The "gift for your silence" leads me believe there's more at work than what we've uncovered so far. The "gift" might just be a bribe to stop digging where we're not wanted. The more I think about it, the more this sounds like a ploy by Stones and/or Wines.

[spoiler] Stones is known for hating London and wanting to move on to the next city ASAP. Fostering better conditions and anti-Master sentiment is actually a brilliant way to get away with it. Fires is fighting to stay in London because he actually likes it here. He likes terrible working conditions and bossing people around. Stones loosening his grip on the poor makes him more likely to become frustrated and want to move on as well.

Fostering outright revolt is a long-shot, but also helps Stones in a twisted way. Whenever a city is squeezed dry of its love stories and/or openly revolts against the Masters, they just release the lacre-vats under the city. Everyone except the Masters dies horribly and the next city falls down and squashes the previous city to rubble. That's why there are no Khanagians in the Forgotten Quarter, they were already poisoned/melted/drowned before London got here.

I'm all for Mr. Fires and the Bazaar staying in London, because that really does work out best for everyone. Sometimes sacrifices have to be made... [/spoiler]
edited by Edward Warren on 7/30/2016
edited by Edward Warren on 7/30/2016

Grenem wrote:

That said, i just realized i may have miscalculated on the crime or punishment.

Is 20 echoes the reward for any level from 5-7, or does it scale in some way? If it's a constant, 20 echo payout, it's about 4 - [0.2 action's epa] per favor if you use the card at exactly 5- which is better if you've hit 1 epa or higher.

It should scale, going by the other conflict cards. At 7 favours I'd expect two more Sworn Statements or Broken Giant.

btw, I can confirm there are no new options at Mr Wines revels and Sinning Jenny still attends the event.

I'm still drawing them, probably just the rng.