Have the Fool bully its way inside

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From: Eight of Audacities: Authority

Just hope that the Constables have a Pavlovian response to being ordered around by a robed figure with a squeaky voice.

Game Instructions: This will give you some progress.

Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation 4

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 180

• 123 - very chancy (41%)
• 153 - chancy (51%)
• 183 - modest (61%)
• 213 - very modest (71%)
• 244 - low-risk (81%)
• 273 - straightforward (91%)
• 300 - straightforward (100%)
  

Ace of Pages reduces the base difficulty by 40 points.

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

Success

It's all in the shouting

There is a flurry of frenzied activity. The desk sergeant sends for a carriage, into which a group of Constables bundle your confused target. [...]

A beleaguered-looking officer scratches her head. "I didn't even know there was a Mr Cheese."

•  Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(5 + 2 with Ace of Knights + 2 with Ace of Kings - Tolerance) CP, minimum 1)
•  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

Having none of it

Before the Fool can open its mouth, the desk sergeant is harrying it with a broom. "Out! Out!"

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  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)