A Wind from the North

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ID: 338137

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The northern reaches of the Zee are choppy and vicious, unlike its usual placid surface. Rough winds blow; the air is cold and thin. The weather makes men fearful, or worse, maudlin. Work slows. The helmsman's hand drifts.

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Occurs with Standard Frequency

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Keep your crew on course

•  Spoiler ID: 248188
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, 110 || 76 - very chancy (41%) || 94 - chancy (51%) || 112 - modest (61%) || 131 - very modest (71%) || 149 - low-risk (81%) || 167 - straightforward (91%) || 184 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Rouse them to song

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've gained () x Zailing...
  •  Northern Wind is increasing… (+1 CP) (if already present)
  •  You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)

  Failure

  Fear and hunger

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Troubled Waters is increasing… (+12 CP)
  •  Terror grips your vessel. (Sets Creeping Fear to 1)
  •  You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)
  •  Northern Wind is increasing… (+1 CP) (if already present)
  •  You've gained (/2) x Zailing...
  •  You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)

  ^

Help them

•  Spoiler ID: 249143
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, 110 || 76 - very chancy (41%) || 94 - chancy (51%) || 112 - modest (61%) || 131 - very modest (71%) || 149 - low-risk (81%) || 167 - straightforward (91%) || 184 - straightforward (100%)
  

  The difficulty with 1 is 88, with 2 - 81, with 3 - 77.

  Success

  Good honest labour

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  You've gained () x Zailing...
  •  Northern Wind is increasing… (+1 CP) (if already present)
  •  You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)

  Failure

  Thankless work

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+5 CP)
  •  Troubled Waters is increasing… (+5 CP)
  •  Northern Wind is increasing… (+1 CP) (if already present)
  •  You've gained (/2) x Zailing...
  •  You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)

  ^

Listen to the wind

•  Spoiler ID: 249245
  

   

  Success

  Voices

  •  Troubled Waters is increasing… (+6 CP)
  •  Northern Wind is increasing… (+3 CP, or +1 CP if already present)
  •  You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)
  •  You've gained () x Zailing...
  •  You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)

  ^