Carve away some evidence of age

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From: Assemble a Skeleton

The staining, the places where bone has worn smooth: these reveal the skeleton's antiquity.

Game Instructions: If successful, this will decrease the Antiquity of your skeleton. If unsuccessful, it will raise the Implausibility up to a point, and lower its value if it's already very implausible.

Unlocked with Scrimshander Carving Knife, Skeleton: Antiquity, Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies 300

Locked with Skeleton: Skulls Needed, Skeleton: Limbs Needed, Skeleton: Tails Needed, Skeleton in Progress 100

Challenge information

Narrow, Mithridacy 5 (50% base)

• 1 and below - almost impossible (10%)
• 2 - high-risk (20%)
• 3 - high-risk (30%)
• 4 - tough (40%)
• 5 - very chancy (50%)
• 6 - chancy (60%)
• 7 - modest (70%)
• 8 - very modest (80%)
• 9 - low-risk (90%)
• 10 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Whiter bone

The blade is cunning. It bares an unstained surface as if peeling bark from a tree.

•  You've lost 2 x Skeleton: Antiquity

Failure

Too thick? Too thin?

You try for artistry, but the bone is too thin in some places, too thick in others.

•  You've gained 1 x Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility (up to 14)

In addition, if Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility > 8:

•  You've lost 50 x Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies