Ambush a few couriers for old times' sake

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From: Unfinished Business in Spite

Action Cost: 2

Does that bring back memories of simpler, poorer times? Perhaps. It's certainly true that messengers, couriers and spies still walk Spite's alleyways with intriguing satchels.

Game Instructions: Success is likely to get you Stolen Correspondence.

Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance -


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 late delivery

Who would dare rob a uniformed servant of the Post Office? Oh, you would. A smart blow on the head, and you're away into the fog with a sack of letters.

Alternative Success

The saddest thing is that it will never be delivered

Who would dare rob a uniformed servant of the Post Office? Oh, you would. A smart blow on the head, and you're away into the fog with a sack of letters. A few are saleable. One might bring a tear to your eye.

Wiki note: Alt success rate is 40%


Failure

Well, that's hardly sporting.

Fierce rat traps. Carnivorous plant-cuttings. A modest quantity of dynamite. These couriers are growing stern in their precautions.