Talk:Bloodbound, Book 2 Choices/@comment-37915141-20190605173458

I finally had the time to run some tests for the dinner with Gaius. It appears that only the first and second impressed points matter and you have to get both. So you need to wear the outfit.

In chapter 1 I attacked him with a lamp and then chose the first options with James in chapter 2 until the outfit for each playthrough just to be sure. I took the 5 choices after the outfit choice into account so that's 2x2^3 paths if you get only one other impressed point (besides the outfit). All 8 paths worked if you chose "This can't just be about dinner. (+Gaius Impressed!)" but didn't attack him, and none of the 8 paths worked if you chose "Are you going to use me as bait? (No effect)" and "Grab a knife and stab him. (+Gaius Impressed!)".

I only played two rounds getting 2 impressed (which works) and one getting 0 impressed (which doesn't work, of course) while wearing the outfit and I'm just gonna assume that the outcome is the same for those 8-8 paths too since the other 3 choices didn't change anything when getting 1 impressed (besides the outfit).

Just to be sure, I played all of the 8+8 paths where you get 1 impressed without the outfit and none of them worked. I ran another test where I complied in chapter 1 and got 2 impressed without the outfit but that also didn't work so I'll be bold enough that those choices don't matter either, and that he won't tell you his plan without the outfit anyway.