Cows For Favor

Cows For Favor
Type	Random Event

Dialogue

“	A delegation from <Other Clan>s, known for <what they're famed for>, ask for 20 cows. "In exchange, we will owe you a favor." The exchange of favors underpins valley society, tying clans together in a web of obligation. Agree. Send them to a clan that owes you a favor. "We wish we could help." "What makes you think we would dream of helping you?"	”
— Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out

Consequences

If you agree, they will praise you in the customary manner. As agreed, you lose the 20 cows, but instead gain a favor. The people may be happy to see regular diplomacy being conducted even in difficult times, raising Mood. Alternatively, the people may complain that they needed those cows, causing Mood to suffer.

If you send them to a clan that owes you a favor, select which one from a list of the applicable. The requesting clan may receive what they wanted from our friends, thus establishing bonds between the three clans. The people may not care about such matters.

If you express We wish we could help, the clan making the request might not take offense, but your clan's reputation may suffer.

Notes

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The illustration used depends on the culture of the clan that asks for the cows.

If the clan asking for cows is the Pure Horse Clan, the following will be added to the end of the event text:

“

The Pure Horse Clan emissary makes it sound like they are doing you a favor by requesting cows, not horses.

”

Advice

• "Now it is Elmal's duty to guard Orlanth's cows." - Elmal devotee
• "Even the smartest cow is dumber than a deer." - Hanth/Dostal devotee
• "Agreeing creates a bond. Refusing makes others wonder if we are running out of cows." - Reda/Redalda devotee
• "Favors are a way to complete trade over many seasons." - Issaries devotee
• "When Orlanth wooed Ernalda, she asked him where his cows were." - Ernalda devotee
• "It is harder than you think to trick a cow." - Eurmal trickster
• "What makes them think they will do better herding our cows than theirs?"
• "Without favors there would be no <other> diplomacy."
• "Agree."
• "We don't owe them."
• "When others owe us, they become more tractable."
• "Our people love a good laugh at an outsider's expense."
• "Agreeing creates a bond. Refusing makes others wonder are running out of cows."
• "I am less afraid of seeming poor than I am of being poor."
• "The smartest cow is dumber than a deer."
• "I'm inclined against."
• "Beg off."
• "Can't we pay them back a different way?"
• "We're cattle-rich and everyone knows this."