Help a client forge a contract

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From: The Business of a Correspondent

An Intractible Devil requires a neutral party to write up a negotiated shipping contract.

Unlocked with  5

Locked with  31

Challenge information

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• 123 - very chancy (41%)
• 153 - chancy (51%)
• 183 - modest (61%)
• 213 - very modest (71%)
• 244 - low-risk (81%)
• 273 - straightforward (91%)
• 300 - straightforward (100%)
  

Property "Against" (as page type) with input value "" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.[[Category: Challenge]]Narrow, 4 (50% base)

• 0 - almost impossible (10%)
• 1 - high-risk (20%)
• 2 - high-risk (30%)
• 3 - tough (40%)
• 4 - very chancy (50%)
• 5 - chancy (60%)
• 6 - modest (70%)
• 7 - very modest (80%)
• 8 - low-risk (90%)
• 9 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Writ in violant

[…] you set down the very binding terms […] His record is spotless (a bloodstain isn't a spot). His business ethics are— ah, appropriate relative to the negotiated remuneration (pay him as agreed and everything will be okay).

He nods […] "This will suffice."

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Services Rendered: Hell
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 410 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies
•  You've gained 1 x Mysterious Client Attention Odds (hidden)

Depending on :

•  An interested party has made a request on your skills. (Sets Attracting the Attention of a Mysterious Client to 1)

Failure

A little too robust

You lay down the terms of the contract – the letter of the law relayed to you [...] accurate, and fair, and utterly binding.

[...] "Adequate," he concedes. But there's a veiled disappointment – perhaps the letter of the law was not what he was looking for.

• Persuasive is increasing…
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
•  You've gained 200 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies