The Agent

Note that this section is preliminary and subject to change. Currently no Agents are being accepted!

You cannot be a member of the military or clergy while being an Agent.

The Agent begins his career by choosing a Minister or other high-ranking person to work for. Once an Employer is chosen, the player must petition the Minister to become their Agent. If the Employer accepts, the player then spends the remaining weeks of that month in training (learning codes and such). At the beginning of each succeeding month, the player rolls for a 5 or 6 to be assigned a mission. If sent on a mission the player rolls the mission and its results, which may take more than one month. If the player is not on a mission he may live normally for the month. It should be noted that the Agent's life is very dangerous. For every Scarlet Pimpernel there are a dozen nameless graves across the kingdom. Agents also do not start duels themselves, losing three status points for causing a duel of any kind.

Agent Tables
Employer	SL Needed	Favour to Inf	Missions
The Royal Family	7	8	Oppose the Cardinal
Cardinal	6	8	Help the State	Embarrass the Queen
Minister of State	5	7	Help the State	Investigate Ministers
Minister of War	5	7	Improve Military Position
Commissioner of Public Safety	4	6	Investigate Traitors
Provincial Governor	4	5	Pacify Province

(To successfully join an employer requires a 5+ modifiable by favours)

Mission descriptions and tables

Training and Recruiting -- You are training or recruiting a new agent
Local Information -- You are gathering information about a local person or event
Local Espionage -- You must conduct a violent local mission
Foreign Information -- You must travel abroad to secure a vital piece of information
Foreign Espionage -- You must travel abroad to conduct a violent mission
Personal Vendetta -- Your employer wishes to embarrass/assassinate an opponent
(NOTE: If a Personal Vendetta is Successful Roll again on the Vendetta Table)

Mission Resolution Table
Die roll	Time	Death	Success	Notice	Reward	Cash	Favour	Secret
1	1 month	12	4	11	11	(1*50)	11	12
2	2 months	11	6	9	10	(1*50)	11	10
3	1 month	9	7	9	9	(1*100)	9	10
4	3 months	10	8	7	9	(1*100)	9	7
5	2 months	8	7	7	8	(2*100)	7	9
6	1 month	8	9	4	4	(4*100)	4	4

Mission events

Time -- Number of months the mission will take.
(D) Death -- Chance of dying while on the mission.
(S) Success -- Only if the mission is successful can you roll for Notice, Reward and Secret Knowledge. If you fail and roll 2d6 less than the mission number, you are dismissed from service. On a further roll of 4-6 you are killed by your employer, but this may be modified by favours.
(N) Notice -- Status acquired for being seen in conversation with your employer.
(R) Reward -- Cash from a grateful employer or picked up during a mission.
Secret Knowledge -- Favours and die roll modifiers are gained by knowing sensitive information. (If a favour is gained roll a d6 and add your employer's Modifier for the level of favour. If Secret Knowledge is gained roll on your employers table.)

Personal vendetta table

First, roll a d66 [Note: the d66 referred to here is from a Master Positions chart I drew up to determine random events for personalities] and determine who the target of the Vendetta is. When the Target is determined roll a d6:

1-3 Target is Assassinated (Agent may voluntarily reduce this to grievous wounding: all Constitution lost except one point)
4-6 Target is accused of Treason, conduct a Trial immediately (Agent may act as witness to either side, but if he goes against his employer he is automatically fired)

Favours and Secret Knowledge Table
Employer	Favour Bonus	Secret Knowledge	or
Royal Family	+3	+/-1 to Escort Position roll	+/-1 to Nobility Petition roll
Cardinal	+2	+/-1 to any Promotion roll	+/-1 to any Mission Failure/Death roll
Minister of State	+2	+-1 to any Minister Position roll	+-1 to any Mission Failure/Death roll
Minister of War	+1	+-1 to any Promotion roll	+-1 to any Combat Outcome result
Commissioner of Public Safety	+0	+-1 to any Conviction roll	+-1 to any Commuting Sentence roll
Provincial Governor	+0	+-1 to any Unrest roll	+-1 to any Prov. Combat Outcome roll
City Governor	+0	One additional d6 Favour	One additional d6+3 Favour

Additional effects of a successful mission

Treat every successful Notice Roll like a mention in dispatches for purposes of status and possible titles. After every two successful missions the player may roll to rise in the service of his employer. It requires a roll of 5+, modified by favours to rise. All players start at Garcon.

Rank	D	S	N	R	SK	Pay	Status
Garcon	+1	-1	0	0	0	4	2
Ferret	0	0	+1	0	0	10	4
Saboteur	+1	+1	+1	0	+1	18	6
Provocateur	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	28	8
Maitre d'Espionage	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	40	10

D = Death
S = Success
N = Notoriety
R = Recompense (loot in number of crowns)
SK = Secret Knowledge

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The Agent

Agent Tables

Mission descriptions and tables

Mission Resolution Table

Mission events

Personal vendetta table

Favours and Secret Knowledge Table

Additional effects of a successful mission