Offer the fellow a partnership

ID: 5371

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From: The Antiquarian Footman

He supplies the antiques, you supply the expertise. Persuade him that he needs your help in valuing his acquisitions and finding a fence.

Challenge information

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• 52 - very chancy (41%)
• 64 - chancy (51%)
• 77 - modest (61%)
• 89 - very modest (71%)
• 102 - low-risk (81%)
• 114 - straightforward (91%)
• 125 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

This is working out nicely.

The footman turns out to be good at palming curiosities […] You are a genius at feigned expertise. You undervalue the trinkets to the footman […] and overvalue them to the fences […] You're making it all up, but you're also making a killing […]

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• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've gained 37 x Bottle of Greyfields 1882

Failure

The footman lacks the eye for this.

You've talked up your contact, and fences around the city are expecting high-quality goods […] clearly, even to the least educated eye, coated in blue paint and lacquer, rather than the promised glim leaf […] you've lost a great deal of trust […]

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•  Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)
• Persuasive is increasing…