Accept Mr Spices' advice on the device's mechanics
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From: Mr Spices Relies on You
This is not exactly Mr Spices' main point of expertise – but best not remind it of that fact.
Game Instructions: This will give Laboratory Research proportional to your Artisan of the Red Science skill.
Challenge information
- 151 - very chancy (41%)
- 187 - chancy (51%)
- 224 - modest (61%)
- 261 - very modest (71%)
- 297 - low-risk (81%)
- 334 - straightforward (91%)
- 367 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of 
Research Preparations reduces the base difficulty by 1 point.
Success
Working in concert, mostly
The accuracy of your calculations seems to satisfy Mr Spices, for now. [...] Its presence is, still, invariably fussy [...] it confides that it fears a misaligned valve in the engine might lead the child to be born with "a chest cavity full of wasps".
Watchful is increasing…
You've gained (see below) x Laboratory Research
 Artisan of the Red Science | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Laboratory Research | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 |
Failure
Difficulties
Mr Spices claims that its 'delicate condition' prevents doing much work. So it restricts itself to offering 'suggestions' and hovering about your shoulder second-guessing your calculations.
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained (see below) x Laboratory Research
| Artisan of the Red Science | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory Research | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
