The Temptations of Power

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ID: 20248

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Do you manage your newspaper entirely honestly? Or is there a whiff of opportunism as the deadline looms?

Unlocked with Hour before the Deadline exactly 2

Storylet appears in Doubt Street

Options:

Honest, no matter what

•  Spoiler ID: 9079
  

   

  Success

  Standing true

  •  Scandal is dropping… (-1 CP)
  •  Steadfast is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
  •  You've gained 3 x Meritorious Copy (if at least 1)
  •  You've gained 3 x Salacious Copy (if at least 1)
  •  You've gained 3 x Outlandish Copy (if at least 1)
  •  You now have 1 x Hour before the Deadline

  ^

Employ a little theatrical accountancy

•  Spoiler ID: 9084
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 130 || 89 - very chancy (41%) || 111 - chancy (51%) || 133 - modest (61%) || 154 - very modest (71%) || 176 - low-risk (81%) || 198 - straightforward (91%) || 217 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  The near-perfect crime

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've lost 3 x Meritorious Copy
  •  You've lost 3 x Outlandish Copy
  •  You've lost 3 x Salacious Copy
  •  You've gained 500 x Piece of Rostygold
  •  You now have 1 x Hour before the Deadline

  Failure

  Well, d__n

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Scandal is increasing… (+3 CP)
  •  Suspicion is increasing… (+3 CP)
  •  You now have 1 x Hour before the Deadline

  ^

Dishonest outrage

•  Spoiler ID: 9085
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 130 || 89 - very chancy (41%) || 111 - chancy (51%) || 133 - modest (61%) || 154 - very modest (71%) || 176 - low-risk (81%) || 198 - straightforward (91%) || 217 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Disgusted of Hollow Street writes...

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've gained 12 x Meritorious Copy
  •  You now have 1 x Hour before the Deadline

  Failure

  Reasoned indifference

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've lost 6 x Meritorious Copy
  •  You now have 1 x Hour before the Deadline

  ^

The interception of scandal

•  Spoiler ID: 9086
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 130 || 89 - very chancy (41%) || 111 - chancy (51%) || 133 - modest (61%) || 154 - very modest (71%) || 176 - low-risk (81%) || 198 - straightforward (91%) || 217 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Waving your net frantically

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've gained 12 x Salacious Copy
  •  You've gained 2 x Sulky Bat
  •  You now have 1 x Hour before the Deadline

  Failure

  No bats around the belfry

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've lost 6 x Salacious Copy
  •  You now have 1 x Hour before the Deadline

  ^

Do you have insufficient balderdash?

•  Spoiler ID: 9087
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 130 || 89 - very chancy (41%) || 111 - chancy (51%) || 133 - modest (61%) || 154 - very modest (71%) || 176 - low-risk (81%) || 198 - straightforward (91%) || 217 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Bashing it out

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've gained 12 x Outlandish Copy
  •  You now have 1 x Hour before the Deadline

  Failure

  Have you heard this before?

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've lost 6 x Outlandish Copy
  •  You now have 1 x Hour before the Deadline

  ^