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From: Ten of Roots: Generosity

Venom-rubies are usually safe to handle – unless you know what you're doing.

Game Instructions: This will give you progress. It is much less affected by the Poison Tolerance of your Target, but is guaranteed to increase it.

Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation 3

Challenge information

Narrow, Kataleptic Toxicology 12 (50% base)

• 8 and below - almost impossible (10%)
• 9 - high-risk (20%)
• 10 - high-risk (30%)
• 11 - tough (40%)
• 12 - very chancy (50%)
• 13 - chancy (60%)
• 14 - modest (70%)
• 15 - very modest (80%)
• 16 - low-risk (90%)
• 17 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Ace of Pages reduces the base difficulty by 2 points.

Each point of The Embalmer's Mark increases the base difficulty by 2 points.

Success

Venomous

You tap each ruby with a minuscule jeweler's mallet. The flaws you introduce will cause them to a shed few flecks of dust. Enough to be counted as a strike, anyway.

•  Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(5 - ( Tolerance - 3, minimum 0)) CP, minimum 1)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) ^{What does this mean?}
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

Failure

Errors

[…] you remembered to wear gloves, but one must also not absentmindedly handle one's lunch right after touching dried cantigaster venom. Finding the right antidotes keeps you from the game for an afternoon. And you've lost your taste for tinned ham […]

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•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+0-1 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)