Reposting my reasoning
Favored
[ ] The Waystone Project
Big, world changing. Time consuming. This is a magnum opus project, requiring:
-Someone who has deep knowledge of magic.
-Someone who has the trust of Runelords.
-Someone with freedom to roam much of the Old World without special permission.
-Someone who can talk with elves effectively, of all three friendly(ish) sorts.
If we don't do it, it is unlikely to be done.
[ ] Bodyguard and Tutor to Prince Mandred
One of the greatest weaknesses of the Empire is its disunity. As Imperial Troubleshooter, we expect to be dispatched to a variety of Imperial hotspots, which at present time we know of:
-Sylvania cleanup. This should be more about removing vampires than repairing provinces.
-The Nordland-Middenland-Laurelorn debacle
-The Wissenland Skaven nest.
-The Marienburg situation, including whoever the hell attacked the boats.
-The weirdness going on with the Grand Theogonist's political interests(granted, we may not be assigned this one, because it'd be a hot potato, or it may be a nothingburger that makes sense in context)
We'd see a lot of opportunities to put the Deceiver and the Protector faces to use.
On the other hand, we would be on these tasks for a shorter span than the full commitment needed to fix them to their roots, Imperial Troubleshooter supposes that a Lord Magister can disrupt problems sufficiently that local powers can finish the job.
[ ] Nagarythe
Sure, we could be a bit MORE ready, but we're mostly ready barring a turn or two of training and cleanup to hit the basic goals, and to be honest, the stretch goals will keep expanding anyways. It doesn't last long enough to close out the time limited items either.
[ ] Research Sabbatical
Theurgy, Vitae, Tongs, Apparitions, Cor Dum, Spell research(we have what looks like a decade's worth of material, plus whatever doing the first four unlocks), apprentice raising.
It'd be nice to clean out our research backlog.
Neutral
[ ] Loremaster-at-Large of Karak Eight Peaks
Troubleshooting for the Karaz Ankor to rack up favors for Eight Peaks. This is going to be busy and tricky, but as with the nature of the dawi, most of these problems have kept for centuries and are likely to do so.
[ ] Markgraf of Eastern Stirland
[ ] Count of Sylvania
Heritable vs non-heritableisn't a big deal to me. Fighting the undead is something we have experience in, building an economy from the previous basis of smuggling and literal blood bags so that its stable is something we do not.
On the other hand, such skills are relatively common across the Empire. Roswita does trust us sufficiently, but theres no lack of candidates out there.
[ ] Spymaster of Wissenland
We do have a number of rare advantages against the Skaven, but I would remind that this does carry a considerable risk of ending as Lord Magister Grey, which would put rather a big crimp on things like the Waystone project.
Unlike Eight Peaks, this involves one clan - no Skaven politics to easily play off on the scale of an external threat, and said clan is currently in favor. We won't have Eshin taking the credit for our work, which is dangerous.
[ ] Border Princess of the Howling River
The opportunity is solid, but it is also a lifetime job to hold the pass and likely semifrequently have to pack up and duck out of the way of a Waaagh passing through.
Putting it down as Definitely Later.
Disfavored
[ ] Loremaster Sinecure
We have like...one job left in there. Good if you like things as they are I suppose.
[ ] Ambassador-at-Large to the Karaz Ankor
Strengthening ties between the Karaz Ankor and the Empire is a rather positive thing, but I dread the Divided Loyalties involved here - we're going to be coming up on a LOT of questions where its going to be picking who is going to lose something.
And thats unpleasant on a personal level.
[ ] Governor-General of Swamp Town
All of my nopes. The Lizardmen do not know of diplomacy, nor do they desire to know of it. We would be far from everything we have forged connections to.
[ ] Ranaldian High Priest of Kislev
Personal preference again - I'd rather be a devout wizard than a priest who's a wizard.
Oh and the vote:
[] The Waystone Project
[X] Bodyguard and Tutor to Prince Mandred
[X] Nagarythe
[X] Research Sabbatical
[] Markgraf of Eastern Stirland
