Pick the lock
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From: Breaking In to the Home of the Watchmaker's Daughter
Anyone hoping to disable this mechanism will need to work fast.
Challenge information
- 69 - very chancy (41%)
- 85 - chancy (51%)
- 102 - modest (61%)
- 119 - very modest (71%)
- 135 - low-risk (81%)
- 152 - straightforward (91%)
- 167 - straightforward (100%)
The difficulty is ("Base Shadowy" minus "equipment modifier"). Information above is for a combination total of 100 – e.g. 126 base and a 26 bonus from equipment. Note that such a character would have 152 Shadowy and therefore a chance of 91%.
Success
Swift and silent
You cannot risk alerting the being inside the house. You work quickly […] the door opens.
The front room is arranged as a show room. There are shelves and shelves of toys: tin soldiers, doll's houses […]
Light seeps out of a room further back...[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Shadowy is increasing…
An occurrence! Your 'Chance in the Home of the Watchmaker's Daughter' Quality is now [random number]! (hidden)
Redirects to: Meeting in a Back Room
Failure
Just a little further
You almost have it; the mechanism is nearly defeated. Then the keyhole snaps shut. The pick splinters in your hand. Shards of metal ping on the front steps. Tiny bellows produce a mechanised laughter.
Redirects to: Breaking In to the Home of the Watchmaker's Daughter
