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Squeakmaus
Squeakmaus
Posts: 4

4/28/2016
Hello Delicious friends!

"The Aunt and the Embassy" keeps appearing in my deck. There's a "Drink to Forget" option, which I've done enough times now for my liver to make a polite request for me to cease and desist.

There's an option to rescue the troublesome aunt, which requires 15 Fate to pursue. I've only got 11 Fate left. It's sorely tempting to obtain more Fate and mount a rescue, but I have to be careful with my surface currency.

I'm seeking opinions from anyone who has rescued their aunt. Is it fun? Is it worth 15 Fate? Is it worth procuring more Fate specifically for?

It suddenly occurs to me that as you're not in my head, you might not know what I mean by fun. I mean, lots of choices and things happening and stuff to read, as opposed to "you rescue the daft cow and gain +1 magnanimous" or so.

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maleclypse
maleclypse
Posts: 259

4/28/2016
I enjoyed it. But I go ahead and spend about a netflix subscription each month on fate. So your mileage may vary. The whole process of helping her once she's rescued was intriguing to me though materially only one of the options seems to be felt to be valuable on the forums.

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Optimatum
Optimatum
Posts: 3666

4/28/2016
It's not incredibly interesting storywise, but there's some decent snippets and a couple reasonably profitable cards based on ending.

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Erika
Erika
Posts: 528

4/29/2016
Of the three ending cards, one pays out 90 pence, another in a menace drop (2cp scandal & suspcion, some MW & Church increase), and the Masters option pays out in the chance for action refreshes.

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Anne Auclair
Anne Auclair
Posts: 2215

4/29/2016
Rescuing your aunt requires a fair amount of skulduggery and soul trading. You also get to attend a rather tipsy ball at the Brass Embassy. If you like any of these things you might find the story fun. Also, having a rescued Aunt might open up new stories in the future, if the Seven Day Reign is a sign of things to come.
edited by Anne Auclair on 4/29/2016

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Morkan Kassington
Morkan Kassington
Posts: 261

4/30/2016
I imagine it will get rid of an annoying card and replace it with something you want, at least. Too bad I can't afford it.

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Squeakmaus
Squeakmaus
Posts: 4

4/30/2016
Thank you very much everyone! I think I'll go for it.

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Vavakx Nonexus
Vavakx Nonexus
Posts: 892

4/30/2016
Just to clear this up, is rescuing your aunt from devils all you need to finish the aunt story, get the ending(and action regen)?

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Erika
Erika
Posts: 528

4/30/2016
Vavakx Nonexus wrote:
Just to clear this up, is rescuing your aunt from devils all you need to finish the aunt story, get the ending(and action regen)?

No, you've just unlocked the second half of the Aunt storyline, the finish of which can give you action refreshes (side with the Masters for your refreshes).

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Vavakx Nonexus
Vavakx Nonexus
Posts: 892

5/1/2016
Cecil wrote:
Vavakx Nonexus wrote:
Just to clear this up, is rescuing your aunt from devils all you need to finish the aunt story, get the ending(and action regen)?

No, you've just unlocked the second half of the Aunt storyline, the finish of which can give you action refreshes (side with the Masters for your refreshes).



And the finish also cost 15 fate?

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RandomWalker
RandomWalker
Posts: 948

5/1/2016
No. You only need to make the one payment. Unless you regret the card you get at the end of it, in which case you can pay fate to choose something different.
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Frenzgyn
Frenzgyn
Posts: 197

1/2/2017
I am really tempted, thanks for the info!

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Jolanda Swan
Jolanda Swan
Posts: 1789

1/3/2017
You can reset the choice you made? Where?

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Barse
Barse
Posts: 706

1/3/2017
Jolanda Swan wrote:
You can reset the choice you made? Where?

The option is in Write Letters in your lodgings, for 15 Fate.

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0bsidian Fire
0bsidian Fire
Posts: 117

4/30/2018
I'm at the point to chose which ending to give her. From a game-play perspective, which ending is deemed the most profitable and why?

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suinicide
suinicide
Posts: 2409

4/30/2018
Send her to Mr Wines. It has a low chance of refreshing your actions and is a net gain. All of the other options are just bad.

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Jaina
Jaina
Posts: 239

4/30/2018
Agreed. It's about 30%, with a failure giving some wounds, which averages to 3 actions per usage (or gaining two).

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0bsidian Fire
0bsidian Fire
Posts: 117

4/30/2018
Thanks for the advice everyone!

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Shaerys
Shaerys
Posts: 65

4/30/2018
suinicide wrote:
All of the other options are just bad.

It depends on your needs. One option (I don't recall which) gives -2 scandal (there may be a range, haven't kept close tabs) and 1.4 echo for the action, which is better than Ablution Solution or Meditations on the Anchoress. I find the Aunt pops up just enough to keep my scandal in check without needing to do much of anything else to manage it (unless I'm being particularly scandalous).

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Dudebro Pyro
Dudebro Pyro
Posts: 756

5/2/2018
Isn't there an option that's useful in Port Carnelian? Or is that the Mr. Wines option mentioned above?

This was one of the first Fate contents I played and I made the choice that leads to the "Back to Old Habits" card, so I've been itching to reset this for a while.

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