You spend time in a community, library, or den of iniquity looking for specific news, rumors, or hidden truths. This activity represents scouring the local area for the answers you need.
Roll+CHA. You gain favour if you spend at least five copper pennies on bribes or drinks. You suffer slight if the community is hostile or if the information is heavily guarded.
Complete Success: You find exactly what you were looking for and more. You must describe the contact or method you used to find this information. In addition, the Director will provide a valuable secret related to the topic.
Success: You learn the information you sought. You must describe how you came across this knowledge and who told it to you.
Partial Success: You learn the information, but it comes with a complication. Choose one Bad Thing from the list below.
Failure: The locals are tight-lipped or your research leads to a dead end.
Complete Failure: You are fed a total lie that sounds plausible. You must invent this false information on the spot—your character believes it to be absolutely true. The Director reserves the right to request a different piece of false information, if the one you come up with is too outlandish, too mild, or improbably correct.