| The Serpent's Lure | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Linked to |  A castaway
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| Data ID | 182164 |
The Serpent's Lure is a Sunless Sea Story Event.
Trigger conditions[ | ]
The Serpent's Lure is triggered when you do the Approach action in A castaway.
Story description[ | ]
A fanged mouth rears from the water, big enough to bite a boat in half or swallow a pig! The 'woman' contorts and slides into the water: she's the tip of the monster's tail. This will be untidy.
Interactions[ | ]
| Actions | Requirements | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Pacify it
Fling it bait, and move on. |
 1 x Strange Catch |
A noisy thrashing
Lucky one keeps fish about one's person, eh? One never knows when one will need fish. -1 x Strange Catch
 +1 x Tale of Terror!!
 +1 x Zee-ztory |
| Obliterate it
It's a formidable beast. But you're formidable too. |
Failed event | |
| A terrible toll
The beast's scales are proof against pistol-shot, and it wreaks terrible havoc before you manage to bring it down. You harvest its bones, and scrape its hatching young from along the rocks by the shore.  -1 to -6 x Crew
 +1 x Harlot-Fry
 +3 x Stygian Ivory | ||
| Successful event | ||
| A ferocious battle
With cutlass and with pistol, your zailors stride into battle! The serpent obviously expected nothing of the kind. It essays a number of savage strikes against you, and then a lucky shot takes it in the eye. You harvest its bones, and scrape its hatching young from along the rocks by the shore. +1 x Harlot-Fry
+3 x Stygian Ivory | ||
| Flee!
It is always preferable to fight zee-serpents from inside a ship. Not from inside a serpent. Withdraw as best you can. |
 Veils challenge (128 for 100%) |
Failed event |
| A terrible toll
The beast's neck snakes out and snaps up a single struggling zailor with terrible deliberation. The rest of you scramble inland. It submerges, eyeing you with reptilian malice. A zee-serpent that masquerades as a lady! Well, it's a tale to tell. -1 x Crew
 +10 x Terror
+1 x Tale of Terror!! | ||
| Successful event | ||
| A narrow escape
Its neck is long. Its teeth are sharp. But you make it safely inland. A zee-serpent that masquerades as a lady! Well, it's a tale to tell. +5 x Terror
+1 x Tale of Terror!! |
