Kill another of your kind, in passing
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From: Oversee the Middle Game
One pawn passes another. The second pawn dies. It is not even very much effort, for one of your vocation.
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Challenge information
- 137 - very chancy (41%)
- 170 - chancy (51%)
- 204 - modest (61%)
- 237 - very modest (71%)
- 270 - low-risk (81%)
- 304 - straightforward (91%)
- 334 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Taking sides
Political craft is nothing unless you are willing to act. One cannot befriend everyone. There must be losses.
- Dangerous is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Progress on the Board
- You've gained 3 x Positional Advantages
- You now have ( Strategic Weaknesses - Positional Advantages) x Position on the Board: Distance behind
- You now have ( Positional Advantages - Strategic Weaknesses) x Position on the Board: Distance ahead
Failure
How did that fail?
On an ordinary chessboard, that would have succeeded without question. Here, the pawn sees you coming. When you go to make the kill, it breaks your arm, instead. Oh, well: you have another.
- Dangerous is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Progress on the Board
- Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Strategic Weaknesses
- You now have ( Strategic Weaknesses - Positional Advantages) x Position on the Board: Distance behind
- You now have ( Positional Advantages - Strategic Weaknesses) x Position on the Board: Distance ahead