Rites

The Court Physician's Diagnosis

Since Samir is intrigued by the diseases among vagrants, why not spend some coin to have him treat them all? It may even be remembered as one of the Sultan's benevolent deeds.

ID: 5008209

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: None

Tag Tips Text: None

Random Text: None

Random Text Up: None

Actions When Wait Expires

This rite has no actions when the wait expires.

Slots

Slot #1
Samir must personally attend.

Locks: Yes

Is Key: No

Is Empty: No

Is Enemy: No

Conditions:

  • Type = Character
  • Card = Samir

Pops: None

Slot #2
It costs 8 Gold Coins.

Locks: No

Is Key: No

Is Empty: No

Is Enemy: No

Conditions:

  • Type = Item
  • Tag (Gold Coin) Costs one of 8, 16

Pops: None

Slot #3
You may use this chance to break an Extravagance Card of Bronze tier or lower, though it will cost twice the usual Gold Coins.

Locks: No

Is Key: No

Is Empty: Yes

Is Enemy: No

Conditions:

Pops: None

Activation Conditions

Tips: You must spend 8 Gold Coins. Extravagance Card requires 16 Gold Coins to be played.

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Outcome

Prior

This rite has no prior outcome.

Regular

Remember to thank the Sultan for his boundless grace.
Samir arrived at [player.name] Fortress. Behind him trailed four eunuchs carrying medicine chests and instruments. His opulent robe swept the ground, though thankfully the vagrants had already cleared away the dung heaps.

His head held high, the rare spectacles upon his nose spoke of his station. One eunuch stepped forward to announce: "The Sultan's court physician, Lord Samir, has arrived." People fell to their knees in unison—so sudden that even you and Samir were startled! It was the first time they had been so close to the Sultan, and a man who had once treated the Sultan himself had come now to heal them. Whatever Samir commanded in treatment and hygiene, they obeyed without question. You fell into thought: you, too, are a minister at the Sultan's side, with influence greater than any physician. Yet why do these people not revere you the same way? Perhaps... because they have seen how Raed commands you, and instinctively drew the comparison. To them, "minister" is distant and abstract, while "physician" is near and tangible.

After the treatment, Samir arranged that in future, the vagrants would provide certain corpses in exchange for medicine to save more lives—an arrangement that, for both the living and the dead, seemed perfectly sound.

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Extra

Sultan's Sugar Pills
Beyond ordinary remedies, Samir brought a golden casket. It looked even more out of place than he did in the vagrant camp... Inside lay precious medicines—tiny pills, each sealed with wax and stamped with the royal sigil. These epidemic cures had been procured from other court physicians at great cost. Normally, only noble children ever tasted them, for each pill granted a lifetime immunity to many diseases. They were so rare that even you could scarcely resist the temptation—you still remembered their sweetness well! Yet Samir forbade it, giving only one pill each to children of suitable age. Their parents bowed their heads feverishly, praising the Sultan's supreme grace...

Later, the Sultan himself asked whether all the sugar pills had gone to the vagrants—he longed to have another! Samir rolled his eyes and cast you a look that said, "You're hardly the only fool." Then, bowing low, he gently warned the Sultan that such medicine might make adults ill...

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