Cards: the low tables
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From: The games tent
Buying the seat costs a ticket, but you'll need a stake too. Bluff and banter swirl about, and the jade chips never stop moving. You'll be right at home here.
Unlocked with 
1 x Carnival Ticket, 
20 x Jade Fragment
Challenge information
Broad, 
Persuasive 25
- 18 - very chancy (43%)
- 22 - chancy (52%)
- 26 - modest (62%)
- 30 - very modest (72%)
- 34 - low-risk (81%)
- 38 - straightforward (91%)
- 42 - straightforward (100%)
Success
A solid evening of wins
You have learned to recognise the shills and other professionals, and you settle down at a table of hopeful amateurs. They are no match for you, and you goad a half-drunk rake into a reckless bet. [...] [Y]ou have a pleasing pile of winnings.
Persuasive is increasing…
You've gained 40 x Jade Fragment
You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket
Rare Success
'All in, you say? If you insist.'
Oh, you're good. You're very good. Ladies swoon and gentlemen gasp as you turn your cards over. Your opponent stomps off sullenly, and the dealer pushes over a pleasing stack of jade chips.
Wiki note: Rare success chance is 5%.
- Persuasive is increasing…
- You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket
- You've gained 80 x Jade Fragment
Failure
Down on the night
Is the table crooked? Probably not. There might be some shills working it, though, and the lady who keeps beating you could be a professional. Still, it was a pleasant enough way of passing a few hours, even if you did come out down on the night.
- Persuasive is increasing…
- You've lost 20 x Jade Fragment
- You've lost 1 x Carnival Ticket
