Keep your crew on course

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From: A Wind from the North

Motivate them. There are warmer waters ahead. Or so you can say, anyway.

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 110

• 76 - very chancy (41%)
• 94 - chancy (51%)
• 112 - modest (61%)
• 131 - very modest (71%)
• 149 - low-risk (81%)
• 167 - straightforward (91%)
• 184 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Rouse them to song

You walk the decks and inspect the crew's labours. You bid them to light candles and spur them to sing shanties. Keep them moving. Keep the cold and dark and terror at bay.

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You are making progress towards your destination. (Increases Zailing... by Zailing Speed)
•  Northern Wind is increasing… (+1 CP) (if already present)
•  You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)

Failure

Fear and hunger

The zailors are unresponsive to your presence. You are met with sullen glares and morose shrugs. The bo'sun's mate stands for hours at the railing, transfixed by something on the northern horizon […] mutters something about numbers and names.

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• Persuasive is increasing…
•  Troubled Waters is increasing… (+12 CP)
•  Terror grips your vessel. (Sets Creeping Fear to 1)
•  You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)
•  Northern Wind is increasing… (+1 CP) (if already present)
•  You are making very slow progress towards your destination. (Increases Zailing... by Zailing Speed/2)
•  You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)