Pose as one of the keepers

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From: A Menagerie of Minor Shames


In the corridors of the Bazaar, there are many guards. You do not need to convince them all; you need only find one who will listen.

Game Instructions: Experience raising Whitsun creatures will make the Watchful part of this challenge easier.


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 150

  • 103 - very chancy (41%)
  • 128 - chancy (51%)
  • 153 - modest (61%)
  • 178 - very modest (71%)
  • 203 - low-risk (81%)
  • 228 - straightforward (91%)
  • 250 - straightforward (100%)

Narrow, Monstrous Anatomy 3 (50% base)

  • 0 - high-risk (20%)
  • 1 - high-risk (30%)
  • 2 - tough (40%)
  • 3 - very chancy (50%)
  • 4 - chancy (60%)
  • 5 - modest (70%)
  • 6 - very modest (80%)
  • 7 - low-risk (90%)
  • 8 and above - straightforward (100%)

Broad, Watchful 180

  • 123 - very chancy (41%)
  • 153 - chancy (51%)
  • 183 - modest (61%)
  • 213 - very modest (71%)
  • 244 - low-risk (81%)
  • 273 - straightforward (91%)
  • 300 - straightforward (100%)

Each point of Monster Nurturer reduces the base difficulty by ? points.

Success

Within

[…]

[…]

Beyond the door is a kennel fit for kings. The Russet Spindlewolf prowls the room [...] in its company are minotaurs and firebirds and cuttlefish, yes, and other things too, their bodies bred to the point halfway between the jellyfish and the false-stars.

Description summary:
The first paragraph varies based on your experience as a Monster Nurturer.

NurturerFirst Paragraph
0You are forced to invent a few stories about these creatures, for lack of direct experience. Happily, your listener doesn't seem able to contradict you. [...] He has a lively fear of these things and he wouldn't switch places with you for the world.
9 - 13You have hatched [...] enough of these creatures that you have a copious knowledge of their hatching, feeding, and training behaviour; you select just a few of the most lurid to regale the Warden [...] He turns a bit green, convinced but keen not to hear any more.
26 - 55You have an encyclopaedic knowledge of Whitsun creatures – their various species, the distinctions in their character [...] You would be able to give an impromptu lecture at the Royal Society [...]; merely persuading one theriophobic Warden [...] presents no difficulty [...]

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Redirects to: The Centre of Many Stares


Failure

Not you. Not today.

You're here to do what, again? Provide kibble to the downstairs kennels? If you knew what those things ate, you wouldn't be so quick to lie about it.