Hire some help and strip the place bare

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From: The simple joys of villainy

You know a few likely fellows who would assist with such a venture. This could be your entry to the bigger jobs.

Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 36

• 25 - very chancy (41%)
• 31 - chancy (51%)
• 37 - modest (61%)
• 43 - very modest (71%)
• 49 - low-risk (81%)
• 55 - straightforward (91%)
• 60 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Is crime always this easy?

A cudgelled watchman, a picked lock, and a guard dog who was happily asleep until thrown in the river. [...] The take is several crates of lamplighter beeswax. After sharing it out you promise your minions more work when you have bigger jobs planned.

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• Shadowy is increasing…
• You've gained 36 x Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax

Failure

A valuable lesson

That was a lesson in picking one's underworld minions carefully. Your rogues were more concerned with loot than their reputations, and have robbed you every inch as much as the warehouse. Can nobody be trusted? [...] What a depressing business.

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• Shadowy is increasing…