Promenade around in full view

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From: Preparing for a Big Score

Action Cost: 5

No one would ever accuse someone so well dressed of something so vulgar as criminal intent.

Game Instructions: This may gain you a large amount of Casing...

Unlocked with A Person of Some Importance -, Topsy Tailcoat


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 100

  • 69 - very chancy (41%)
  • 85 - chancy (51%)
  • 102 - modest (61%)
  • 119 - very modest (71%)
  • 135 - low-risk (81%)
  • 152 - straightforward (91%)
  • 167 - straightforward (100%)

Success

The upper classes

The doorman […] happily shows you around the lobby. A valet guides you around the second floor. Passersby bow and scrape, blinded to your intent by the devastating cut of your suit and the overwhelming starchiness of your collars. It really is that easy.

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Failure

A misunderstanding of the dress code

What did you do wrong? The wrong kind of knot on your bow tie? Unfashionable cuff links? Were your spats not sufficiently mirror-shined? The ways of the upper class are mercurial, and seem designed to catch you, specifically, out.