Listen to Mr Spices' wisdom on the subject of metallurgy
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From: Mr Spices Relies on You
It identifies alloys by scent. Was it always able to do this, or is this another side-effect of its condition?
Game Instructions: This will give Laboratory Research proportional to your Kataleptic Toxicology skill.
Challenge information
- 151 - very chancy (41%)
- 187 - chancy (51%)
- 224 - modest (61%)
- 261 - very modest (71%)
- 297 - low-risk (81%)
- 334 - straightforward (91%)
- 367 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of 
Research Preparations reduces the base difficulty by 1 point.
Success
Difficult
[...] "Heartmetal," it says [...] "To be alloyed with brass and steel." [...] Steel must be convinced to accept the strange metal; plied with sweet honey, spoken to in cooing tones. "A subtlety," Spices says, "that Mr Fires was never able to achieve."
Watchful is increasing…
You've gained (see below) x Laboratory Research
 Kataleptic Toxicology | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Laboratory Research | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 |
Failure
Displeased
Before you can stop it, Mr Spices goes digging through the biological sample drawers – where it finds a storm-bird feather. It launches into a fit of high-pitched sneezes that derails your work for the better part of an hour.
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained (see below) x Laboratory Research
| Kataleptic Toxicology | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory Research | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
