Determine the cause of the whale's unnatural state

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From: The Belly of the Proverbial


What has caused a river to flow through the body of a leviathan?


Challenge information

Narrow, Monstrous Anatomy 7 (50% base)

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

Success

Nox

The leviathan is speared upon the Harpoon: this is the obvious source of expiration. But water pours from somewhere in its middle, from no obvious source. […]

[…] even beneath the flood you can see the breach. It opened after: was death its origin?

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  • Midnightwhalesmall.png You are indeed where you think you are. It is as bad as could be imagined. (Raises Through the Blowhole by 1, up to 1)

Failure

Accidental injury

The leviathan is speared upon the Harpoon, the stalactite breaching the whale from cleft to spout. […] No whale, however hallowed, can survive such an ingress. Still, you'd not put your name to the conclusion, for sake of your reputation.

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