A meeting with the Dean

ID: 5002

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From: Seeking Curios and Secrets in the Forgotten Quarter

Action Cost: 3

The Dean of Cryptospelunking & Transportable Antiquities keeps an office in a re-occupied tavern at the Quarter's Edge, whence she dispatches brave students for training or punishment. She'll speak with you, but you'll need […] an appointment.

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Unlocked with  61–75

Challenge information

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• 55 - very chancy (41%)
• 68 - chancy (51%)
• 82 - modest (61%)
• 95 - very modest (71%)
• 108 - low-risk (81%)
• 122 - straightforward (91%)
• 134 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

"...rat-made pick-axes are best, and they also can supply dynamite... "

You spend an enlightening afternoon at the University, chatting with the Dean in her treasure-studded office. You pick up some useful pointers in performing field work, and some interesting academic gossip. The tea, however, is stone-cold.

• Watchful is increasing… (+5 bonus CP)
•  You've gained 2-198 x Whispered Hint
•  You've gained 1-10 x Intriguing Snippet
•  You've gained 1-70 x Cryptic Clue
• [The Airs of the Forgotten Quarter wistfully change…] (1-90)

Rare Success

You are not the first to consult me this week

[…] You pick up some useful pointers in performing field work, and some interesting academic gossip. The Dean drops a few hints that you have competition: there are at least two other expeditions to the Forgotten Quarter being mounted.

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• Watchful is increasing… (+5 bonus CP)
•  You've gained 30-189 x Whispered Hint
•  You've gained 2-9 x Intriguing Snippet
•  You've gained 2-54 x Cryptic Clue
•  You've gained 1 x Sudden Insight (up to 21)
• [The Airs of the Forgotten Quarter wistfully change…] (1-90)

Failure

"...and then the poor fellow went quite mad... "

There is one thing that you take away from your meeting with the Dean. It is this: field archaeologists disappear, go mad or are eaten in the Forgotten Quarter with distressing frequency. What are you getting yourself into?

• Watchful is increasing…
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
•  You've gained 6-35 x Whispered Hint
• [The Airs of the Forgotten Quarter wistfully change…] (1-90)