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From: A commission for the Genre Painter

A challenge for the Genre Painter.

Game Instructions: This has a small chance of granting a Confident Smile.

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 60

• 41 - very chancy (41%)
• 51 - chancy (51%)
• 61 - modest (61%)
• 71 - very modest (71%)
• 81 - low-risk (81%)
• 91 - straightforward (91%)
• 100 - straightforward (100%)
  

Each point of Advertising Profile: Enterprise increases the base difficulty by 4 points.

Success

An effective advertisement

The people in the Genre Artist's painting stir something deep within you […] "Good advertising uses truth to remind people of the voids in their lives," […]

Even reproduced in black and white, the advertisement will be arresting for newspaper readers.

[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 (see below) x Advertising Profile: Name Recognition

Enterprise	0	1	5	6	10	11	15	16	20	21	25	26
Name Recognition Gain	167	167	172	174	200	212	267	279	305	307	312	312

Failure

It draws the wrong kind of attention

The people in the painting may be behaving in a truthful manner, […] but the image is not entirely fit for publication.

Nevertheless, the deadline is here and you have no other choice. London is scandalised by the image, and blame is placed upon you […]

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

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Advertising Profile: Bizarre
•  You've lost (see below) x Advertising Profile: Name Recognition

Enterprise	0	1	5	6	10	11	15	16	20	21	25	26
Name Recognition Loss	-1	-1	-6	-9	-36	-49	-108	-121	-148	-151	-156	-156