Be subtle 3

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From: Sabotaging a séance


The spirit cabinet is supposedly empty, but its false back conceals the various mechanical devices Mrs Poecilia uses to produce her illusions. In this dimly lit room, you should be able to interfere without anyone being the wiser.


Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 112

  • 77 - very chancy (41%)
  • 96 - chancy (51%)
  • 114 - modest (61%)
  • 133 - very modest (71%)
  • 152 - low-risk (81%)
  • 170 - straightforward (91%)
  • 187 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Spirit hands?

[…] gloves dangling […]urchin with a harmonica […] apparitions are just balloons. Mrs Poecilia even volunteers to be tied up […]

[…] You snip the fishing-lines, steal the harmonica and let the air out of the balloons. […]tighten the knots […]

The séance […] becomes a farce […]

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Failure

Spooky apparitions

[…] Normally, the medium rings a second, hidden bell […] you reach for. Sadly, you fumble, and the bell rings […] you've just performed her illusion for her better than she could have done herself.

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