Let your client speak freely
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From: Prosecution of (Trial)
It is rarely advisable to let them run their mouths. But your victory will be so much more impressive if they've lightly incriminated themselves along the way.
Game Instructions: Success here will somewhat increase the prestige – and difficulty – of the case.
Unlocked with 
Progress of a Trial exactly 2, 
Trial Being Fought 2-4 (You are prosecuting a civil case.)
Challenge information
Narrow, 
Mithridacy 3 (50% base)
- 0 - high-risk (20%)
- 1 - high-risk (30%)
- 2 - tough (40%)
- 3 - very chancy (50%)
- 4 - chancy (60%)
- 5 - modest (70%)
- 6 - very modest (80%)
- 7 - low-risk (90%)
- 8 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Aspersions on character
You steer your client subtly onto more tangential matters. They chatter away, warming to their theme. A little too warmly, judging from the gasps in the room. Oh that? But everyone engages in a little of that from time to time. Don't they?
Description summary:
An extra passage will be added to the description with a certain 
Format of Trial.
| Format | Passage |
|---|---|
| 20 - Cedar Trial | There is a sudden odour of wood and earth. Your client begins to hack and cough. |
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It is time to hear the closing statements. (Sets 
Progress of a Trial to 3)
You've gained 1 x Prestige of a Legal Case
Failure
Too much!
It starts out benignly enough. A little public indecency, a little light calumny. You should probably cut them off in a mo— Ah. You definitely shouldn't have let them say that.
- It is time to hear the closing statements. (Sets Progress of a Trial to 3)
Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
