What will you do with your Tell-Tale Beetle?

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This sinister little insect likes to sit in your rafters, looking down at you and your visitors. Occasionally he makes a ticking sound.

Unlocked with 1 x Tell-Tale Beetle

Card drawn in Fallen London

Occurs with Standard Frequency

Options:

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Let a Conniving Vicar use your beetle for dramatic effect
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Get rid of him
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Give him a name
  •  Spoiler 
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    Action Cost: 0

     

    Success

    A friendlier presence

    ^
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Risk taking him outside
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    Challenge information

    Broad, Dangerous 10 || 7 - very chancy (42%) || 9 - chancy (54%) || 11 - modest (66%) || 12 - very modest (72%) || 14 - low-risk (84%) || 16 - straightforward (96%) || 17 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    A taste of freedom

    Failure

    Shyness?

    ^
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Strike righteous fear into unwanted visitors!
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    Challenge information

    Narrow, Respectable 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

    Marvellously sinister

    Failure

    Cloth-eared virtue

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The Puppet Show