Finger a scapegoat
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From: They all look the same to me
It's hard to be certain with Rubbery Men, but you suspect they're colluding to confuse. They'd probably prefer you to pick an innocent.
Game Instructions: You will lose some of your Favours: Constables, but gain a reward from the Rubbery Men.
Challenge information
Broad, 
Persuasive 35
- 24 - very chancy (41%)
- 30 - chancy (51%)
- 36 - modest (61%)
- 42 - very modest (72%)
- 48 - low-risk (82%)
- 54 - straightforward (92%)
- 59 - straightforward (100%)
Success
"You see, Constable? It is irrefutable! The culprit can only be..."
You make a fine show of the investigation, […] composing an elaborate lie that ties it all together. When you lay your deception before the Constables, you reasoning is so precise, so convoluted, that no-one dares to pick it apart. […]
Description summary:
After an extremely thorough 'investigation', you put together a complicated but convincing case against an innocent Rubbery Man, who readily accepts the blame. The actual thief gets away with it, but the Well-Intentioned Constable's misgivings are not shared by his colleagues.
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Persuasive is increasing…
You've lost 2 x Favours: Constables
Someone Is Coming is increasing… (+1 CP)
You've gained 3 x Volume of Collated Research
You've gained 25 x Proscribed Material
Failure
You are surrounded by idiots!
[…] you have constructed a magnificent […] case to frame the wrong Rubbery Man. Unfortunately, it's too elaborate […] The Constables […] decide to arrest the 'most dodgy-looking one' instead, and as luck would have it, incarcerate the very culprit.
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- Persuasive is increasing…
