Watch from the wings

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From: Watching the Grand Illusion


You might be able to spy better from backstage.


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 102

  • 70 - very chancy (41%)
  • 87 - chancy (51%)
  • 104 - modest (61%)
  • 121 - very modest (71%)
  • 138 - low-risk (81%)
  • 155 - straightforward (91%)
  • 170 - straightforward (100%)

Success

An amazing event

You lurk backstage while the illusionist warms up by sawing a sequinned young lady in half and producing a flock of bats from his hat. But the finale is on a different scale[...]

Description summary:
You watch the mirror-fused illusion. After it you hear a many-tongued hissing, which is caused by 'Fingerkings' according to a stage-urchin

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Success Instructions: This is not the end of The Wars of Illusion. They will continue! In the meantime, you can still participate in shows every Monday to Friday at Mahogany Hall.


Failure

Far too unobtrusive

You lurk backstage[…]and are enveloped in dusty velvet. Someone's thrown a curtain over you![…]There's nothing left to see. But there is a snatch of song in your head. 'Up and down the Labyrinth coils, where's the Tiger Keeper?'

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