The games tent

ID: 12406

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The air thrums with the furtive energy of money changing hands. Games of skill. Games of chance. The occasional thrown lizard snatching a bat from the air. What could be better?

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Lizard Throwing

•  Spoiler ID: 5195
  

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  Challenge information

  A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 50%)

  Success

  A reptilian victory

  •  You've gained 1 x Sulky Bat
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket

  Rare Success

  Three out of three!

  •  You've gained 3 x Sulky Bat
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket
  •  You've gained 1 x Sapphire

  Failure

  No bat, no bat at all

  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket

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Cards: the low tables

•  Spoiler ID: 5252
  

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  Challenge information

  Broad, 25 || 18 - very chancy (43%) || 22 - chancy (52%) || 26 - modest (62%) || 30 - very modest (72%) || 34 - low-risk (81%) || 38 - straightforward (91%) || 42 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  A solid evening of wins

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've gained 40 x Jade Fragment
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket

  Rare Success

  'All in, you say? If you insist.'

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket
  •  You've gained 80 x Jade Fragment

  Failure

  Down on the night

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  • You've lost 20 x Jade Fragment
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket

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Cards: the high tables

•  Spoiler ID: 5253
  

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  Challenge information

  Broad, 50 || 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

  'I won again? Fancy that...'

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket
  •  You've gained 60 x Jade Fragment

  Rare Success

  'Think I'm bluffing? Yes, you're probably right...'

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket
  •  You've gained 120 x Jade Fragment

  Failure

  'And I'm out, ladies and gentlemen...'

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket
  • You've lost 40 x Jade Fragment

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Chess against Philonous the Uncanny

•  Spoiler ID: 5254
  

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  Challenge information

  Broad, 50 || 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

  Checkmate in twenty moves

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  You've gained 32 x Cryptic Clue
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket

  Rare Success

  Checkmate in twenty moves

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  You've gained 4 x Appalling Secret
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket

  Failure

  'And that is checkmate, [genderdescription]…'

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket

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Try your luck at dice

•  Spoiler ID: 5255
  

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  Challenge information

  A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 50%)

  Success

  A pair!

  •  You've gained 1 x Lucky Weasel
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket

  Rare Success

  A pair of bats!

  •  You've gained 1 x Bottle of Black Wings Absinthe
  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket

  Failure

  No pairs here

  • You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket

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