Balmoral in Gaslight
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0-2 | Balmoral Bathed in Light Bright gas-lamps cast a stark amber glow to the castle's stones. |
3-4 | Balmoral in Gaslight Gas-lamps light the way around the castle. But the bright lights don't reach deep into the foreboding woods. |
5-6 | Balmoral in Twilight The villagers in Crathie light candles and lanterns to beat back the encroaching gloom. |
7-8 | Balmoral Shrouded in Darkness The castle is a mass of black-on-black, visible almost only as a silhouette cut out from the dim, distant false-stars. |
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Occurs with Standard Frequency
Options:
Enlighten Balmoral
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,
1 or 3 (You are playing with white or red pieces.)
Challenge information
Broad,
220 || 151 - very chancy (41%) || 187 - chancy (51%) || 224 - modest (61%) || 261 - very modest (71%) || 297 - low-risk (81%) || 334 - straightforward (91%) || 367 - straightforward (100%)
Difficulty is 220 + [50 ×
Supporting Liberationist / (
Supporting Liberationist +
Supporting Emancipationist +
Supporting Prehistoricist)].
Success
The help of the union
Persuasive is increasing…
Advancing the Liberation of Night: is dropping… (-2 CP)
Balmoral: Darkness is dropping… (-3 CP)
Failure
A glare
Persuasive is increasing…
Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
Darken Balmoral
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1-2 (You are playing with black or red pieces.)
Locked with8
Challenge information
Broad,
220 || 151 - very chancy (41%) || 187 - chancy (51%) || 224 - modest (61%) || 261 - very modest (71%) || 297 - low-risk (81%) || 334 - straightforward (91%) || 367 - straightforward (100%)
Success
All it takes
Shadowy is increasing…
Advancing the Liberation of Night: is increasing… (+2 CP, up to level 50)
Balmoral: Darkness is increasing… (+3 CP)
Failure
Noticed
^
Bring in a tomb-colonist tour
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Challenge information
Broad,
210 || 144 - very chancy (41%) || 179 - chancy (51%) || 214 - modest (61%) || 249 - very modest (71%) || 284 - low-risk (81%) || 319 - straightforward (91%) || 350 - straightforward (100%)
Base difficulty is 180, increased by 10 per level of
darkness. The above is the difficulty at level 3.
Success
Oohs and Aahs
Persuasive is increasing…
You've gained (5 +
) x Hinterland Scrip
Failure
Unimpressed
Persuasive is increasing…
Seeing Banditry in the Upper River is increasing… (+1 CP)
Engage in a bit of smuggling
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(hidden)
Challenge information
Broad,
240 || 164 - very chancy (41%) || 204 - chancy (51%) || 244 - modest (61%) || 284 - very modest (71%) || 324 - low-risk (81%) || 364 - straightforward (91%) || 400 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of
reduces the base difficulty by 3 points.
Success
A furtive exchange
Shadowy is increasing…
You've lost 1 x Consignment of Scintillack Snuff
You've gained (30 +
Banditry) x Hinterland Scrip
Seeing Banditry in the Upper River is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 8)
Failure
Avoided
^