Handle them like dockers at the Blind Helmsman

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From: A Pugnacious Encounter


They are drunk, or they would know better.

Description summary:
This action's title varies based on your level of Dedicated Brawler.

Dedicated BrawlerTitle
31 - 45Handle them like dockers at the Blind Helmsman
116 - 351Teach them the same lesson you've taught many a docker

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Game Instructions: If successful, this will significantly reduce Tracklayer's Displeasure, though it may cause a bit of City Waning.


Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 100

  • 69 - very chancy (41%)
  • 85 - chancy (51%)
  • 102 - modest (61%)
  • 119 - very modest (71%)
  • 135 - low-risk (81%)
  • 152 - straightforward (91%)
  • 167 - straightforward (100%)

Success

This should settle matters

They've chosen the wrong GHR director to meddle with [...] It's a common error, assuming all your board members are softened by their wealth.

[...]

Description summary:
Extra text is added to the description for certain members of the board - the first two are added in the first paragraph, while the third adds an extra paragraph to the end. Additionally, the second paragraph varies depending on which Tradition you are identified with.

Board MembersDescription
The Bishop of Southwark(though Southwark is still in excellent wrestling condition)
FeducciCome to that, Feducci would skewer the whole set of them on a single lance.
The DrummerAnd if somehow that doesn't suffice, there are other board members they might enjoy meeting. The Drummer, perhaps.
Fighting StyleSecond Paragraph
The School of Hard KnocksYou demonstrate the depth of this mistake. As you plant the third man face-down in the street, you reflect that they will not like you better in the morning. But they will very likely leave town, and that will do just as well.
The Forms of the Tomb-ColoniesYou demonstrate the depth of their error. The blade in the toe of your shoe comes as a particular surprise. If they don't precisely like you afterwards, at least they have learned a measure of respect.
The Adventuress' Correspondence CourseYou demonstrate the depth of their error. When you're through, two men are unconscious on the pub roof and the third is passed out in the fountain. You trust you will not have to repeat the demonstration tomorrow.
Your own amalgamYou honour them with a lesson in your own particular fighting style. Alas, they don't appreciate the gesture, and you fancy they will not trouble you to repeat it.

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Failure

This should have been no trouble at all

Are you getting old? Slow? What's got into you?

Description summary:
Depending on the city's Founding Body, the generic description may be replaced with a different one.

Founding BodyDescription
Your Own DoubleThis is what comes of making your double into the city: all the citizens know your fighting style. [...] your moves don't surprise them; your choice of weaponry doesn't throw them off. And there are too many of them for you to handle, [...].

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