Tempt the city closer to Hell
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From: Hauling the City Out
Game Instructions:
Chosen Site | Game Instructions |
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1 | This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. On failure, the city will remain exactly where it is, since it can hardly climb deeper into London. |
2 | This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. Moreover, if your attempt fails, it will move the city closer to London instead – towards Ealing Gardens. |
3 | This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. Moreover, if your attempt fails, it will move the city closer to London instead – towards the Magistracy of the Evenlode. |
4 | This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. Moreover, if your attempt fails, it will move the city closer to London instead – towards Balmoral. |
5 | This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. Moreover, if your attempt fails, it will move the city closer to London instead – towards Station VIII. |
6 | This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. Moreover, if your attempt fails, it will move the city closer to London instead – towards Burrow-Infra-Mump. |
7 | This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. Worse, because you're already close as you can be to Hell, you'll achieve nothing at all by this unless you fail in the attempt – in which case, the whole city will move closer to London. |
Challenge information
Broad, 150
- 103 - very chancy (41%)
- 128 - chancy (51%)
- 153 - modest (61%)
- 178 - very modest (71%)
- 203 - low-risk (81%)
- 228 - straightforward (91%)
- 250 - straightforward (100%)
Narrow, 7 (50% base)
- 3 and below - almost impossible (10%)
- 4 - high-risk (20%)
- 5 - high-risk (30%)
- 6 - tough (40%)
- 7 - very chancy (50%)
- 8 - chancy (60%)
- 9 - modest (70%)
- 10 - very modest (80%)
- 11 - low-risk (90%)
- 12 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Consultations and exhortations
Description summary:
The description varies based on the current Chosen Site.
Chosen Site | Description |
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4? - 6? | You lay out your arguments concerning Hell and […] its sophistication in dismantling […] physical law. Isn't that the […] archetypal manifestation of freedom?
[…] the city itself is convinced. To perform the transport […] is […] to warp both city and Neath […] |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- You've lost 5 x Vitreous Almanac
- You've lost 1 x Much-Needed Gap
- You've gained 1 x Hinterland City - Chosen Site (up to 7)
- An occurrence! Your 'Hinterland City - Recent News' Quality is now 11 - Recent change of locale!
Redirects to: Welcome to (Chosen Site)
Failure
A negative vector
Description summary:
The description varies based on the current Chosen Site, while the description of the city varies based on its Founding Body.
Chosen Site | Description |
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2 - 5 | Perhaps your argument doesn't convince [City] after all, or perhaps your [...] Red Science contraption was wired backwards. Indeed, it could be both at once, considering the intimate dependency of the Red Science's working upon the consent of its Passenger. |
6 - 7 | You lay out your arguments concerning Hell and all it has to offer […].
But [City] is unconvinced. […] it sounds frankly alarming. Some distance between itself and Hell would be wise. In fact, it will seek the Creditor's help in acting on that realisation. […] |
Founding Body | City |
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1000 - 2000 | the Furnace-city |
3000 | the Cornelius-city |
4000 | City-you |
5000 | the Manager-city |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- You've lost 5 x Vitreous Almanac
- You've lost 1 x Much-Needed Gap
- You've lost 1 x Hinterland City - Chosen Site
- An occurrence! Your 'Hinterland City - Recent News' Quality is now 11 - Recent change of locale!
Redirects to: Welcome to (Chosen Site)
- Incomplete Pages
- Pages Without Guide Restrictions
- Hinterland City - Chosen Site Text Uses
- Vitreous Almanac
- Much-Needed Gap
- The City Waning
- Persuasive Challenge
- Artisan of the Red Science Challenge
- Actions
- Vitreous Almanac Loss
- Much-Needed Gap Loss
- Hinterland City - Chosen Site Gain
- Hinterland City - Recent News Gain
- Redirect
- Hinterland City - Founding Body Text Uses
- Hinterland City - Chosen Site Loss