Extricate information from a Recalcitrant Informant

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ID: 250820

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From: The Nephrite Quarter

He likes to talk, but not as much as he likes to be made to feel very important.

Unlocked with Object of a Khaganian Intrigue, Methods of a Khaganian Front: Manipulation, Current Time in the Khanate: Evening - Midnight

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 170

• 117 - very chancy (41%)
• 145 - chancy (51%)
• 173 - modest (61%)
• 202 - very modest (71%)
• 230 - low-risk (81%)
• 258 - straightforward (91%)
• 284 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

A conversation in a tea-shop

The Recalcitrant Informant is a man who does unimportant work […] more weight on what he overhears than on what he does.

[…] pick away at his scruples […] he wants only attention […] Where would spies be without men who love secrets only when […] disclosing them?

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've gained 10 x Infiltrating...
•  You've gained 1 x Current Time in the Khanate:
• [Airs of the Khanate change…] (random)

Failure

A conversation in a tea-shop

You sit with the Recalcitrant Informant. Over tea, you try to pick away at his scruples. Eventually, he relents - but you've been sitting here too long with him. Are you being watched?

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've gained 5 x Infiltrating...
•  Taimen's Attention is increasing… (+2 CP, up to level 10)
• Khaganian Front: Obfuscation is dropping… (-( Attention - Resilience) CP) (At least 1 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Current Time in the Khanate:
• [Airs of the Khanate change…] (random)