Chronicles of Skulduggery 2: A Precarious Position (FM)

A fan mission for The Dark Mod.

Information

• Author: Bienie
• Type: Single Mission
• Releases: 2019-05-03 (5 May 2019) - latest
• Version: 1
• Size: 14.5 MB
• EFX Reverb: Yes

Synopsis

A local Brooksdale alderman and childhood acquaintance of mine, Miles Harewell, 'happened' upon me last night down at my local tavern. Apparently, he has to defend his position on the borough council this year and suspects that his chief rival, Edric Shorditch has an ace up his sleeve.

He mentioned damning evidence of dealings with 'various entities of dubious legality' as he put it. Sounds like hightowne-speak for good old corruption. He needs any such evidence to disappear tonight, while he has an ironclad alibi, being invited to dinner together with Edric to a local lord's manor.

He also wants me to find some dirt on Edric to help turn the tables on him. Miles is a natural born politician, but he is good news for my 'profession' so I think I will have to forgive him that. Besides, with all that rampant corruption of his, I'm sure he can pay his way and then some.

This Edric Shorditch is the captain of the local city watch, and has made a name for himself by taking a hard stance on crime. Slipping into the city watch station and stealing indiscriminately won't be easy, but it might help undermine his approval, while also clearing Miles' name.

Series

The FM is part of Bienie's Chronicles of Skulduggery series.

As the name implies, this is the second installment in the series, following the previous mission, Chronicles of Skulduggery 1: Pearls & Swine.

Theme / "Genre" / Setting

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City Missions

Threats

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Guards

Links

Official Mission List link

You can download the mission directly while in game, by using the built-in TDM fan mission downloader.

Additional DL links:

• http://darkmod.taaaki.za.net/fms/cos2_precpos.pk4
• http://fidcal.com/darkuser/missions/cos2_precpos.pk4
• http://www.southquarter.com/tdm/fms/cos2_precpos.pk4

Gallery

Preview trailer (screenshots)

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Discussions

• TDM forums thread

Beware of potential spoilers !

Lootlists

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Item	Jewels/Goods/Gold	General location	Exact spot
Purse	0/0/50	Home	In Charles Downer's bookshelf behind a movable book
Golden bottle	0/30/0	Pub	In the cellar accesible through a window, on a winerack
Golden bottle	0/30/0	Pub	Behind the bar on the wall shelf on the wall
Gold coins	0/0/17	Pub	In a cashbox under the bar, key is on drunken bartender in cellar
Gold coin	0/0/1	Pub	On top of the bar next to a tankard of ale
Purse	0/0/20	Pub	On a patron in the bar area
Spyglass	0/30/0	Thieves' Highway	In the astronomer's apartment, pointing at the sky
Gold wineglass	0/0/15	Thieves' Highway	In the astronomer's apartment, on top of the desk. (Secret!)
Gold wineglass	0/0/15	Thieves' Highway	In the wine cellar in the alley behind the Tender Rose, on a keg stand (Secret!)
Golden bottle	0/30/0	Thieves' Highway	In the wine cellar in the alley behind the Tender Rose, on a winerack
Purse	0/0/20	Thieves' Highway	On a dead guy in the alley behind the Tender Rose
Golden wineglass	0/0/15	Thieves' Highway	Under a broken chair in the alley behind the Tender Rose
Golden hairbrush	0/0/15	The Tender Rose	In the south-east room of the Tender Rose on the dresser by the mirror.
A purse	0/0/50	The Tender Rose	In the south-east room of the Tender Rose under the endtable with the green vase (Secret!)
Golden bottle	0/30/0	The Tender Rose	In the north-east room of the Tender Rose in the openable wardrobe in the back
Gold coins	0/0/17	The Tender Rose	In the bathroom of the Tender Rose
Golden candlestick	0/0/40	The Tender Rose	In Randall's office of the Tender Rose, on the fireplace mantle
A purse	0/0/50	The Tender Rose	On Randall in the Tender Rose office
Contents of safe	140/0/80	The Tender Rose	Behind the painting next to the fireplace (pull the book above desk, key is behind fireplace)
Total	720 jewels/740 goods/3228 gold

The lootlist was provided by the author of the mission.

Walkthroughs

Spoilers abound !

TBA

Trivia

TBA

See also

• Official FMs list
• Fan Missions for The Dark Mod - Main article on all of the published fan missions to date, in addition to the official list on the website.
• Fan Mission Series - An overview of all currently known series or campaigns of fan missions interconnected by their stories or characters. There are already plenty in TDM, and have been since its early days as an expandable game.
• Upcoming Fan Missions - An overview of Fan Missions in development or tentatively planned. (Do not edit the overview.)
• Mission recommendation discussions - An overview of past discussions on what FMs the community recommends to players looking for various challenges (difficulty, size, theme, setting, objectives, etc.).
• Fan Mission Contests - An overview of past and present contests in Fan Mission creation, by members of the TDM community.