Gather an audience for the King

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ID: 264374

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From: Three of Motley: Comedy

For men like the target, reputation is everything. The King's insults will strike harder for each stranger who witnesses the target's debasement.

Game Instructions: This will give you some progress that scales with the number of Accomplices you have.

Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation 6

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 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%)
  

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

Success

Memorable accusations

[...] the crowd of bystanders is considerable [...]. Many people hear the King's sing-song verse, [...] aimed at the target during his walk home. [...]

Faced with such public shaming, the target [...] flees to his townhouse. He drinks heavily that evening. The wine [...] is poisoned.

•  Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(4 + Accomplices - Tolerance) CP, minimum 1)
•  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?}
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

Failure

Plausible deniability

The crowd is insufficiently large, [...] Without these factors [...], the target is free to pretend that he did not hear; that the words are not meant for him [...]

The target hurries home, but [...] He does not partake of the carefully poisoned wine planted in his pantry.

• Persuasive 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)