Try to lift one of its keys
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From: A Gaoler-Librarian
Risky. But can you resist the thought of what they might open?
Challenge information
- 171 - very chancy (41%)
- 213 - chancy (51%)
- 255 - modest (61%)
- 296 - very modest (71%)
- 338 - low-risk (81%)
- 380 - straightforward (91%)
- 417 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of 
Insubstantial adds 15 points of 
Shadowy.
Success
Taken
You find a hiding spot atop one of the shelves, behind an oversized book, and await the thing's passage. […] as it walks past, you lean down and snatch one of the keys that dangle from its body among the needles. Hopefully it opens something important.
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Shadowy is increasing…
You've gained 1 x Library Key
Failure
Too close for comfort
You find a hiding spot [...]. But it seems you have disturbed the books [...] – and it notices, making a point of shoving them back into the depths of the shelf. You crawl back [...] behind the books, hiding. It lingers here for a long time, turning its head, searching.
- Shadowy is increasing…
Noises in the Library is increasing… (+6 CP)
