Apply a Jet Black Stinger to your (Skeleton Type)

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From: Assemble a Skeleton

What would a beast this size be if it had a stinging tail?

Game Instructions: This will increase the Menace of your skeleton by at least one, and by two on success.

Unlocked with Skeleton: Tails Needed, 1 x Jet Black Stinger

Locked with Skeleton: Skulls Needed

Wiki note: The title of this option uses the manifest text for the Skeleton: Antiquity and Skeleton: Amalgamy of your skeleton.

Challenge information

Narrow, Monstrous Anatomy 3 (50% base)

• 0 - high-risk (20%)
• 1 - high-risk (30%)
• 2 - tough (40%)
• 3 - very chancy (50%)
• 4 - chancy (60%)
• 5 - modest (70%)
• 6 - very modest (80%)
• 7 - low-risk (90%)
• 8 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

A curled threat

The stinger holds the promise of venomous death.

• You've lost 1 x Jet Black Stinger
•  You've gained 50 x Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies
• You've lost 1 x Skeleton: Tails Needed
•  You've gained 1 x Skeleton: Tails
•  You've gained 2 x Skeleton: Menace

Failure

A rather artificial pose

The stinger looks stiff, awkwardly posed, as though the [Creature] would sprain something if it tried to strike.

•  You've gained 1 x Skeleton: Tails
• You've lost 1 x Jet Black Stinger
•  You've gained 50 x Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies
• You've lost 1 x Skeleton: Tails Needed
•  You've gained 1 x Skeleton: Menace