Instruct your gang to tear down the competitors' posters

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From: Meddle with the competition

Be careful, lest the sabotage be traced back to you.

Game Instructions: Success here has a small chance of boosting your Shadowy even more than usual.

Unlocked with Gang of Hoodlums

Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 40

• 28 - very chancy (42%)
• 34 - chancy (51%)
• 41 - modest (61%)
• 48 - very modest (72%)
• 54 - low-risk (81%)
• 61 - straightforward (91%)
• 67 - straightforward (100%)
  

Each point of Advertising Profile: Enterprise increases the base difficulty by 4 points.

Success

Getting away with it

Your gang conducts a clandestine attack on London's walls. […] a rumour takes hold: your competitors were hiding correspondence sigils in their artwork. The constables tore the posters down in secret […] Perhaps it is dangerous to even discuss the matter.

[…]

Description summary:
The second paragraph varies based on your Advertising Profile: Campaign Focus

Campaign Focus	Second Paragraph
Mrs Winthrop's Purifying Soap	Meanwhile, the only remaining posters are for Mrs Winthrop's Purifying Soap. For a while, it is the only soap people can bring to mind.
Spirit of the Zee	Meanwhile, the only remaining posters are for Spirit of the Zee. For a while, it is the only drink people can bring to mind.
Sterling's Solar Hearth	Meanwhile, the only remaining posters are for Sterling's Solar Hearth. For a while, it is the only household appliance people can bring to mind.
The Cosmic Matchmaker	Meanwhile, the only remaining posters are for The Cosmic Matchmaker. For a while, it is the only matchmaking service people can bring to mind.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Shadowy is increasing…
• Advertising Profile: Campaign Duration is dropping… (-1 CP)
•  You've gained (see table below) x Advertising Profile: Name Recognition

Enterprise	0	1	5	6	10	11	15	16	20	21	25	26
Name Recognition Gain	167	167	172	174	200	212	267	279	305	307	312	312

Failure

An unfortunate coincidence

You were seen issuing the order […] hoodlums. Worse, the gang was later involved in a regrettable incident involving a blemmigan and a prominent member of the clergy. London assumes it was your doing […] spoken of mainly in the context of criminal doings.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Shadowy is increasing…
• Advertising Profile: Campaign Duration is dropping… (-1 CP)
•  Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Advertising Profile: Dreaded
• You've lost (see table below) x Advertising Profile: Name Recognition

Enterprise	0	1	5	6	10	11	15	16	20	21	25	26
Name Recognition Loss	-1	-1	-6	-9	-36	-49	-108	-121	-148	-151	-156	-156