success Description
|Value Dean = Board Member: The Dean of Xenotheology
|Alias Dean = The Dean of Xenotheology
|Effect Dean = The Dean of Xenotheology draws something […]. Is that a sketch of the position of the Entrepreneur's tentacles? The Entrepreneur notices and shifts its tentacles into a new, visibly more menacing configuration. […] Evidently Rubbery men can laugh.
}}


==Failure==
{{Variant table
|Condition = Question before the Board |Condition alias = Question|Compact = yes
<noinclude>|Condition type = Raw</noinclude>
|Effect = [[Persuade the Tentacled Entrepreneur/Tables|Failure Description]]
|Value 4 = He writhes his dislike of the territory.
|Value 5 = The card he holds up – it is the shade of "certainly not."
|Value 10 - 19, 21 - 24, 26, 28 - 33, 35, 37, 200 - 210, 220, 240 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur fishes in its waistcoat pockets and produces a dark brown card. The text – written in a human hand – reads 'No, This Displeases Me.'
|Value 27 = […] if you breed a creature using a specific essence and amber, you must not blame it for displaying the qualities that you bred for. And also that the Rubbery Yes-Man would be made very sad […] and that it is doing no harm at all.

[…]
|Value 181 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur's face is a tense knot that indicates disapproval.
|Value 230, 250 - 280 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur fishes in its waistcoat pockets and produces a card the colour of a pint of lager. The text – written in a human hand – reads 'No, Unfortunately, Even Though I Am Curious.'
|Value 400 = […] it takes out a small booklet of images and gestures with several tentacles at the image of an empty purse with moths flying out. Then it produces an image of a calendar, and an image of a person sitting in a waiting chair. […]
|Value 500 = The Entrepreneur fishes desperately in its waistcoat and appears to be unable to find the response card it seeks. Perhaps it has something meaning 'absolutely not, under no circumstances.'
|Value 510 = The Entrepreneur's 'no' card is accompanied by a gurgle of apprehension. Perhaps it has some notion what a Hellworm might involve.
|Value 700 = The Entrepreneur holds up a very sticky, heavily used card that indicates its disapproval.
|Value 710 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur quivers with disapproval. It is less clear what he has against September, but his antipathy is clear.
|Value 720, 800, 850, 905, 910, 931 - 934, 940 - 941, 1000, 1020, 1030 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur writhes No.
|Value 1100, 1110 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur writhes No. It is very fond of the paintwork on your train's chassis and has no wish to see it damaged. War sounds a messy affair.
|Value 1200 = The Tentacled Entrepreneur writhes No. If Londoners want to get away from the tedium of the city, let them tour Ealing Gardens and spend their money there.
}}