Keep a prudent distance

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From: The Iceberg


As you watch, cracks spread along one side of the blue mountain, and house-sized chunks wrench off and fall into the Unterzee. Fascinating, but dangerous.


Challenge information

A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 50%)

Success

Was that an act of kindness?

As you steam away, the sea-mountain rises perhaps ten yards in the sea, and falls again. The wave it creates soon catches you, and, rather than tossing your ship like a terrier with a rat, propels you along at double your previous speed. […]

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Failure

A silent song

One of the house-sized chunks of blue... whatever it is floats with some speed towards your ship. […] the Voices of the sea fall silent. Bats and dogs on your ship start screeching and howling, reacting to something you can't hear. Reverse engines!

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