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From: Ten of Briars: Optima

No one ever made the history books by playing optimally.

Game Instructions: This will give you two Poisonous Preparation. It will not consume the boon.

Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation 2, Ace of Kings

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 200

• 137 - very chancy (41%)
• 170 - chancy (51%)
• 204 - modest (61%)
• 237 - very modest (71%)
• 270 - low-risk (81%)
• 304 - straightforward (91%)
• 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

Each point of The Embalmer's Mark increases the base difficulty by 30 points.

Success

Virtuosic

"That's not [...] tr—" You wave off the Priest. [...]triple inverted reverse object switch [...] so total and profound that it will have the target doubting whether it's even safe to put on trousers of a morning.

[...]"Suboptimal." He grins. "But very much not boring."

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've gained 2 x Poisonous Preparation
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

Failure

Overimaginative

[...]perhaps a little too extreme. The aftermath makes several of the morning papers and causes bats to steadfastly avoid you for the rest of the week. The target remains lamentably unpoisoned.

"I will admit, [...] that that was nothing if not original."

• Persuasive is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+1-3 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)