Have the King arrange a reunion

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From: Seven of Tallow: Recollection

Poisoned wine at a meeting between lapsed friends; a classic.

Game Instructions: This will give you some progress.

Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation 7

Challenge information

Narrow, Kataleptic Toxicology 11 (50% base)

• 7 and below - almost impossible (10%)
• 8 - high-risk (20%)
• 9 - high-risk (30%)
• 10 - tough (40%)
• 11 - very chancy (50%)
• 12 - chancy (60%)
• 13 - modest (70%)
• 14 - very modest (80%)
• 15 - low-risk (90%)
• 16 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Each point of The Embalmer's Mark increases the base difficulty by 2 points.

Success

By degrees

In Hearts' Game, poison is used […] to ease the target towards their end […]; were this straightforward murder, you would simply pour the whole vial down the throat of this wine bottle. But an umpire […] bids you to stop short of the usual dosage.

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•  Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(8 + 1 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

Wasted effort

You carefully select a poison that will hide comfortably among the flavours of wine. Later, the King returns to you looking more than a little embarrassed – turns out the target has, at some point, turned teetotal.

•  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… (+1-3 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)