Aid the Gracious Widow

ID: 6746

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From: The shipment arrives tomorrow!

It's her shipment, after all, and you never meant to get the Duchess involved. Setting an ambush for the Duchess' men will not be a problem.

Challenge information

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• 59 - very chancy (41%)
• 73 - chancy (51%)
• 87 - modest (61%)
• 101 - very modest (71%)
• 115 - low-risk (81%)
• 129 - straightforward (91%)
• 142 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

The brandy is safe once more

You send the Duchess a forged copy of the shipping documents with one detail changed: the delivery date. The next night you help unload the shipment under cover of darkness, and a week later, show up with the Widow's enforcers[…]

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• Shadowy is increasing…
• Connected: The Duchess is dropping… (-30 CP)
•  Connected: The Widow is increasing… (+30 CP)
•  You've gained 2000 x Jade Fragment
•  An occurrence! Your 'In Search of a Stiff Drink' Quality is now 5 - An Ally of the Widow!!

Failure

There's definitely an ambush

When you show up with the Widow's enforcers, a group of neddy men are waiting. Your force is beaten, the cargo taken. […]The Widow's suppliers refuse to send more out of self-preservation. You hear that without it, the Widow begins to go mad.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Shadowy is increasing…
• Connected: The Widow is dropping… (-10 CP)
•  Wounds is increasing… (+2? CP)
•  An occurrence! Your 'In Search of a Stiff Drink' Quality is now 5 - An Ally of the Widow!!