Fish in the well

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From: Go to the well

Trust in your smoked glasses' protection. Borrow the shepherd's crook and see what you can catch.

Unlocked with Dramatic Tension 1

Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 120

• 82 - very chancy (41%)
• 102 - chancy (51%)
• 122 - modest (61%)
• 142 - very modest (71%)
• 162 - low-risk (81%)
• 182 - straightforward (91%)
• 200 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

A key!

You […] push the cover off the well[…] You lower the crook into the well[…] Something fanged flies out at you[…]

You try again[…] There's a small bag suspended, just out of reach. You haul it up with your hook and open it to reveal a key.[…]

Player summary:
You fight off the monstrous maidservant within the well and claim the key inside.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Dangerous is increasing…
• You now have 1 x Stone Tentacle-Key
• 'Dramatic Tension' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?

Failure

Ugh

[…] you dig around inside the well with the brass crook.[…]

Suddenly, something fanged flies out at you[…]But you have kept hold of the crook, and you use it to fight off your attacker.[…] a taloned hand flashes out and rakes across your face.[…]

Player summary:
You hook on to something in the well, but the maidservant chases you back to the house. Try again another time.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Dangerous is increasing…
• Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago is increasing… (+1 CP)
• Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)