Dabble in the Great Game
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Pursuing a ![](/w/images/thumb/a/af/Tattoo.png/20px-Tattoo.png)
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Unlocked with22
Locked with1,
,
Redirects to:
→ Begin a Venture: Uncover Hidden Tattoos
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Investigate the Courier's paramour (5 FATE) (
Airs 0-25)
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,
0-25
Locked with
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
You've gained 50 x Cryptic Clue
You've gained 11 x Playing the Game
Subtle is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
Fascinate:
Idle chats with the Courier in the Singing Mandrake (
Airs 0-33)
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exactly 1,
0-33
Challenge information
Broad,
20 || 14 - very chancy (42%) || 17 - chancy (51%) || 21 - modest (63%) || 24 - very modest (72%) || 27 - low-risk (81%) || 31 - straightforward (93%) || 34 - straightforward (100%)
Success
You've won a smile
Persuasive is increasing…
Fascinating... is increasing… (+1 CP)
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
Rare Success
Cut short
Persuasive is increasing…
Fascinating... is increasing… (+1-3 CP)
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
Failure
You've provoked a frown
Persuasive is increasing…
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
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Sketch the Courier on napkins (
Airs 34-66)
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1,
34-66
Challenge information
Broad,
22 || 16 - very chancy (43%) || 19 - chancy (51%) || 23 - modest (62%) || 27 - very modest (73%) || 30 - low-risk (81%) || 34 - straightforward (92%) || 37 - straightforward (100%)
Success
There! As she lifts her cup!
Persuasive is increasing…
Fascinating... is increasing… (+2 CP)
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
Rare Success
That's really rather good
Persuasive is increasing…
Fascinating... is increasing… (+2-4 CP)
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
Failure
That's better off destroyed
Persuasive is increasing…
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
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Trade tales of the Great Game with the Courier (
Airs 67-83)
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1,
,
67-83
Success
Friends in high places
Fascinating... is increasing… (+6 CP)
You've lost 6 x Playing the Game
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
Rare Success
Behind Mirrors
Fascinating... is increasing… (+6 CP)
You've lost 6 x Playing the Game
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
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Attend drawing lessons to impress the Courier (
Airs 84-100)
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,
1,
84-100
Success
Practice makes perfect
Fascinating... is increasing… (+6-8 CP)
You've lost 50 x Moon-Pearl
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
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Gather resources (and possibly increase
):
Gather resources: befriend a tomb-colonist (
Airs 0-20)
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Gather resources: beguile a Useful Official (
Airs 21-40)
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Gather resources: rumourmongering! (
Airs 41-60)
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Gather resources: sketches towards a tattoo (
Airs 61-80)
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Gather resources: provide material to an agent of a foreign power (
Airs 81-100)
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Unlocked with81-100
Locked with
Redirects to:
→ Provide material to an agent of a foreign power
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Buy or trade for ![](/w/images/thumb/f/f4/Pawn.png/20px-Pawn.png)
Trade on your connections: sell Society's secrets (
Airs 26-39)
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26-39,
Locked with
Challenge information
Broad,
25 || 18 - very chancy (43%) || 22 - chancy (52%) || 26 - modest (62%) || 30 - very modest (72%) || 34 - low-risk (81%) || 38 - straightforward (91%) || 42 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Deep beneath
Persuasive is increasing…
You've gained 5 x Playing the Game
You've lost 1 x Favours: Society
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
You've gained 51-100 x Primordial Shriek
Failure
An hour too late
Persuasive is increasing…
You've gained 3 x Playing the Game
You've lost 1 x Favours: Society
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
Trade on your connections: report comings and goings at the Docks (
Airs 40-53)
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40-53,
Locked with
Challenge information
Broad,
25 || 18 - very chancy (43%) || 22 - chancy (52%) || 26 - modest (62%) || 30 - very modest (72%) || 34 - low-risk (81%) || 38 - straightforward (91%) || 42 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Top billing
Persuasive is increasing…
You've gained 10 x Playing the Game
You've gained 101-200 x Silk Scrap
You've lost 1 x Favours: The Docks
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
Failure
Observation
Persuasive is increasing…
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
Trade on your connections: recommend criminal stooges (
Airs 54-66)
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54-66,
Locked with
Challenge information
Broad,
25 || 18 - very chancy (43%) || 22 - chancy (52%) || 26 - modest (62%) || 30 - very modest (72%) || 34 - low-risk (81%) || 38 - straightforward (91%) || 42 - straightforward (100%)
Success
A career in revolution
Persuasive is increasing…
You've gained 51-100 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
You've lost 1 x Favours: Criminals
You've gained 10 x Playing the Game
Failure
References
Persuasive is increasing…
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
Spend Moon-Pearls to win some friends in the Great Game (
Airs 67-100)
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67-100
Locked with
Success
Essential
You've lost 80 x Moon-Pearl
You've gained 2-10 x Playing the Game
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
After raising ![](/w/images/thumb/3/35/Spypaper.png/20px-Spypaper.png)
Repent your ruthlessness
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1,
4,
,
,
Success
Sacrament
You've gained 1 x Direful Reflection
Ruthless is dropping… (-10 CP)
You've lost 2 x Extraordinary Implication
You've lost 10 x Maniac's Prayer
You've lost 10 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
Confess your mercy
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1,
4,
,
,
Success
Repentance
You've gained 1 x Direful Reflection
Magnanimous is dropping… (-10 CP)
You've lost 2 x Extraordinary Implication
You've lost 10 x Maniac's Prayer
You've lost 10 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
[The Airs of London change…] (random)