Obstacle: an Awkward Friend

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Your Awkward Friend is everywhere. They have a loud voice, loud clothes, and a tireless appetite for your company.

Game Instructions: Obstacle cards play as soon as they are drawn and may increase your menaces - unless you can remove them from your deck.

Unlocked with A Flash Lay: your Mark:, 1 x Flash Lay: an Awkward Friend

Card drawn in A Flash Lay

Occurs with Standard Frequency

Options:

Bring your Friend to a meeting

•  Spoiler ID: 161295
  

   

  Success

  Pints for two

  •  Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  You've gained 1 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve

  ^

Use your Awkward Friend to distract a Constable

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  Success

  Business to attend to

  •  Suspicion is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  You've gained 1 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve

  ^

Frame your Awkward Friend

•  Spoiler ID: 158121
  

  Unlocked with 5 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 125 || 86 - very chancy (41%) || 107 - chancy (51%) || 128 - modest (61%) || 148 - very modest (71%) || 169 - low-risk (81%) || 190 - straightforward (91%) || 209 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Shadowy, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (25 x Venture Challenge Level). The above example is at Venture Challenge Level 5.

  Success

  Watching the scene from a nearby rooftop

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've gained 25 x Flash Lay's Progress
  •  You've lost 5 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve
  •  You've lost 1 x Flash Lay: an Awkward Friend

  Failure

  Blast your Friend!

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Suspicion is increasing… (+4 CP)
  •  You've lost 1 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve

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Seduce your Awkward Friend's attractive companion

•  Spoiler ID: 158122
  

  Unlocked with 8 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 208.33 || 143 - very chancy (41%) || 178 - chancy (51%) || 212 - modest (61%) || 247 - very modest (71%) || 282 - low-risk (81%) || 316 - straightforward (91%) || 348 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Persuasive, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (41.66 x Venture Challenge Level). The above example is at Venture Challenge Level 5.

  Success

  Unnecessary chaperone

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've lost 8 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve
  •  You've gained 25 x Flash Lay's Progress
  •  You've lost 1 x Flash Lay: an Awkward Friend
  •  You've gained 1 x Flash Lay: An Informant

  Failure

  Chaperoned, endlessly

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  You've lost 1 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve

  ^