Inspect the guard patrols of the great and the good

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From: The Tolling of the Thief-Bells


The city's [anarchists] are curious. Who can be bribed, and who can be blackmailed, and who sleeps at their post? Who is ardent, and must be avoided?

Description summary:
First sentence varies with Firmament level.

FirmamentDescription
<500anarchists
500 - 799Feastmen
800remnants of the Feastmen

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Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 210

  • 144 - very chancy (41%)
  • 179 - chancy (51%)
  • 214 - modest (61%)
  • 249 - very modest (71%)
  • 284 - low-risk (81%)
  • 319 - straightforward (91%)
  • 350 - straightforward (100%)

Each point of Insubstantial adds 10 points of Shadowy.

Success

An itinerary of laxity

In their uniforms, […] one guard looks much the same as another. But there are peculiarities that separate them. One smokes a pungent blend in a hand-carved pipe. Another […] Each divergence from protocol is a weakness. Each idiosyncrasy, a lever.

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Failure

Simply unfair

They change up the patrol patterns every so often. You knew this. But still, here you are, in a compromising position upon castle grounds, with a pike levelled at your throat. In all that leather and mail, how could a guardsman be so stealthy?