As it stands now, the only way to hit the wealth of another company is through military action… which in some more sophisticated economies doesn’t make much sense. Shouldn’t two merchant houses be able to wage an economic war against each other?

Roll: Intrigue + Treasury
Against: Sovereignty + Treasury

Money is the lifeblood of any institution, and the more sophisticated the economy and society, the more options belligerents have to do harm to one another’s economic foundations. Economic Warfare or Economic Competition is when one company attempts to directly or indirectly harm the revenue of another company. This could take place between merchant or noble houses, countries, provinces, or criminal gangs. Depending upon the interrelationships between the belligerents and the complexity of the shared economy, this economic conflict can take place as a devaluing or mass counterfeiting of a rival’s currency, boycotts, predatory pricing, passing of laws, preclusive purchases, flooding the market with cheap goods, embargoes, establishing subsidies and creating price floors or setting price ceilings, rationing, embargoes, insider trading, spreading rumors, price fixing and other forms of collusion, exclusive contracts, and manipulating the financial, monetary, or commodity markets.

The Roll:
This is an opposed test contest.

Consequences:
If the attacker is successful, they reduce the Treasury of their opponent by 1 temporarily for the next month. Because of the sustained nature of this company action, it can only be attempted once per month. Sustained economic competition can permanently decrease the Treasury of a rival. If an attacker succeeds in three consecutive actions (for three months straight), the treasury loss is permanent.

Raises:
Spreading propaganda and rumors about a rival’s products or practices, clipping currency or forging false bank notes, stealing a rival’s secrets or financial plans, convincing civic leaders to pass legislation, smuggling, bribing or blackmailing distributors or sellers or producers of raw materials, advertising, creating a public display which discredits the rival company, sabotaging or hindering the supply, burning down or renting warehouses, creating a cartel that excludes the rival, endorsements by leaders, establishing price leadership, rebranding, pooling, churning, or short selling in the financial markets, raising or lowering taxes, limiting supply or flooding the market, cutting prices to undermine rivals, or raising or lowering interest rates.