Consider sparing one form of the Vake, and construct an excuse to do so 1

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From: Think in the Midst of the Hunt


Most actions can be justified, given sufficient thought.

Game Instructions: Choosing this will select a motive to capture the Vake. You can still choose not to, in the final moments.

Unlocked with Respectable 2

Locked with Swore an Oath to Mr Wines exactly 2


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

Consider it from the perspective that all life has value

…and would you be justified in fully ending the unique perspective that belongs to the Vake? Or, looked at again from another angle…


Failure

You've already killed it once

If that was the correct action, then would sparing it be wrong? If you spare it now, are you sorry about what you and April did with the Chorister's Bomb? It's all a tangle.