A Chelonite Hunting Ketch

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ID: 338232

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You are not far from the Chelonate, a tiny nation of monster-hunters who inhabit the skeleton of a giant turtle. Their hunting vessels prowl these waters for prey.

Game Instructions: Options on this card will not progress Zailing, but you can discard it.

Card drawn in The Salt Steppe

Occurs with Standard Frequency

Options:

Hail them and purchase a bag of assorted bones

•  Spoiler ID: 248261
  

  Unlocked with 500 x Moon-Pearl, 500 x Shard of Glim
  

   

  Success

  A bag of bones

  • You've lost 500 x Moon-Pearl
  • You've lost 500 x Shard of Glim
  •  You've gained 1-9 x Fin Bones, Collected
  •  You've gained 2-10 x Withered Tentacle
  •  You've gained 1-5 x Crustacean Pincer

  Rare Success

  A rare find

  • You've lost 500 x Moon-Pearl
  • You've lost 500 x Shard of Glim
  •  You've gained 1 x Plated Skull

  ^

Offer to help a Sharp Hunter

•  Spoiler ID: 251774
  

  Unlocked with Chirurgical Touch
  

   

  Success

  Surgery

  •  You've gained 2 x Crystallised Curio

  ^

Hail them and exchange stories

•  Spoiler ID: 248262
  

  Unlocked with 10 x Zee-Ztory
  

   

  Success

  Hunters' tales

  • You've lost 10 x Zee-Ztory
  •  You've gained 15 x Tale of Terror!!

  Alternative Success

  An improbable tale

  • You've lost 10 x Zee-Ztory
  •  You've gained 3 x Extraordinary Implication

  ^

Regale them with tales of your own hunts

•  Spoiler ID: 248448
  

  Unlocked with A Notched Bone Harpoon, 10 x Tale of Terror!!
  

   

  Success

  Commingling

  • Troubled Waters is dropping… (-4 CP)
  • You've lost 10 x Tale of Terror!!
  •  You've gained 250 x Moon-Pearl
  •  You've gained 250 x Shard of Glim
  •  You've gained 5 x Fin Bones, Collected

  ^

Open fire!

•  Spoiler ID: 258324
  

  Unlocked with Corsair's Colours 2
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Zeefaring 11 (50% base) || 7 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 8 - high-risk (20%) || 9 - high-risk (30%) || 10 - tough (40%) || 11 - very chancy (50%) || 12 - chancy (60%) || 13 - modest (70%) || 14 - very modest (80%) || 15 - low-risk (90%) || 16 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Artillery to a harpoon fight

  •  You've gained 400 x Pieces of Plunder Weighing Down Your Hold
  •  Troubled Waters is increasing… (+3 CP)

  Failure

  Icarus in black

  •  Troubled Waters is increasing… (+6 CP)
  •  Your ship has sustained damage. (Sets Groaning Hull to 1)

  ^

Exchange sightings of elusive beasts

•  Spoiler ID: 258325
  

  Unlocked with Chasing Down Your Bounty, Corsair's Colours 2
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Monstrous Anatomy 11 (50% base) || 7 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 8 - high-risk (20%) || 9 - high-risk (30%) || 10 - tough (40%) || 11 - very chancy (50%) || 12 - chancy (60%) || 13 - modest (70%) || 14 - very modest (80%) || 15 - low-risk (90%) || 16 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  A trade in prey

  •  You are closing in on your quarry. (Increases Chasing Down Your Bounty by +16 CP)

  
  

  Failure

  Small fry

  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)

  ^