Await a verdict on Venge-Rats v Urchin (Defence)

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From: Defence of (Trial)

It is plain that these urchins owe nothing.

Game Instructions: This tests your Mithridacy against the prestige of the case. How strong – or tortuous – an argument did you present?

Unlocked with Progress of a Trial 4, Trial Being Fought Venge-Rat v Straggle-Toothed Urchin

Challenge information

Narrow, Mithridacy 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%)
  

Each point of Prestige of a Legal Case increases the base difficulty by 1 point.

Success

Victory for the urchins!

The urchins need the verdict read out three times before they grasp that they've won […] once this happens, they run off laughing. "I hope they are eaten by a travelling bear," grumbles one of the Venge-Rats, as it tries to straighten a crooked whisker.

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•  You've gained 1 x Storm-Threnody
•  You've gained [see below] x Rat on a String
•  You've gained ( Prestige of a Legal Case) x Journal of Infamy
•  You've gained ( Prestige of a Legal Case) x Dubious Testimony
•  You've gained 1 x Sworn Statement

With Involved in a Railway Venture 140:

•  You've gained (25 × Prestige of a Legal Case) x Hinterland Prosperity

Redirects to: Put away your papers

${\displaystyle Rats\ on\ a\ String={200 \over {1+e^{-0.2{(Renown-22)}}}}}$

Renown: Urchins	0	10	20	30	40	50	52+
Rat on a String	2	17	80	166	195	199	200

Failure

Defeat for the urchins!

The newspapers will refer to this case as unconventional. The finer legal minds in London may consider it grotesque. But the rats are satisfied. [...] The notes of this case will be taught to every litter of Venge-Rats for the next seven generations.

•  You've gained 1 x Storm-Threnody

Redirects to: Put away your papers