The dilemma. Your clerks have proof that Warden Gaspar Lune, who blesses every scale in Aldheim, takes bribes to pass false weights. He is beloved, powerful and a cousin of the Queen. Everyone who knows begs you to stay silent.
From the gameThe painting on this decision card in Valmora.
What would you do?
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Dilemma
The Warden of Weights Cheats
Your clerks have proof that Warden Gaspar Lune, who blesses every scale in Aldheim, takes bribes to pass false weights. He is beloved, powerful and a cousin of the Queen. Everyone who knows begs you to stay silent.
If the roll succeedsThe synod strips Gaspar of his lamp. Merchants across Valmora check their scales and nod at your name.If it failsThe synod buries the proof and the Queen's cousin smiles at you across the hall.
What happenedGaspar goes white and promises to change. Your own weights are never questioned again.
What happenedThe false weights go on. You know it every time you pass the temple.
No right answer.
In the game the roll is d20 plus your adviser’s skill. Here the bonus is a flat +2.
The options and what happens
Lay the proof before the Lantern Wardens' synod.Bold · decided by a d20 roll against 15
Succeeds: The synod strips Gaspar of his lamp. Merchants across Valmora check their scales and nod at your name.
Fails: The synod buries the proof and the Queen's cousin smiles at you across the hall.
Show Gaspar the proof privately and ask him to stop.Certain outcome
Gaspar goes white and promises to change. Your own weights are never questioned again.
Lock the proof away.Certain outcome
The false weights go on. You know it every time you pass the temple.
About this card
This is one of 8 hand-written dilemmas set in Valmora (Year 412 of the Lantern Calendar), one of three ages in Be a CEO, a business strategy game where you run a trading house. Each dilemma has one bold option, decided by dice, and safer options with certain outcomes. The text above is the card exactly as it appears in the game, with the amounts it showed on the first day of a new game.
Questions
What are the options in “The Warden of Weights Cheats”?
There are three: “Lay the proof before the Lantern Wardens' synod”; “Show Gaspar the proof privately and ask him to stop”; “Lock the proof away”. The first is the bold option: the game rolls a d20 plus your adviser’s skill against 15. The other two have certain outcomes.
What happens if the bold choice fails?
The synod buries the proof and the Queen's cousin smiles at you across the hall.
What happens if the bold choice succeeds?
The synod strips Gaspar of his lamp. Merchants across Valmora check their scales and nod at your name.
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Written by the Mantar Tech team from the game’s own data and text. Be a CEO is in closed alpha, so numbers and cards can change. About the art: much of it was made with AI tools and then selected and edited by hand.
