Acquisition and screaming

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From: Sparkling around the Copse


There's a small fortune in glim around the lethal trunks. The trick is to notice when they're about to become vocal.


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 126

  • 87 - very chancy (41%)
  • 108 - chancy (51%)
  • 129 - modest (61%)
  • 150 - very modest (71%)
  • 171 - low-risk (81%)
  • 192 - straightforward (91%)
  • 210 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Carefully, now

You pick at the glim-fragments on the uneven ground. It wouldn't do to wake the mandrakes or to cut your hands open. You collect as much as you dare and shove the glistening violaceous shards into your pockets. […]

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Failure

You never know

You snatch at the sharp glim-fragments on the ground - then curse as they lacerate your hand. You retreat, careful not to let any blood fall on the ground.