KNIFE AND CANDLE: A Glitch or a Feature?

Fallen London
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I’m new to the underground league of Knife and Candle, and something strange happened yesterday that I’m not sure is intended. I tried my first attack about 5 days ago (right after gaining a Sense of Urgency) against one of my contacts. Since it was an elusive attack, I got some pretty sweet gear.

However, when I was sleeping last night, I received a message saying that &quotA Circumspect Ambush has left <the fine gentleman I previously attacked> defeated!&quot Clearly I did not attack him, as I was asleep, and had not received a sense of urgency for several days.

Is this supposed to happen?

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There seems to be a problem with the email server at the moment, and it’s sending out notifications well after the event in question. That’s probably all it is.

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I doubt it. First, the message itself was different, as the first time I got all his items (cloak, knife, etc).

Second, I got another Iron Knife Token and Prize token.

4

I guess you are in the Iron League so when he got an opportunity to try to get his items back he took it but lost.

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Sounds like he attempted to ambush you and failed.

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Sounds like he attempted to ambush you and failed.[/quote]

Of course! Why didn’t I think of that?

He’s attacked me three times in a week. Seems puzzling, as I have only found myself able to do so when I gain a Sense of Urgency.

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[quote=jhodder]
He’s attacked me three times in a week. Seems puzzling, as I have only found myself able to do so when I gain a Sense of Urgency.[/quote]

The top-tier lodging cards (i.e. from Guest Rooms at Brass Embassy or Premises at the Bazaar) all provide a branch that provides the same function as a Sense of Urgency. Even without these lodgings, drawing the Soft-Hearted Widow or the rare mood cards also provide the same opportunity.

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Dinner invite too.

9

What about a dinner invite? I saw no mention of it on the wiki.

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Maybe the Polite Invitation? It’s the closest I can think of, at least.

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That’s the name of the card, I often can’t think of it’s name, just the function of it.

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Asides from the top tier lodgings cards (Bazaar, Royal Beth, Brass Embassy) these cards also offer K&C attacks:
A dusty bookshop (mood card)
A little omen (mood card)
An Implausible Penance (requires Criminals: Favours 1)
The Soft-Hearted Widow (requires being a POSI)
A Polite Invitation (requires being a POSI)
edited by Cecil on 8/31/2015

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One small correction:
The Implausible Penance card doesn’t consume Criminal Favours if used for K&C (though I believe it’s still required in order to draw the card).

edited by dov on 8/31/2015

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Oh, it doesn’t? It used to consume some connected, so I thought it would consume some favours. I’ll edit the post.