The package I've been sent to pick up is at another bar, and it quickly becomes apparent why the bandit needed to send me. Only now I'm low on cash, and slightly drunk. I duck back to the bar, share a few with a dog-headed smuggler lady (another NPC who I'm informed now likes me), and gain back all that resolve. Now I'm worried about going into the next negotiation underprepared, but I did see on the map that the Grog n' Dog offers drinks to regain resolve. Deciding it's not worth haggling for more, I target her resolve directly to win the argument rather than drag it out. Meanwhile, each pile of cash I win adds to the bandit's Impatience stat, which buffs her damage. I start by targeting those piles of cash, but by the time I've added 19 bucks to my payment I've also lost 10 resolve, and realized that this resolve total will carry over to the next negotiation.

And of course, in my first hand of five cards there's that ulcer wasting a spot. I've got a handful of cards like 'fast talk' and 'threaten' that whittle away the resolve of whatever I play them on, and deflections that reduce the severity of the wordplay she flings back.

In the outer circle there's a number for resolve-conversational hit points-and the bandit also has targets representing different amounts of money she'll add to my payment, each with their own resolve total. We appear opposite each other surrounded by circles that represent our arguments. The patron for the package job is a shifty bandit, and when I try to haggle with her it's time for a negotiation. I take the ulcer because it's nice to make friends, but regret it almost immediately.

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