Launch a naval assault

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From: Along the Writhing River


The shifting, squirming waters of the snake-filled Writhing River will provide challenges, but you didn't join the War to succumb to caution.

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Challenge information

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  • 120 - very chancy (41%)
  • 149 - chancy (51%)
  • 178 - modest (61%)
  • 208 - very modest (71%)
  • 237 - low-risk (81%)
  • 266 - straightforward (91%)
  • 292 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Thunder on the water

There is no feeling in the world quite like cresting over a wave of startled serpents in a grand galleon, firing broadsides uproariously at the enemy. […]

[…] Menhirs coruscate and break, spilling searing Correspondence onto the snakes and [enemies] both.

[…]

Description summary:
[enemies] varies with

The Enemy in Parabola[the enemy]
1the Fingerkings
2the cats
4your legions
5the hidden enemies

The third paragraph varies depending on who you have employed as your .

Parabolan InfantryThird Paragraph
1 - The Wakeful GentlemenMeanwhile, the Wakeful Gentlemen wade across the river, roaring red defiance. They lead the [...] battalion on a merry chase. Round and round they go until a great whirl-pool stirs [...] You ride on, victorious.
2 - The Satrap-SaintsMeanwhile, the Satrap-Saints coruscate through the waters in a blaze of iridescent scales and adamantine temptations. They lead the […] battalion on a merry chase. Round and round they go until a great whirl-pool stirs […] You ride on, victorious.
3 - The Pax HominesMeanwhile, the Pax Homines form a bridge across the water that, as they reach the other side, collapses into a storm of furious chessmen. They lead the remainder of the silver-scaled battalion on a merry chase. […] You ride on, victorious.

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Failure

Underhanded tactics

As your bombard lands in the River there is a spray of […]

[…] they scatter rubies and garnets into the water. The serpents of the River are ever lustful for precious stones. Legends have it that […]

[…]Your strategy is in tatters, as are many of the serpents.

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