Set an ambush

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From: Flint or Dagger


If you risk a few bees, you can draw the attentions of the old order Vespertine. They crave the honey only these insects can make.

Locked with Dagger or Flint 51


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 88

  • 61 - very chancy (41%)
  • 75 - chancy (51%)
  • 90 - modest (61%)
  • 105 - very modest (71%)
  • 119 - low-risk (81%)
  • 134 - straightforward (91%)
  • 147 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Honeyed tongues

The Order is fast, […] But these inmates are also old, […] They draw close to your bees, like moths to flame. Withered tongues protrude from crudely bandaged mouths […] It takes only a shadow of movement to startle them and send them into flight. […]

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Failure

The fruits of victory

Despite their advanced age, the [...] inmates of the Order are fast. One knocks your bees from the air [...]. While that man works, two other move around him in a circle, protecting him. [...] Withered tongues lap at the bees for a time before caging them away.