Spiders in the Shallows

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Legs; eyes; hair; joints. The zee here is full of a lot more spider than is typical. Some drown, but others cling together around cores of wrack or driftwood, and menace passing craft like vagrant rafts of venom and fury.

Game Instructions: The sorrow-spiders' Forest of Years will continue to menace London's home waters until they are repelled or defeated. Pursue them from 'Hunting the Beasts of the Zee', within your Cabin.

Unlocked with Saplings in the Forest of Years is present (World Quality, currently locked)

Card drawn in Home Waters

Occurs with Abundant Frequency (5 x as common as Standard)

Can not be discarded except by effects clearing your hand.

Options:

Dive, dive, dive!

•  Spoiler ID: 276956
  

  Unlocked with Zubmersibility
  

   

  Success

  A change, rather than a rest

  •  Troubled Waters is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  You've gained ( Zailing Speed + 1~5) x Zailing...
  •  You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)

  ^

Blast them apart

•  Spoiler ID: 276957
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Zeefaring 20 (50% base) || 16 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 17 - high-risk (20%) || 18 - high-risk (30%) || 19 - tough (40%) || 20 - very chancy (50%) || 21 - chancy (60%) || 22 - modest (70%) || 23 - very modest (80%) || 24 - low-risk (90%) || 25 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Each point of Monstrous Anatomy adds 1 point of Zeefaring.

  Success

  Long Division

  •  Troubled Waters is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  You've gained ( Zailing Speed + 1~5) x Zailing...
  •  You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)

  Failure

  Ricochet

  •  Troubled Waters is increasing… (+7 CP)
  •  Is something stalking your ship? (Sets Silent Stalker to 1)
  •  You've gained ( Zailing Speed/2 + 1~5) x Zailing...
  •  You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)

  ^

Let your arachnid allies plead your case

•  Spoiler ID: 276958
  

  Unlocked with at least one of: Fairly Tame Sorrow-Spider, Luxuriantly Coiffed Sorrow-Spider, Senatorial Spider, Spider of Silken Marvels ("You require but one arachnid ally." when locked)
  

   

  Success

  Turning aside

  •  Troubled Waters is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  You've gained ( Zailing Speed + 1~5) x Zailing...
  •  You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)

  ^