Editing Persuade the neddy men to leave the protesters alone

{{Exceptional|{{IL|The Ballad of Johnny Croak}}}}
{{Action
|Icon = declaim.png
|From Storylet title = An Exceptional Story: The Ballad of Johnny Croak
|Description = Surely the neddy men have other people to bully? (No candidates come to mind, but you can encourage them to exercise their imaginations.)
|Game Instructions = This is a Magnanimous choice.
|BroadQuality = {{IL|Persuasive}}
|BroadDiff = 50
|Success title = A dust-up averted
|Success description = […] They pause when you interpose yourself between them and the nervously-smiling protesters […]

A consensus is reached. "Pack this up in an hour," […]

They trudge away. "Thank you," mutters one of the protesters […]. He hands you a pamphlet. […]
|Success summary = You convince the neddy men to leave the protesters alone with your silk tongue. An old man gives you a pamphlet, as well as an earful about their cause: environmental destruction in the marshes caused by a new factory.
}}

*{{Success Increase|Persuasive}}
*{{Gain|Proscribed Material|1 x}}
*{{Gain|Magnanimous|+1 CP|Quirk cap=5}}
*{{Drop|Heartless|-1 CP}}
*{{Exceptional Unlock|Visit=[[The Season of Endeavour|the Season of Endeavour card]]|Story=The Ballad of Johnny Croak.}} (Sets [[An Episode for Exceptional Friends]] to 610)

{{Failure
|Failure title = Crowd dispersal
|Failure description = Your argument is exceptionally rigorous, and you are just getting into the sub-clauses when you are interrupted by a blow from a cudgel. As you crawl away, you hear a chorus of yelps and thumps […].
|Failure summary = The neddy men beat you up, along with the rest of the protesters. Later you return, to find a discarded pamphlet, decrying the environmental disruption caused by a new factory.
}}

*{{Failure Increase|Persuasive}}
*{{Gain|Proscribed Material|1 x}}
*{{Gain|Wounds|+1 CP}}
*{{Exceptional Unlock|Visit=[[The Season of Endeavour|the Season of Endeavour card]]|Story=The Ballad of Johnny Croak.}} (Sets [[An Episode for Exceptional Friends]] to 610)