Chart the sorrows of the Stormbones

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From: The Ebb and Flow of Regret


"Hold this course!" says the Youthful Naturalist. "I'll record the readings."


Challenge information

Narrow, Zeefaring 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

Zailing with the current

[…] You can see Port Cecil in the distance […] When the moonish light catches the water just right, the Naturalist cries "There!" […]

[…] The Principles of Coral are weeping […] every trickling stream […] veins in black marble – until […] Iron & Misery smothers the moon.

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Failure

Against the current

Shame flows into denial […]

"Not this way!" shouts the Naturalist […]

[…] The Shell of Regret weighs down heavier every moment. The compass on the [Diving bell] swivels, twitches, then comes to a rest. All its needles are pointing, unhelpfully, at you.

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