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From: Two of Disintegrities: Play

The target has a quite splendid bed. Its only shortcoming? The lack of teeth.

Game Instructions: This will give you some progress.

Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation 4

Challenge information

Narrow, Shapeling Arts 12 (50% base)

• 8 and below - almost impossible (10%)
• 9 - high-risk (20%)
• 10 - high-risk (30%)
• 11 - tough (40%)
• 12 - very chancy (50%)
• 13 - chancy (60%)
• 14 - modest (70%)
• 15 - very modest (80%)
• 16 - low-risk (90%)
• 17 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Each point of The Embalmer's Mark increases the base difficulty by 2 points.

Success

Technically, it's a venom now

The Knight spreads amber over the frame, soaks it into the mattress. The bed opens like a maw, stretched and ravenous. It takes many hours of whispered words to simmer it down into quiescence. The bed will sleep until the target returns.

•  Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(6 + 1 with Ace of Knights - Tolerance) CP, minimum 1)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

Failure

Somniferous

[…] razor-sharp teeth, an unquenchable appetite, […] potent venom.

The target[…] gets the best night's sleep he's ever had. The gentle pressure of the teeth, the lulling numbness of the toxin, the encompassing embrace of the maw. Perhaps you could sell these?

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

•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+1-3 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)