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From: Your benefactor is back


Your benefactor wants you to be the go-between for a little blackmail. Apparently all is arranged, and you just have to swap a bundle of letters for a sheaf of documents. And avoid any unfortunate happenstances.


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 35

  • 24 - very chancy (41%)
  • 30 - chancy (51%)
  • 36 - modest (61%)
  • 42 - very modest (72%)
  • 48 - low-risk (82%)
  • 54 - straightforward (92%)
  • 59 - straightforward (100%)

Success

A suitable arrangement

[…]The victim is an adulterous clerk at some records sub-department of Mr Pages[…]He seems genuinely puzzled why a blackmailer might want this set of papers[…] They are bona fides, of the sort used to prove identity and address.[…] the name is blank.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]


Failure

A hasty retreat

Of course, they wouldn't be so foolish as to involve the Constables, would they? They would. Run for it!