Visit The Poisoned Pawn
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Description summary:
The text varies with 
Scintillack Dreaming.
| Scintillack Dreaming | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | The Poisoned Pawn is unique[…] a shabby holdout[…] amongst the upstart businesses of the scintillack boom. […] The Poisoned Pawn has conducted its own incremental promenade into disrepair with something approaching stateliness.
[…] It is almost entirely empty. |
| 1 | "I told you already, I will not sell to you brutes!" A hunched old woman[…] spits invective[…]
Her tone softens as she realises who you are – or, who you are not. "Ah. Sorry. Thought you were one of those Iron & Misery thugs." |
| 2 | The Disillusioned Grandmaster[…] is engaged in chequerboard warfare with herself across three[…] boards. Each appears to be mired in a messy, drawn-out middlegame.
Her hand hovers listlessly over each board[…], searching for a clarity she cannot find. |
| 3 | […]"Scintillack is making the factories rich[…] There's no money in mining. Selling stuff to miners, though[…]
"Space is at a premium. Every outsider[…] wants to[…] turn it into a general store[…] Parasites hitched to the backs of parasites[…]" |
| 4 | […]"Chess was the heart of this place[…] I'm not sure it has a heart anymore."
"Perhaps you're right. The power is ebbing from the pieces, from the coral – I don't belong here anymore. But I will not leave my legacy to a blood-sucking neophyte[…]" |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Locked with 
Scintillack Dreaming 5
Storylet appears in Port Cecil
Options:
Nose around the place
- Spoiler Locked with
Scintillack Dreaming
Success
Faded grandeur
In the right light, there is a certain faded majesty. (Sets Scintillack Dreaming to 1)
Introduce yourself to The Poisoned Pawn's proprietor
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Scintillack Dreaming exactly 1
Success
Dwindling interest
- You are learning about the Poisoned Pawn. (Sets Scintillack Dreaming to 2)
Ask about the 'brutes' she mentioned
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Scintillack Dreaming exactly 2
Success
Boom town
- You are learning about the Poisoned Pawn. (Sets Scintillack Dreaming to 3)
Why not just sell?
- Spoiler Unlocked with Scintillack Dreaming exactly 3
Success
The old ways
- You are learning about the Poisoned Pawn. (Sets Scintillack Dreaming to 4)
Play chess for ownership of The Poisoned Pawn
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Scintillack Dreaming 4, 
5000 x Moon-Pearl, 
100 x Zee-Ztory, 
10 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844, 
1 x Puzzling Map
Challenge information
Narrow,
A Player of Chess 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Draw by agreement
- All this coral and wood is yours. The Principles have you now. (Sets Scintillack Dreaming to 10)
You've lost 3750 x Moon-Pearl
You've lost 80 x Zee-Ztory
You've lost 8 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844
You've lost 1 x Puzzling Map
You now have 1 x Deed to a Port Cecil Business, Encoded in Chess Notation
Failure
Draw by agreement
- All this coral and wood is yours. The Principles have you now. (Sets Scintillack Dreaming to 10)
- You've lost 5000 x Moon-Pearl
- You've lost 100 x Zee-Ztory
- You've lost 10 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844
- You've lost 1 x Puzzling Map
- You now have 1 x Deed to a Port Cecil Business, Encoded in Chess Notation
