Cricket, Anyone? (Story)
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The Tournament of Toasts! The greatest cricket match of the season! And the perfect opportunity for Benthic and Summerset College to tear each other to pieces! Grab a bat, grab a drink, but keep your wits sharp: the stakes are higher than they seem.
This is a FATE-locked story.
Author: Chandler Groover
Artist: Paul Arendt
Editing and QA: James Chew,
Olivia Wood
It was originally published as an Exceptional Story in February 2019. It is part of the Season of Hobbies.
The story can be unlocked from the Fate-page
for 45 FATE points.
It can be reset for 25 FATE points.
More information can be found here.
Notable Rewards and Tie-ins
- Cricket Bat: a Weapon providing a +1 Dangerous, +1 Respectable bonus.
- A Standard Frequency card with two options, one granting 5 x Correspondence Plaque, and the other granting 1 x Secluded Address and 1 x An Identity Uncovered!.
- An option in Adulterine Castle: Suggest a cricketing manoeuvre to the (Number) Circle.
- A WORD, BROKEN: a Weapon providing a -10 Persuasive, -6 Dangerous, -3 Respectable bonus. Unlocks an option in The Place of the Judge: Wield the Broken Word (nothing mechanically valuable).
Unique options with: