Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-130.225.247.34-20191209223735/@comment-36170150-20191213233316

I think hiring a double campaign was part of the things needed to get the ambassador's boost tho, wasn't it? Either way, skipping the monastery conversion is also not a big deal at all, if you invested in the Ivalan Bank it should be no problem to get the Religion score needed to deal with the holy legion during the 3AW, and then getting the monastery conversion during chapter 4 costs a meager 25k ProN, and you get some bonus Yhilin Acceptance to boot, so that's also an option if you need to use some DF to clear up chaos or whatever.

I think having social +40 is important to keep ourselves on Luanell's good side, since neither Bhakan nor Farnan inherited the throne, the only way she didn't get burned with a poorly planned marriage proposal is if we convinced her to ignore both of them, maybe then we can use her to take out one of the possible suitors for part 2 in a more diplomatic fashion or something. Also part 2 will definitely have new contenders since now it is no longer just about who could inherit or seize the throne, it can be anyone that has something to offer in exchange for marrying into the royal family.

Also I wouldn't be too sure anything else we're doing to weaken Donovan is overkill, there is always a chance the best result will require a negative value, or Sierra could make things that increase his score back up so we need to do as much damage as possible now.

If it comes down to just the social score though and the Donovan score is overkill, there are cheaper ways of boosting the variable to 40, things like the Succubus Band or the Yhilini Mercenaries, you'd be able to save like 700k ProN that could be invested into some really good investments early in chapter 4, although keep in mind you will need to get it before the Thenoursian War for their boosts on the auxiliary forces anyway.