Engage in a bit of recruiting

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From: Explore Gaider's Mourn


Are you short a few zailors? Do you wish your crew was less civilised? Come to the Arrant Limpet. Bring rostygold. Lots and lots of rostygold.

Unlocked with  20,

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Challenge information

Broad, 700

  • 479 - very chancy (41%)
  • 595 - chancy (51%)
  • 712 - modest (61%)
  • 829 - very modest (71%)
  • 946 - low-risk (81%)
  • 1062 - straightforward (91%)
  • 1167 - straightforward (100%)

Each point of counts as 10 extra points of Dangerous. Each point of counts as 15 extra points of Dangerous.

Use the Outfit Planner to identify the equipment that would maximise your success chance for this challenge. In the planner, set the Zeefaring multiplier to 15 and the Dreaded multiplier to 10.

Success

Contracts and crime

There are many questions. About your qualifications as a captain. About the distribution of plunder. […] To answer correctly, one must find the pirate's particular balance of professionalism and bloodthirst.

[…] you manage to convince […] these outlaws to join up […].

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Failure

Harsher than University exams

You buy a round. They question you about your qualifications as a captain. You buy another round. They ask about shares. About routes. About combat tactics. At the end of a long evening, they are unimpressed – and you are significantly poorer.