In Sight

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Starved Men swarm the deck of the [Airship]. London's fleet is in disarray behind you. Rock pours from the Roof like rain.

[...]

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The Eye OpensDescription
3Ahead, the eye turns, slowly, haltingly, out to gaze upon London. Within the shattered stalactite, something is screaming.
6 - 8The skin covering the roof shivers. The Starved attendants redouble their efforts, their pace reaching a fever pitch.
9 - 11Within and around the oculus, a great fleshy machinery flexes [...] Amber drips from taut ligaments as thick as tree trunks. The weapon's great, wet lens is pointed fully towards London below, now, just waiting to focus its first and only bright payload.
12+Something moves upon the Roof above the oculus. A straining above the fleshy caul covering the rock. The sound of stone on stone. Above the eye, the Roof is coming apart. Your Starved assailants fill the air with ululations of triumph.

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

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Fire on the Starved oculus
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    Challenge information

    Narrow, 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    On target!

    Failure

    Almost—

    ^
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Assess the eye for weaknesses
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    Locked with  8,  12

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, 3 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (20%) || 1 - high-risk (30%) || 2 - tough (40%) || 3 - very chancy (50%) || 4 - chancy (60%) || 5 - modest (70%) || 6 - very modest (80%) || 7 - low-risk (90%) || 8 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Biological warfare

    Failure

    Esoteric armaments

    • Sunsmall.png The vast, pendulous eye turns its gaze towards London. (Increases The Eye Opens by 3)
    ^
Dawnmachine.png
Contemplate the viability of the eye
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    Dawnmachine.png
    Locked with  8,  12

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, 3 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (20%) || 1 - high-risk (30%) || 2 - tough (40%) || 3 - very chancy (50%) || 4 - chancy (60%) || 5 - modest (70%) || 6 - very modest (80%) || 7 - low-risk (90%) || 8 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    A channel

    Failure

    Absolute belief

    • Sunsmall.png The vast, pendulous eye turns its gaze towards London. (Increases The Eye Opens by 3)
    ^
Clouds.png
Press on through the rock-storm
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    Clouds.png
    Locked with  8,  12

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, 50 || 35 - very chancy (42%) || 43 - chancy (51%) || 51 - modest (61%) || 60 - very modest (72%) || 68 - low-risk (81%) || 76 - straightforward (91%) || 84 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Onward

    Failure

    Friction

    ^
Torpedo.png
Blast your way through the rock-storm
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    Torpedo.png
    Locked with  8,  12

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, 50 || 35 - very chancy (42%) || 43 - chancy (51%) || 51 - modest (61%) || 60 - very modest (72%) || 68 - low-risk (81%) || 76 - straightforward (91%) || 84 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Clearing a path

    Failure

    Traditionalists

    ^
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Battle the boarders
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    Locked with  8,  12

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, 50 || 35 - very chancy (42%) || 43 - chancy (51%) || 51 - modest (61%) || 60 - very modest (72%) || 68 - low-risk (81%) || 76 - straightforward (91%) || 84 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Breathing room

    Failure

    Unacceptable delay


    ^
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Take evasive manoeuvres
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    Unlocked with  12
    Locked with  8

     

    Success

    Compromised

    • Snarlsmall.png You have sustained catastrophic damage. You must retreat, or else perish. (Sets Damage to your Airship to 8)
    ^
Snarl.png
Helplessly contemplate the inevitability of gravity...
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    Unlocked with  8

     

    Success

    Broken-backed

    Redirects to: Last Orders

    ^