(Carefully) Examine an Unlawful Device
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Go into a structurally disposable side room, first.
Game Instructions: This will make your monograph more Ironic and less Cautionary.
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]]Narrow, 5 (50% base)
- 1 and below - almost impossible (10%)
- 2 - high-risk (20%)
- 3 - high-risk (30%)
- 4 - tough (40%)
- 5 - very chancy (50%)
- 6 - chancy (60%)
- 7 - modest (70%)
- 8 - very modest (80%)
- 9 - low-risk (90%)
- 10 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Gingerly
Description summary:
The success description varies by .
Object | Description |
---|---|
100 - 130, 220 - 240, 300 - 320, 400, 500 | Schematics (fig 12., ommitted) and a description (pag. 32, ommitted) of this Device have been removed […] at the request of the Ministry of Public Decency; accurate description of its effects is included in appendix B (see flame-proof insert). |
210 | Scattered references in Infernal sources claim […] the first Unlawful Devices were brought to the Neath from 'a wine-dark sky […] beneath a delect star radiating unlight.' This clearly apocryphal story sheds light on the methods of Infernal propaganda... |
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- You've gained 1 x Depth of Historical Study
- You've gained 1700 x Approximate Value of your Monograph in Pennies
- You've gained 100 x Monograph: Ironic
- You've lost 50 x Monograph: Cautionary
- You've lost 1 x Unlawful Device
- Artisan of the Red Science is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 + )
Failure
Horrors inside
You try to pry the thing […], and the screwdriver promptly bends itself into a knot. You try to peer into it […], and all you see are tiny devils dancing on the head of a pin. You try to go for a walk […], and stub your toe on the d__n thing […]
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- You've gained 1 x Depth of Historical Study
- You've gained 1700 x Approximate Value of your Monograph in Pennies
- You've gained 100 x Monograph: Ironic
- You've lost 50 x Monograph: Cautionary
- You've lost 1 x Unlawful Device
- Nightmares is increasing… (+6 CP)
- Artisan of the Red Science is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 + )
Alternative Failure
Mistakes were made
It's fine! It's fine. You'll just have to make do without that hand for a few days. And the room has gone all pudding-like all of a sudden.
- You've gained 1 x Depth of Historical Study
- You've gained 1700 x Approximate Value of your Monograph in Pennies
- You've gained 100 x Monograph: Ironic
- You've lost 50 x Monograph: Cautionary
- You've lost 1 x Unlawful Device
- Artisan of the Red Science is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 + )
- Wounds is increasing… (+6 CP)
Categories:
- Pages Without Guide Restrictions
- Unlawful Device
- Object of Historical Study Text Uses
- Actions
- Depth of Historical Study Gain
- Approximate Value of your Monograph in Pennies Gain
- Monograph: Ironic Gain
- Monograph: Cautionary Loss
- Unlawful Device Loss
- Artisan of the Red Science Gain
- Nightmares Gain
- Multiple Failures
- Wounds Gain