Light a lantern
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From: A Black Gallery
The obvious thing to do when you find yourself in the dark.
Challenge information
- 164 - very chancy (41%)
- 204 - chancy (51%)
- 244 - modest (61%)
- 284 - very modest (71%)
- 324 - low-risk (81%)
- 364 - straightforward (91%)
- 400 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of 
Insubstantial adds 15 points of 
Shadowy.
Success
Flickering shadows
Your feeble light gives the striking grain on the wooden shelves a monstrous cast – creating the appearance of shapes. Faces, claws, wings. Tricks of the light.
Shadowy is increasing…
You've gained 5 x Perusing the Stacks (if 
In Search of Lost Time is exactly 1)
You've gained 5 x Finding the Centre (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 2)
Failure
Flickering shadows
Your feeble light gives the striking grain […] a monstrous cast – creating the appearance of shapes. Faces, claws, wings. Those are, of course, mere tricks of the light. The things that are pursuing you – hearing your steps in the dark – have no eyes.
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- Shadowy is increasing…
- You've gained 5 x Perusing the Stacks (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 1)
- You've gained 5 x Finding the Centre (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 2)
Noises in the Library is increasing… (+2 CP)
