Consider the board from a more artistic angle
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From: A Game of Chess (Social Action)
Action Cost: {{{Action cost}}}
Unlocked with Chess: A Partner them (1)
Locked with Chess: The Progress of your Match 2
Your friend needs Chess: The Progress of your Match at most 1, Chess: A Partner [you] (1)
When Sent
Variable title (see below)
- You've gained 1 x Chess: The Progress of your Match
- Persuasive is increasing… (+( Chess: Mastery of the Game/2) CP, up to level 200 + Persuasive Gains) (hidden)
In Messages Tab
Your friend will receive:
[Friend's name] relied on their artistry to see them through the skirmish.
- You've gained 1 x Chess: The Progress of your Match
Redirects to: A Game of Chess (Social Action)
Challenge Results
Winner will receive:
Your chess match with [Loser] continues. The game has proven malleable as clay to you, and you have shaped it to your advantage!
- You've gained 1 x Chess: Skirmishes Won this Match
- Persuasive is increasing… (+2 CP, up to level 200 + Persuasive Gains)
Loser will receive:
Your chess match with [Winner] continues. Unfortunately, your attempts to sculpt the game have been as successful as a mason cutting marble with their hands. Your opponent got the better of you.
- You've gained 1 x Sudden Insight (up to 20)
Variable Descriptions
The result text varies on your Identified with a School: level.
School | Title | Description |
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0 - (no school) | A burgeoning aesthetic | You'll try ruthless assaults, coy defences, moves made in a flash of inspiration. Your opponent will be confounded. |
1 - Nocturnal | Broken traditions | The rules of the chessboard are plain, but you can use them unexpectedly, force them to serve your stratagems. Your retreats advance your presence on the board; your advancements are defensive manoeuvres – designed to protect your King. |
2 - Bazaarine | Alleys and back-routes | You can visualise the board as the city. London is full of strategic competition – it's seen in the way pedestrians and carriages interact; […]; in the yearly Mayoral Election[…]. If one knows the tricks of the city, they can apply them to chess. |
3 - Celestial | Patterned on the stars | Images of a long absent night inspire you. The white stars in the black sky motivate you to form your own constellations on the board. […]. As long as your opponent doesn't understand your approach, the assault could be devastating. |
100 - You reject all labels | Unconventional | You will startle your opponent with the one thing they cannot prepare for: originality. |
- Retired
- Social Actions with Unknown ID
- Chess: A Partner
- Chess: The Progress of your Match
- Chess: The Progress of your Match Gain
- Chess: Mastery of the Game
- Chess: Mastery of the Game Formula Uses
- Persuasive Gain
- Redirect
- Chess: Skirmishes Won this Match Gain
- Sudden Insight Gain
- Social Actions
- Auto Social Action
- Competitive Social Action
- Identified with a School: Text Uses