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 12 (50% base)
- 8 and below - almost impossible (10%)
- 9 - high-risk (20%)
- 10 - high-risk (30%)
- 11 - tough (40%)
- 12 - very chancy (50%)
- 13 - chancy (60%)
- 14 - modest (70%)
- 15 - very modest (80%)
- 16 - low-risk (90%)
- 17 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… (+0-1 CP)
You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)
Categories:
- Pages Without Guide Restrictions
- Poisonous Preparation
- Kataleptic Toxicology Challenge
- The Embalmer's Mark
- The Embalmer's Mark Formula Uses
- Actions
- Ace of Kings
- Ace of Kings Formula Uses
- Poison Tolerance of Your Target
- Poison Tolerance of Your Target Formula Uses
- Poisoner's Progress Gain
- Hearts' Game: Exploits Gain
- Elusiveness of your Target Gain
- Poison Tolerance of Your Target Gain
- Hearts' Game: Turns this Round Gain
- Hearts' Game: Counterplay Gain