A literary sort of fist-fight

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From: Unfinished Business in Watchmaker's Hill


"What, no! The imagery is banal! The characters are lifeless!" This nonsense will not stand! You must demand satisfaction!

Game Instructions: Success will get you Proscribed Material.

Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance -


Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 110

  • 76 - very chancy (41%)
  • 94 - chancy (51%)
  • 112 - modest (61%)
  • 131 - very modest (71%)
  • 149 - low-risk (81%)
  • 167 - straightforward (91%)
  • 184 - straightforward (100%)

Success

The last word

You silence the critic with a savage backhander fortified with a sturdy hardback. And what's this he was reading? Oho!


Failure

Harsh criticism

Losing an argument is always painful. Doubly so when the loss is due to some critic beating you unconscious with a leather-bound volume.