Enter Old Downy

ID: 157449

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From: Ambition: Heart's Desire – the King's Heart

A sagging tenement, mottled with mould. A diminutive shape stirs beneath its chimneys: the rooftop is watched. To enter the building, you must whisper a secret phrase beneath a boarded window.

Game Instructions: Beware: you should have both Watchful and Shadowy of at least 150 (or even more) before braving Old Downy.

Unlocked with  50-90,

Challenge information

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• 96 - very chancy (41%)
• 119 - chancy (51%)
• 143 - modest (61%)
• 166 - very modest (71%)
• 189 - low-risk (81%)
• 213 - straightforward (91%)
• 234 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Through the front door

Silence behind the window. No movement; no breathing. But when you whisper the passphrase - a scrap of Elder Continent verse praising the Mountain - the door creaks open. There is no one behind it. No strings or mechanisms.[…]

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

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  Retrieve the shard of the King's Heart from Old Downy. (Sets Ambition: Heart's Desire! to 50 - Retrieve the shard of the King's Heart from Old Downy. You can enter from a card in London)
• You've lost 1 x Rookery Password

Redirects to: Old Downy

Failure

Outdated

There is no answer. The door remains closed. You wait. No change. You have heard the Knotted Sock change their password weekly. Perhaps this one was old.

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  Suspicion is increasing… (+2 CP)