Seduce your Awkward Friend's attractive companion

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From: Obstacle: an Awkward Friend

You are not the only victim of your Friend's enthusiasm. The other is a person of some influence.

Game Instructions: Turn this Obstacle into a beneficial Opening card, and gain substantial Progress.

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Challenge information

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• 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

It begins with knowing looks while your Awkward Friend tells the same anecdote for the third time. […] At last, your Awkward Friend says, "I do believe I am in the way!" and departs, winking ostentatiously. Still, the evening is not beyond rescue.

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

• 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

You flirt wittily. [...] You offer to walk your target home. [...] The next time you see Awkward, their charming companion is absent. "Gone to sea," the Friend explains. "I shall have to rely entirely on your company now."

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
• You've lost 1 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve