'The Rabid Hound'

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ID: 255652

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From: The Business of a Licentiate

Ah, this one is a crooked constable. A straightforward job, then.

Locked with Airs of Industry 41

Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 90

• 62 - very chancy (41%)
• 77 - chancy (51%)
• 92 - modest (61%)
• 107 - very modest (71%)
• 122 - low-risk (81%)
• 137 - straightforward (91%)
• 150 - straightforward (100%)
  

Narrow, Kataleptic Toxicology 0 (50% base)

• 0 - very chancy (50%)
• 1 - chancy (60%)
• 2 - modest (70%)
• 3 - very modest (80%)
• 4 - low-risk (90%)
• 5 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Dirty hands, dirtied further

The constable courts [...] cut-throats who would kill at the slightest hint of treachery. You watch as they do just that [...] It seems that someone spread rumours that the constable was playing both sides. You descend, [...] then cross off another name.

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Services Rendered: Constables
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 320 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

Thick as thieves

The constable's criminal connections give him safe harbour when he suspects someone is on his trail. Things get... messy. And when the constable limps away, he is merely wounded.

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