Finance a Palaeontological Expedition
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From: Influence the Spirit of the Age
The Reclusive Osteologist claims to be in retirement – he "had enough of bones back in Wyoming." But for a small fortune in rare wines, he'd be persuaded to make an exception.
Game Instructions: This will exchange your Cellar of Wine for a random bone.
Unlocked with 
Route: The Bone Market, 
1 x Cellar of Wine
Challenge information
A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 50%)
Success
A skull
"Hard and heavy. Some armoured scelidosaurus, perhaps; one can picture it head-butting its rivals."
You've lost 1 x Cellar of Wine
You've gained 1 x Plated Skull
You've gained 100 x Bone Fragments
Alternative Success
A wing
"Found underneath a cellar near Hollow Street, though I won't trouble you with the details of how it was found. Perhaps some kind of phorusrhacid?"
- You've lost 1 x Cellar of Wine
You've gained 1 x Albatross Wing- You've gained 100 x Bone Fragments
Failure
A ribcage
"A relative to my good friend the stegosaurus, one imagines. A beast much like myself: slow-moving and prickly." He laughs, but with little humour.
- You've lost 1 x Cellar of Wine
You've gained 1 x Thorned Ribcage- You've gained 100 x Bone Fragments
Alternative Failure
A curious interment
"Dredged up from a fallen stalactite just off the docks." He shrugs, feeling the tension of an unresolved mystery. "It's the d__ndest thing; undoubtedly the arms of some great ape, but one does not expect five identical arms interred together."
- You've lost 1 x Cellar of Wine
You've gained 5 x Human Arm- You've gained 100 x Bone Fragments
