'The subject of a suspended writ'

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From: The Business of a Licentiate


The target entered into an agreement – to surrender her soul upon her next death. She has been careful, though, to defer that. This is not to be the murder of a body – you must not, in fact, harm her body at all.

Unlocked with  70-100,  Fractionist


Challenge information

Property "Against" (as page type) with input value "" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.[[Category: Challenge|0180]]<ul><li>Empty strings are not accepted.</li> <!--br--><li>Property "Against" (as page type) with input value "" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.</li></ul>Broad, 180

  • 123 - very chancy (41%)
  • 153 - chancy (51%)
  • 183 - modest (61%)
  • 213 - very modest (71%)
  • 244 - low-risk (81%)
  • 273 - straightforward (91%)
  • 300 - straightforward (100%)

Property "Against" (as page type) with input value "" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.[[Category: Challenge]]Narrow, 4 (50% base)

  • 0 - almost impossible (10%)
  • 1 - high-risk (20%)
  • 2 - high-risk (30%)
  • 3 - tough (40%)
  • 4 - very chancy (50%)
  • 5 - chancy (60%)
  • 6 - modest (70%)
  • 7 - very modest (80%)
  • 8 - low-risk (90%)
  • 9 and above - straightforward (100%)

Success

Serving notice

Honey. Liquid mercury (hold your breath). Hemlock. The mixture is murky silver. […]

You strike […] a single swab, […] across the neck […] She stumbles, just a little. You have killed without killing, the death of only a moment. The light in her eyes is gone […]

[…]

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Failure

Technicalities

The perfect concoction. An eviction notice for soul [...]. Your chosen delivery mechanism is a whisper-thin needle [...] does that mechanism constitute 'harm' to the body? [...] That you receive no payment either, however, you must take to mean: yes.