Teach the Eagle how to cheat

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From: A Tournament of the Intellect: Aiding the Eagle

Their sense of superiority chafes against it. But everybody else will, so better they begin than wait to be played.

Unlocked with Intellect: The Story So Far 2, Airs of the Games 71

Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 120

• 82 - very chancy (41%)
• 102 - chancy (51%)
• 122 - modest (61%)
• 142 - very modest (71%)
• 162 - low-risk (81%)
• 182 - straightforward (91%)
• 200 - straightforward (100%)
  

The difficulty is equal to 80% of your base Shadowy, rounded. The given example is for base Shadowy 150.

Success

Dialectic

[...] you arrange a demonstration of tigrine 'techniques'. [...] You show them the use of mirrors, the switching of notebooks depicting last moves before an adjournment, the trick with the hollow queen. Little by little, their facility with deception increases.

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  You have aided your allies' efforts. (Raises Intellect: Aiding the Eagle by 1)
•  The balance of the tournament shifts. (Sets Intellect: Currently in the Lead to [Whichever team is in the lead])
• Crowds cheer. Rivals clash. The Coilheart Games continue apace. [Airs of the Games change…] (random)
•  You've gained (0.45 x ( Base Watchful + Base Shadowy + Base Dangerous + Base Persuasive)) x Coilheart Renown

Failure

Error

Cold gazes; cold shoulders. "If this is how London plays shatar, no wonder it is in the state it is," the Aquiline Assistant says. [...] You find yourself disinvited from the evening's practice games; where they said they would be, they are elsewhere.

• Shadowy is increasing…
• Crowds cheer. Rivals clash. The Coilheart Games continue apace. [Airs of the Games change…] (random)
•  Suspicion is increasing… (+1 CP)