Pick the lock

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From: Breaking In to the Home of the Watchmaker's Daughter


Anyone hoping to disable this mechanism will need to work fast.


Challenge information

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  • 69 - very chancy (41%)
  • 85 - chancy (51%)
  • 102 - modest (61%)
  • 119 - very modest (71%)
  • 135 - low-risk (81%)
  • 152 - straightforward (91%)
  • 167 - straightforward (100%)

The difficulty is ("Base Shadowy" minus "equipment modifier"). Information above is for a combination total of 100 – e.g. 126 base and a 26 bonus from equipment. Note that such a character would have 152 Shadowy and therefore a chance of 91%.

Success

Swift and silent

You cannot risk alerting the being inside the house. You work quickly […] the door opens.

The front room is arranged as a show room. There are shelves and shelves of toys: tin soldiers, doll's houses […]

Light seeps out of a room further back...

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

Redirects to: Meeting in a Back Room


Failure

Just a little further

You almost have it; the mechanism is nearly defeated. Then the keyhole snaps shut. The pick splinters in your hand. Shards of metal ping on the front steps. Tiny bellows produce a mechanised laughter.

Redirects to: Breaking In to the Home of the Watchmaker's Daughter