Plague the target's sleep with nightmare-beasts

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From: Four of Talons: The Wild

The Knight of Talons knows much about Whitsun's monstrosities. The Knight of Nobility knows much about the mechanisms of unquiet sleep. It is a recipe for unpleasantness.

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Unlocked with  3,

Challenge information

Narrow, 12 (50% base)

• 8 and below - almost impossible (10%)
• 9 - high-risk (20%)
• 10 - high-risk (30%)
• 11 - tough (40%)
• 12 - very chancy (50%)
• 13 - chancy (60%)
• 14 - modest (70%)
• 15 - very modest (80%)
• 16 - low-risk (90%)
• 17 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Each point of increases the base difficulty by 2 points.

Success

Submerged

[…] Nobility finds […] monstrous […] Talons' retelling of 'that one Whitsun with all the eels'. The resulting […] dream is […] abyss of slithering […] entrap the target within its depths.

Whatever toxins tip the teeth of Parabola's morays bedevil the target for weeks afterwards.

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

•  Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(4 + 1 with - Tolerance) CP, minimum 1)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on ) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on ) ^{What does this mean?}
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

Failure

Ancient enemies

[…] Talons attempts to recount […] Whitsun with all the eels, but she speaks of their slithering too admiringly for the Knight of Nobility to countenance. The white cat retreats to a high perch and haughtily refuses to speak to any "snake-worshipping savages" […]

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

•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on ) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on ) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+0-1 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)