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.
Game Instructions: This will give you some progress.
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[...]- Dangerous is increasing…
- Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(7 - Tolerance) CP, minimum 1)
- You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
- Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on ) What does this mean?
- Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on ) What does this mean?
- You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)
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.
- Dangerous is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
- Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on ) What does this mean?
- Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on ) What does this mean?
- Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+0-1 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)
Categories:
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- Poisonous Preparation
- Dangerous Challenge
- The Embalmer's Mark
- The Embalmer's Mark Formula Uses
- Actions
- Poisoner's Progress Gain
- Poison Tolerance of Your Target
- Poison Tolerance of Your Target Formula Uses
- Hearts' Game: Exploits Gain
- Elusiveness of your Target Gain
- Poison Tolerance of Your Target Gain
- Hearts' Game: Turns this Round Gain
- Hearts' Game: Counterplay Gain