Cobblestone rogues and backalley saints

Fallen London
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I have been attempting to play the two new storylets - Law & Order and The Spirifer & the Pianist - but I find myself now locked out of all options, as my ‘cobblestone rogues and back alley saints’ quality is 3 and I need 6 to progress.

How do I raise this quality? I have tried out a few lower level storylets in the four starting areas to see if they provide this quality, but haven’t spotted one that does yet. Haven’t got an opportunity card either. I am 130 for all four qualities.

I presume there must BE a way of raising this, even with maxed out stats, as in the announcements Chris said:

[quote=]More advanced players can experience these stories by trading gossip with the Local Gossip at their lodgings and then looking for new gold storylets in the starter areas.
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Can anyone help?

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Just as he said - pay Incendiary Gossip to the Local Gossip at your Lodgings to raise the quality. Simple, if expensive!

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Oh, I see - Chris said using the gossip would start things off, so I didn’t think to go back there. Seems obvious in hindsight. Thanks! :)

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I had the same issue. nods I think we’re to used to either being provided a “currency” and then not being able to refill it. Or to having to spend a great deal of time on the refill efforts.

~MF
A Lady reading

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Yeah, I just figured it out today myself.

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“Celebrate Fungus in Verse: Field work!” option within the “Literary Ambitions” will raise the “Cobblestone Rogues and Backalley Saints”. So will the “Celebrate Fungus in Verse: an honest effort” ending for the “Literary Ambitions”.

Maybe not quite as quickly as just paying the Gossip, but it certainly less expensive.

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It occurs to me that this storyline is training for the Falling Cities/Eyes of Icarus/Fingerwork/Gates of the Garden stories- poking around the Wikis reveals that they’re raised by many of the low-level storylets in the starting areas.

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For those that aren’t too high up in stats yet (especially in Shadowy), I dropped my stats with a Ridiculous Hat and found that Cat-Catching is raising the “Cobblestone Rogues and Backalley Saints” pretty quickly. :D

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The Local Gossip at my Lodgings doesn’t have an option to trade him Incendiary Gossip. Is there something I’m missing? Do I go to the “Myself” tab and use use the Gossip?

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Have you completed the four stories concerning people you know from the Surface and achieved the quality Free Of Surface Ties? It’s a prerequisite for unlocking this option with the Gossip.

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Ah, I guess not. I’ll have to start looking around for those. Are they begun in certain areas?

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From what I recall, they unfold through cards, once your stats are at least (according to a wiki reference) 12, and I don’t recall that where you draw them matters - but anyone who knows better, correct me if I’m wrong.