Spring an ambush
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From: Flint or Dagger
A knife in the dark, a lit torch falling. Feel the arc of the blade in your hand, watch the light leave your target's eyes.
Locked with Airs of Old Newgate 51
Challenge information
- 35 - very chancy (42%)
- 43 - chancy (51%)
- 51 - modest (61%)
- 60 - very modest (72%)
- 68 - low-risk (81%)
- 76 - straightforward (91%)
- 84 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Red are the roses
Their cloak covers them like a shroud […] You shadow them […] then lean in close. Once, twice, thrice, they lie on the floor, flint falling from their hands. The […] light attracts a handful of bees. […] You pluck them like flowers from the sticky ground.
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- Dangerous is increasing…
- You've gained 5 x Bees Caught
- You've gained 10 to +10 x Dagger or Flint (up to 100)
- [Airs of Old Newgate change…] (random)
Failure
Blood, stone
"Dagger, or Flint?" They howl as they close in. Their blood sprays upon the pale tiles, but not enough. The flint was a feint, a dagger lies under their rotten cloak. They laugh as they stab [...]. The walls of Old Newgate lurch as you stagger away.
- Dangerous is increasing…
- Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
- You've lost 10 to +10 x Dagger or Flint
- [Airs of Old Newgate change…] (random)