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(LP CYOA) The War for the West

Kipeci

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I was thinking from the perspective that if he’s exiled he can keep preaching whatever anyway whereas if we tell him to clam up but he’s still stuck here then he can’t unless he so chooses to violate our laws
 

Kz3r0

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I was thinking from the perspective that if he’s exiled he can keep preaching whatever anyway whereas if we tell him to clam up but he’s still stuck here then he can’t unless he so chooses to violate our laws
Hence asking for troubles.
 

zaper

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I'm saddened by the lack of commentary :^( Let's provide rationale for our votes and flame each other for being retarded

Since we have already started SUCCing up to the church I think continuing to favor them without appearing like a raging theocrat is a good idea. In this case I think banning this guy from preaching on the basis of heresy will satisfy the church without making us look like we just really hate commoners as exile may.

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A) Demand that the courtier stop this.
B) Let the courtier go but remove him from my household.
C) Demand that the acolyte never bother me with such things again.
 

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A) Again let's straddle the line between helping the Church without pissing off other factions too much (this time the aristocracy I'm guessing). Homosex is probably a popular past time for nobles :^)
 

Kipeci

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I think A, although by my reading of it what we’re really “straddling” there is the temple’s cock with that option. Still, rather build up favors with them than random courtiers.

Also, are we sure there’s no malus for getting the extra info? This is the second time people have seemed annoyed about us asking, I know in some other Choice of [Etc.] games there are ocassionally stealthy variable changes to relationships if you ask questions that would bug someone or make another think better of you, or take up excessive time. Probably not apparent without diving into the files which is likely more trouble than it’s worth though, and I’m fine with keeping this quick.
 

zaper

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Also, are we sure there’s no malus for getting the extra info? This is the second time people have seemed annoyed about us asking, I know in some other Choice of [Etc.] games there are ocassionally stealthy variable changes to relationships if you ask questions that would bug someone or make another think better of you, or take up excessive time. Probably not apparent without diving into the files which is likely more trouble than it’s worth though, and I’m fine with keeping this quick.

I'm only pre-selecting options that don't change variables(I made the game). Some might have an immediate outcome(as in some NPC disagreeing with you), but the rule of thumb is that only your final decisions really matter to the institutions, unless you're interacting with some higher-up (which usually isn't the case with the acolytes, as they were made to be annoying). While this game does use the "jar of marbles" approach to factions/influences/reputation mentioned by Josh Sawyer in this video to a point, I ended up favoring more direct C&C most of the time, so that people actually remember the things you did for/against them and it felt more personal. This will hopefully make sense in the future when we start to get to the really important decisions.

TL;DR: At least in "Hold Court" events, most of the time what really matters are the final decisions.

A) Again let's straddle the line between helping the Church without pissing off other factions too much (this time the aristocracy I'm guessing). Homosex is probably a popular past time for nobles :^)

I think A, although by my reading of it what we’re really “straddling” there is the temple’s cock with that option. Still, rather build up favors with them than random courtiers.

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By the way, this is an example of choices where new options appear as you select them--since this is still a linear sequence, I just went through all options available before the important ones. We probably got more info because of our high Social, but Knowledge usually helps with that.

What's our judgment here?

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Kipeci

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Oh! I missed the part where you said you created this, my apologies. I’m in favor of charging the innkeeper down to the last crumb of bread for wasting our time with this false accusation.
 

zaper

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B obviously due to contradictory statements unsupported by neighbours' testimony.

I’m in favor of charging the innkeeper down to the last crumb of bread for wasting our time with this false accusation.

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What should we do with the time off today?

A) Interact with the members of my court.
B) Go to the training grounds and practice my swordsmanship.
C) Read some old scrolls.
 
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I'm guessing this increases social/combat/knowledge.
Let's round ourselves out a bit by increasing out secondary stat.
 

zaper

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Better keep an eye on our courtesans.

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Reading is for nerds

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(Kinda of a lackluster event, I admit, but it's probably one of those that expand if you have named characters around)

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What should we do?

A) Bet ₳10.
B) Bet ₳25.
C) Bet ₳50.
D) Fold (Costs ₳5), and we get another hand.
E) Leave the table.
 

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(We will be asking for the advice of our advisers first, but later we will come back to these considerations)

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Should we finance our Spymaster's lateral investigation or has she been watching too much Alex Jones?

A) Finance her investigation.
B) Don't finance her investigation.
 

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