Stand lookout while the jewel-thief slips inside

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From: A jewel-thief needs an accomplice


He's the expert. Your efforts are better spent making sure there are no complications.


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 12

  • 9 - very chancy (45%)
  • 11 - chancy (55%)
  • 13 - modest (65%)
  • 15 - very modest (75%)
  • 17 - low-risk (85%)
  • 19 - straightforward (95%)
  • 20 - straightforward (100%)

Success

A cunning disguise and a foul smell save the day

[…] Footsteps approach. A young man […]. Think fast! You interrupt him […]. So convincing is your performance […] that the young man presses a coin into your hand […]

You laugh about it with the jewel thief […]. You toast your mutual success […].

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Failure

Interrupted!

What's taking so long in there? You hear approaching footsteps […]. […] your accomplice is out of the window in a flash. The heiress was wearing the necklace, he whispers. In fact, nothing but the necklace. He's good, but he's not that good. […]

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