Old Bone Skeleton Key

Category: Curiosity
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57.50	Old Bone Skeleton Key
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It's a bit antiquated as lockpicking tools go, but this beautiful bit of ratwork craftmanship marks you out as a connoisseur of criminality.

See Old Bone Skeleton Key Sources on how to obtain this item, or click  here  to show them.

It can be purchased from ​⁠ Nikolas Pawnbrokers and sold to the Bazaar.

Buying	62.50
Selling	57.50

 

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Take your Old Bone Skeleton Key for a spin

Be recognised as a proper criminal.

Try it in a lock (5 FATE)

•  Spoiler 

  

  Locked with Favours: Criminals 7 

  Challenge information

  A matter of luck: it could go either way.

  Success

  No reward information available for Fate-locked actions.

  ^

Respond to a challenge from a Tomb-Colonist

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with Dangerous 250, Forceful 12-14
   

  Success

  A resounding victory

  • Forceful is increasing… (+15 CP)
  • Subtle is dropping… (-15 CP)
  • You've lost 1 x Old Bone Skeleton Key

  ^

Win a Topsy-Trot

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with 3 x Favours: Criminals
  Locked with Renown: Criminals 8 

  Success

  Cheating your way to the top

  • Your 'Favours: Criminals' Quality has gone!
  • Renown: Criminals is increasing… (+1 CP per Favour lost)
  • Shadowy is increasing… (+10 CP)

  ^

Mediate a peace between feuding gangs

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with 5 x Favours: Criminals, Renown: Criminals 8–14, 1 x London Street Sign
   

  Success

  An amicable arrangement

  • Renown: Criminals is increasing… (+2 CP per Favour lost)
  • Your 'Favours: Criminals' Quality has gone!
  • Shadowy is increasing… (+10 CP)
  • Suspicion is increasing… (+2 CP)
  • You've lost 1 x London Street Sign

  ^

Arrange an escape

•  Spoiler 

  

  Unlocked with 7 x Favours: Criminals, Renown: Criminals 15, Shadowy (Renown x 6), 100 x Stolen Correspondence, 50 x Bundle of Ragged Clothing, 500 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879, 5 x Pair of Leg Irons
   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 162
  || 111 - very chancy (41%) || 138 - chancy (51%) || 165 - modest (61%) || 192 - very modest (71%) || 219 - low-risk (81%) || 246 - straightforward (91%) || 270 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Shadowy, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of 6 for every Renown level. The above example is at Renown level 27.

  
  

  Success

  The makings of a celebrated story

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  • Steadfast is increasing… (+5 CP, up to level 15)
  • Heartless is dropping… (-5 CP)
  • Your 'Favours: Criminals' Quality has gone!
  • You've lost 50 x Bundle of Ragged Clothing
  • You've lost 100 x Stolen Correspondence
  • You've lost 500 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879
  • You've lost 5 x Pair of Leg Irons
  • Renown: Criminals is increasing… (+28 CP)

  Failure

  How could they have known?

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  • Suspicion is increasing… (+2 CP)
  • You've lost 50 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879
  • You've lost 20 x Stolen Correspondence
  • You've lost 25 x Bundle of Ragged Clothing

  ^