Feign madness
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From: ACT (N), SCENE (m)
A classic manoeuvre for those embroiled in tragedy – but a dangerous thing to do in a place like this, lest it take hold for true.
Unlocked with 
Consuming Genre: Tragedy, 
Act II-III
Locked with 
Crimson Airs 13-88
Challenge information
- 195 - very chancy (41%)
- 243 - chancy (51%)
- 290 - modest (61%)
- 338 - very modest (71%)
- 385 - low-risk (81%)
- 433 - straightforward (91%)
- 475 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Believable to the point of worry
[See below]
The players milk your madness for scene after scene, the fuel upon which the whole plot purrs.Description summary:
The first paragraph varies with 
Starring Role:
| Starring Role: | First paragraph |
|---|---|
| King | You hurl abuse at courtiers. You break the map table in twain. Into the silence of the audience you pour the shackled anguish of a king unmoored and a dynasty toppling. |
| Queen | You wail from a tower's upper reaches, and prepare poisons that you never drink. Into the silence of the audience you pour the biting anguish of ambition thwarted, and a thousand needs unmet. |
| Knave | You slouch from hall to bedchamber. You bellow over graves. You find a sea, and threaten to throw yourself in it, pouring want and uncertainty into the silence of the audience. |
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Dangerous is increasing…
You've gained 580 x Scarlet Applause
Scenery changes. Players enter and exit. (Raises 
Scene by 1)
[Crimson Airs change…] (random)
Failure
A sane insanity
It has not the ring of truth – it is not a [role]'s insanity, but yours. The scenes land flat until the Fool capers out to recast your failures as biting metaphor. Worse still, there is pity behind his coxcombed mask.
[role]'s insanity, but yours. The scenes land flat until the Fool capers out to recast your failures as biting metaphor. Worse still, there is pity behind his coxcombed mask.- Dangerous is increasing…
- You've gained 200 x Scarlet Applause
- Scenery changes. Players enter and exit. (Raises Scene by 1)
Your audience's adoration of the King is increasing... (Increases 
Red Rapture by 2-3 CP, if already present)
Your audience's desperation for the Queen is increasing... (Increases 
Red Thirst by 2-3 CP, if already present)
Your audience's hunger for the Knave is increasing... (Increases 
Red Hunger by 2-3 CP, if already present)- [Crimson Airs change…] (random)
