Surely it can't hurt?

ID: 5153

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From: A strange mirror

Not just to chance a peek? Even if someone did make the mirror from polished jade covered in leering gargoyles?

Challenge information

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• 50 - very chancy (41%)
• 62 - chancy (51%)
• 74 - modest (61%)
• 86 - very modest (71%)
• 98 - low-risk (81%)
• 110 - straightforward (91%)
• 120 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

A glimpse of... what?

Your image shifts. It's still you, but... changed. Your clothes are shabby[…]. You look worn out, even ragged. No! This shall not come to pass! You smash the mirror with your cane. […] And the mirror's destruction has left a few chunks of jade […].

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

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've gained 72 x Jade Fragment

Failure

The mirror lies! Doesn't it?

Your image shifts. It's still you, but... slightly changed. Your clothes are shabby: down-at-heel shoes and a worn hat. You look worn out, even ragged. What is this awful thing trying to reveal? You retreat before it shows you any more lies.

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+? CP)