Ambition: Nemesis – the Grand Sanatorium

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ID: 14750

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The Sanatorium's walls are as smooth as ice […] The entrance is guarded by six determined dead men with gleaming Martini-Henry rifles... and a chained spider-council! As you watch, attendant sorrow-spiders scuttle obediently around it. […]

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Unlocked with Ambition: Nemesis exactly 16

Storylet appears in The tomb-colony of Venderbight

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Assault the Sanatorium!

•  Spoiler ID: 6250
  

  Locked with Running Battle... 5
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Dangerous 88 || 61 - very chancy (41%) || 75 - chancy (51%) || 90 - modest (61%) || 105 - very modest (71%) || 119 - low-risk (81%) || 134 - straightforward (91%) || 147 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  A series of satisfying splatches

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  Running Battle... is increasing… (+3 CP)

  Failure

  Damnable spiders

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  Running Battle... is dropping… (-1 CP)
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)

  ^

Continue the assault!

•  Spoiler ID: 6252
  

  Unlocked with Running Battle... 5-7
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Dangerous 94 || 65 - very chancy (41%) || 80 - chancy (51%) || 96 - modest (61%) || 112 - very modest (71%) || 127 - low-risk (81%) || 143 - straightforward (91%) || 157 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  One by one

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  Running Battle... is increasing… (+3 CP)

  Failure

  Deathly aim

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  Running Battle... is dropping… (-2 CP)
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)

  ^

The final enemy

•  Spoiler ID: 6253
  

  Unlocked with Running Battle... 8
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Dangerous 101 || 70 - very chancy (41%) || 86 - chancy (51%) || 103 - modest (61%) || 120 - very modest (71%) || 137 - low-risk (81%) || 154 - straightforward (91%) || 169 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Slime to the elbows

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  You've gained 1 Fate!
  •  Ambition: Nemesis has increased to 17 - Continue your investigations in the Tomb-Colonies!
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
  • 'Running Battle...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?

  Failure

  A desperate retreat

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  Running Battle... is dropping… (-5 CP)
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+3 CP)

  ^

Find another way in?

•  Spoiler ID: 6257
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 100 || 69 - very chancy (41%) || 85 - chancy (51%) || 102 - modest (61%) || 119 - very modest (71%) || 135 - low-risk (81%) || 152 - straightforward (91%) || 167 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  A perilous ascent

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Ambition: Nemesis has increased to 17 - Continue your investigations in the Tomb-Colonies!

  Failure

  A long way to fall

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+8 CP)

  ^