Rites

Meritocracy / Kakistocracy

A principled nobleman has spent years gathering evidence against corrupt officials. If thoroughly investigated, countless capital nobles would face dismissal and property confiscation…Conventionally, just one scapegoat needs to be taken, as all of the nobles are from this court and, come time most proper, would repay their debts in earnest...



You glance at the evidence, detailing many deeds of which even the evil find unjustfiable. However, as a humble player of Sultan's game, are you qualified for this capricious joust, or is it necessary to uphold this justice?

ID: 5006581

Type: None

Tips: None

Duration: 1 days

Waits For: 3 days

Marked as New Only on First Occurrence: 0

Starts Automatically: No

Triggers Result Automatically: No

Tag Tips: None

Tag Tips Up: Normal Result, Sociability, Charisma

Tag Tips Text:

Random Text: None

Random Text Up:

Roll #1
Try to persuade.
Type: Normal Result
Type Tips: The number of dice is affected by your sides's Sociability and Charisma.
Low Target: 3
Low Target Tips: You need at least 3 Successes to gain something.

Actions When Wait Expires

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Slots

Slot #1
Vizier Abdul's Seat

Locks: Yes

Is Key: No

Is Empty: Yes

Is Enemy: Yes

Conditions:

  • Type = Character
  • Card = Abdul

Pops: None

Slot #2
Thorough investigation, a proposal that Abdul will oppose

Locks: No

Is Key: No

Is Empty: Yes

Is Enemy: No

Conditions:

  • Type = Character
  • Not Slot #3 = 1

Pops: None

Slot #3
Let them off, a proposal that Abdul will support

Locks: No

Is Key: No

Is Empty: Yes

Is Enemy: No

Conditions:

  • Type = Character
  • Not Slot #2 = 1

Pops: None

Slot #4
Consumable

Locks: No

Is Key: No

Is Empty: Yes

Is Enemy: No

Conditions:

Pops: None

Slot #5
Only a Gold-tier Bloodshed Card can eliminate the Vizier.

Locks: No

Is Key: No

Is Empty: Yes

Is Enemy: No

Conditions:

  • Type = Sultan Card
  • Tag (Bloodshed) = 1
  • Rarity = Gold

Pops: None

Activation Conditions

Tips: You have to make a choice

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Outcome

Prior

You decide to embark on a killing spree
Everyone listed in the evidence, even their family and followers, were all arrested by you. The confiscation and interrogation workload was so heavy that the capital's prisons were overflowed.



Without Abdul, no one dared to challenge you – bearer of the Sultan Card... those bureaucrats call you the Sultan's fiend, yet the entire populace think you did a great deed – at least this time, it is not them bleeding, nor paying.

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Forget it
You're now the head of civil officials – you need to act cautiously, representing the nobles' interests.



A financial official with shaky foundations was chosen as the scapegoat for this series of corrupt acts. He will be executed, justice will be served, his son will inherit his position in a few years, his wife and daughter will find reliable protectors to maintain a dignified life... while an 'accident' most fatal will befall the whistleblower.



Such is the way of this Empire.

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Regular

You comply with the Vizier's arrangements
Under the Vizier's arrangement, a financial official with shaky foundations was chosen as the scapegoat for this series of corrupt acts. He will be executed, justice served, his son will inherit the position in a few years, his wife and daughter can find reliable protectors to maintain a dignified life... the whistleblower colleague will die in a so-called accident.



This is how the empire runs, and you have learned a lot from it.

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You argue with him
Previously, you wouldn't argue with the Vizier like this – he is the wisest and most revered elder in the empire!



Now, however, you come to realize that everyone is merely a tool for the Sultan... you successfully persuade him in the end because he fear you'd tell the Sultan the potential confiscated gains were collected as bribes by himself.



Then, you both argue over how to distribute the confiscated wealth until sunset, like the lowest merchants...



Fortunately, later storytellers portray you both as decisive anti-corruption heroes, especially you.

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The Vizier is stubborn.
You speak for a long time, but eventually, the Vizier just sips his tea lightly and make arrangements according to his own wishes. It’s truly incomprehensible why this old crone invites you to help with paperwork, as you two hardly reach any agreements, he seems entirely to enjoy these disputes – and the mastery within the disputes.

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Extra

Die! You mangy old dog!
In the astonished gaze of the Vizier, you see relief, is this the truth behind inviting you to work together? He knows that one day, you will draw a golden Bloodshed Card, and you will use it on the most detestable elder...

Now, he lies peacefully in a pool of blood, leaving all the remnants of this empire, mainly pressure and excrement, to you.

The Sultan, upon hearing the news, chucks lightly – not with carnality's abandon, but with a rare surprise of being freed from trouble.

After this, all governmental documents are handed over to you for review, with no one left to oppose you... he arranges it meaningfully.

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