Persuade the Viscountess

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From: Debating Matters of Business with the Board

She will act as though she is the one who persuaded you.

Game Instructions: She is affected by Respectability. Other branches in this story may help to reassure her.

Unlocked with Board Member: The Viscountess of the Viric Jungle

Locked with The Viscountess' Vote

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 100

• 69 - very chancy (41%)
• 85 - chancy (51%)
• 102 - modest (61%)
• 119 - very modest (71%)
• 135 - low-risk (81%)
• 152 - straightforward (91%)
• 167 - straightforward (100%)
  

Base difficulty is 100, and is increased by 20 per point of Board for the Fingerkings, and by 10 per point of Board against the Status Quo, Board against Own Financial Interests, Board against the Interests of Society, Board against the Constables and Board against the University.
Respectability Factor reduces difficulty by 40 per level.
For a list of observed challenge ratings, expand the table below.

Success

She is convinced!

"I am glad to see such a sensible proposal put forward," she says, licking a paw. "And I would be willing to give it the nod."

Description summary:
The text varies with the Question before the Board. The text above is the generic result; questions with more specific results are listed below.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

Question	Success Description
20	"My objections to the Tentacled Entrepreneur are well-known already," she says. In the course of her mayoral campaign, the topic was covered in all the papers, and their relationship has not greatly improved since.
23	"He is very likely a dog person," says the Viscountess.
33	"Those devils that remain in Parabola are not usually on good terms with the Fingerkings," says the Viscountess. "But they are not necessarily on our side either. […]"
100	The Viscountess picks up the corner of the plans in her teeth and shakes them neatly until they unroll. Then she paces back and forth over the plans, leaving paw smudges in the pencil. But her review is thorough, and her conclusions […] positive.
160	The Viscountess examines the station plans by padding softly over them, slightly smudging the ink. After she's taken several laps, she distractedly lays down upon it. You have to prod her for an opinion. "Seems acceptable," she says.
181	The Viscountess gives her assent with a lazy wave of her tail. "I am unconcerned about this little experiment on the part of the Tracklayers."
340	"I am glad to see such a sensible proposal put forward," she says, licking a paw. "And I would be willing to give it the nod."
520, 521, 523, 525 - 528	"I have a better method," she says, lifting her chin. "But I will accept this alternative if it is the will of the Board." The tone make this sound like the greatest imaginable concession.
800	"He appears to be the closest thing to a deputy or second in command," observes the Viscountess. "One should observe the allegiances of the organisation, even if its methods are questionable."
850	"It seems he was once Furnace's heir," says the Viscountess. "And was meant to be so again. It would be an appropriate chain of succession."
905, 910	The Viscountess yawns. She has limited interest in matters ecclesiastic.
932	The Viscountess pads over Cornelius' diagrams of the Beast. "What a fascinating thought." She seems very interested in potential military applications.
1000, 1020, 1030	"A wise alliance," says the Viscountess of the Viric Jungle. She paces the length of the boardroom table, a manoeuvre she prefers when she wishes to particularly impress. "The Tower is taking proper care of its dependents. An honourable cause."
1200	The Viscountess walks around the proposed map several times and then goes to sleep on a corner of a page. That seems like a yes, then.

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've lost 1 x Uncommitted Board Members
•  She has agreed to vote on your side. Or, as she'd doubtless put it, you'll be voting on hers. (Sets The Viscountess' Vote to 1 - The Viscountess is voting on your side)

Redirects to: Debating Matters of Business with the Board

Failure

Unconvinced

She doesn't so much speak her response as hiss. All the fur on her body is standing up.

Description summary:
The text varies with the Question before the Board. The text above is the generic result; questions with more specific results are listed below.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

Question	Failure Description
35	"She is highly regarded among cats," says the Viscountess stiffly. She is frequently to be found sitting on the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner's lap during meetings, but as this is undignified, no one is ever allowed to allude to the fact.
100	The Viscountess' response to this plan is a furball, coughed up at the moment of maximum rhetorical effect.
160	Something about the station plans doesn't agree with the Viscountess; her hackles are raised.
181	The Viscountess rolls her eyes. "And I suppose we are to give them a lifetime supply of Surface mackerel and ceaseless belly-rubs, too?"
340	She doesn't so much speak her response as hiss. All the fur on her body is standing up.
520, 521, 523, 525, 527, 528	The arched back and the hissing express her views even before she puts an argument. It seems that she has deep objections to this approach and that she feels her own insight ought to be heeded. "Before it is too late," she adds.
800, 850	"He is not known to us," she says, licking her paw. Has she not had enough time to observe his dreams?
905, 910	"Let's not lose focus," the Viscountess says. "I'm sure there'll be plenty of time for – churches, was it? – some other time."
1000, 1020, 1030	"It may be a viable ally, […] But London has other concerns. Have we forgotten the danger posed by Parabola?" There's some muttering from other board members […] "I thought it was my broad perspective on London's affairs that you sought […]
1200	The Viscountess bats irritably at the proposed map. You woke her from a nap from this meeting: perhaps you should have known better.

• Persuasive is increasing…

Redirects to: Debating Matters of Business with the Board