Use furniture as stepping stones
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From: A poison-gallery
Tipped-over chairs, half-melted cabinets.
Challenge information
- 164 - very chancy (41%)
- 204 - chancy (51%)
- 244 - modest (61%)
- 284 - very modest (71%)
- 324 - low-risk (81%)
- 364 - straightforward (91%)
- 400 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of Neathproofed adds 15 points of Shadowy.
Success
Like crossing a river
You balance precariously on a leather ottoman before making the next leap. Where the water splashes your shoes, it leaves patchy discoloured stains. Best not find out what it would do to your skin.
- Shadowy is increasing…
- You've gained 5 x Perusing the Stacks (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 1)
- You've gained 5 x Finding the Centre (if In Search of Lost Time is exactly 2)
Failure
Terrible danger
You almost make it across the flooded patch of the library – but you mis-time your last jump. […] Your skin stings for hours.
Description summary:
Part of the description varies based who you're Wandering the Stacks with:.
Wandering the Stacks with: | Description |
---|---|
The Last Duchess Several Officers of your Crew | The Last Duchess has to drag you out onto the 'margin' of the poisonous river, a warped and bent section of hardwood floor. |
Tatterdemalion | Tatterdemalion has to drag you out onto the 'margin' of the poisonous river, a warped and bent section of hardwood floor. |
The Lost Shepherd | The Lost Shepherd has to drag you out onto the 'margin' of the poisonous river, a warped and bent section of hardwood floor. |
The Illuminated Shepherd | ? |
The Clamorous Cartographer | FATE |
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- Shadowy is increasing…
- Wounds is increasing… (+3 CP)
- Noises in the Library is increasing… (+6 CP)