Cheat the Widow

ID: 5603

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From: Smuggle glim across town

How is she to know that it was you rather than the Constables that made off with her glim?

Game Instructions: Failure here will consume your Favours.

Unlocked with  15

Challenge information

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• 205 - very chancy (41%)
• 255 - chancy (51%)
• 305 - modest (61%)
• 355 - very modest (71%)
• 405 - low-risk (81%)
• 455 - straightforward (91%)
• 500 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Tell the Widow a pack of lies

"Tell the Widow that she has a traitor in her organisation. The Constables knew we were taking the merchandise across that bridge, and there were detectives following me from the beginning. The informer must have been someone from the ship. […]"

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  You've gained 2800 x Shard of Glim
• Connected: The Widow is dropping… (-120 CP)
• You've lost 5 x Favours: Criminals

Failure

A suspicious lot

The Widow's employees saw this one coming. They catch you in a moderately compromising position, loading the glim into a carriage that was definitely not part of the plan. They take every fragment of glim and fold themselves into the shadows.

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  Suspicion is increasing… (+1 CP)
• Connected: The Widow is dropping… (at least -190 CP, possibly a reset)
• You've lost 5 x Favours: Criminals