Call on the Gracious Widow

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From: A particular thirst


She has a well-stocked liquor cabinet and an exceptional palate. Besides, she has been a widow a while. She must get lonely.

Unlocked with Connected: The Widow 12


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 22

  • 16 - very chancy (43%)
  • 19 - chancy (51%)
  • 23 - modest (62%)
  • 27 - very modest (73%)
  • 30 - low-risk (81%)
  • 34 - straightforward (92%)
  • 37 - straightforward (100%)

Success

She treats you to a snifter of excellent brandy

From the Elder Continent, she claims. Apart from the quirk of keeping her rooms unlit, she is a gracious host. Her laughter is young, her sighs heavy.

[…] Later you receive a bag of pearls, compliments of the Duchess. What's going on here?

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Failure

The room is dark, and the Gracious Widow never speaks

Halfway through your wittiest story the silence becomes too much. You falter. You try a comic poem about a family of pickpockets instead, and your hostess whispers her first word of the evening: 'Stop.' Her servants escort you outside.