Through the Valley of Tongues

ID: 362441

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You had thought that this ravine strung about with dangling vines […] an incautious bat brushes a strand with its wing, and is yanked, squeaking, into the […] darkness overhead. […] elastic mucoid tongues: the pendant deathtraps of sessile feeders hidden far above.

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Unlocked with a redirect from The Valley of Tongues

Storylet appears in The Upper Airs

Options:

Blast the tongues out of your path

•  Spoiler ID: 265409
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Aerial Armament 85 || 59 - very chancy (41%) || 73 - chancy (51%) || 87 - modest (61%) || 101 - very modest (71%) || 115 - low-risk (81%) || 129 - straightforward (91%) || 142 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Each point of Neathproofed adds 9 points of Aerial Armament.

  Success

  Explosive deterrence

  •  You've gained 2 x Aeolian Scream
  •  You've gained 10 x Primordial Shriek

  Redirects to: Mooring your Airship

  Failure

  Into the fire

  •  You've gained 5 x Tale of Terror
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)

  Redirects to: Mooring your Airship

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Coax the tongues up with fitting bait

•  Spoiler ID: 265410
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Monstrous Anatomy 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Each point of Insubstantial adds 1 point of Monstrous Anatomy.

  Success

  Alternative foods

  •  You've gained 429-700? x Bone Fragments

  Redirects to: Mooring your Airship

  Failure

  Repelled

  •  You've gained 1 x Partial Map
  •  You've gained 1 x Appalling Secret
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)

  Redirects to: Mooring your Airship

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