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ID: 255660

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From: The Business of a Licentiate

It's a good thing you saw this first. Now to make it seem as though this commission was fulfilled, so that your name comes off the list again.

Unlocked with Airs of Industry 80, Notability 5

Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 140

• 96 - very chancy (41%)
• 119 - chancy (51%)
• 143 - modest (61%)
• 166 - very modest (71%)
• 189 - low-risk (81%)
• 213 - straightforward (91%)
• 234 - straightforward (100%)
  

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

No one else

Description summary:
The success description varies based on Mirror-Fed.

Mirror-Fed	Description
0 - ? (at least 3)	[…] you […] empty an angry-red vial of your own devising into your drink. […] The effects are swift and almost painless. […] to all outward appearances, you've died; […] You come to three days later on a marble slab. When you search the list, your name is gone.
7+	On the other side of a mirror, you approach your reflection. You know your own intentions, and you were ready for you. You eject yourself from the mirror in a cascade of shimmering, scything glass.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Shadowy is increasing…
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 410 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies
•  You've gained 1 x Mysterious Client Attention Odds (hidden)

Depending on Mysterious Client Attention Odds:

•  An interested party has made a request on your skills. (Sets Attracting the Attention of a Mysterious Client to 1)

Failure

Poorly executed

[…] You sip.

The sweating begins immediately. […] that wasn't one of the effects – did he really slip you something?! Your heart is trying to hammer through your chest […] Did you get the proportions wrong? You stagger home to see if you can mix an antidote […]

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 200 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies