An Altarful of Strangers

SPOILERS AHEAD! BE WARNED!

The lost ones of the Nadir gather by a stone altar. A man snuffling behind a velvet mask, two urchins […], a Rubbery […]. Their eye-sockets have half-healed […]: except for the Rubbery, whose tentacles have withdrawn almost into his spongy skull. […]

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Card only drawn in Cave of the Nadir

Occurs with Standard Frequency

Options:

Speak to the Masked Man

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with 1 x Pair of Hushed Spidersilk Slippers
   

  Success

  A change

  • You've gained 1 x Irrigo
  • You've lost 1 x Pair of Hushed Spidersilk Slippers
  • You've gained 1 x Pair of Forgotten Spidersilk Slippers

  ^

Speak to the Rubbery Man

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with 1 x Nodule of Warm Amber
   

  Success

  A shift

  • You've gained 2 x Irrigo
  • You've gained 1 x Nodule of Violet Amber
  • You've lost 1 x Nodule of Warm Amber

  ^

Speak to the Urchins

•  Spoiler 

  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 200
  || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

  
  

  Success

  Caution

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  • You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication
  • You've gained 1 x Irrigo

  Failure

  Hostility

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  • You've gained 1 x Irrigo

  ^

Examine the Altar

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Archaeologist 3
   

  Success

  Old old stone

  • You've gained 1 x Tale of Terror!!
  • You've gained 2 x Irrigo
  • You've gained 1 x Compromising Document

  ^