Spring an ambush

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From: Flint or Dagger


A knife in the dark, a lit torch falling. Feel the arc of the blade in your hand, watch the light leave your target's eyes.

Locked with  51


Challenge information

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  • 35 - very chancy (42%)
  • 43 - chancy (51%)
  • 51 - modest (61%)
  • 60 - very modest (72%)
  • 68 - low-risk (81%)
  • 76 - straightforward (91%)
  • 84 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Red are the roses

Their cloak covers them like a shroud […] You shadow them […] then lean in close. Once, twice, thrice, they lie on the floor, flint falling from their hands. The […] light attracts a handful of bees. […] You pluck them like flowers from the sticky ground.

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Failure

Blood, stone

"Dagger, or Flint?" They howl as they close in. Their blood sprays upon the pale tiles, but not enough. The flint was a feint, a dagger lies under their rotten cloak. They laugh as they stab [...]. The walls of Old Newgate lurch as you stagger away.