A mass of chittering

ID: 10392

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From: Stopping Along the Coast

Action Cost: 5

That cliff shimmers with movement. Beetles! Glowing purple darlings! Get the nets!

Challenge information

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• 89 - very chancy (41%)
• 111 - chancy (51%)
• 133 - modest (61%)
• 154 - very modest (71%)
• 176 - low-risk (81%)
• 198 - straightforward (91%)
• 217 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Got 'em

You haul the net up to the top of the low cliffs. The view from here is unspectacular – […]. You throw the net down into the chittering purple tide, and a fine catch of beetles tumbles down onto your waiting crew. Splendid!

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• Shadowy is increasing…
•  You've gained 65 x Phosphorescent Scarab

Failure

Like the babbling of a chitinous brook

You clamber over the low cliffs, net in hand. The beetles skitter away like an undulating magenta carpet. All you have to show for your efforts is a graze and those beetles that were caught in your boots.

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)
•  You've gained 10 x Phosphorescent Scarab