Press for a harsh sentence

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From: Prosecution of (Trial)

The Edicts of the First City record astonishing precedents for cases such as this.

Game Instructions: This will not destroy your Edicts of the First City. It will decrease your Suspicion if you are successful, in addition to the other usual rewards.

Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 4, Trial Being Fought Latest Criminal Case, Edicts of the First City

Challenge information

Narrow, Mithridacy 3 (50% base)

• 0 - high-risk (20%)
• 1 - high-risk (30%)
• 2 - tough (40%)
• 3 - very chancy (50%)
• 4 - chancy (60%)
• 5 - modest (70%)
• 6 - very modest (80%)
• 7 - low-risk (90%)
• 8 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Each point of Prestige of a Legal Case increases the base difficulty by 1 point.

Success

Debts of clay and cedar

Debts take many forms. Debts of honour. Of money, obviously. Blood. And then there are the debts of greater and more terrible natures. And a debt – no matter how great, no matter how terrible – must be repaid in full.

•  You've gained 2 x Legal Document
•  You've gained [see below] x Foxfire Candle Stub
•  Suspicion is dropping… (- ( Prestige of a Legal Case + 5) CP)
•  You've gained ( Prestige of a Legal Case) x Journal of Infamy
•  You've gained ( Prestige of a Legal Case) x Dubious Testimony
•  You've gained 1 x Sworn Statement

Redirects to: Put away your papers

${\displaystyle Foxfire\ Candle\ Stubs={200 \over {1+e^{-0.2{(Renown-22)}}}}}$

Renown: Constables	0	10	20	30	40	50	52+
Foxfire Candle Stub	2	17	80	166	195	199	200

Failure

Denied

The judge cuts you off with the wave of a hand. "Do not presume to cite those here, now, to me. I shall consider the matter in the context of all the relevant laws."

•  You've gained 2 x Legal Document
•  Suspicion is increasing… (+2 CP)