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