Turn me round! Point me at the target! I'll shoot it right off his head!

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From: A Marksmanship Competition for a Prize of Jade!


It's probably all right. Everyone puts a bucket over their head. Buckets are reasonably bullet-proof.


Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 24

  • 17 - very chancy (42%)
  • 21 - chancy (52%)
  • 25 - modest (62%)
  • 29 - very modest (72%)
  • 33 - low-risk (82%)
  • 37 - straightforward (92%)
  • 40 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Congratulations! No-one has been killed! Furthermore, you've won!

Your new companions slap you on the back and press more beer into your hand. You manage to hang on to your winnings, and eventually stagger off to wrestle with tomorrow's hangover.

Rare Success

A drunken, but sincere, cheer

[…] That last one […] the ricochet dropped a malevolent-looking zeebat from the spar of that ship. […] Now all its ill-luck will descend on you, and they are rid of the thing. They console you with a drink and the promise of a favour.

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Failure

Ooops...

It's all right. The bullet only struck him a glancing blow on the shoulder. He'll be fine. But it's rather killed the mood.