The advert need not show people
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From: A commission for the Genre Painter
He has little trouble painting inanimate objects.
Game Instructions: This has a small chance of granting a Confident Smile.
Challenge information
Broad, 
Persuasive 15
- 11 - very chancy (44%)
- 13 - chancy (52%)
- 16 - modest (64%)
- 18 - very modest (72%)
- 21 - low-risk (84%)
- 23 - straightforward (92%)
- 25 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of 
Advertising Profile: Enterprise increases the base difficulty by 4 points.
Success
An effective advertisement
The advertisement is bold and evocative.[…] the Genre Painter is nonchalant. "There's very little actual truth to a painting unless the subjects have souls[…] I can paint inanimate objects just as[…] described. My mind stays in my head[…] It doesn't[…]go anywhere."
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Persuasive is increasing…
Advertising Profile: Campaign Duration is dropping… (-1 CP)
You've gained 167 + (2 * Advertising Profile: Enterprise) x (tentative) Advertising Profile: Name Recognition
Failure
It draws the wrong kind of attention
The Genre Painter's finished painting […] is not explicitly obscene, but still deeply unsettling. […] "It's just the way you described it. Perhaps you put too much feeling into your brief. Too much truth."
London is scandalised by the image […][Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)- You've lost ? x Advertising Profile: Name Recognition (126 with 21 Enterprise)
