A sickness in the Khaganian Quarters

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From: Matters of State


"The cure grows in the fungal jungle. The [F.O.] requests you convince the tigers to allow the harvest of the Heart-Taker root; and, once acquired, they ask you to join their physician in dispersing it. The Khaganians have deep respect for healers."

Game Instructions: Spend Striped Delights to gain Silver Horseheads.

Unlocked with The Airs of Port Carnelian 1-40, Time Passing in Office 1-6, Striped Delights 20, Imperial Legitimacy


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 135

  • 93 - very chancy (41%)
  • 115 - chancy (51%)
  • 138 - modest (61%)
  • 160 - very modest (71%)
  • 183 - low-risk (81%)
  • 205 - straightforward (91%)
  • 225 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Caring for the ill

[…] The first patient[…]. His body is engorged; his pores exude an unctuous secretion[…]. And his colour[…] is peligin.

The physician takes the Heart-Eater root[…]. The patient's colour gradually returns, and his frame shrinks back to a normal size.

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Failure

Taboo treatment

[…]The old woman caresses your cheek with her cane. "We can't expect you to know our history with the serpents.[…]Perhaps you trust too easily. But beware-" she crushes the root with her cane, then flicks the remains into a silent canal "-so did we."

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