(Carefully) Examine an Unlawful Device

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From: Continue writing your Monograph

Go into a structurally disposable side room, first.

Game Instructions: This will make your monograph more Ironic and less Cautionary.

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Challenge information

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• 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 […]

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

•  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)