Four of Cod: Proximal and Distal

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"Isn't this the moment," says the Queen, "that we should be employing some hare-brained scheme to administer the poison?" For all her avowed disdain for the game, she has a terribly detailed knowledge of said schemes.

Unlocked with Accomplice: Queen of Cod

Card drawn in The Alleyways of London

Occurs with Standard Frequency

Can not be discarded except by effects clearing your hand.

Options:

Ask her for a sensible suggestion

•  Spoiler ID: 260780
  

   

  Success

  Epistolary inundation

  •  You've gained 1 x Poisonous Preparation
  •  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
  •  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
  •  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
  •  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

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Ask her for a wildcard suggestion

•  Spoiler ID: 260781
  

  Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 190 || 130 - very chancy (41%) || 162 - chancy (51%) || 194 - modest (61%) || 225 - very modest (71%) || 257 - low-risk (81%) || 289 - straightforward (91%) || 317 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Each point of The Embalmer's Mark increases the base difficulty by 30 points.

  Success

  Improbable

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've gained 2 x Poisonous Preparation
  •  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
  •  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
  •  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
  •  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

  Failure

  Paltry effect

  •  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
  •  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
  •  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
  •  Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+0-1 CP)
  •  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

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