Persuade the neddy men to leave the protesters alone

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From: An Exceptional Story: The Ballad of Johnny Croak

Surely the neddy men have other people to bully? (No candidates come to mind, but you can encourage them to exercise their imaginations.)

Game Instructions: This is a Magnanimous choice.

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 50

• 35 - very chancy (42%)
• 43 - chancy (51%)
• 51 - modest (61%)
• 60 - very modest (72%)
• 68 - low-risk (81%)
• 76 - straightforward (91%)
• 84 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

A dust-up averted

[…] They pause when you interpose yourself between them and the nervously-smiling protesters […]

A consensus is reached. "Pack this up in an hour," […]

They trudge away. "Thank you," mutters one of the protesters […]. He hands you a pamphlet. […]

Description summary:
You convince the neddy men to leave the protesters alone with your silk tongue. An old man gives you a pamphlet, as well as an earful about their cause: environmental destruction in the marshes caused by a new factory.

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

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Proscribed Material
•  Magnanimous is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
• Heartless is dropping… (-1 CP)
• Visit the Season of Endeavour card to unlock an exclusive story for Exceptional Friends: The Ballad of Johnny Croak.. (Sets An Episode for Exceptional Friends to 610)

Failure

Crowd dispersal

Your argument is exceptionally rigorous, and you are just getting into the sub-clauses when you are interrupted by a blow from a cudgel. As you crawl away, you hear a chorus of yelps and thumps […].

Description summary:
The neddy men beat you up, along with the rest of the protesters. Later you return, to find a discarded pamphlet, decrying the environmental disruption caused by a new factory.

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

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Proscribed Material
•  Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)
• Visit the Season of Endeavour card to unlock an exclusive story for Exceptional Friends: The Ballad of Johnny Croak.. (Sets An Episode for Exceptional Friends to 610)