Bidding on a bargain

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From: The Boatman's Market


This is the perfect opportunity to solicit some inexpensive violence. It's all about timing.


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 120

  • 82 - very chancy (41%)
  • 102 - chancy (51%)
  • 122 - modest (61%)
  • 142 - very modest (71%)
  • 162 - low-risk (81%)
  • 182 - straightforward (91%)
  • 200 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Cannily done

You sit out the first few lots [...] Bidding is brisk, and before long you have the sense your rivals have emptied their purses. You purchase the services of a pair of French Great Game veterans for a very reasonable price.


Failure

Not this time

The bidding spirals quickly out of control. The demand for murderers is endless! As you leave, you see one goat-bearded fellow scribbling notes. Did he recognise you?