Destroy an Infestation of Sorrow-Spiders

ID: 10508

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The house at the address you've been given is alive with furtive, scuttling motion. A blind man begs on the street outside.

Game Instructions: You'll need to build up a Running Battle... quality to at least 4 to complete this.

Unlocked with Menace Eradication Contract: Sorrow-Spider Infestation

Options:

A straightforward approach... Squash the filthy things!

•  Spoiler ID: 4411
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Dangerous 20 || 14 - very chancy (42%) || 17 - chancy (51%) || 21 - modest (63%) || 24 - very modest (72%) || 27 - low-risk (81%) || 31 - straightforward (93%) || 34 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Got one!

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  Running Battle... is increasing… (+1 CP)

  Rare Success

  Perhaps a tad overenthusiastic, there...

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  You've gained 9 x Whispered Hint
  •  Running Battle... is increasing… (+1 CP)

  Failure

  It moves too quickly

  • Dangerous is increasing…

  ^

This might be faster... Track them to their nests

•  Spoiler ID: 4412
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Watchful 25 || 18 - very chancy (43%) || 22 - chancy (52%) || 26 - modest (62%) || 30 - very modest (72%) || 34 - low-risk (81%) || 38 - straightforward (91%) || 42 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Aha!

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  Running Battle... is increasing… (+2 CP)

  Rare Success

  There's more to this...

  Wiki note: Rare success chance is 15%.

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  Running Battle... is increasing… (+5 CP)
  •  You've gained 1 x Relic of the Fourth City

  Failure

  No luck

  • Watchful is increasing…

  ^

Take a break

•  Spoiler ID: 170007
  

  Action Cost: 0
  

   

  Success

  A change is as good as a rest

  ^

Making Your Name: Turn in a sack of sorrow-spider legs

•  Spoiler ID: 170009
  

  Unlocked with A Name Scrawled in Blood exactly 1, Running Battle... 4
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Running Battle... 0 (50% base) || 4 - low-risk (90%) || 5 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  That'll do.

  •  You've gained 72 x Piece of Rostygold
  •  Dangerous is increasing… (+13 CP, up to level 200 + Dangerous Gains)
  •  Your 'Menace Eradication Contract: Sorrow-Spider Infestation' Quality has gone!
  • 'Running Battle...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?

  Redirects to: The Secret of your Success

  Failure

  Suspicious muttering

  •  Running Battle... is dropping… (-1 CP)

  ^

Resolution: turn in a sack of sorrow-spider legs

•  Spoiler ID: 170006
  

  Unlocked with A Name Scrawled in Blood 2, Running Battle... 4
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Running Battle... 1 (50% base) || 4 - very modest (80%) || 5 - low-risk (90%) || 6 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  That'll do.

  •  You've gained 72 x Piece of Rostygold
  •  Dangerous is increasing… (+13 CP, up to level 200 + Dangerous Gains)
  •  Your 'Menace Eradication Contract: Sorrow-Spider Infestation' Quality has gone!
  • 'Running Battle...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?

  Failure

  Suspicious muttering

  •  Running Battle... is dropping… (-1 CP)

  ^