Deal with yet another unwelcome distraction

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From: The Wayward Will: Tailing the Heir


"Woss your game, then?" asks a sudden voice, cracked, quavery, and with inconvenient volume. A wizened old man regards you suspiciously from a shadowy doorway.

Unlocked with Tailing... exactly 40


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 150

  • 103 - very chancy (41%)
  • 128 - chancy (51%)
  • 153 - modest (61%)
  • 178 - very modest (71%)
  • 203 - low-risk (81%)
  • 228 - straightforward (91%)
  • 250 - straightforward (100%)

Success

A charm offensive

You tell him the truth: you're an investigative journalist […]

The old man cackles in delight, then shushes himself […]. The Earl's worried face appears at a […] window. A woman is briefly visible behind him […]

[…] the woman was wearing a necklace of silver fish-scales […]

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

Redirects to: The Wayward Will: Tailing the Heir

Failure

A charm offensive, minus the charm

[…] you explain […] rats delivered the will to a woman in what's probably that very house!

"You expect me to believe that gibberish?" he demands […]

The old man glares at you. "Whatever villainy you're up to, do it away from my doorway. I've got my eye on you!"

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

Redirects to: The Wayward Will: Tailing the Heir