Nine of Inversions: Fortress
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Unlocked with Accomplice: Page of Inversions
Card drawn in The Alleyways of London
Occurs with Standard Frequency
Can not be discarded except by effects clearing your hand.
Options:
Take a sideways approach
- Spoiler
Success
Plumbing, too, can be a weapon
- Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(3-4 - 1 with The Embalmer's Mark - (2 × Tolerance)) CP, minimum 1)
- You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
- Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) What does this mean?
- Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) What does this mean?
- Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+1-3 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)
Take the direct approach
- Spoiler Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation
Challenge information
Narrow, Shapeling Arts 12 (50% base) || 8 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 9 - high-risk (20%) || 10 - high-risk (30%) || 11 - tough (40%) || 12 - very chancy (50%) || 13 - chancy (60%) || 14 - modest (70%) || 15 - very modest (80%) || 16 - low-risk (90%) || 17 and above - straightforward (100%)
Ace of Pages reduces the base difficulty by 2 points.
Each point of The Embalmer's Mark increases the base difficulty by 2 points.
Success
Rubbery wrecking ball
- Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(5 - Tolerance) CP, minimum 1)
- You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
- Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) What does this mean?
- Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) What does this mean?
- You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)
Failure
An overabundance of enthusiasm
- You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
- Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) What does this mean?
- Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) What does this mean?
- Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+0-1 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)