Craft a water-tight case
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From: Defence of (Trial)
But remember, at the Evenlode, water has a habit of seeping in.
Game Instructions: Success here will somewhat increase the prestige – and difficulty – of the case.
Locked with 
Progress of a Trial
Challenge information
Narrow, 
A Player of Chess 8 (50% base)
- 4 and below - almost impossible (10%)
- 5 - high-risk (20%)
- 6 - high-risk (30%)
- 7 - tough (40%)
- 8 - very chancy (50%)
- 9 - chancy (60%)
- 10 - modest (70%)
- 11 - very modest (80%)
- 12 - low-risk (90%)
- 13 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
It all fits together
You weave together the different strands of evidence and hearsay into a beautiful tapestry of argumentation. If the judge finds a loose thread, the whole thing will unravel as one – but until then, it is a work of legal art.
Each side shall lay out its opening arguments. (Sets 
Progress of a Trial to 1)
You now have 1 x Prestige of a Legal Case
Failure
Fragmentary evidence
You have a startling breakthrough! ...and then realise that that line of argument would implicate your client in another, more severe matter. You will have to work with what you have.
- Each side shall lay out its opening arguments. (Sets Progress of a Trial to 1)
