Merchant Conspiracy

DC 35
Days
25

The merchants are conspiring against the baron. Through their wealth and influence, they can both hire mercenaries and bribe His Highness's servants. A preemptive, cautionary strike is in order.

DC by difficulty
01234
3333353733
CommunityDC -3
MarginEffect
0Community-5Stability-5Espionage-5The Regent's call to protect the King led to riots and lynching. The guard had to intervene to restore order, and the assassins hired by the merchants were never found.
1The people, fearing the merchants' vicious mercenaries, turned away from the Regent's call to protect the King. The merchants continue to plot an attack on their King.
5Community+5Economy+3Stability+5The people answered the Regent's call to protect the King. The watchful subjects identified and detained the merchants' assassins.
Economy
MarginEffect
0Loyalty-5Stability-5The Treasurer tried in vain to bribe several of the conspirators. Word of this failure spread, and the people began to doubt the power of the King.
1Stability-5The Treasurer tried bribing several conspirators, but they anticipated much more gold from overthrowing the King and seizing power.
5Community+5Economy+5Stability+10-100 BPThe Treasurer bribed several influential conspirators with gold and promises of power. They betrayed their comrades, and the whole scheme collapsed before any real harm was done.
Espionage
MarginEffect
0Stability-5Espionage-10The merchants bribed the Minister's agents, alarming the people with their brazen power. The people fear for the worst.
1Espionage-5The conspiring merchants had paid for highly trained guards. The agents dispatched by the Minister were hunted down and killed.
5Community+2Economy+2Stability+5Espionage+5The agents sent by the Minister identified and arrested the would-be coup's main conspirators. All that remains is to arrest their leaderless fellow conspirators and bring them to justice.
DC by difficulty
01234
3333353733
CommunityDC -3
MarginEffect
0Community-5Stability-5Espionage-5The Regent's call to protect the King led to riots and lynching. The guard had to intervene to restore order, and the assassins hired by the merchants were never found.
1The people, fearing the merchants' vicious mercenaries, turned away from the Regent's call to protect the King. The merchants continue to plot an attack on their King.
5Community+5Economy+3Stability+5The people answered the Regent's call to protect the King. The watchful subjects identified and detained the merchants' assassins.
Economy
MarginEffect
0Loyalty-5Stability-5The Treasurer tried in vain to bribe several of the conspirators. Word of this failure spread, and the people began to doubt the power of the King.
1Stability-5The Treasurer tried bribing several conspirators, but they anticipated much more gold from overthrowing the King and seizing power.
5Community+5Economy+5Stability+10-100 BPThe Treasurer bribed several influential conspirators with gold and promises of power. They betrayed their comrades, and the whole scheme collapsed before any real harm was done.
Espionage
MarginEffect
0Stability-5Espionage-10The merchants bribed the Minister's agents, alarming the people with their brazen power. The people fear for the worst.
1Espionage-5The conspiring merchants had paid for highly trained guards. The agents dispatched by the Minister were hunted down and killed.
5Community+2Economy+2Stability+5Espionage+5The agents sent by the Minister identified and arrested the would-be coup's main conspirators. All that remains is to arrest their leaderless fellow conspirators and bring them to justice.
Merchant Conspiracy — Kingmaker