[Forgotten about this last event until recently. Oops.]
If he will accept, Laena will approach Septon Roland to offer her support.
Public endorsement - Septon Roland.
Empty Seat - Public Endorse Roland - Audience Test - TN 12:
7d6k5+7 30 4 DoS. Grant support per DoS equal to your status rank.
Charismatic: Treat your status rank as 1 higher for the purpose of calculating support from endorsements.
-Gain +2 Disposition with the supported candidate.
4 * (5+1) = 24 support for Septon Roland
The candidate field for the empty seat was, in a word, boring. Still, one name did stand out positively, at least a bit, from the rest. Septon Roland. A man who seemed to actually live to up his septon's oaths, and had a long history of (to her mind, at least) supporting House Targaryen.
Well, he'd shown loyalty to us, I suppose it's only right that we show loyalty to him as well. Plus, I'm interested to see what would happen were an honest man to actually achieve power. Would he use it to fight the rot, or would he simply become rotten himself?"Anyone who knows anything about Septon Roland can tell you he is a good and honest man, living the humble life a septon should. In the wake of scandal, he is precisely what we need - not a man seeking self-aggrandisement, at the expense of the realm, but a man who simply seeks to serve the realm to the best of his ability."
Denunciation - Septon Oberyn:
-Simple Intrigue (Incite) vs crowd. TN based on crowd size.
Empty Seat - Denounce Oberyn - Intrigue (Incite) - TN 12:
6d6k4+1 21 Urgh. So close to 3 DoS. Still 2 * 6 =
-12 Support to Oberyn-Suffer -4 Disposition with the denounced candidate. Other effects possible.
Publicly denouncing a septon formerly of House Martell was perhaps not the smartest move politically, but she doubted he'd hire assassins to murder her over it. Probably.
"I was at the Black Tourney. While there, I befriended a good and honest knight. Kind and noble to a fault. Loving husband, doting father, supportive brother. A True Knight we need more of in this realm.
"His name was Ser Donnel Blackbrair.
"Those of you who were there know this story, but for those who were not, let me refresh you: House Blackbriar is a small house, of not much influence - meaning no insult - but their Septon of the time was a charismatic orator, fond of fiery speeches, denouncing bastardry, whoring and sin.
"It was that septon who, knowingly and deliberately, set off the riot that resulted in the deaths of so many good people, including that of Ser Donnel. I remind you: he did this much harm as a mere septon for a minor house.
"Septon Oberyn is not that man, but they are very much cut from the same cloth. One seeks to give the faith arms, the other seeks to give a council of pious men - like such a group he tries to join now - power over who should be king, spitting in the face of tradition, and making the Faith far more attractive to men of high ambition and low character - precisely who we should try and see repelled from its holy halls.
"We have seen the harm a man like that can do with a position of little influence. Are we really so incapable of learning that we would give a near-identical man a position of great power and influence?
"I say 'no'!
"I remember Ser Donnel.
"And I ask that you remember him, too. And the lesson he died to give us."
Ghostwriting:
Empty Seat - Ghostwriting - Support Roland - Language (Convince), Knowledge (Streetwise) - TN9:
5d6k4 15 6d6k4 15 2 DoS each, for a total of
4 DoS+1 support per DoS for your preferred candidate or -2 support per DoS for the candidate you oppose.
+4 support for Roland
Influencing the most devout:
Laena could spare the time to meet with only a couple of the most devout. Lacking any real information, she chose randomly and decided to try and approach Septon Perwyn and Septa Ilana, to try and sway them away from Septon Oberyn - after all, having made a public enemy of him, she really needed to make sure he didn't actually win.
Empty Seat - Influence - Perwyn, Ilana - Oppose Oberyn - Audience TN18, Convince ID11:
2#7d6k5+7 34 22 2#6d6k4+1 16 18Pass on both Audience Checks, 2 DoS on both Influence rolls, for 4 Influence past DR.
-16 support for Oberyn
Total:
+28 support for Roland (+2 disposition)
-28 support for Oberyn (-4 disposition)