“The old Marquis - this one's mother - was very friendly with the Cheery Baron. Very friendly. They hunted together often, just the two of them. Sometimes he'd spear the boar, and sometimes he'd spear her!”
Quick Wit in Low Places is an event in Dragon Age: The Last Court. It is continued from the card The Fields or The Baron Waits Impatiently.
Description[]
There are two variants of this event, dependent on which card led into it.
The Fields[]
"The old Marquis - this one's mother - was very friendly with the Cheery Baron. Very friendly. They hunted together often, just the two of them. Sometimes he'd spear the boar, and sometimes he'd spear her!"
Silence follows the crowd.
The Baron Waits Impatiently[]
The oldest of the peasants - lanky and straw-haired, with dirt-gray fingers - speaks. "We meant nothing by it, your Highness -"
"Your GRACE!" the Baron bellows. The peasant flinches.
"Your Grace, I mean! We just said that it was looking like a good harvest, and that...that you'd be happy as a puppy when you received your tithe. And...and then I did this:" He puts his hand behind him, next to his tailbone, and wags it enthusiastically back and forth. It's an old story: that the Shame's descendants are marked by his abomination. Your mother, it was commonly held, had a forked tongue.
Apparently, you have a tail.
Both branches end with the following text:
The peasant's companions stare at him. They can't believe what he just said. Nor can he. His face turns the colour of ash.
What will you do?
Available actions[]
| 1. | Laugh |
| 2. | Have the peasant punished |
Results[]
1. Comedy, not tragedy[]
Your laugh breaks the tense air. The joker and his friends join in, a desperate edge to their laughter. A narrow escape. Relieved, they share their secrets: things people are normally too frightened to voice.
The story of the joke spreads. Your reputation as a Marquis of the people grows.
+10 Freedom, -10 Dignity, +5 Clues
2. Success: The way of things[]
The serf accepts his sentence glumly, and his friends offer no complaint. Such is their lot. They know another noble might have enacted a far harsher sentence.
The natural order is restored.
+10 Dignity, -10 Freedom, +1 Authority
2. Failure: A fine line[]
Did you perhaps go too far? Not far enough? The serf accepts his punishment, but his friends exchange dark, resentful looks.
Either they don't trust you have their best interests at heart, or they're not afraid enough. Both are trouble.
+10 Dignity, -10 Freedom, +10 Rumors of Revolution