Employ the Priest's needle

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From: Nine of Smiths: Needle

O delicate dealer of deferred death.

Game Instructions: This will give you progress and a Poisonous Preparation.

Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation 3

Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 200

• 137 - very chancy (41%)
• 170 - chancy (51%)
• 204 - modest (61%)
• 237 - very modest (71%)
• 270 - low-risk (81%)
• 304 - straightforward (91%)
• 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

Each point of The Embalmer's Mark increases the base difficulty by 30 points.

Success

Ghost-needle

Lively with poison, the needle hides itself. This is not a weapon to be wielded. It is a secret to be imparted.

• Dangerous is increasing…
•  Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(4 - Tolerance) CP, minimum 1)
•  You've gained 1 x Poisonous Preparation
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

Failure

Totally undetectable

It's a delicate, diaphanous thing, a perfect whisper no wider than an angel's hair. And you really shouldn't have put it down, because now you can't FIND the bl__dy thing!

• Dangerous is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+1-3 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)