WAR TABLE MISSION: DIPLOMACY

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DIPLOMACY MISSION: MASTER DEBATERS

WHAT: Tantervale is one of the most influential cities in the Free Marches - and one that's not very fond of Riftwatch, given that Riftwatch's friendliness towards radicalism and apostasy clashes with Tantervale's pious culture.

Riftwatch is sending a select group of representatives to charm the Lady Chancellor Davina Crouch. Specifically, they are to charm her by sending representatives to a summit on religious law to be held in Tantervale.

HOW: The summit is a place where religious scholars come together with city leaders to discuss questions of Andrastian law. Most places would skip this this year given everything that's going on, but, you know, Tantervale. Riftwatch has been politely invited to attend to discuss a topic of their choice.

Riftwatch diplomats will present their stances on a variety of legal/religious questions. The main RP mechanism will be debating where they stand on this list of questions. Their official assignment is to win over the Chancellor, which will likely require moderate-to-conservative responses to these questions, but they might also be tempted to present their true (likely more liberal) views.

There will be an RNG mechanism that will determine the success/failure of their arguments, with more radical arguments requiring a higher roll.

tl;dr: This mission will involve you deciding where your character stands on thorny ethical issues and figuring out how willing they are to compromise on them.

WHO: 3-5 Riftwatch agents, with preference given to members of Diplomacy. Members of Diplomacy and Research will be particularly useful in this plot.

WHEN: Get your sign-ups in by end of day EST, Sunday, October 25th. The log will be posted on Wednesday, October 27th.

Comments

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1. Is it acceptable to go to war to spread Andrastian teachings?
No, it's a needless waste of the lives of the Chantry faithful.

[redacted: pointed question about going to war with Orzammar and the risk that would bring of not only losing the Chantry's access to lyrium, but also sparking another Blight if/when Orzammar falls.]
2. Should elves and dwarves have the right to serve in the higher echelons of the Chantry?
Yes, any who feel called to serve should be able to to their full ability.

[redacted: Some strong language about the erasure of Shartan to gain support for a corrupt March and also inter Chantry nepotism.]
3. Should men have the right to serve in the higher echelons of the Chantry?
Yes, though obviously they wouldn't be eligible for running to become the Divine.

4. Should a Divine have the right to remove an unjust ruler?
Not without full documentation of unjustness and a Chantry committee that includes members of the local Chantry in question.

[redacted: they should be able to remove an unjust Divine as well.]
5. Should the Chantry tolerate the Imperial Chantry?
Refer to 1, with an added note that the Chantry doesn't tolerate the Imperial Chantry now.

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Log can be found here!

Note that this mission was a strong success, with the group passing rolls spectacularly for convincing people of their moderate positions on questions 1&2. They were also moderately successful in their responses to questions 3&4. Question 5, however, was a spectacular failure; this was not enough to dampen their success.