Greet the Merry Gentleman (Tracklayers' City)

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From: A Visit from the Merry Gentleman

It's only polite.

Game Instructions: This check gets dramatically harder as your unmodified Watchful increases. Succeed or fail, it will send the Merry Gentleman away until Time, the Healer comes.

Challenge information

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• 708 - very chancy (41%)
• 880 - chancy (51%)
• 1053 - modest (61%)
• 1225 - very modest (71%)
• 1398 - low-risk (81%)
• 1570 - straightforward (91%)
• 1725 - straightforward (100%)
  

Difficulty is ( Base Watchful ^ 1.7)/10. Example shown at Watchful 230.

Success

A refuge

That night you dream of crimson and gold. A lizard laps at your face like a lost puppy. Something moves behind the cage-bars of the paisley wallpaper, making eyes at you.

Success Instructions: Your Nightmares will increase a little more slowly, and the Merry Gentleman will not visit, until Time, the Healer comes.

• Watchful is increasing…
•  You now have 1 x The Walls are Right
•  Watchful is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 200 + )

Failure

A refuge?

That night you dream of a tall building lit by cheery fires. A sign reads CLEFT FOR THEE HIDE IN ME. The walls are wrong. The walls are wrong.

Failure Instructions: Your Nightmares will increase a little more rapidly, and the Merry Gentleman will not visit, until Time, the Healer comes.

• Watchful is increasing…
•  You now have 1 x The Walls are Wrong
•  Nightmares is dropping… (-1 CP)