Persuade the Viscountess/Tables

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Difficulty[edit]

Question before the BoardBase Difficulty
1 - Recommending a Route through Occupied Buildings170
2 - Proposing the Demolition of Unused Houses100
3 - Recommending a Route over Marshland130
4 - Recommending a Route through Plainsland140
5 - Route through Hills100
7 - Recommending a Route across a Ravine170
9 - Recommending a Route through Wasteland100
10 - Proposing the Removal of His Amused Lordship230
11 - Proposing the Removal of the Efficient Commissioner200
12 - Proposing the Removal of the Jovial Contrarian200
13 - Proposing the Removal of Sinning Jenny200
14 - Proposing the Removal of Feducci250
15 - Proposing the Removal of Virginia200
16 - Proposing the Removal of Furnace Ancona200
17 - Proposing the Removal of the Dean of Xenotheology270
18 - Proposing the Removal of the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's250
19 - Proposing the Removal of the Bishop of Southwark200
20 - Proposing the Removal of the Tentacled Entrepreneur200
21 - Proposing the Removal of the Gracious Widow200
22 - Proposing the Removal of April200
23 - Proposing the Removal of the Wandering Gondolier200
24 - Proposing the Removal of September250
27 - Proposing the Removal of the Rubbery Yes-Man200
28 - Proposing the Removal of the Hell-Scarred Gondolier200
29 - Proposing the Removal of Cornelius, the Bandaged Prehistoricist200
30 - Proposing the Removal of January250
31 - Proposing the Removal of the Wry Functionary200
32 - Proposing the Removal of the Delightful Reverend200
33 - Proposing the Removal of the Drummer200
35 - Proposing the Removal of the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner
37 - Proposing the Removal of the Implacable Detective250
100 - Proposing a Station Plan100
105 - Proposing a Station Plan more like a Fortress170
115 - Proposing a Station Plan styled in the Manner of Hell100
120 - Proposing a Station Plan that Honours the Bazaar100
130 - Proposing a Station Plan that Speaks to the Glory of London and the Empress100
140 - Proposing a Station Plan Suited to Wasteland100
150 - Proposing a Station Plan Suited to a Surface Summer170
160 - Proposing an ice-resistant route and a well-insulated station100
170 - Proposing the connection to the final station at Marigold100
181 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Ealing Gardens100
182 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City near the Magistracy of the Evenlode100
183 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Balmoral170
184 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Station VIII100
185 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Burrow-infra-Mump100
186 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City somewhere between Moulin and Hurlers, as no one sensible wants that land at all200
187 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Marigold Station, under the walls of Hell100
200 - Recommending Better Defences for Each Train100 + (30 × Train Defences)
205 - Recommending More Baggage Accommodations for Each Train100 + (30 × Train Baggage Accommodations)
210 - Recommending More Luxurious Fittings for Each Train100 + (30 × Train Luxuries)
220 - Recommending More Worker Compensation200
230 - Recommending Worker Co-ownership160
240 - Recommending the Strike be Broken100
250 - Requesting Funds to Excavate the Remains of a Prehistoric Creature130 or 160
260 - Suggesting the Union Pave Over a Prehistoric Creature200
270 - Requesting Funds to Route Around an Anomalous Section of London180
280 - Proposing to Drive the Track through the Zone180
340 - Proposing a Charter engaging in the Work of the Church130
400 - Proposing to Pay Dividends to Shareholders150 + (10 × In Corporate Debt)
510 - Proposing the Rental of Hellworms150
520 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell170
521 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following Feducci's Guidance170
522 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following April's Guidance250
523 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following Virginia's Guidance100
525 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following the Bishop of Southwark's Guidance170
526 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following His Amused Lordship's Guidance0
527 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following the Wandering Gondolier's Guidance240
528 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following Cornelius' Guidance170
700 - Proposing that the Unyielding Highlander become Castellan of Balmoral100
710 - Proposing that September become Castellan of Balmoral200
720 - Proposing that the Fervent Widow become Castellan of Balmoral200
800 - Proposing a tracklayer aligned with Mr Fires200
850 - Proposing Cornelius to lead200
905 - Proposing the Dean of Xenotheology as Patron of the Burrow Church100
910 - Proposing the Bishop of St Fiacre's as Patron of the Burrow Church200
931 - Resuming Normal Operations with Furnace in Charge260
932 - Supporting Cornelius' Prehistoricist Building Approach260
933 - Supporting a Brightly-Lit Building Approach160
934 - Proposing a Package of Measures to Resume Normal Operations140
940 - Proposing special consideration to certain charitable groups180 or 200
941 - Proposing a dividend be paid out to the poor of the Hinterlands180 or 200
1000 - Proposing an expensive tribute to the Hillchanger Tower260
1020 - Proposing a calendrical tribute to the Hillchanger Tower240
1030 - Proposing a legalistic tribute to the Hillchanger Tower180
1200 - Proposing a final extension of track

Success Text[edit]

Question before the BoardSuccess 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. […]"
100The 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.
160The 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.
181The 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, 910The Viscountess yawns. She has limited interest in matters ecclesiastic.
932The 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."
1200The 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.

Failure Text[edit]

Question before the BoardFailure 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.
100The Viscountess' response to this plan is a furball, coughed up at the moment of maximum rhetorical effect.
160Something about the station plans doesn't agree with the Viscountess; her hackles are raised.
181The Viscountess rolls her eyes. "And I suppose we are to give them a lifetime supply of Surface mackerel and ceaseless belly-rubs, too?"
340She doesn't so much speak her response as hiss. All the fur on her body is standing up.
520, 521, 523, 525, 527, 528The 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 […]

1200The Viscountess bats irritably at the proposed map. You woke her from a nap from this meeting: perhaps you should have known better.