A Visit from the Merry Gentleman
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Description summary:
Additional text based on 
Founding Body.
| Founding Body | Additional text |
|---|---|
| 5000 | His gait touches the streets gingerly, as if he can't bear to tread on them. Is it uncanny for him, to be here? Nostalgic? Alarming? Does it mean nothing at all? |
Any but 5000, with  the Manager's Double still around | There are two of him now, thanks to you. Twice as hungry to be what he is not. |
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Game Instructions: Your Nightmares are reaching a dangerous level.
Unlocked with 
5 to 7, 
Locked with 
, 
Card drawn in 
Occurs with Ubiquitous Frequency (10 x as common as Standard)
Options:
Greet the Merry Gentleman
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Broad,
1035 || 708 - very chancy (41%) || 880 - chancy (51%) || 1053 - modest (61%) || 1225 - very modest (71%) || 1398 - low-risk (81%) || 1570 - straightforward (91%) || 1725 - straightforward (100%)Difficulty is (
Base Watchful ^ 1.7)/10. Example shown at Watchful 230.Success
A refuge
Success Instructions: Your Nightmares will increase a little more slowly, and the Merry Gentleman will not visit, until Time, the Healer comes.
Watchful is increasing…
You now have 1 x The Walls are Right- Watchful is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 200 + )
Failure
A refuge?
Failure Instructions: Your Nightmares will increase a little more rapidly, and the Merry Gentleman will not visit, until Time, the Healer comes.
- Watchful is increasing…
You now have 1 x The Walls are Wrong
Nightmares is dropping… (-1 CP)
Follow the Merry Gentleman
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Narrow,
10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Air that smells of [Scent]
You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication
Failure
A refuge?
- Nightmares is increasing… (+3-6 CP)
Ignore the Merry Gentleman
- Spoiler
Challenge information
A matter of luck: The odds are against you here (success chance: 40%)Success
An interlude
- Nightmares is dropping… (-1 CP)
Failure
A refuge?
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