This might be faster... Track them to their nests
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From: Destroy an Infestation of Sorrow-Spiders
They're wary of lamplight and fiendishly cunning. But you might be able to work out where a nest is from their movements.
Challenge information
- 18 - very chancy (43%)
- 22 - chancy (52%)
- 26 - modest (62%)
- 30 - very modest (72%)
- 34 - low-risk (81%)
- 38 - straightforward (91%)
- 42 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Aha!
Here, beneath the mouldering floorboards. You pour hot wax through the holes. There may be more nests...
Watchful is increasing…
Running Battle... is increasing… (+2 CP)
Rare Success
There's more to this...
[…] The rhythm of the sorrow-spiders' whisperings is the same as the muttering of that blind beggar outside!
[…] how many other infestations like this one are no accident, and how many other ragged beggars are whispering significantly near them...Description summary:
You put your ear to the floorboards and listen to the spiders. They seem to warn the beggar outside, who vanishes down an alley. A chipped relic is left in his bowl, and in the building most of the spiders scuttle away.
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Wiki note: Rare success chance is 15%.
- Watchful is increasing…
- Running Battle... is increasing… (+5 CP)
You've gained 1 x Relic of the Fourth City
Failure
No luck
A sorrow-spider can squeeze through a hole the size of a plum, disappearing in an instant. They're maddeningly difficult to track.
- Watchful is increasing…
