Send a Fairly Tame Sorrow-Spider out scouting

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From: Ambition: Nemesis The Mirror Crack'd


Spiders are notorious climbers. It may be able to provide you with a lay of the land, should it return.

Game Instructions: Success is impossible. It will reduce the difficulty of the test for other branches however.

Unlocked with 1 x Fairly Tame Sorrow-Spider


Challenge information

Broad, Ambition: A Crack in the Veneer 75

  • 52 - very chancy (41%)
  • 64 - chancy (51%)
  • 77 - modest (61%)
  • 89 - very modest (71%)
  • 102 - low-risk (81%)
  • 114 - straightforward (91%)
  • 125 - straightforward (100%)

Success

A somewhat safe return

Your spider returns days later. It is missing a limb but it has gained an eye[…]. […] it has managed to breach further into the Bazaar than most have ever dared. […] Perhaps another companion might succeed in the work the spider has begun.

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


Failure

Gone

Days pass. Your spider does not return. You wonder, idly, what fate the Special Constables might have for a trespassing spider. It is not a comfortable thought. At least now you know not send the next one through the same route.