Objective:
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Head back to the Butcher’s Yard theater. Sofus’ toughs are already positioned either side of each entrance. Enter the main building across from the courtyard, and speak with Irina. Now discuss the script. She’s taken a look at the script, and must discuss a few hiring choices. You can:
- Only choose yourself in the role of the Witcher.
Choose either Priscilla or Irina herself in the role of the Princess.
Choose either Aleblard Rizza (competent, but uninspiring) or Maxim Boliere (outstanding but usually drunk) in the role of the Prince.
Conclude the conversation by telling Irina you need to learn your lines (you actually don’t, but this pauses the quest in case you wish to meditate or otherwise prepare). Agree to start the play when you’re ready. Naturally, Zoltan shows up; he’d rather shave his beard than miss the opportunity to watch you prancing in a codpiece.
To Be, Or Not To Be
The play begins. It consists of three Acts. Depending on your previous choices, the following occurs:
Decision 1: The Puffins
Decision 1: If you hired the Puffins to promote the play, the courtyard is packed with expectant townsfolk.
Decision 1: If you ignored the Puffins and they didn’t promote, the courtyard still has a sizable audience. The only difference is a larger XP reward for helping the Puffins.
Decisions 2-6: A Comedy of Errors
Throughout this melodrama or comedy, you are forced to recite some lines written by Priscilla:
Decision 2: During Act I, you are required to step on stage, and deliver one of two lines:
2: “I kill monsters for pleasure…” causes you to flub your line.
2: “To slay beasts most foul…” causes you to complete your line.
Decision 3: During Act II, you must deliver another one of two lines:
3: “Perhaps ‘midst the guests…” causes you to deliver your line with gusto.
3: “Maybe he’s hid…” causes you to flub your line.
Decisions 4, 5, and 6: During Act III, you must deliver three sets of lines, as the play reaches its zenith:
4: “If the maid loves him…” causes you to flub your line.
4: “Seems men’s hearts…” causes you to complete your line with feeling.
5: “But a lack of morals…” causes you to flub your line.
5: “But a base heart…” causes you to ace your lines, and deliver a performance worthy of an understudy!
6: “No monster is he…” causes you to deliver a final, impassioned speech to bring the house down!
6: “Show love for the dopplers…” causes you to stumble, hashing the line.
The amount of XP you receive (150 for a perfect reading, or 110 if you flub all of your lines, and an amount in-between for partial success) depends on how perfect your delivery is.
Decision 7: The Princess
Decision 7: If you chose Priscilla as the Princess, she appears rather radiant, but a little stiff in delivering her lines. Expect additional monies as a reward, if you choose her.
Decision 7: If you decided on Irina as the Princess, she appears a little too old for the role, but gives it her all.
There is no other difference, aside from the acting.
Decision 8: The Prince
Decision 8: If you picked Abelard Rizza as the Prince, expect a moderately entertaining performance by this professional, and additional takings as a reward.
Decision 8: If you favored Maxim Boliere as the Prince, expect a slurred tipsy thespian that sometimes forgets his lines.
Decision 9: The Comedy or Melodrama
Decision 9: If you decided the play would be a comedy, you beckon a guard with a scar up onto the stage as part of the play, and the third act finishes without incident.
Decision 9: If you decided the play would be a melodrama, you beckon the guard up onto the stage. At this point, the Eternal Fire fanatics (and Fatso) start yelling at you for blashempy, and a fight breaks out. Defeat around eight bandits and enraged townsfolk, with the help of Sofus’ toughs and Zoltan.
