Bribe the furious Tomb-Colonist with the sweet taste of revenge

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From: Defence of (Trial)

Having your business extinguished by contractual chicanery cuts deeply. How good, then, must it feel to not just heal that wound, but also visit it upon another?

Game Instructions: This will not consume your Distillation of Retribution.

Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 4, Trial Being Fought Tomb-Colonies Honey Importation v Hell, Distillation of Retribution

Challenge information

Narrow, Kataleptic Toxicology 2 (50% base)

• 0 - high-risk (30%)
• 1 - tough (40%)
• 2 - very chancy (50%)
• 3 - chancy (60%)
• 4 - modest (70%)
• 5 - very modest (80%)
• 6 - low-risk (90%)
• 7 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

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

Success

More than money

His smile is clear even through the wrappings. This, more than any financial restitution, was the fulfilment that the Tomb-Colonist needed. He drops the case, though truth be told the judge seems somewhat disappointed.

•  You've gained 5 x Muscaria Brandy
•  You've gained [see below] x Nevercold Brass Sliver
•  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

Redirects to: Put away your papers

${\displaystyle Nevercold\ Brass\ Slivers={200 \over {1+e^{-0.2{(Renown-22)}}}}}$

Renown: Hell	0	10	20	30	40	50	52+
Nevercold Brass Sliver	2	17	80	166	195	199	200

Failure

This is not over

The amount you gave him can't have been quite enough [...] He vows to see this through – to take it as far as he must, no matter what it might cost him. The judge decides in his favour. The Tomb-Colonist seems pleased, but not sated.

•  You've gained 5 x Muscaria Brandy
•  Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)

Redirects to: Put away your papers