Play against the Nacreous Outcast
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From: Chequered Boards and Chess-Addicts
It knows the Principles very well indeed. It leaves slime on the chess-pieces.
Unlocked with 
25 x Nodule of Warm Amber, 
Cartographic Comprehension exactly 2
Locked with 
Nacreous Survivor
Challenge information
Narrow, 
A Player of Chess 6 (50% base)
- 2 and below - almost impossible (10%)
- 3 - high-risk (20%)
- 4 - high-risk (30%)
- 5 - tough (40%)
- 6 - very chancy (50%)
- 7 - chancy (60%)
- 8 - modest (70%)
- 9 - very modest (80%)
- 10 - low-risk (90%)
- 11 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Checkmate
[...] [...] The board breathes as you play [...] It tells you secrets with its chess-pieces. [...] The board is a body. The board is coral, and if you plant this Root in the right place—
[...] It is the next day's early evening, and you have a tolerably accurate map [...]
The Youthful Naturalist adds one final pen-stroke to the map, triumphantly. (Sets 
Cartographic Comprehension to 3)
You've gained 1 x Puzzling Map
Redirects to: How to Advance a Science
Failure
A wager lost
[…] there is doubt in your mind […] about the pieces […] about the will that bids them move. Your fingers are slippery with blood, cut by the coral Bishops […] How can the Outcast handle them without injury?
"Thwoo," says the Outcast as it tips over your Kin […][Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
You've lost 25 x Nodule of Warm Amber
Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)
