Declare your (Skeleton Type) a completed Chimera

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From: Assemble a Skeleton

[Implausibility descriptor]. [Antiquity descriptor]. [Amalgamy descriptor]. Perhaps it's hard to explain the thing any other way.

Unlocked with Skeleton in Progress 10 to 90

Locked with Skeleton: Skulls Needed, Skeleton: Limbs Needed, Skeleton: Tails Needed

Wiki note: The title of the storylet varies with the skeleton's skulls, limbs, and Menace:
Declare your

Skeleton: Tails	Text
0	Tailless
1	Single-tailed
2	Twin-tailed
3	Triple-tailed

Skeleton: Skulls	Text
0	n/a
1	Single-skulled
2	Double-skulled
3	Triple-skulled
4	Four-skulled
5	Five-skulled
6	Six-skulled
7	Seven-skulled
8	Eight-skulled
9	Nine-skulled
10	Ten-skulled
11	Eleven-skulled
12	Twelve-skulled
13	Thirteen-skulled
14	Fourteen-skulled
15	Fifteen-skulled
16	Sixteen-skulled

Skeleton: Arms	Text
0	Armless
1	One-Armed
2	Two-Armed
3	Three-Armed
4	Four-Armed
5	Five-Armed
6	Six-Armed
7	Seven-Armed
8	Eight-Armed

Skeleton: Legs	Text
0	Legless
1	One-Legged
2	Two-Legged
3	Three-Legged
4	Four-Legged
5	Five-Legged
6	Six-Legged
7	Seven-Legged
8	Eight-Legged
9	Nine-Legged
10	Ten-Legged
11	Eleven-Legged
12	Twelve-Legged
13	Thirteen-Legged
14	Fourteen-Legged
99	Ninety-Nine-Legged
100	Hundred-Legged
101+	More-Than-Hundred-Legged

Skeleton: Fins	Text
0	Finless
1	Single-finned
2	Double-finned
3	Triple-finned
4	Quadruple-finned
5	Five-finned
6	Six-finned
7	Seven-finned
8	Eight-finned
9	Nine-finned
10	Ten-finned

Skeleton: Menace	Text
0	Creature
1	Animal
2	Beast
3	Monster
4	Monstrosity
5	Demon
6+	Abomination

a completed Chimera

The beginning of the description varies with the skeleton's qualities.

Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility	Text
0	Authentic
1	Almost Believable
2	Mildly Questionable
3	Questionable
4	Very Questionable
5	Somewhat Incredible
6	Incredible
7	Beyond Incredible
8	Laughable
9	Plainly Fake
10-14	Brazenly Fake
15-20	Flamboyantly Fake
20+	Fantastic

Skeleton: Antiquity	Text
0	Relatively Recent
1-3	Partially Prehistoric
4+	Prehistoric

Skeleton: Amalgamy	Text
0	Free of Rubbery Influence
1	Probably Not Rubbery
2	Possibly Rubbery
3	Probably Rubbery
4	Rubbery
5	Amber-Formed
6	Fluke-Born
7	Amalgamous
8-9	Shameful
10-14	Deeply Shameful
15+	Constructed of the Shapeling Arts

Challenge information

Narrow, Mithridacy 10 (50% base)

• 6 and below - almost impossible (10%)
• 7 - high-risk (20%)
• 8 - high-risk (30%)
• 9 - tough (40%)
• 10 - very chancy (50%)
• 11 - chancy (60%)
• 12 - modest (70%)
• 13 - very modest (80%)
• 14 - low-risk (90%)
• 15 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Mitigation

You do careful work on every joint, every connection. […] You draw sketches of what the animal might have looked like, and what might have been its means of locomotion. The results are still peculiar, but they reflect a compelling artistry.

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

•  Your skeleton has become obviously questionable. (Raises Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility by 3)
•  You've assembled a Chimera. (Sets Skeleton in Progress to 100 - Chimera)

Failure

It might not command the respect of your University Colleagues

But who cares for the approbation of such narrow-minded individuals? You can probably find a buyer somewhere.

•  You've gained 6 x Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility
•  You've assembled a Chimera. (Sets Skeleton in Progress to 100 - Chimera)