An arrangement of screams
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From: Listen to your Primordial Shrieks
If you had enough shrieks, perhaps you could compare, contrast. Learn. It'll be hard on the eardrums.
Game Instructions: This will always gain you Maniac's Prayers. It may have other effects.
Challenge information
A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 60%)
Success
Results of a sort
You're half-deaf and you think you may be bleeding from one ear. But there are words locked in the screams. […] The kind of things that honey-mazed madmen shout, or those who've drunk too deeply of the wines of the Bazaar. But something about them...
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- You've gained 10 x Maniac's Prayer
- You've lost 50 x Primordial Shriek
- You've gained 40 x Whispered Hint
Rare Success
Oho!
You get halfway through and then realise - that one wasn't any ordinary Primordial Shriek! It soars toward the roof with a sound of stormy glee. You snatch it up hastily and reseal the jar.
- You've gained 1 x Aeolian Scream
- You've lost 50 x Primordial Shriek
- You've gained 10 x Maniac's Prayer
Failure
A dispiriting experience
After nearly a dozen jars are open, you can barely hear and your head is pounding like a steam-press full of anvils. You give up for the day and head home. But what's that you're humming?
- You've gained 10 x Maniac's Prayer
- You've lost 50 x Primordial Shriek