Dice with death

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From: Six of Gambits: Postal

The Page plans to deliver their poison in a very public setting.

Game Instructions: This will give you substantial progress, but increase the Elusiveness of your Target by a random amount.

Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation 2

Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 200

• 137 - very chancy (41%)
• 170 - chancy (51%)
• 204 - modest (61%)
• 237 - very modest (71%)
• 270 - low-risk (81%)
• 304 - straightforward (91%)
• 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

Ace of Pages reduces the base difficulty by 20 points.

Each point of The Embalmer's Mark increases the base difficulty by 30 points.

Success

Light work

[…] voucher for a new dice game […] the Page […] awaits him in the Games Tent […]

[…] the Page squeezes the […] faces. A reservoir – which previously released mercury to weight the die — now releases poison […] The target […] plays, and wins! His joy […] will be short-lived […]

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(5-12? - Tolerance) CP, minimum 1)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+1-6? CP) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

Failure

Twisted

[…] voucher for a new dice game […] the Page […] awaits him in the Games Tent […]

[…] A reservoir […] releases poison onto the Lantern face. […] But the target lifts and casts the dice in a bizarre fashion, "for luck" […] and strolls off without ever touching the Lantern. […]

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+0-1 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)