[quote=Argus Arcorvus]So I’ve first come here onto the forum due to the incandescent, apoplectic rage at my most common and constant failure - the inability to keep my blossoming insanity under control without scandalising society at large. It begins, as it does in the neath, with everyday transactions that cause it’s insidious tendrils to infiltrate my mind. The only relief from this seems to be a cup of hot wine at the good Mrs Plenty’s Carnival, yet even the most minor bout of nightmares necessitates a half-dozen cups of wine. I leave the refreshment pavilion less twitchy but with the contemptuous stares of my fellow rabble-rousers for having imbibed too much. I attempt to remedy this by attending regular church services which ironically INCREASES the scandal society at large inflicts upon me.
Kind of depressing when all your actions are spent just trying to keep your character in the damn game. This constant failure is, I state, not mine, but a "flawed" mechanic that works well to the benefit of FBG who reap your hard-earned actions for the dullest of dull grinding…[/quote]
Have you tried asking friends for help? Apparently it’s a very time-efficient way of reducing Nightmares. (Also, while I disagree with your furious questioning of Failbetter’s motives, I can’t deny it’s well-written. Include that sort of writing in your menace-reduction requests and you’ll have no problems.)
