Noob question : prisoners

[roehcai]

So I sent out a hired swindler and they brought back a hapless prisoner.

Can I convert them to my cult? I can't seem to do anything with this prisoner. When I put them in the 'Talk' action it won't allow it to proceed. I can't seem to find anything to do with them.
(Granted, I'm early in the game but I their time will run out soon, I think).

[Faey]

No, sorry. Prisoners can only be prisoners, and then corpses.

[Foolswalkin]

There are spoilery things to do with them, tho. Do you want that info, or to find out on your own?

[Manxome]

General tip when you get a card that you don't know what to do with: look at its aspects, and then keep an eye out for any slots that list any of those aspects.

[Prometheus]

Prisoners have two uses. Neither of them come up in the early game. One of the uses is when you are in the final stretch going for a win. The other is to satisfy the hungry door.

[Foolswalkin]

Another use:

isn’t there a rite or 2 with a human sacrifice? I rarely use that one so I can’t remember the name, but I believe it exists.

[Astraea]

Drink their minds. Their fear is the sweetest taste.

[roehcai]

I'd like to drink their minds, but I fear I don't hve the right straw. The last straw.

But anyhow, thanks for the answers. I will figure it out when it comes up. But I seem to have a corpse now. heh.

[Faey]

Originally posted by Foolswalkin:

Another use:

isn’t there a rite or 2 with a human sacrifice? I rarely use that one so I can’t remember the name, but I believe it exists.

Yes, but that aspect a prisoner has are basically useless for summoning things. Simply too little and the wrong combination of aspects, unlike restlessness which is too little but the right combination of aspects.

[Foolswalkin]

But I believe it stops the notoriety generation from having a prisoner die, yes? And stops there being a corpse that Hunters can use? I think it’s just another manifestation of the “use up things that can do bad things to you” approach you often advocate.

It may not be a great use, but as long as we’re listing them out we might as well cover them all.