Cut an Impossible Theorem apart

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From: The Nonexistent Dagger

Align what exists with what does not, then trim along the edges.

Game Instructions: You will lose one Impossible Theorem upon success.

Unlocked with

Locked with  8,  8

Challenge information

Broad, 300

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

Broad, 300

• 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

The Eighth Principle

It is slow work at first […] Each incision requires your perfect focus. […]

Minutes stretch into hours. […]

And then […] your dagger finds a soft spot […] You draw the dagger through the veil that separates the Is from the Is-Not – precisely, quickly, easily.

[…]

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

• Dangerous is increasing…
• Watchful is increasing…
• You have moved to a new area: The Mirror-Marches
•  Dangerous is dropping… (-100 CP)
•  Watchful is dropping… (-100 CP)
•  Your 'Wounds' Quality has gone!
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+8 CP)
•  You haven't studied the Eighth Principle. (Sets Eighth Seal to 2)
•  You've lost 1 x Impossible Theorem
•  You've gained 8 x Parabolan Research
•  You've gained 1 x Immaterial Material
•  You've gained 1 x Memory of an Anchorhold

Failure

Under observation

[…] Stewards […] watch […] like scholars in a surgical theatre, as you attempt to perform the operation. If your concentration breaks […] your dagger might slip and cut something you didn't intend. […] the Stewards don't […] murmur as you try to staunch the blood flow.

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

• Dangerous is increasing…
• Watchful is increasing…
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
•  Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)