Alright, I have one character at Polythreme. For now, nothing; no storylets or cards that suggest that.
I will do one of the carousels, specifically in the Investigating… one to see if I can uncover anything.
UPDATE: Nothing.
Just for due diligence -~sigh~- I have my character take the Tramp Steamer. Nope, nothing there too.
edited by Rostygold on 9/2/2020
How high have you guys raised the clay highwayman quality? I’m on level six now but nothing seems to change so far after five. Still, the wiki seems to suggest it caps out there, but you can actually keep raising it.
I’m almost at 9, and there’s nothing new yet.
I think someone just was too lazy to put a cap on it.
I’ve been thinking about paleonthological discoveries in Evenlode. It’s really underwhelming option.
You need at least 6 actions to get 25 survey. That’s at best 4.17 survey/action.
Each point of discovery (PoD) worth 12.5 Echo in Osteology items.
Exchange rate is 20-26 survey per PoD. That’s 4.8-6.24 actions per PoD. Seems ok, but you need to spend action to enter and exit result sorting. That puts us at 6.8-6.64 action per PoD or per 12.5 Echo. Vake-steed option actually becomes the best one at 6.02 actions per PoD.
And that’s not counting travelling from one location to another.
That’s still a good option to grab some hard to get items, like Leviathan frame and, maybe, a bunch of thorned ribcages. But it performs at under 1.9 EPA without ambition item and not much better with it, so if you’re looking to profit you’re in the wrong opportunity card.
As a sidenote, considering how often I supported the Prehistoricist Tracklayers I want an option to rename the Great Hellbound Railway into Mr Bones Wild Ride.
I want to get off Mr Bones’ Wild Ride!
Almost everything that doesn’t advance the story or isn’t needed to produce specific story-related goods (including a lot of the bones) is inferior to simply grinding a few specific lab options.
Unfortunately, due to Bone Exhaustion, this seems to also apply to most bones. I’m testing something, but I’m fairly sure that I’ll be able to hit 3 Bone Exhaustion with easily acquired items that makes obsolete any of the harder to achieve options.
Does anyone else want a gilled lamp cat? Cause I do.
I’m confused about what the young constable claimed: that all the constables of Evenlode are self-righteous bullies. I now gotta decide what he should do after quitting his job.
Am I missing something? Not only have I seen zero evidence supporting this, I’ve seen the constables act in ways that outright refute his claim.
Either:
Is he just being childish, or has a childish view on what being a constable is like?
As an actual ingrained member, did he legitimately find out how corrupt they are in the extremely short span of time he was employed?
– Afterthought –
(I helped him at every opportunity. Apparently, no one does jack-all to assist him if you don’t. Wow. Why are they like this?)
I think it’s because the constabulary, especially inside the Evenlode, seems very fraternal. Most of the young constable’s story is him being hazed before he’s let into their order, and once he gets in he realises that there’s more to this group than just enforcing the law. We see how insular the constables are when you try to join in on their card game and it’s often noted in the flavour text for looking around the magistracy how superstitious they can be.
There’s a reason the option to take a look around the magistracy changes to "consider the magistracy with new eyes" once you’ve completed the short story. There are many strange cases at the Evenlode and it’s noted that some cases bypass the court entirely, so it’s clear that there is a greater power passing judgement outside of public knowledge. There’s also the matter of how people come to be recognised as constables at the magistracy.The final ‘test’ for the young constable involves him being suspended underwater until someone breaks and intervenes. He doesn’t have to do anything, it seems entirely up to the people watching. So what if no-one intervenes? Does he just drown? Or is the rite a test for the people watching, to see if his life is worth saving? The most important question here, though, is how the hell does nearly drowning a man make him fit to be a constable?I don’t think it’s a matter of the Evenlode constables being corrupt. A group doesn’t need to be corrupt to be abusive towards its members. The magistracy constabulary seems very exclusive and exclusivity tends to breed a sense of superiority. It’s certainly not uncommon for exclusive groups to abuse new members, it’s almost tradition for a lot of them.
I try not to take it too personally whenever they call me a corrupt agent of the law.
Don’t get me wrong, the Velocipede Squad does use excessive force and take bribes, but they also genuinely enforce the law (and give said bribes to charity). The Magistracy constables, like Mulligan said, are very insular and ‘claim’ to be more honest constables, but are also enforce extralegal action and suffer from a lack of transparency.
The young constable wants to be more like the Last Constable, who in my playthrough died alongside the Cheery Man in their familial tug-of-war struggle. Fallen London in general has a very cynical view of all law enforcement, but it’s not like all of them are bad. It’s just very difficult to be completely moral in a society where screwing over others is not only allowed, but encouraged.
For me personally, I just told him that if it really bothered him, he should just go independent. Of course I wouldn’t go independent because I like profit and power, but if they are so conflicted about compromising their morals, they can make their own way in this world like everyone else. I gave this advice to someone else a while ago, and they seem pretty happy.
[quote=Mulligan]I think it’s because the constabulary, especially inside the Evenlode, seems very fraternal. Most of the young constable’s story is him being hazed before he’s let into their order, and once he gets in he realises that there’s more to this group than just enforcing the law. We see how insular the constables are when you try to join in on their card game and it’s often noted in the flavour text for looking around the magistracy how superstitious they can be.
There’s a reason the option to take a look around the magistracy changes to "consider the magistracy with new eyes" once you’ve completed the short story. There are many strange cases at the Evenlode and it’s noted that some cases bypass the court entirely, so it’s clear that there is a greater power passing judgement outside of public knowledge. There’s also the matter of how people come to be recognised as constables at the magistracy.The final ‘test’ for the young constable involves him being suspended underwater until someone breaks and intervenes. He doesn’t have to do anything, it seems entirely up to the people watching. So what if no-one intervenes? Does he just drown? Or is the rite a test for the people watching, to see if his life is worth saving? The most important question here, though, is how the hell does nearly drowning a man make him fit to be a constable?I don’t think it’s a matter of the Evenlode constables being corrupt. A group doesn’t need to be corrupt to be abusive towards its members. The magistracy constabulary seems very exclusive and exclusivity tends to breed a sense of superiority. It’s certainly not uncommon for exclusive groups to abuse new members, it’s almost tradition for a lot of them.[/quote]
During his near drowning he’s rejected by the… thing at the bottom. It dislikes creatures of law, and thus recognizes him as a constable. Lawbreakers and outcasts are taken and transformed, and neutral persons are mostly ignored.
You don’t get to make a Peligin Suit by Diving/10
The fabric would be ruined beyond all measures.
I hope this possibility will be added in the future. Would love to see neathbow wardrobe In my wardrobe.
I imagine gant suite could be obtained by making all other suits and then throwing them down the well.
I hope this possibility will be added in the future. Would love to see neathbow wardrobe In my wardrobe.
I imagine gant suite could be obtained by making all other suits and then throwing them down the well.[/quote]
Maybe.
A Violant Suit would certainly be interesting. It’s the Suit no one can forget.
I was also expecting the Fire Sermon Menace Location to give you an Apocyan suit, but nope.
edited by Deathjack999 on 10/6/2020
A new card has appeared. Enlighten the Magistracy. Options same as in Ealing. Text for darkness reducing option:
Take out the broken lamp-head; insert the new one. Clean dust from the glass. Light the tiny fire inside and bask in the tiny warmth it gives off.
I bet there’s one in Jericho too now.
Edit: yes there is, same options but I didn’t record the text result.
Seems like I can enlighten hiterlands no matter where I am https://i.imgur.com/Ny7HkyD.png
And for some reason Enlighten cards has outfit locks on them.
edited by Lucius Vera on 10/9/2020
