Chart the edge of the Is-Not

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From: The Business of a Silverer


Knowing what does not exist implies a great deal about what does. The Honey-Addled Detective has asked you to eliminate some possibilities for him.

Unlocked with Airs of Industry 10-40, A Professional Specialisation: Ontological Cartographer


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 140

  • 96 - very chancy (41%)
  • 119 - chancy (51%)
  • 143 - modest (61%)
  • 166 - very modest (71%)
  • 189 - low-risk (81%)
  • 213 - straightforward (91%)
  • 234 - straightforward (100%)

Narrow, Glasswork 10 (50% base)

  • 6 and below - almost impossible (10%)
  • 7 - high-risk (20%)
  • 8 - high-risk (30%)
  • 9 - tough (40%)
  • 10 - very chancy (50%)
  • 11 - chancy (60%)
  • 12 - modest (70%)
  • 13 - very modest (80%)
  • 14 - low-risk (90%)
  • 15 and above - straightforward (100%)

Success

Negative space

It is as much art as science. The infinite can bound the finite only by process of elimination. You stalk a suspect's reflection and find […] the safe-houses where he did not hide, […] the contacts he did not reach out to, […] the telegrams he did not send.

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Failure

Uncertainty

Parabola is vast, and not all its impossibilities enclose the possible. You find only suspicions not held, crimes not committed, lies not told.