What could go wrong?
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From: The marvellous contrivance
A Forward-thinking Extortionist is testing the merits of the velocipede as an escape vehicle. He has an experiment for you to perform. You are to knock a copper's helmet off and then pedal like blazes.
Challenge information
- 48 - very chancy (41%)
- 59 - chancy (51%)
- 71 - modest (61%)
- 82 - very modest (71%)
- 94 - low-risk (81%)
- 105 - straightforward (91%)
- 115 - straightforward (100%)
Success
You'll never take me alive!
[...]You lash your foot out from your lofty perch and topple his helmet into the gutter. [...] He gives chase, and you pace yourself carefully, allowing him to stay with you. He gives up after more than a mile, red-faced and clutching his chest.[...]
Dangerous is increasing…
You've gained 69 x Foxfire Candle Stub
Failure
Ha ha..aaargh!
[...] Consider the following sequence of events: You knocked his helmet into the gutter. You mounted your velocipede at a run and started pedalling. He threw his truncheon between your spokes. You went through a chandler's window. [...]
