Con an Eccentric Philosopher

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ID: 246802

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From: Larceny at Ealing Gardens

A frequent visitor to Helicon House is rumored to have possession of a captivating piece of amber. You will need an assumed identity of similar eccentricity.

Game Instructions: This will consume your Cover Identity and give you a very valuable item.

Unlocked with Casing... 10, Cover Identity: Backstory 80, Cover Identity: Elaboration 10, Cover Identity: Nuance 5, Ealing Gardens: Darkness 4, Acquaintance with Helicon House, Cover Identity: Credentials 5

Success

A cunning plan

You wear the guise of a Disgraced Scholar[…]

You follow the Philosopher through a long evening at Helicon House[…] promised him that you will take his rare piece of Amber to the roof, where […] the Starved Men will take it as an offering. […]

Description summary:
It's a classic con: you convince him that if he gives you the Amber now, the Starved Men will reward him with glim-fall in the future. Between the long wait before the promised payday and the difficult-to-reach location where it is supposed to occur, you should have plenty of time to disappear before he suspects a thing.

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•  Casing... is dropping… (-55 CP)
•  A Marauder of the Clay Highwayman is increasing… (+3 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Nodule of Fecund Amber
•  You have exhausted the usefulness of your most recent cover identity. (Removes Cover Identity: Elaboration)
•  Your 'Cover Identity: Backstory' Quality has gone!
•  Your 'Cover Identity: Credentials' Quality has gone!
•  Your 'Cover Identity: Nuance' Quality has gone!
•  Your 'Cover Identity: Ties' Quality has gone!
•  Your 'Cover Identity: Witnesses' Quality has gone!
•  You've gained 1 x Fabricator of Past Lives