Gillsing
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11/6/2014
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A B Nile wrote:
Also, I understand there's a higher PPA available for doing something or other involving the Big Rat story, but a great many people have locked themselves out of that option already and I'm afraid I'm not clear on the details. The details are that when the story moves to the Flit, it becomes possible to Advertise a spot of hunting, which pays 150 ppa plus 3 CP of Running Battle… which can be cashed in on a friendly duel with Captain Vendrick. If Vendrick is dead or upset one could duel Chi Lan, but with 50% risk of failure, Wounds +5 CP when failing, and her refusing to duel anyone with Wounds 3+, it is much more inconvenient. And duelling any of the lesser opponents doesn't seem to be quite as profitable.
However, Advertise a spot of hunting also gives Scandal +1 CP, and as soon as you account for reducing that menace, the ppa plummets. Therefore this option is mainly good when actively trying to get deported to the Tomb-Colonies, or when getting free menace-reduction from, say, confessions of impropriety or whimsy, or menace-reduction as a minor side-effect from the occasional newspaper interview one would agree to anyway.
I haven't calculated exactly how profitable it is to combine Advertise a spot of hunting with cards that reduce Scandal by 3 CPs, but with Someone Is Coming from siding with the church against hell, or Counting the Days from An afternoon of good deeds? it looks like ~172 ppa. Which is on par with the University/Flit Investigating… option, which doesn't rely on cards, and also increases Watchful and Shadowy. But it's nice to have a reliable option to get something out of Scandal-reduction that would otherwise go to waste.
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Sara Hysaro
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11/6/2014
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Myke Harryson wrote:
I keep hearing about the intercept option with the Affair of the Box. Could someone enlighten me as to how you can do the intercept for the extra Correspondence Plaques?
It's just an option during the normal cycle in Spite (A Night of Desperate Ambushes). I can't do it because then I'll be a turncoat, and I don't want to switch sides anyway.
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KatarinaNavane
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11/6/2014
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I alternated between fidgeting writer and affair of the box for mine, plus selling off miscellaneous other things.
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11/7/2014
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Ah, I've had Traitor status for longer than I care to admit so I haven't been able to see it.
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Myke Harryson
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11/7/2014
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Whoops, must have been logged out, the Guest was me >.<
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Sara Hysaro
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11/7/2014
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You mean Turncoat 4? Turncoat in itself doesn't lock you out, and if you have 4 you can just seek forgiveness to access that option. I just don't want to be a Turncoat, hence why that option isn't something I want to do. I can do it, I just refuse to.
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