Reversed: eyes above and below

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From: Six of Roots: The Climb

You have a better method of communication.

Game Instructions: This will give you progress. It is much less affected by the Poison Tolerance of your Target, but is guaranteed to increase it.

Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation 2

Challenge information

Narrow, Kataleptic Toxicology 12 (50% base)

• 8 and below - almost impossible (10%)
• 9 - high-risk (20%)
• 10 - high-risk (30%)
• 11 - tough (40%)
• 12 - very chancy (50%)
• 13 - chancy (60%)
• 14 - modest (70%)
• 15 - very modest (80%)
• 16 - low-risk (90%)
• 17 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Ace of Pages reduces the base difficulty by 2 points.

Each point of The Embalmer's Mark increases the base difficulty by 2 points.

Success

In the back of your head

You prepare a decoction, and you share a drink from the same bowl. For the next half-hour or so, whenever you close your eyes, you see the afterimages of someone else's vision – shadows dancing in the dark, seen from the rooftops above.

•  Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(4 - ( Tolerance - 3, minimum 0)) CP, minimum 1)
•  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) ^{What does this mean?}
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

Failure

Shadows

The decoction is meant to let you share in the afterimages of one another's eyes […] But the dosage is off; […] your shared vision is displaced in time. It's the middle of the day and you're seeing through his eyes as he eats last night's supper. […]

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

•  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) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+1-3 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)