The Stranger's Map

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{
  "event": {
    "options": [
      {
        "outcomes": {
          "failure": {
            "text": "You're halfway through copying when someone else pulls the original off the board and walks away with it. You're left with an incomplete sketch and a strong feeling of missed opportunity."
          },
          "success": {
            "text": "You sketch a copy onto a scrap of leather. The route markings reference real landmarks - whoever drew this knows the terrain. Whether the supplies are real or not, the map itself is a useful navigation reference. A trader notices your copy and offers to buy it."
          }
        },
        "skill_requirement": {},
        "text": "Copy the map. Even if it's a trap, the information has value."
      },
      {
        "outcomes": {
          "failure": {
            "text": ""
          },
          "success": {
            "text": "You pull the map off the board, fold it, and pocket it. If it's real, you've just eliminated your competition. If it's bait, you've removed a lure. Either way, the information is now exclusively yours."
          }
        },
        "skill_requirement": {},
        "text": "Tear it down. Unmarked supply locations on public notice boards are either traps or bait for competition you don't need."
      },
      {
        "outcomes": {
          "failure": {
            "text": "You analyze the paper and ink but the conclusions are contradictory - the paper is old but the ink is fresh, the handwriting is educated but the map conventions are wrong. You can't build a coherent profile. Whoever made this is either careless or deliberately obscuring their identity."
          },
          "success": {
            "text": "The paper is machine-pressed - pre-war stock, probably from a supply cache. The ink is a homemade carbon suspension, and the penmanship is meticulous. This was drawn by someone educated, with access to old materials. Not a scavenger's scrawl - this is an academic's hand. Whoever posted this wants people to find that location, and they want the right kind of people."
          }
        },
        "skill_requirement": {
          "writing": 4
        },
        "text": "The handwriting, ink type, and paper stock - you can narrow down who made this."
      }
    ],
    "text": "Someone has pinned a hand-drawn map to the community notice board. It shows a route from the settlement to an unmarked location about two days' walk northeast, with a crude drawing of a building and the words \"SUPPLIES - UNTOUCHED\" scrawled next to it.\n\nNo signature. No date. The paper is fresh - this was posted recently.",
    "title": "The Stranger's Map",
    "type": 1,
    "uuid": "84c860b8-c8e2-4cc3-8158-9254ad6af5a2"
  }
}