Dissuade zailors from their superstitions

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From: The Business of a Crooked-Cross


Their voyage has been plagued by bad luck. The crew are refusing to set zail until the omens are better – by which point the shipment will be overdue.

Unlocked with Airs of Industry 80 - 100, Notability 5


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 140

  • 96 - very chancy (41%)
  • 119 - chancy (51%)
  • 143 - modest (61%)
  • 166 - very modest (71%)
  • 189 - low-risk (81%)
  • 213 - straightforward (91%)
  • 234 - straightforward (100%)

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

"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings"

What are the Gods of the Unterzee? A mountain. A roof. A far-off direction. These are not gods! These are geography[...] who is holier – the navigator, or the navigated? [...]

[...] They whisper reverent prayers to the skills of their crewmates, [...]

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Failure

"King Storm, stay your anger. Queen Stone, preserve our hearts. Salt, tempt us not—"

Your descent into heresy is insufficiently gentle[...] deckhands scrabble for gifts of wine and fish and copper wire to throw overboard for Storm, while the bo'sun retrieves a packet of fungal crackers and attempts to coax a white zee-bat [...]
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