A riskier option: bluff your way into the Parlour of Virtue

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From: Assist a Dilettante Poet in writing lurid poetry


The Parlour of Virtue is the most notorious of the carnal establishments of Mr Wines. Security is tight, but there is scandal aplenty. You plan to bluff your way in.


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 48

  • 33 - very chancy (41%)
  • 41 - chancy (51%)
  • 49 - modest (61%)
  • 57 - very modest (71%)
  • 65 - low-risk (81%)
  • 73 - straightforward (91%)
  • 80 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Having certain needs

There are things that people do. Often to each other. […] Things that other people pretend not to want to know about, but probably do. These things are observed, and notes are made. He wanted scandal? This stuff will probably melt the printing press.

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Failure

You're not quite sure how to take that

The burly Clay Men who man the doors of the Parlour of Virtue stop you from entering. They say that you don't seem to be the kind of patron whose appetites are catered for at the Parlour. What do they mean by that?