Fists and fingers

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From: Pick pockets at a ring fight


The thrill of a ring-fight generally distracts spectators. A skilled dipper might take advantage.


Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 33

  • 23 - very chancy (41%)
  • 29 - chancy (52%)
  • 34 - modest (61%)
  • 40 - very modest (72%)
  • 45 - low-risk (81%)
  • 51 - straightforward (92%)
  • 55 - straightforward (100%)

Success

A winner outside the ring

[…] you're off to the fights.[…] You wait until the fighters get good and bloody […]. It is the work of a few moments to find some attractive valuables whose owners are caught up in the pugilism, and you make a swift escape with nobody any the wiser.

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Failure

Beaten by a newcomer

There is a new fighter, a towering Unterzee zailor, who is taking on all comers and pummelling them handily.[…] the crowd is bored […] and becomes more concerned with their valuables […]. You wisely decide that prudence is called for[…].

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