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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 4492899" data-attributes="member: 834">[sblock=OOC]Actually, +4 difficulty means 5 success (Standard difficulty is 1 success, diff +1 means 2 etc.).  As a shorthand, remember that you need as many success as the level you are going for (in this case 3) plus modifier (in this case +2) so you end up needing 5 success.That leaves one bonus dot for a sensory 3 results.From Jimmy you easily lift the requested information; Marcus Denver.  Actually, Jimmy only knew him as Mark, but you recognized him from his thoughts. <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1754116/" target="_blank">Contacts + Wits (1d10=8, 1d10=3, 1d10=1, 1d10=4, 1d10=4)</a> That guy is a local freelance investigative journalist.  You read a few pieces by him.  Good guy.  You could get the number to reach him with just a few calls.  You also see that Mark got lucky and nailed an interview with a witness during his tour.  He took him apart to protect his scoop but he talked to him for about an hour so he must have had a lot to tell.  You don't remember any extended interview with a survivor from Freak Alley surfacing in the media, though.  Mac's mind is harder to delve in.  You look for information about the day Freak Alley collapsed and recent events but it's like looking in a muddied pond to see what is at the bottom.  You extract almost nothing of value except for two images; a flash of energy in a huge cavern that you guess was the warren.  Looks like some kind of blast coming through the wall, from the outside toward the inside.  The other is a fuzzy image of a man in white.  Hard to tell but the obvious guess is a doctor of some kind.[/sblock]-''Yeah.  Were' doing okay.  I mean, as good as expected.  It's like a bad dream really.  I don't remember much.''  said Mac.</blockquote>

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