So the Efficient Commissioner is that woman from the Mask of the Rose dating game? Did we know that already?
Does the Encounter at the Feast card (where you spend Masquing for companions) also become a storylet on the 17th, or is that just for The Lady in Lilac card (trade gifts for Masquing)? Asking because I’ve only drawn an Encounter once so far which has me worried I won’t have enough time to get all the companions I was aiming for.
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Pretty sure it’s both.
Ah yes, the old dilemma: Whether or not to get yet another Pirate Poet to be upgraded ere the next seasonal event.
By the way, does anyone know if equipping the Bohemian Sculptress and Efficient Commissioner in Parabola has any effect on their respect dream encounters?
Looking for Rose Gifts of all stripes, will do best to return as given.
Aiming for Lettice, so some FATE gifts would be appreciated, and will do best to return the favor there as well, but please DM first.
Does Amelia add a nice new spouse card to the deck? If not, I don’t think this union is going to last.
Maybe there’s her card but at zee deck…
Which tattoo are you all getting? Or going tattoo-less?
Looks like I won’t get the tattoo this year, I instantly recognized the two tattoos I want to get but can’t get now. Neither one is the Noman.
One requires a lot of money, and the other requires some progressing along a certain ambition.
Until next year, pretty Lilac Lady. We’ll meet at the Forgotten Quarter again.
At least I got some free companions this (my second) Feast. I even got the very cute Pentecost Ape, that purple fur reminds me of Bonzi Buddy back in the day.
[quote=Nikito3]Maybe there’s her card but at zee deck…[/quote]You mean to say there is such a card, or that it would be nice if there was one?
Anyway, that would certainly be fun and thematic, but hard to see that it’d match up in value with a good card for the London deck.
[quote=fishandchips]Which tattoo are you all getting? Or going tattoo-less?[/quote]I have the goat and the cards. Which ones are you aiming for?
I want one of the goat tattoos, but affording one is quite a challenge.
Not a lot of options for Bizarre tattoos, many are fate-locked and ambition locked. Maybe ‘Your Own Name’?
The Sun and Sunless are another potential combo.
Is it possible to ‘unequip’ your tattoo? If there’s a permanent BDR boost it might make business at the Bone Market a bit more tricky.
No. But there are the beasties that give -12 after being inhabited by fingerkings. Also several other items that give minus values.
Anyone has got two Dreaded or two Bizarre tattoos? Or are most getting one of each type?
I have two Dreaded tattoos. Although I got mine in an era where the sum of B+D+R mattered more than the balance of individual stats. I just picked the tattoos that seemed fitting at the time.
I might choose differently now. My character seems to have developed into a more Bizarre-leaning personage over the years. On the other hand, those two points of Dreaded were difference-makers for a while for hitting 15 in the Bone Market.
I just got the tattoos I felt were most important to the character. It used to be that you could only get one tattoo each year. I’m not sure if that’s still the case, but if it is, worth keeping in mind.
[quote=Toran]I just got the tattoos I felt were most important to the character. It used to be that you could only get one tattoo each year. I’m not sure if that’s still the case, but if it is, worth keeping in mind.[/quote] Still true for the +BDR tattoos, so it’s definitely worth considering whether a year of being short 1 BDR is worth the wait – although it might be! The whole thing’s confused slightly by the fact that one can ALSO get a stat-free vanity tattoo of your Noman the same year as getting a stat-having tattoo.
I went with Sunless because I came to Fallen London from Sunless Sea; then the next year I got The Sun because the contrast was (and still is) simultaneously meaningful and funny to me. Never paid attention to the actual stats, but the +1/+1 hasn’t held me back yet (although early Bone Market shenanigans were a hassle before we were given so many negative-BDR items).
I can’t get Sunless tattoo because I (foolishly?) sold the chest to the Blind Bruiser.
So, from the remaining options available, I’m thinking of getting the Zee-Monster tattoo now, then (if I can afford it) the Ubergoat tattoo one year later. That’s +2 Dreaded from tattoos.
Alternatively, if I’m still broke, I’ll get ‘A View from the Chambers of the Heart’ tattoo, I think that’s the most bizarre of all Bizarre tattoos.
Being without Dreaded is quite profitable. I can go to the Bone Market and beg for free bones from the grandmother.
Dreaded-reducing equipment seems a little hard to come by, actually. But if you need to drop those two points, the item below came from an access code. Not sure if it’s still available, worth a check.
Several Dreaded-reducing companions are available in Parabola if you’ve gotten that far, and several other Home Comforts become available when you have a Railway. Plus a hat at Whitsun and another at Hallowmas.
Would using fate to get new tattoos also erase my noman tattoo?