Escort for an evening
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From: Lady seeks bodyguard
Few would molest a wearer of the scarlet stockings. But Watchmaker's Hill is a rough place, and the occasional drunk needs to be dissuaded.
Challenge information
- 16 - very chancy (41%)
- 20 - chancy (52%)
- 24 - modest (62%)
- 28 - very modest (73%)
- 32 - low-risk (83%)
- 35 - straightforward (91%)
- 39 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Pleasant enough
The uncouth taverns and […] street corners […] give you few problems. A harsh glance here and a swift grab-and-hurl there […] Your charge seems a decent sort, and even buys you a beer when you have to wait. A fair handful of jade for a not unpleasant evening.
Description summary:
You're able to defend your charge. She pays you.
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Dangerous is increasing…
You've gained 36-45 x Jade Fragment
[The Airs of London change…] (random)
Rare Success
More than pleasant enough
[…] A harsh glance here and […] there and the evening passes smoothly. Perhaps rather more smoothly than you were expecting. You and she knock off work a little early. What went on in that smoky back room? What secrets were told? What pains eased?
Description summary:
You protect your charge, and in turn she takes you to the back room to soothe you.
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- Dangerous is increasing…
- You've gained 36-44 x Jade Fragment
Nightmares is dropping… (-2 CP)
You've gained 2 x Cryptic Clue- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
Failure
A rough sort of place
[…] [W]hoever they are, they're drunk. […] You acquit yourself well in the inevitable brawl that follows, but the woman in the stockings is handled roughly enough to smudge her elaborately painted face. You are not paid.
Description summary:
You fight the drunks of Watchmaker's Hill, but your charge is harmed and does not pay you.
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- Dangerous is increasing…
- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
