You know, I can be a member of the Mafia, and owe my absolute allegiance to the Mafia Don, while simultaneously having an exceptionally close relationship with the Lieutenant in my neck of the woods.
As long as what I do is working towards the greater good of the Family, the Lieutenant can take more of a direct role in my stewardship without the Don even noticing.
The Lieutenant can even pass along a specific set of skills to me - say, his turf has a horse track, so he teaches me how to run illegal gambling dens. Those may not be relevant to all the other Don's Lieutenants, but since they work with 'creative financial solutions' in general it's fine.
But - we don't do drugs. If I worked for a Lieutenant that tired to run a grift on the side where I sold crack, then the Don may not notice at first, but when he did, then depending on my level in the organization, and my plausible deniability, I'd either be begging for forgiveness, nursing some broken ribs, or dead.
There. I just explained how it would work in my campaign.
And, who says that this is a bad plot? You saying Mafia movies don't sell any tickets?
As long as what I do is working towards the greater good of the Family, the Lieutenant can take more of a direct role in my stewardship without the Don even noticing.
The Lieutenant can even pass along a specific set of skills to me - say, his turf has a horse track, so he teaches me how to run illegal gambling dens. Those may not be relevant to all the other Don's Lieutenants, but since they work with 'creative financial solutions' in general it's fine.
But - we don't do drugs. If I worked for a Lieutenant that tired to run a grift on the side where I sold crack, then the Don may not notice at first, but when he did, then depending on my level in the organization, and my plausible deniability, I'd either be begging for forgiveness, nursing some broken ribs, or dead.
There. I just explained how it would work in my campaign.
And, who says that this is a bad plot? You saying Mafia movies don't sell any tickets?