Turncoat Advice

Fallen London
1

While working on the affair of the box I chose an option that shifted my alliance from Conscience of the Empire to Guardian of the Realm, gaining me the rank of turncoat 1. Then I shifted it back putting me at turncoat 2. Finally, while grinding the same option, I clicked on the wrong choice, putting me at turncoat 4 where I can’t do anything. Is there any way to reduce it or complete the Affair of the Box despite being a turncoat?

edited by Sara Hysaro on 5/20/2015

2

Within the Traitor’s Feast you should be able to ask forgiveness of either the Masters or the Revolutionaries. To become a Conscience of the Empire again you’ll want to seek forgiveness from the Revolutionaries.

3

To answer the other part of your question, you CAN still increase your ‘Boxful of Intrigue’ quality with A Turncoat > 3, through challenges that will appear on certain opportunity cards. It’s slow going, admittedly, but if one conceptualizes ones character as A Bit Shady anyhow… ;)

4

Anything lower than Turncoat 3 have no real effect, so my suggestion is to grind up some Revolutionaries connection and spend that instead of Master connection.

5

Actually, I’ve somewhat recently discovered that which side you seek forgiveness from sets your Power in Waiting quality. It saves a lot of hassle if you want to be on the opposite side without being a Turncoat, and it makes more sense than the way things used to work. Though this change did end up costing me 5 Fate on the whole I like it.

6

Counterpoint: what would you spend that Masters connection on, anyway?[/quote]

Hoard them, just like how one sell Flawed Diamonds instead of Magnificent Diamonds, or how one sell Touching Love Stories instead of selling a Sealed Copy of the Crimson Book, or how one sell Cellars of Wine instead of a bottle of Master’s Blood.

In the deepest matters of the Bazaar, look to Hoarding (hard to get stuff). Always.