Engage in correspondence with practised experts
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From: Deceased Languages (Storylet)
Those who play the Great Game are often familiar with a surprising variety of dead languages. It helps when it comes to making ciphers.
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Challenge information
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2 (50% base)
- 0 - high-risk (30%)
- 1 - tough (40%)
- 2 - very chancy (50%)
- 3 - chancy (60%)
- 4 - modest (70%)
- 5 - very modest (80%)
- 6 - low-risk (90%)
- 7 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Helping hands
The only surviving example of the language is a manuscript of considerable antiquity [...] written under a scribe's shorthand known only to a single scribe. Your friend in Vienna is able to assist [...], though they [...] attempt to mislead you [...]
You've gained 25 x Librarian's Progress
Failure
Perfidy
If x is z and y is q then p must be þ, which makes this extract from an ancient prayerbook frankly obscene. Have you upset your opposite number in the Viennese Service recently?
- You've lost 8 x Librarian's Progress
