'The Catherine Wheel'

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ID: 255655

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From: The Business of a Licentiate

An MP on the up-and-up that needs to be brought down.

Unlocked with Notability 5

Locked with Airs of Industry 31

Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 180

• 123 - very chancy (41%)
• 153 - chancy (51%)
• 183 - modest (61%)
• 213 - very modest (71%)
• 244 - low-risk (81%)
• 273 - straightforward (91%)
• 300 - straightforward (100%)
  

Narrow, Kataleptic Toxicology 4 (50% base)

• 0 - almost impossible (10%)
• 1 - high-risk (20%)
• 2 - high-risk (30%)
• 3 - tough (40%)
• 4 - very chancy (50%)
• 5 - chancy (60%)
• 6 - modest (70%)
• 7 - very modest (80%)
• 8 - low-risk (90%)
• 9 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Pressing the flesh

You secure […] an invitation to a closed dinner engagement. […] It's quite the classy occasion – the string quartet, […] fungal canapés. The […] blend on your palm. The handshake, brief but firm.

They're serving dessert when he goes face-down into his trifle. […]

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 410 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies
•  You've gained 1 x Mysterious Client Attention Odds (hidden)

Depending on Mysterious Client Attention Odds:

•  An interested party has made a request on your skills. (Sets Attracting the Attention of a Mysterious Client to 1)

Failure

It won't stop itching!

You have a cunning plan – a toxin carefully applied to […] your palm. Unfortunately, it took some experimenting to arrive at the perfect mixture, which has left your hand wearing some […] temporary blemishes. No politician is shaking that any time soon.

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 200 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies