Handle them like dockers at the Blind Helmsman
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From: A Pugnacious Encounter
Description summary:
This action's title varies based on your level of Dedicated Brawler.
Dedicated Brawler | Title |
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30 - 45 | Handle them like dockers at the Blind Helmsman |
116 - 351 | Teach 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
- 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 Members | Description |
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The Bishop of Southwark | (though Southwark is still in excellent wrestling condition) |
Feducci | Come to that, Feducci would skewer the whole set of them on a single lance. |
The Drummer | And if somehow that doesn't suffice, there are other board members they might enjoy meeting. The Drummer, perhaps. |
Fighting Style | Second Paragraph |
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The School of Hard Knocks | You 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-Colonies | You 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 Course | You 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 amalgam | You 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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- Dangerous is increasing…
- Tracklayers' Displeasure is dropping… (-6 CP)
- The City Waning is increasing… (+2 CP)
- An occurrence! Your 'Hinterland City - Recent News' Quality is now 10 - Recent fistfight! (hidden)
Failure
This should have been no trouble at all
Description summary:
Depending on the city's Founding Body, the generic description may be replaced with a different one.
Founding Body | Description |
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Your Own Double | This 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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- Dangerous is increasing…
- Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
- An occurrence! Your 'Hinterland City - Recent News' Quality is now 10 - Recent fistfight! (hidden)
- Pages Without Guide Restrictions
- Dedicated Brawler Text Uses
- Dangerous Challenge
- Board Member: The Bishop of Southwark Text Uses
- Board Member: Feducci Text Uses
- Board Member: The Drummer Text Uses
- Identified with a Tradition: Text Uses
- Actions
- Tracklayers' Displeasure Loss
- The City Waning Gain
- Hinterland City - Recent News Gain
- Hinterland City - Founding Body Text Uses
- Wounds Gain