Make a perfectly illicit move (Betting On 1)

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From: The Goat's Gambit


Nudging this piece over there would give the Second Circle an advantage.

Unlocked with Betting on the Hurlers exactly 1


Challenge information

Narrow, A Player of Chess 9 (50% base)

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

Success

Advantageous

You can't play a gambit in chess when you're already midway through the game. Which is why it's a good thing you aren't playing chess. […] You might have lifted a few hooves and put them down again in another place […], but that's a different matter.

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Failure

Disadvantageous

Chess pieces[…] don't bite this hard. Goat-demons don't normally […] either. You've managed to lift a truly vicious bishop from the board. It is a bishop with a beard, and horns, and hooves[…] it crashes into the opposing pawns, knocking legions to the floor.

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