The Wayward Will: Tailing the Heir

ID: 372993

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The new Earl of Grassepen is too rattled to even attempt to make sure he's not followed. He […] hurries through Spite in clothes that cost enough to feed a whole family for a month, oblivious to the calculating looks following him almost as closely as you […]

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Track Edwin through the Tenterhooks

•  Spoiler ID: 273271
  

  Locked with Tailing...
  

   

  Success

  Wending through wet wool

  •  You've gained 5 x Tailing...

  Redirects to: The Wayward Will: Tailing the Heir

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Duck into a pub

•  Spoiler ID: 273270
  

  Unlocked with Tailing... exactly 5
  

   

  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%)
  

  Success

  A swift apology

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've gained 10 x Tailing...

  Redirects to: The Wayward Will: Tailing the Heir

  Failure

  A swift apology

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've gained 10 x Tailing...
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)

  Redirects to: The Wayward Will: Tailing the Heir

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Follow him along Smashtile Alley, then left

•  Spoiler ID: 273273
  

  Unlocked with Tailing... exactly 15
  

   

  Success

  Blissfully ignorant

  •  You've gained 10 x Tailing...

  Redirects to: The Wayward Will: Tailing the Heir

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Deal with an inconvenience of thugs

•  Spoiler ID: 273272
  

  Unlocked with Tailing... exactly 25
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Dangerous 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%)
  

  Success

  A notion disabused

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  You've gained 15 x Tailing...

  Redirects to: The Wayward Will: Tailing the Heir

  Failure

  A notion disabused

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  You've gained 15 x Tailing...
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+3? CP)

  Redirects to: The Wayward Will: Tailing the Heir

  ^

Deal with yet another unwelcome distraction

•  Spoiler ID: 273274
  

  Unlocked with Tailing... exactly 40
  

   

  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%)
  

  Success

  A charm offensive

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've gained 10 x Tailing...

  Redirects to: The Wayward Will: Tailing the Heir

  Failure

  A charm offensive, minus the charm

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've gained 10 x Tailing...
  •  Suspicion is increasing… (+1 CP)

  Redirects to: The Wayward Will: Tailing the Heir

  ^

Eavesdrop on a private conversation

•  Spoiler ID: 273275
  

  Unlocked with Tailing... 50
  

   

  Success

  Conducted close by at full volume

  • You have moved to a new area: Spite
  •  'Tailing...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
  •  You are progressing your investigation. (Raises Candlefinder: Progress in a Case by 10)

  ^