Four of Smiths: Artifice

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ID: 355980

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One of his eyes seem huge, magnified by the loupe he wears to twist and knot the wires into place. What is he crafting? He only grunts by way of answer.

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Card drawn in

Occurs with Standard Frequency

Can not be discarded except by effects clearing your hand.

Options:

Let him work

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  Success

  A single piece

  •  You now have 1 x Ace of Knights
  •  You've gained 1 x Poisonous Preparation
  •  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
  •  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on ) ^{What does this mean?}
  •  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on ) ^{What does this mean?}
  •  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

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Direct his attentions to the target at hand

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  Challenge information

  Broad, 200 || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Each point of increases the base difficulty by 30 points.

  Success

  The calculus of unimpeded research

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(4 - Tolerance) CP, minimum 1)
  •  You've gained 1 x Poisonous Preparation
  •  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
  •  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on ) ^{What does this mean?}
  •  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on ) ^{What does this mean?}
  •  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

  Failure

  The pursuit of a recondite plane

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
  •  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on ) ^{What does this mean?}
  •  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on ) ^{What does this mean?}
  •  Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+0-1 CP)
  •  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

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