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What do new University departments always need? Generous donations from wealthy patrons, of course.

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Use your Society connections

•  Spoiler ID: 6822
  

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  Challenge information

  Broad, 103 || 71 - very chancy (41%) || 88 - chancy (51%) || 105 - modest (61%) || 122 - very modest (71%) || 140 - low-risk (81%) || 157 - straightforward (91%) || 172 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  'And this will all be in my name, what?'

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  Term Passing... is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  You've gained 100 x Jade Fragment
  •  You've gained 1 x Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe

  Failure

  Not quite the right sort

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  Term Passing... is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)

  ^

Use your less savoury connections

•  Spoiler ID: 6825
  

  Unlocked with  90,
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, 104 || 72 - very chancy (41%) || 89 - chancy (51%) || 106 - modest (61%) || 124 - very modest (71%) || 141 - low-risk (81%) || 158 - straightforward (91%) || 174 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Respectability assured

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  Term Passing... is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  You've gained 105 x Moon-Pearl
  •  You've gained 25 x Bottle of Greyfields 1882

  Failure

  A wrong note

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  Term Passing... is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  Suspicion is increasing… (+1 CP)

  ^

Try to gain patronage on your own

•  Spoiler ID: 6829
  

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  Challenge information

  Broad, 105 || 72 - very chancy (41%) || 90 - chancy (51%) || 107 - modest (61%) || 125 - very modest (71%) || 142 - low-risk (81%) || 160 - straightforward (91%) || 175 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  A triumph

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  Term Passing... is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  You've gained 53 x Cryptic Clue
  •  You've gained 50 x Bottle of Greyfields 1882
  • You've lost 2 x Correspondence Plaque

  Failure

  A surprising silence

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  Term Passing... is increasing… (+1 CP)
  • You've lost 2 x Correspondence Plaque
  •  Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)

  ^