Charm your way into the committee room

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From: Replacement Diplomats

If you can understand how the Face recruits, you might be a step closer to a good posting.

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 127

• 87 - very chancy (41%)
• 108 - chancy (51%)
• 130 - modest (61%)
• 151 - very modest (71%)
• 172 - low-risk (81%)
• 193 - straightforward (91%)
• 212 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

An unusual method of recruitment

[...] The Face selects its candidates very young and from usually poor homes [...] There's an event in each child's selection process called a 'performance' [...] It's beyond queer that London's diplomats, to a man, came from the city's gutters [...]

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Persuasive is increasing…
• Your 'Working toward a Foreign Posting' Quality has gone!
• You've gained 7 x Extraordinary Implication

Failure

Zzzzz

A winning smile and and a spot of deft wordplay see you inside. The committee meets in a cosy study, and you occupy an armchair by the fire. Three hours later, a maid shakes you awake. D--n. Still, the sleep was most restful.

• Persuasive is increasing…
• Nightmares is dropping… (-1 CP)
• Wounds is dropping… (-1 CP)
• Your 'Working toward a Foreign Posting' Quality has gone!