Interrupt the Affable Monsignor's reading

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From: Get rid of your Strangling Willow Absinthe

Catch him while the Synod has broken for a few bottles of lunch. He's deep in a book, but is always interested in the more exotic tipples.

Game Instructions: This will always gain you Bottle of Broken Giant 1844. There may be other effects.

Unlocked with 50 x Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe, 1 x Favours: The Church

Challenge information

A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 60%)

Success

He's reading a volume on the commercial laws of the Bazaar - volume XCVII

'Absinthe, you say? Well, why not? I'll deal in any tipple that you might have. Well, except the beers of the Second and Third cities. One doesn't care to have one's sermons interrupted by Decency Evaluators.'

• You've lost 50 x Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe
• You've gained 10 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844
• You've gained 10 x Intriguing Snippet
• You've lost 1 x Favours: The Church
• You've gained 25 x Cryptic Clue

Rare Success

A book about devils

'...oh, I give up. I can't make head nor tail of this nonsense. It's prudent to study the nature of devils, of course. But what is this about them "laughing at the river" and "catching the arrow"? Here, you have a look.'

• You've lost 50 x Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe
• You've lost 1 x Favours: The Church
• You've gained 10 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844
• You've gained 2 x Uncanny Incunabulum

Failure

He's reading a libretto

'...ah, Tristram, Tristram. Would that you were here still here to lend us your services. Oh, I'm sorry. An old parishioner of mine. Now, absinthe, you say?'

• You've lost 50 x Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe
• You've lost 1 x Favours: The Church
• You've gained 10 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844