Taint the dish's reflection

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From: Eight of Disintegrities: Tartare

The serving platters are oh-so-shiny. Surely the target will not check his dinner's reflection for perils?

Game Instructions: This will give you some progress.

Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation 3, Accomplice: Knight of Nobility

Challenge information

Narrow, Glasswork 12 (50% base)

• 8 and below - almost impossible (10%)
• 9 - high-risk (20%)
• 10 - high-risk (30%)
• 11 - tough (40%)
• 12 - very chancy (50%)
• 13 - chancy (60%)
• 14 - modest (70%)
• 15 - very modest (80%)
• 16 - low-risk (90%)
• 17 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Each point of The Embalmer's Mark increases the base difficulty by 2 points.

Success

Doubly delicious

The Knights work on the other side of the glass, tweaking the reflection of the steak tartare in barely perceptible ways. The connection between object and image goes both ways; […]

[…] One way or another, the poison finds its mark.

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•  Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(6 + 1 with Ace of Knights - Tolerance) CP, minimum 1)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

Failure

Different spheres

The Knight of Nobility finds the Knight of Disintegrities indecorous, and – worse – inelegant. The Knight of Disintegrities finds the Knight of Nobility boring and (horror of horrors) unchangeable. Neither works well with the other […]

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•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+0-1 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)