A tactical opportunity: employ a rat-catcher
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From: A Bad Case of Rattus Faber
Rat-catchers prefer to avoid L.B.'s altogether, but here's a surly villain who'll take your money to deal with the creatures.
Game Instructions: This will reduce Troubled by Vermin more quickly.
Challenge information
A matter of luck: Pretty good odds (success chance: 70%)
Success
Effective up to a point
The rat-catcher's manner is offensively familiar and his odour is somewhere between rat and tramp. Nevertheless, he is an effective scourge of ratkind, and the rat-corpses mount up handily. One night, however, you find him guzzling your brandy […]
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- You've lost 50 x Piece of Rostygold
- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
- You've lost 5 x Troubled by Vermin
- You've gained 1 x Troubled by Vermin: Ratkiller (hidden)
Failure
Betrayal!
[…]in the pantry playing poker with a number of the more affable watch-rats. There is a nasty scene which ends when you forcibly eject the miscreant from your[…] door. 'And don't come back!' you shout. Rats cheer drunkenly from an upstairs window.[…]
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- You've lost 3 x Troubled by Vermin
- You've lost 50 x Piece of Rostygold
- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
- You've gained 1 x Troubled by Vermin: Ratkiller (hidden)