To select a bailiff who is especially good at suppressing graft, you should take into account the following factors: high values in leadership and management, as well as high skill values in list of skills below.

In order of their good effect on graft suppression from highest to lowest:

· Evil Eye (with this, the buggers don't    · Brilliance                                

dare)                                                                                   

· Linguist (skilled at some language        · Discipline                                

other than his own)                                                                     

· Pious                                     · Bargainer                                 

· Loyalty Instilled (if they love you,      · Keepmaster                                

they won't cheat you)                                                                   

· Intimidation                              · Merchant                                  

· Insightful of people                      · Speaks same language as fief              

· Piety Extraordinary                       · Situational Awareness                     

· Sorcery                                   · Miser                                     

· Organizer                                 · Legal Skills                              

· Command Supreme	                    · Fraud & Embezzlement (it takes one to     

                                            know one)                                   

· Accountancy                               · Bailiff Supreme               

                                           
                                 

The absence of the following skills or failing that, the lowest possible values, in order of their destructive effect from highest to lowest:

· Stupidity  (to dumb to crack down)        · Generosity (too big hearted to crack      

                                            down)                                       

· Debauched  (too busy to crack down)       · Sloth      (too damned lazy to crack      

                                            down)                                       

· Deception  (too busy doing it             · Deceit     (likewise)                     

himself)                                                                                

· Impetuous  (can't decide what graft       · Simpatico  (doesn't like it, but          

is)                                         understands)                                

· Drunkenness (can't see it through the                                           

haze)                                                                                   

While it is always desirable for a bailiff to be good at suppressing graft, even the best at it will still preside over a fief which swings wildly from low to high values. Graft is determined by other factors as well as the bailiff's abilities. The most important of the bailiff's three basic abilities (fief expenses, fief loyalty, and graft) is somewhat dependent on the situation the fief is in and what problems it faces. In a "mature" fief, one at peace with fully developed loyalty (9), a bailiff with high marks in fief expenses is paramount, with graft as the second consideration and loyalty coming up in the rear. However, if the fief is subject to attack, loyalty becomes paramount. Loyalty is also most important when a fief is recovering from a rebellion or any other event which has drastically lowered its loyalty. So at different times, different bailiffs would perhaps be needed for optimum management.

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