The trouble I see with the Deathbridge deployment is... Well, it sells waystones as something you send people into the deep taint to die to place and secure, because that's what we did here.
At first yes it does, but then after the fight with the local cults is over, others will see it too. The common people and burghers also very much want Praag to not be
like that. The downside here is in the short term.
This will undoubtedly do the most good for Praag in the long run and will be looked well upon by the kind of person who has a Wizard in their employ to explain that to them, but in the immediate term most citizens of Praag will only know of riled-up denizens of Chaos and the inevitable death toll that taking and holding parts of Newtown to establish Waystones within them will reap.
This says in the short term, most citizens of Praag will only know the costs. In the slightly longer term, everyone will know the benefits, and this will be more undeniable.
The final selling point to me of choosing the death bridge option is: who are we hoping to bankroll the rollout?
The common people?
The local nobles?
The Tsar?
You have the same terms available to any that claim to bring miracles - you may attempt whatever you wish to attempt in the worst corners of Praag, and any talk of bankrolling that solution begins only with proven results.
We have a potential investor. He has the political will to move mountains locally if we convince him it is worth it. This is how we can best convince him it is worth it.
Every time we have discussed rolling out waystones, we've discussed local nobles seeing the benefit and footing the bill.
Selling it to the local chief nobles as well as possible is the best way I can think of to get them excited about footing the bill.
Finally:
This will undoubtedly do the most good for Praag in the long run …, but in the immediate term
Going for the worst spots and draining them will do the most good in the long run. Just because people like things being comfortable, does not mean that it is best for things to be comfortable. Being comfortable is choosing to avoid upsetting Chaos' apple cart.
Being comfortable is choosing to move slowly and in a more roundabout manner instead of in a more direct way.
Being comfortable makes it so all the Chaos cults continue on with their current plans and strike or sabotage when they choose to instead forcing their hand at a moment when the army and the city are in high alert, because they
know the apple cart is about to be upset.
I think that it is ok to upset Chaos' apple cart, flip it over, and burn it.
Yes, that means there is a fight now instead of later. But
This will undoubtedly do the most good for Praag in the long run
Anyway. It is possibly better to have a fight when it is expected rather than a surprise knife when it is not.
