A Poison-Gallery
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The books here leak and drip – rivulets of caustic liquid, bleaching the wood of the shelves. This corridor is an ankle-deep poison river, hissing and sputtering.
Card drawn in 
The Stacks
Occurs with Standard Frequency
Options:
Use furniture as stepping stones
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 240 || 164 - very chancy (41%) || 204 - chancy (51%) || 244 - modest (61%) || 284 - very modest (71%) || 324 - low-risk (81%) || 364 - straightforward (91%) || 400 - straightforward (100%)Each point of
Neathproofed adds 15 points of Shadowy.Success
Like crossing a river
Shadowy is increasing…
You've gained 5 x Perusing the Stacks (if 
In Search of Lost Time is exactly 1)
You've gained 5 x Finding the Centre (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 2)
Failure
Terrible danger
- Shadowy is increasing…
Wounds is increasing… (+3 CP)
Noises in the Library is increasing… (+6 CP)
Prepare an antidote
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Flask of Abominable Salts
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Safe
You've lost 1 x Flask of Abominable Salts- You've gained 5 x Perusing the Stacks (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 1)
- You've gained 5 x Finding the Centre (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 2)
Failure
An error in calculation?
- Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Perusing the Stacks (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 1)
- You've gained 1 x Finding the Centre (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 2)
- Noises in the Library is increasing… (+1 CP)
The Coilheart Games
Peruse a book bound in banded scales
- Spoiler Unlocked with
The Coilheart Games is 3 (World Quality, now locked), Of Stripes, and Coils 230-299
Locked with
Lead: A History in Banded Scales
Success
Scales of justice
In some stories, the prisoner lived free. (Raises Lead: A History in Banded Scales by 1)
Huffam will want to hear of this. And then double-check it scrupulously. (Raises 
Bearing Valuable Leads by 1)- Noises in the Library is increasing… (+5 CP)
