(Agent) controlled the game from the fringes

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From: Moves on the Chequered Square

Their interference should have remained a secret.

Challenge information

Narrow, Glasswork 3 (50% base)

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

Each point of A Player of Chess adds 1 point of Glasswork.

Success

Victory at the back rank

The movements of the pieces were metaphor, but the checkmate was not. Territories won; pieces taken; pawns promoted to queens. [Agent] harried the game from the fringes, […]

[…] The dream is won; […] the effects will filter through the dreamers, and into the real.

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•  The scheme is in readiness. You've unlocked a one-time new ending for the plot 'A Disposable Network'. (Sets A Scheme in Motion to 1)
•  You've gained 1 x An Accomplished Plotter
•  You've lost 1 x A Network Under Scrutiny
•  You've lost 1 x Regrowing Clay
•  You've gained 1 x Hands in the Honey-Pot
• Applied with unknown probability:
  •  Your honey-den has a distinguished visitor! (Sets A Visitor to Your Honey-Den to 1–6 (random))
• Applied with unknown probability:
  •  A possibility presents itself. In concert with a similar possibility an Agent can discover while engaged in spywork, this may open up a lucrative opportunity. (Sets A Dream of Scheming to 1)
• With < 20 The Other Side of the Mirror:
  •  You've gained 0–1 x Parabolan Breadcrumb

Failure

Absent the usual abstractions

The checkmate was real, but the metaphor of the game did not play out by the usual rules. [...] [Agent] is victorious, a success twisted into nightmare.

The game ends. [Agent] stands proud before you. The dream is won; [...]

•  The scheme is in readiness. You've unlocked a one-time new ending for the plot 'A Disposable Network'. (Sets A Scheme in Motion to 1)
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+6 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x An Accomplished Plotter
•  You've lost 1 x A Network Under Scrutiny
•  You've lost 1 x Regrowing Clay
•  You've gained 1 x Hands in the Honey-Pot
• Applied with unknown probability:
  •  Your honey-den has a distinguished visitor! (Sets A Visitor to Your Honey-Den to 1–6 (random))
• Applied with unknown probability:
  •  A possibility presents itself. In concert with a similar possibility an Agent can discover while engaged in spywork, this may open up a lucrative opportunity. (Sets A Dream of Scheming to 1)
• With < 20 The Other Side of the Mirror:
  •  You've gained 0–1 x Parabolan Breadcrumb