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From: (Tomorrow)'s Paper


Horse racing, market speculation, rewards from rescuing people from untimely muggings. The possibilities are endless. As long of any of it is true.


Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 200

  • 137 - very chancy (41%)
  • 170 - chancy (51%)
  • 204 - modest (61%)
  • 237 - very modest (71%)
  • 270 - low-risk (81%)
  • 304 - straightforward (91%)
  • 334 - straightforward (100%)

Challenge difficulty is equal to Base Shadowy. Value shown is for Shadowy of 200 before equipment modifiers.

Success

Simple, elegant, prescient

You consolidate your holdings, and spread them out again – a net ready to catch a dozen falling knives. A tidy profit. A shame you can't do this every day.

Rare Success

Juggling falling knives

The trick is finding the unlikely bets […] others are going to overlook. […] Here, though, is the burglary of an heiress which can be foiled. And there, the opportunity to buy and insure a warehouse full of Surface imports before that unfortunate fire.

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Failure

The early bird causes a run on sausages

It seems you were not the only one who read tomorrow's paper. […] Unfortunately, this rather changes the expected outcome, leaving you with little to show for it.

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