Keep to the shadows
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From: Flint or Dagger
Watch the dance of knives by torchlight. Capitalise when their wielders fall.
Unlocked with Airs of Old Newgate 51
Challenge information
- 35 - very chancy (42%)
- 43 - chancy (51%)
- 51 - modest (61%)
- 60 - very modest (72%)
- 68 - low-risk (81%)
- 76 - straightforward (91%)
- 84 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Knifework
One man bears a cloak and carries a dagger, blade held out. Another wanders by candlelight […] The first shadows the second closely, […] Then: one, two – fast. Candle and a cage full of bees tumble down. You race after them, swooping to catch the cage […]
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- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained 5 x Bees Caught
- You've gained -10 to +10 x Dagger or Flint (up to 100)
- [Airs of Old Newgate change…] (random)
Failure
Ill met
[…] You hear the scrape of blades, smell the iron scent of blood. A cage filled with stolen bees clatters to the ground. You move in - too soon. One is bleeding, but […] retains the ability for a little fast knifework. You withdraw, clutching your new wound […]
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- Watchful is increasing…
- Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
- You've lost 10 to +10 x Dagger or Flint
- [Airs of Old Newgate change…] (random)