Obstacle: an Inconvenient Door

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Dark oak. Brass handle. Strong locks, an honest servant behind them, and no time. D__n the thing; your mark's secrets are just behind it!

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 1 x A Flash Lay: an Inconvenient Door, Flash Lay's Progress 33

Card drawn in A Flash Lay

Occurs with Standard Frequency

Options:

Scarper!

•  Spoiler ID: 161315
  

   

  Success

  "I said get back here, you..."

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

  ^

Pretend to be a lunatic

•  Spoiler ID: 168207
  

   

  Success

  "Off with you! Off, I say!"

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

  ^

Convince the servant to let you in

•  Spoiler ID: 161312
  

  Unlocked with 5 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 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%)
  

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

  Success

  A coalescence of character

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've lost 5 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve
  •  You've gained 25 x Flash Lay's Progress
  •  You've lost 1 x A Flash Lay: an Inconvenient Door

  Failure

  A lost cause

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

  ^

Turn it to your advantage

•  Spoiler ID: 161313
  

  Unlocked with 8 x A Flash Lay: Up your Sleeve
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 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%)
  

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

  Success

  The way is clear

  • Shadowy 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 A Flash Lay: an Inconvenient Door
  •  You've gained 1 x A Flash Lay: A Ring of Duplicate Keys

  Failure

  "What're you after, eh?"

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

  ^