Barristering at Evenlode (Guide)

Early Railway Content

Barristering at Evenlode Summary

Locked Fixed-Length Activity

Setup

1 A

Progress

4 A

End

1 A

Progress Details

Raise Progress of a Trial to 4.

Items Inputs/Outputs

Start-up

• None
• 20 x Preserved Surface Blooms
• 25 x Dubious Testimony
• 25 x Journal of Infamy

Boosting

• A Very Lenient Judge
• An Assuming Judge
• Salve of Righteousness
• A Palatial Holiday Home in the Arctic Circle
• Distillation of Retribution
• A Palatial Holiday Home in the Arctic Circle
• The Long-Dead Priests of the Red Bird
• Edicts of the First City
• The Rose Giveth Its Verses to Devils and Also to You
• The Flower from Hell that Grows Under Your Skin
• Cave-Aged Code of Honour

Outputs

• Legal Document
• Foxfire Candle Stub
• Journal of Infamy
• Dubious Testimony
• Sworn Statement
• Venge-Rat Corpse
• Jade Fragment
• Shard of Glim
• Mortification of a Great Power
• Presbyterate Passphrase
• Drop of Prisoner's Honey
• Comprehensive Bribe
• Whispered Hint
• Storm-Threnody
• Rat on a String
• Mirrorcatch Box
• Moon-Pearl
• Muscaria Brandy
• Nevercold Brass Sliver
• Making Waves

Raw EPA

7.828 - 8.162

Once you reach The Magistracy of the Evenlode and you can Address the main usher and then Go to the courts. Watch some trials to get an idea of how they proceed, building up Time Spent in the Magistracy to 3. Then you may Intervene in a case in order to act as a barrister for the good citizens of the Neath.

General

A case is progressed over the course of six actions, and your options for each action are different at each point, and often dependent on the case you chose and sometimes options you took previously. You can intervene either on the defence or the prosecution, and each of these have different options.

1. Choose a case
2. Submitting Paperwork
3. Opening Arguments
4. Expounding on the Case
5. Closing Arguments
6. Awaiting the Verdict

Different options and certain cases may award Prestige of a Legal Case which both makes the final payout check more difficult and at the same time more rewarding, though getting this higher than 9 will result in no additional reward, despite the difficulty increase. Payout will also increase based on your Renown with the faction you're assisting.

Cases

Trial Cases

Case (Prosecution V Defence)	Faction	Faction Scaler	Max Prestige	Reward (Max)	EPA
Magistracy V Accused	Prosecution Costs: 25 x Dubious Testimony	Renown: Constables	9	2 x Legal Document 200 x Foxfire Candle Stub 9 x Journal of Infamy 9 x Dubious Testimony 1 x Sworn Statement 225 x Hinterland Prosperity	2.667 - 2.860
	Defendant Costs: 25 x Journal of Infamy	Renown: Criminals	10	2 x Comprehensive Bribe 200 x Whispered Hint 10 x Journal of Infamy 10 x Dubious Testimony 1 x Sworn Statement 250 x Hinterland Prosperity	4.352 4.588 w/
Rats V Urchins	Rats	Sympathetic about Ratly Concerns	7	25 x Venge-Rat Corpse 200 x Jade Fragment 7 x Journal of Infamy 7 x Dubious Testimony 1 x Sworn Statement 175 x Hinterland Prosperity	4.385
	Urchins	Renown: Urchins	7	1 x Storm-Threnody 200 x Rat on a String 7 x Journal of Infamy 7 x Dubious Testimony 1 x Sworn Statement 175 x Hinterland Prosperity	4.792 5.051 w/
Tomb-Colonists v Devils Barrister of the Evenlode 5	Tomb-Colonists	Renown: Tomb-Colonies	9	5 x Presbyterate Passphrase 100 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey 9 x Journal of Infamy 9 x Dubious Testimony 1 x Sworn Statement 225 x Hinterland Prosperity	4.828
	Devils	Renown: Hell	8	5 x Muscaria Brandy 200 x Nevercold Brass Sliver 8 x Journal of Infamy 8 x Dubious Testimony 1 x Sworn Statement 200 x Hinterland Prosperity	4.27 4.607 w/
Gondoliers v Society Matron Barrister of the Evenlode 10	Gondoliers Costs: 20 x Preserved Surface Blooms	Renown: The Docks	9	1 x Mortification of a Great Power 200 x Shard of Glim 9 x Journal of Infamy 9 x Dubious Testimony 1 x Sworn Statement 225 x Hinterland Prosperity	8.162
	Society Matron	Renown: Society	9	1 x Mirrorcatch Box 4 x Extraordinary Implication 200 x Moon-Pearl 9 x Journal of Infamy 9 x Dubious Testimony 1 x Sworn Statement 225 x Hinterland Prosperity	4.125 4.412 w/

Strategy

As a note, any prosecution when you can pick the Marigold Methods, if you have The Rose Giveth Its Verses to Devils and Also to You, choosing this and then Perform your closing argument in infernal dance will provide maximum prestige and give you 2 CP Making Waves. Under the same methods and on a non-Tomb-Colonist trial, if you have 12 A Scholar of the Correspondence, choosing Review the contract in light of your Scholarship will also provide 2 CP Making Waves along with the maximum prestige.

Criminal Prosecution

Maximum Prestige of a Legal Case of 9, requiring a Cave-Aged Code of Honour and either 17 Mithridacy or 16 with Unassuming Judge for maximum payout.

1. Start at 3 Prestige
2. Enter the bare minimum or Drown them in paper
3. Rely on a form of honour that came before laws
4. Interrogate witnesses to the alleged act of (crime)
5. Close out your argument in a nuanced way
6. Await the Verdict
   • With Unassuming Judge: Insist the (defendant) be punished – but according to London law
   • Otherwise: Await a verdict on the matter of the (defendant) charged with (crime)

Criminal Defence

Maximum Prestige of a Legal Case of 10, requiring a An Assuming Judge and 18 Mithridacy for maximum payout. Otherwise, a maximum Prestige of a Legal Case of 9, requiring 17 Mithridacy.

1. Start at 3 Prestige
2. Craft a water-tight case or Form a working understanding of the particulars
3. Opening Statements
   • With An Assuming Judge: Bring on the most rigorous judge
   • Otherwise: Engage in a spot of witness intimidation
4. Explore the full legal complexity of the case
5. Dismantle the arguments of the opposing counsel
6. Await a verdict on the matter of (crime)

Rats

Maximum Prestige of a Legal Case of 7, requiring 15 Mithridacy and either The Efficient Commissioner's Tale 1000 or The Flower from Hell that Grows Under Your Skin for maximum payout.

1. Start at 0 Prestige
2. Enter the bare minimum or Drown them in paper
3. Invoke sacred methods of enforcing an oath or Apply a law of contracts that passes London's understanding
4. Let your client speak freely
5. Close out your argument in a nuanced way
6. Await a verdict on Venge-Rats v Urchin (Prosecution)

Urchins

Maximum Prestige of a Legal Case of 7, requiring a An Assuming Judge and either 15 Mithridacy, or Kataleptic Toxicology 14 and Distillation of Retribution for maximum payout. Otherwise, a maximum Prestige of a Legal Case of 6, either 14 Mithridacy, or Kataleptic Toxicology 13 and Distillation of Retribution.

1. Start at 0 Prestige
2. Craft a water-tight case or Form a working understanding of the particulars
3. Opening Statements
   • With An Assuming Judge: Bring on the most rigorous judge
   • Otherwise: Engage in a spot of witness intimidation
4. Explore the full legal complexity of the case
5. Dismantle the arguments of the opposing counsel
6. Verdict
   • Mithridacy: Await a verdict on Venge-Rats v Urchin (Defence)
   • Kataleptic Toxicology: Bribe the Venge-rats with a little of their own favourite tipple

Gondoliers

Maximum Prestige of a Legal Case of 9, requiring 17 Mithridacy and 7 A Player of Chess, either The Efficient Commissioner's Tale 1000 or The Flower from Hell that Grows Under Your Skin for maximum payout.

1. Start at 2 Prestige
2. Enter the bare minimum or Drown them in paper
3. Invoke sacred methods of enforcing an oath or Apply a law of contracts that passes London's understanding
4. Let your client speak freely
5. Close out your argument in a nuanced way
6. Await a verdict on Gondoliers v Society Matron (Prosecution)

Society Matron

Maximum Prestige of a Legal Case of 9, requiring a An Assuming Judge and either 17 Mithridacy, or Kataleptic Toxicology 16 and Distillation of Retribution for maximum payout. Otherwise, a maximum Prestige of a Legal Case of 8, either 16 Mithridacy, or Kataleptic Toxicology 15 and Distillation of Retribution.

1. Start at 2 Prestige
2. Craft a water-tight case or Form a working understanding of the particulars
3. Opening Statements
   • With An Assuming Judge: Bring on the most rigorous judge
   • Otherwise: Engage in a spot of witness intimidation
4. Explore the full legal complexity of the case
5. Dismantle the arguments of the opposing counsel
6. Verdict
   • Mithridacy: Await a verdict on Gondoliers v Society Matron (Defence)
   • Kataleptic Toxicology: Bribe the enraged Gondoliers with the sweet taste of retribution

Tomb-Colonists

Maximum Prestige of a Legal Case of 9, requiring 17 Mithridacy, 12 A Player of Chess, a Hell Charter and either The Efficient Commissioner's Tale 1000 or The Flower from Hell that Grows Under Your Skin for maximum payout.

1. Start at 1 Prestige
2. Enter the bare minimum or Drown them in paper
3. Invoke sacred methods of enforcing an oath or Apply a law of contracts that passes London's understanding
4. Look out for Hell's interests even as you fight to defeat it
5. Close out your argument in a nuanced way
6. Await a verdict on Tomb-Colonists v Hell (Prosecution)

Devils

Maximum Prestige of a Legal Case of 8, requiring a An Assuming Judge and either 16 Mithridacy, or Kataleptic Toxicology 15 and Distillation of Retribution for maximum payout. Otherwise, a maximum Prestige of a Legal Case of 7, either 15 Mithridacy, or Kataleptic Toxicology 14 and Distillation of Retribution.

1. Start at 1 Prestige
2. Craft a water-tight case or Form a working understanding of the particulars
3. Opening Statements
   • With An Assuming Judge: Bring on the most rigorous judge
   • Otherwise: Engage in a spot of witness intimidation
4. Explore the full legal complexity of the case
5. Dismantle the arguments of the opposing counsel
6. Verdict
   • Mithridacy: Await a verdict on Tomb-Colonists v Hell (Defence)
   • Kataleptic Toxicology: Bribe the furious Tomb-Colonist with the sweet taste of revenge

EPA Analysis

Reaching maximum potential EPA requires finishing the GHR and establishing The City of the Tracklayers and reaching Exploration of a Hinterland City 50 in order to unlock the card The Flow of Commerce. This lets us use 6250 x Hinterland Prosperity to purchase a Captivating Ballad worth 62.5 or 825 , for EPA calculations we will assume each to be worth 0.0132 due to the 32% extra Rat Market profit. Because of the card based (and therefore RNG heavy) nature of cashing out , all related EPA calculations will not include action costs.

All Storm-Threnody (worth 162 ), Mortification of a Great Power and Captivating Ballad (both worth 825 ) are assumed to be sold at the Rat Market at or below 65,000 x Rat Market Saturation, with all other items sold at the London Bazaar tab for , except where the rewards can be used to pay the starting cost of their respective court cases.

Each EPA values in the Trial Cases table are derived as such:

• (Prosecute) (a defendant) charged with (crime): To get the max 9 x Prestige of a Legal Case 2 x Cave-Aged Code of Honour is sourced by Calling in Favours at Jericho Locks, costing 4 x Favours: Constables and giving 2 x Sworn Statement worth 5 . This adds 2.5 and 2.5 or 3.5 actions whether travel actions are included. By watching a civil trial we can source 3 x Dubious Testimony per action, which together with the 9 x Dubious Testimony gained from the prosecution reward can be used to fund the next round of prosecution, adding 5.3 actions. All added together gives 39.47 over 13.8 or 14.8 actions for 2.667 - 2.860 EPA
  • By skipping the Cave-Aged Code of Honours and only getting 8 x Prestige of a Legal Case we take 6 actions sourcing Dubious Testimony, giving 35.31 over 12 actions, for a slightly improved 2.942 EPA
• (Defend) (a defendant) charged with (crime): To get the max 10 x Prestige of a Legal Case requires the (currently) FATE locked An Assuming Judge and 2.238 actions sourcing Journal of Infamy . This number was achieved by assuming 18.4 actions publishing editions giving 124 x Journal of Infamy They will supplement the Journals received as a reward to fund the next defence. This gives 37.8 over 8.238 actions for 4.588 EPA.
  • Those without will have a max 9 x Prestige of a Legal Case and require 2.387 actions to source Journal of Infamy using the same method. This gives 37.3 over 8.387 actions for 4.352 EPA.
• (Side) for the plaintiff in a civil suit of Rats against Urchins: Very straightforward. 26.31 over 6 actions for 4.385 EPA.
• (Side) for the defendant in a civil suit of Rats against Urchins: To get the max 7 x Prestige of a Legal Case requires the (currently) FATE locked An Assuming Judge. 30.31 over 6 actions for 5.051 EPA.
  • Those without will have a max 6 x Prestige of a Legal Case, giving 28.75 over 6 actions for 4.792 EPA.
• (Side) for the plaintiff in a civil suit of Tomb-Colonists against Devils: Again very straightforward. 28.97 over 6 actions for 4.828 EPA.
• (Side) for the defendant in a civil suit of Tomb-Colonists against Devils: To get the max 8 x Prestige of a Legal Case requires the (currently) FATE locked An Assuming Judge. 27.26 over 6 actions for 4.607 EPA.
  • Those without will have a max 7 x Prestige of a Legal Case, giving 25.62 over 6 actions for 4.27 EPA.
• (Side) for the plaintiff in a civil suit of Gondoliers against a Society Matron: To accept this suit costs 20 x Preserved Surface Blooms, luckily they can be purchased at the Rat Market for 25 each, at no additional action cost, for a total of 500 . Subtracted from the 825 gained from selling 1 x Mortification of a Great Power we receive a total profit of 48.97 over 6 actions for 8.162 EPA.
  • This case if by far the most profitable, giving an absolute minimum of 5.417 EPA. With 0 x Renown: The Docks and 9 it gives7.828 EPA.
• (Side) for the defendant in a civil suit of Gondoliers against a Society Matron: To get the max 9 x Prestige of a Legal Case requires the (currently) FATE locked An Assuming Judge. 26.47 over 6 actions 4.412 EPA.
  • Those without will have a max 8 x Prestige of a Legal Case, giving 24.75 over 6 actions for 4.125 EPA.

Maximising Making Waves

Barristering is also a quite effective method of gaining Making Waves. The primary source of this generation is the Grandstand! action available in the later stages of a trial, which (as mentioned above) grants Prestige x 3 CP of Making Waves per use. While this method requires either a Hallowmas companion or deep progression into a Hellish railway storyline, the effective CPPA gain is one of the highest grindable options in the game.

For the purposes of the entries below, a "required" skill level is the level needed to 100% all relevant checks. Note that in addition to the below, a Persuasive of 275 is required to 100% the Grandstand! check itself.

Gondoliers (+23 CP MW)

This is the highest possible MW gain per case. While it does require 20x Preserved Surface Blooms per case, it converts those into 1x Mortification of a Great Power to sell at the Rat Market on the right weeks. Requires The Flower from Hell that Grows Under Your Skin. Stat-wise, guaranteeing maximal MW gain requires A Player of Chess 7, A Scholar of the Correspondence 12 and either Watchful 292 or Mithridacy 8. Also guaranteeing the bonus rewards (you will always get the Mortification) additionally requires Mithridacy 15.

1. Start at 2 Prestige
2. Enter the bare minimum or Drown them in paper
3. Apply a law of contracts that passes London's understanding
4. Review the contract in light of your Scholarship (+ 2 CP MW)
5. Total Prestige: 7
6. Grandstand! (Prosecution) (+21 CP MW)
7. Await a verdict on Gondoliers v Society Matron (Prosecution)

Society Matron Route (+21 CP MW)

Requires either Mithridacy 15 or all three of Mithridacy 13, Kataleptic Toxicology 14, and a Distillation of Retribution; either A Player of Chess 12 or both A Player of Chess 7 and Watchful 275; and an Assuming Judge

1. Start at 2 Prestige
2. Craft a water-tight case or Form a working understanding of the particulars
3. Bring on the most rigorous judge
4. Explore the full legal complexity of the case
5. Total Prestige: 7
6. Grandstand! (Defence)
7. Await a verdict on Gondoliers v Society Matron (Defence) or Bribe the enraged Gondoliers with the sweet taste of retribution

Tomb Colonists

There are two methods using the Tomb Colonists route. The first is one CP more efficient but requires a particular railway charter; the second requires A Scholar of the Correspondence 12.

Charter Route (+21 CP MW)

Requires Mithridacy 15, A Player of Chess 12 or Watchful 275, a Charter of the Great Hellbound Railway 10 (Infernal Alliance), and either The Efficient Commissioner's Tale 1,000 or The Flower from Hell that Grows Under Your Skin

1. Start at 1 Prestige
2. Enter the bare minimum or Drown them in paper
3. Invoke sacred methods of enforcing an oath or Apply a law of contracts that passes London's understanding
4. Look out for Hell's interests even as you fight to defeat it
5. Total Prestige: 7
6. Grandstand! (Prosecution)
7. Await a verdict on Tomb-Colonists v Hell (Prosecution)

ASotC Route (+20 CP MW)

Requires Mithridacy 15, A Player of Chess 12 or Watchful 275, The Flower from Hell that Grows Under Your Skin, and A Scholar of the Correspondence 12.

1. Start at 1 Prestige
2. Enter the bare minimum or Drown them in paper
3. Apply a law of contracts that passes London's understanding
4. Review the contract in light of your Scholarship (+2 MW)
5. Total Prestige: 6
6. Grandstand! (Prosecution)
7. Await a verdict on Tomb-Colonists v Hell (Prosecution)