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From: Lost in Strange Lands
Even in lands you do not know, you can read the lay of the land.
Game Instructions: This gains an impressive amount of Parabolan Scouting, but becomes harder the more Scouting you have already done.
Challenge information
Narrow, Glasswork 7 (50% base)
- 3 and below - almost impossible (10%)
- 4 - high-risk (20%)
- 5 - high-risk (30%)
- 6 - tough (40%)
- 7 - very chancy (50%)
- 8 - chancy (60%)
- 9 - modest (70%)
- 10 - very modest (80%)
- 11 - low-risk (90%)
- 12 and above - straightforward (100%)
Each point of Parabolan Scouting increases the base difficulty by 1 point.
Success
Instinct
Stare at the palm of your own hand. Wait for the [...] markings of a compass to appear there[...]
Is your hand reflecting what you already know, or is it informing you? No matter: hold your hand out in front of you and the compass needle shows[...]- You've gained 10 x Parabolan Scouting
- [Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
- Glasswork is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 + Glass Studies)
Failure
The way forward
[See table below]
Airs | Fluff Text |
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1 - 19 | […] flagstones become a staircase […] and below you is a valley […] a bubbling hot spring of broth. Beside the broth-spring is a man in a chef's uniform who invites you to be clothed in dumpling-dough and bob in the soup […] You lose track of time […] |
20 - 39 | […] You are getting smaller as you walk, so that […] becomes a sort of labyrinth […] Then they widen even further […] and you are traveling at the bottom of the crevasse […]
A little longer […] and you are walking again in Parabola. |
40 - 59 | […] tired of walking on your legs, so you grow arms in their place. The sensation of walking on your hands is a pleasant one[…]
[…] you become self-conscious about your leg-arms, because they do not fit very well in your clothes[…] So you grow your feet again. |
60 - 79 | You stroll through a forest that comes up to your knees. Sometimes your footstep frightens a miniature stag. |
80 - 89 | You fight your way through jungle so thick that you can see no more than a few feet ahead. The leaves are always in your face and the vines always underfoot. |
90 - 94 | You walk for a very long time: so long, in fact, that you begin to walk in your own footsteps over again. They grow deeper and deeper each time you pass this way. |
95 - 98 | You pass through a valley of ash. At the far end, a few trees are slowly un-burning, forming themselves out of charcoal stumps. It is terribly cold. |
99 - 100 | You walk across a desert floor. In the middle of nowhere is a vast pile of top hats. Those at the bottom of the pile look worn and out of fashion. It takes a long time to walk past the hats, and new ones continue to rain from the sky. |
- You've gained 1 x Parabolan Scouting
- [Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
- Glasswork is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 + Glass Studies)