Challenge him to a duel

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From: Eight of Ribs: Close Quarters


It is a gamble, but for some in the aristocracy, the old traditions still hold weight. The Knight is coating her blades in anticipation.

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Challenge information

Broad, 200

  • 137 - very chancy (41%)
  • 170 - chancy (51%)
  • 204 - modest (61%)
  • 237 - very modest (71%)
  • 270 - low-risk (81%)
  • 304 - straightforward (91%)
  • 334 - straightforward (100%)

Each point of increases the base difficulty by 30 points.

Success

Amateur swordsmanship

The Knight proffers your name for the duel[...] she offers you some coaching in the punctilious fighting style of the Tomb-Colonies[...]

[...]the target has an inflated sense of his own abilities[...] it is simple work to open a thin red line on the inside of his thigh[...]


Failure

Challenge rejected

The target's cowardice, it seems, outweighs such trivialities as an ancestral emphasis on honour and tradition. He responds to your [...] gauntlet by disappearing from his townhouse with unseemly haste. "Must have heard I was involved," nods the Knight.