Anyone know of a good late-game way to increase this? I want to get it up since it’s only at 4.
Repeatable? All the general ways that don’t involve grinding reknown cap at 5.
There’s a fate-locked option with the velocipede squad that caps at 10.
Everything else significant is probably in exceptional stories.
The most in-depth discussion of Quirks sources that I know of is this reddit thread:
But beware, the Mr Sacks option discussed in that thread as a possible way to bridge the gap between Forceful 10 and 12 is in fact capped at 10; I tested it myself this year.
To summarize: the repeatable ways of raising Forceful to 10 are "flinging it into the fire" in the tomb-colonies (lowers Austere) and "direct methods" on the "Bringing the revolution" card (lowers Subtle). Getting from 10 to 12 Forceful seems near-impossible without paying Fate if you have already maxed out your Making Your Name qualities. And getting it from 12 to 15 requires either raising Renown or using the more expensive option on the faction item.
As far as paying Fate goes, there are options in Flint that allow you to change your Quirks dramatically–I forget exactly how they work, though. Haven’t played through that story in a long time.
edited by hwoosh on 3/6/2021
Making and eating Orange-Apple Jam with Muscaria Brandy (at the Station VIII kitchen) should let you raise your Forceful (also your Daring, Ruthless and Heartless) up to 12 (needs at least 5 to start with, and gets more effective the more you already have).
Now that is good to know! I’m only up to Balmoral so far.
Wonderful. I’d never even heard of that and assumed getting Forceful 12 was impossible without unclear options in Fate-locked stories.
Sorry for being late to the party…
If you’re exiled to the Tomb Colonies, this card:
…may appear sometimes. It can raise your Forceful to 10, at the expense of Austere. But there are so many cards and options to increase Austere at the Tomb Colonies, so it’s no big deal. You may need to raise your Austere to 10 if you wish to leave the Tomb Colonies.
Camp at the Tomb Colonies and wait for the card to appear.
I got to the Tomb Colonies quickly by throwing the villain out of the window at the Empress’ Court, following the Barbed Wit side of the storyline.