Tempt the city closer to Hell

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From: Hauling the City Out


The Neath is not so fixed as it might be. Changes are possible, even to the most seemingly permanent of decisions.

Game Instructions:

Chosen SiteGame Instructions
1This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. On failure, the city will remain exactly where it is, since it can hardly climb deeper into London.
2This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. Moreover, if your attempt fails, it will move the city closer to London instead – towards Ealing Gardens.
3This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. Moreover, if your attempt fails, it will move the city closer to London instead – towards the Magistracy of the Evenlode.
4This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. Moreover, if your attempt fails, it will move the city closer to London instead – towards Balmoral.
5This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. Moreover, if your attempt fails, it will move the city closer to London instead – towards Station VIII.
6This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. Moreover, if your attempt fails, it will move the city closer to London instead – towards Burrow-Infra-Mump.
7This dangerous endeavour will cause damage both to you and to the city. Worse, because you're already close as you can be to Hell, you'll achieve nothing at all by this unless you fail in the attempt – in which case, the whole city will move closer to London.

Unlocked with 5 x Vitreous Almanac, 1 x Much-Needed Gap

Locked with The City Waning 4


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 150

  • 103 - very chancy (41%)
  • 128 - chancy (51%)
  • 153 - modest (61%)
  • 178 - very modest (71%)
  • 203 - low-risk (81%)
  • 228 - straightforward (91%)
  • 250 - straightforward (100%)

Narrow, Artisan of the Red Science 7 (50% base)

  • 3 and below - almost impossible (10%)
  • 4 - high-risk (20%)
  • 5 - high-risk (30%)
  • 6 - tough (40%)
  • 7 - very chancy (50%)
  • 8 - chancy (60%)
  • 9 - modest (70%)
  • 10 - very modest (80%)
  • 11 - low-risk (90%)
  • 12 and above - straightforward (100%)

Success

Consultations and exhortations

Description summary:
The description varies based on the current Chosen Site.

Chosen SiteDescription
4? - 6?You lay out your arguments concerning Hell and […] its sophistication in dismantling […] physical law. Isn't that the […] archetypal manifestation of freedom?

[…] the city itself is convinced.

To perform the transport […] is […] to warp both city and Neath […]

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Failure

A negative vector

Description summary:
The description varies based on the current Chosen Site, while the description of the city varies based on its Founding Body.

Chosen SiteDescription
2 - 5Perhaps your argument doesn't convince [City] after all, or perhaps your [...] Red Science contraption was wired backwards. Indeed, it could be both at once, considering the intimate dependency of the Red Science's working upon the consent of its Passenger.
6 - 7You lay out your arguments concerning Hell and all it has to offer […].

But [City] is unconvinced. […] it sounds frankly alarming. Some distance between itself and Hell would be wise.

In fact, it will seek the Creditor's help in acting on that realisation. […]

Founding BodyCity
1000 - 2000the Furnace-city
3000the Cornelius-city
4000City-you
5000the Manager-city

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