Obstacle: an Awkward Friend
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Game Instructions: Obstacle cards play as soon as they are drawn and may increase your menaces - unless you can remove them from your deck.
Occurs with Standard Frequency
Options:
Bring your Friend to a meeting
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Success
Pints for two
- Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
- You've gained 1 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve
Use your Awkward Friend to distract a Constable
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Success
Business to attend to
- Suspicion is increasing… (+2 CP)
- You've gained 1 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve
Frame your Awkward Friend
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Challenge information
Broad, 125 || 86 - very chancy (41%) || 107 - chancy (51%) || 128 - modest (61%) || 148 - very modest (71%) || 169 - low-risk (81%) || 190 - straightforward (91%) || 209 - straightforward (100%)
, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (25 x Venture Challenge Level). The above example is at Venture Challenge Level 5.
Success
Watching the scene from a nearby rooftop
- Shadowy is increasing…
- You've gained 25 x Flash Lay's Progress
- You've lost 5 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve
- You've lost 1 x Flash Lay: an Awkward Friend
Failure
Blast your Friend!
- Shadowy is increasing…
- Suspicion is increasing… (+4 CP)
- You've lost 1 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve
Seduce your Awkward Friend's attractive companion
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Challenge information
Broad, 208.33 || 143 - very chancy (41%) || 178 - chancy (51%) || 212 - modest (61%) || 247 - very modest (71%) || 282 - low-risk (81%) || 316 - straightforward (91%) || 348 - straightforward (100%)
, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (41.66 x Venture Challenge Level). The above example is at Venture Challenge Level 5.
Success
Unnecessary chaperone
- Persuasive is increasing…
- You've lost 8 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve
- You've gained 25 x Flash Lay's Progress
- You've lost 1 x Flash Lay: an Awkward Friend
- You've gained 1 x Flash Lay: An Informant
Failure
Chaperoned, endlessly
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
- You've lost 1 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve