Locate an Impossible Theorem

ID: 119704

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From: The Other Thing in the Other Chapel

Action Cost: 9

"We'll have to hunt him down," the Professor confides […] "It probably won't work. It usually doesn't. But the machine doesn't usually blow up. If it does, I'll send you an invoice, but you can reattach your own limbs."

Description summary:
Hunting down the Theorem is nearly impossible. The Professor takes no responsibility for any fatalities.

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Game Instructions: This is terribly difficult, but the Theorem is extremely valuable.

Unlocked with 9 x Sudden Insight, 49 x Searing Enigma

Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 500

• 342 - very chancy (41%)
• 425 - chancy (51%)
• 509 - modest (61%)
• 592 - very modest (71%)
• 675 - low-risk (81%)
• 759 - straightforward (91%)
• 834 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

A successful Theorem-Hunt!

[…] If you understand the Professor correctly […] the Theorem tried to escape into Parabola […] but the Truthbreaker Turbine's assault blinded and deafened it long enough that you could imprison it... […]

You soak it up greedily. […]

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• Watchful is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Impossible Theorem
• You've lost 9 x Sudden Insight
• You've lost 49 x Searing Enigma
•  Watchful is increasing… (+140 CP?, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)

Failure

Truth burns!

A pillar of fire erupts horizontally from the machine. The entire University rotates through three hundred and seventy degrees […] The last thing you remember before the darkness takes you is the Professor feverishly counting on her fingers.

Description summary:
The Professor counts up how much you owe for her invoice as the Turbine backfires and kills you.

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• Watchful is increasing…
• You've lost 2-5? x Sudden Insight
• You've lost 1 x Searing Enigma
• You've lost 10000 x Penny
•  Wounds is increasing… (+72 CP)
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+6-9 CP) (observations differ, it is not known how much this fluctuates)

Wiki note: The Wounds gain here is enough to go from 0 Wounds to 11.