I have been wondering about what theories other delicious friends have used to explain some unusual things about the Neath and, particularly, themselves.
To start off, I usually assume that the dangerous benefit from the Voracious Glove comes in the form of you throwing it at your opponent and hoping it bites of his index finger.
You know your soul? if you sold it to a devil and found it again, it very well could be someone else’s- there are even blank souls, left behind from early deaths and unborn individuals. Devils want interesting people to be constantly duplicating their souls and selling the old copies.
…I’ve never thought about that…
Wait, but if you find it in a Bundle of Oddities, it is heavily implied it is from the C.V.R.(I’m unsure whether they’re called that or not. I have never personally involved myself with them). Would that mean that they are secretly working for the Embassy!? QUICK, BRING SEVERAL PENCILS! THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW!!
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edited by Vavakx Nonexus on 3/23/2016
You can change clothes, weapons and companions wherever you are (even in dreams, or in prison). My headcanon is that you always have everything with you, the things you equip are just the ones that are active at the moment. It’s funny to think of your character as having a huge trunk of clothes on wheels and always being followed at a distance by all his/her/their pets.
Or, better yet, your character wrapped in lots of layers of clothes, like Superman.
[quote=Professor Strix]You can change clothes, weapons and companions wherever you are (even in dreams, or in prison). My headcanon is that you always have everything with you, the things you equip are just the ones that are active at the moment. It’s funny to think of your character as having a huge trunk of clothes on wheels and always being followed at a distance by all his/her/their pets.
Or, better yet, your character wrapped in lots of layers of clothes, like Superman.[/quote]
Or the postal service also delivers users their clothes when required. Yes, the postmen are THAT dedicated.
…I’ve never thought about that…
Wait, but if you find it in a Bundle of Oddities, it is heavily implied it is from the C.V.R.(I’m unsure whether they’re called that or not. I have never personally involved myself with them). Would that mean that they are secretly working for the Embassy!? QUICK, BRING SEVERAL PENCILS! THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW!!
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edited by Vavakx Nonexus on 3/23/2016[/quote]
Personally, I always thought that the devils didn’t care much about the C. V. R. Souls don’t fade on death- they persist. If they lose a soul, unless it gets eaten, it will simply continue to gather experiences. of course, you have to keep it from going bad, but other than that… there’s nothing to keep a soul from being claimed again and again.
I don’t think the Sheperds, whatever their internal name is, are deliberately helping them, but it is a convenient excuse to let a soul reappear for reuse, should that be needed.
That said, I would not be surprised if the devils seek the source of false dawn.
edited by Grenem on 3/23/2016
It’s explicitly mentioned in Sunless Sea what happens if you get someone else’s soul shoved up in you. You die a terrible death. I think your body starts to decay or it’s something similar to Animescence where your soul catches fire and burns you from the inside out? A SS person can chime in with that maybe.
Also worth bringing up the nbstar theory;
warning: based off spoilers[spoiler]1. There are beings that exist between Judgements>Dragons>Bazaar
2. There’s two sets of physics in the neath, as shown in the LoN destiny, the physics the Judgements enforce, and what’s beneath that
3. the Neathbow’s effects also warp reality in the same way as the Judgement’s lights
4. there are things we’ve dubbed nbstars that pump out some, if not all, of the neathbow
And nbstars stands for non-binary stars.[/spoiler]
edited by Cecil on 3/24/2016
[quote=Professor Strix]You can change clothes, weapons and companions wherever you are (even in dreams, or in prison). My headcanon is that you always have everything with you, the things you equip are just the ones that are active at the moment. It’s funny to think of your character as having a huge trunk of clothes on wheels and always being followed at a distance by all his/her/their pets.
Or, better yet, your character wrapped in lots of layers of clothes, like Superman.[/quote]
Or you could employ your Scuttering Squad to carry all the stuff around. Makes sence why their cancellation clause is so punishing.
edited by Talkes on 3/24/2016
I’ve been spending so much time playing Sunless Sea, and there’s so much more I still haven’t explored yet. Where would I have to look to find that piece of lore? Why doesn’t it apply to Pentecost Apes?
I have recently noticed that only foxfire candle stubs are available as items, but not the full candles. I now assume that stubs are a measurement unit for foxfire candles, and you don’t recieve 100 stubs, but 10 full candles.
On the other hand, one of your Officer cured her Animescience, er, Animescence by casting out her soul and shoving in a Judgement’s Egg. Which is still soul replacement. I don’t think replacing your soul cast Animescence though, given how so many people on the Elder Continent had it.
My headcannon isn’t much, but I always beleft, that while LONDON in general is quite progressive, Society is at best as far as its (probable) surface equivalent, meaning: Frowning on foreigners, homosexuals, extramartial sex, quite racistic, like the 19th century, and that would explain why my chars attract it in such ammounts: they are from Russia and Germany, and have quite a few more vices. And society is quite important![li]
On the other hand, one of your Officer cured her Animescience, er, Animescence by casting out her soul and shoving in a Judgement’s Egg. Which is still soul replacement. I don’t think replacing your soul cast Animescence though, given how so many people on the Elder Continent had it.[/quote]
I assumed that there still are incompatible souls- just that your soul isn’t the only one that can fit in your body. still, i could be delusional.
So, are Pentecost Apes immune to the negative effects of having foreign souls in their bodies?
quote=Professor Strix having a huge trunk of clothes on wheels and always being followed at a distance by all his/her/their pets.
Or, better yet, your character wrapped in lots of layers of clothes, like Superman.[/quote]
Is there another way of travelling? I certainly did not spend all that strong-backed labour to be carrying my own weight. What works for expeditions in the forgotten quarter, works for all the streets of Fallen London. I recommend the extensive use of a poking-device in crowded neighborhoods.
Secrets can be used as currency because anyone who repeats a secret they already sold gets stuck in a Doctor Who time loop with hungry flappy monsters besieging a church.
How many stubs to a candle? How much does a stub way?
How many stubs to a candle? How much does a stub way?[/quote]
I said that you get 10 stubs per candle, but I think I have to correct my original statement a little. One of the lower-level cards mentions someone giving you his candle, with you gaining 11 stubs.
Ah yes, but how long of a candle in inches is a 10 stub candle, you reckon?
Of that, I have no idea, and will allow others to finish this thought.