Creeping closer

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From: The Unterzee Waits Silently


Tonight, the mandrakes will scream. Will you be close enough to hear the tiniest echoes?


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 124

  • 85 - very chancy (41%)
  • 106 - chancy (51%)
  • 127 - modest (61%)
  • 147 - very modest (71%)
  • 168 - low-risk (81%)
  • 189 - straightforward (91%)
  • 207 - straightforward (100%)

Success

What are they doing?

Mandrakes are known to scream. But tonight, from your cleft in the granite, you hear them roar and curse and laugh. […] You can only hold on, straining your fingers into the stone, and watch as your crew scurries to secure your steamer.

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Failure

Not alone

You crouch in the little cave, straining to hear the faint echoes. The only sound is your own heart, and a faint breath from the back of the cave.