[Because Mio has always wanted a sword-cane but thinks that wearing a dress and carrying a cane just looks stupid.]
Rapier-Parasol
Category: Weapon
Much sharper than it appears at the first glance.
Dangerous +1, Shadowy +1, Persuasive +2, Bizarre +1, Dreaded +1
Speaking of which, isn’t it odd that there are no parasol items in the Bazaar? Sure, there’s no sun in the Neath, but they’d still be useful for fashion purposes! And for keeping bat guano from getting in your hair…
[quote=San ][Because Mio has always wanted a sword-cane but thinks that wearing a dress and carrying a cane just looks stupid.]
Rapier-Parasol
Category: Weapon
Much sharper than it appears at the first glance.
Dangerous +1, Shadowy +1, Persuasive +2, Bizarre +1, Dreaded +1
Speaking of which, isn’t it odd that there are no parasol items in the Bazaar? Sure, there’s no sun in the Neath, but they’d still be useful for fashion purposes! And for keeping bat guano from getting in your hair…[/quote]
Well, no parasols, but there’s the Poison-Tipped Umbrella. +4 Shadowy, +2 Dreaded, 450 Echoes at the Bazaar. That could do ^^
[quote=streetfelineblue][quote=San ][Because Mio has always wanted a sword-cane but thinks that wearing a dress and carrying a cane just looks stupid.]
Rapier-Parasol
Category: Weapon
Much sharper than it appears at the first glance.
Dangerous +1, Shadowy +1, Persuasive +2, Bizarre +1, Dreaded +1
Speaking of which, isn’t it odd that there are no parasol items in the Bazaar? Sure, there’s no sun in the Neath, but they’d still be useful for fashion purposes! And for keeping bat guano from getting in your hair…[/quote]
Well, no parasols, but there’s the Poison-Tipped Umbrella. +4 Shadowy, +2 Dreaded, 450 Echoes at the Bazaar. That could do ^^[/quote]
Mio claims that’s boring and poison is unsporting, but she can shut up. Still, consider there are (at least) 4 different kinds of walking-sticks…one type of umbrella doesn’t really seem like a fair trade. ^^;;
(I don’t really care, but Mio does love to complain about these sorts of things.)
Whelp, here goes nothing…
General:
[b]Tomb-Bat /b
Where were his sodding crickets when he needed them?
-5 Watchful -5 Shadowy -5 Persuasive -5 Dangerous +1 Bizarre +1 Melancholy
Set of Homemade Kifers (Weapon)
Consists of drums, books, umbrellas, toes and thicker books.
-1 Shadowy +1 Respectable
[b]The Steel-Backed Detective /b
Well-known for their ubiquitous statements.
+3 Watchful +5 Dangerous
V. N.:
[b]Parabola-Lined Bombazine Gown /b
No mourner could afford such luxury.
+7 Persuasive +6 Shadowy +1 Dreaded
[b]Irrigo-Lined Bombazine Gown /b
None will remember the implications.
+7 Persuasive +7 Shadowy +1 Respectable
[b]Anathema /b
Even you cannot hide it forever.
+5 Shadowy +3 Watchful
[b]A Figurine of Your Own Carving /b
Your only payment - a memoir of your skill.
+15 Watchful +15 Persuasive +1 Bizarre +1 Respectable
[b]Monochrome Masque /b
Every bit of it smells like Correspondence. Just how burned are this person’s brows?
+8 Watchful -3 Persuasive +1 Bizarre
[b]"A few old friends" /b
The sort of friends with ciphers, secrets, and the occasional helping hand.
+1 Watchful +2 Respectable +2 Dreaded
{Corrected some stats for balancing}
edited by Vavakx Nonexus on 5/25/2016
The stats for my personal equipment in the comics:
[b]Rough Sword-cane /b
Lovingly made as an arts-and-crafts project in prison. The gaolers never knew about the "sword" part, obviously.
+2 Dangerous
Advisor Bat (upgrade from the Sulky Bat - pet)
Gives you great advice. If your morals are sufficiently flexible.
+2 Shadowy +1 Watchful -1 Dangerous
Broken Chemistry Glasswork Set (weapon/constant companion)
Not as reliable as it once were, but when you are conducting private chemical experiments in your house, you cannot be too picky.
+4 Watchful +1 Wounds
[quote=Professor Strix]The stats for my personal equipment in the comics:
[b]Rough Sword-cane /b
Lovingly made as an arts-and-crafts project in prison. The gaolers never knew about the "sword" part, obviously.
+2 Dangerous
Advisor Bat (upgrade from the Sulky Bat - pet)
Gives you great advice. If your morals are sufficiently flexible.
+2 Shadowy +1 Watchful -1 Dangerous
Broken Chemistry Glasswork Set (weapon/constant companion)
Not as reliable as it once were, but when you are conducting private chemical experiments in your house, you cannot be too picky.
+4 Watchful +1 Wounds[/quote]
The idea of marrying a chemistry set has me lying on the floor and laughing like a successful seeker.
[quote=Vavakx Nonexus]
The idea of marrying a chemistry set has me lying on the floor and laughing like a successful seeker.[/quote]
I would totally marry my job if that was an option. Sex is overrated.
Book of "Practical Theosophy"
Weapon
A tome of sophistry, misconceptions, generalizations, and lies so blatant and undisguised that they must be hinting to some larger truth. D—n them and their snickering, you’ll learn exactly what it is.
+3 Watchful -1 Persuasive
Cracked Spectacles
Headwear
You wouldn’t keep these around, much less wear them, but the way they reflect certain vivid shades of light intrigues you. They aren’t much help to your vision, that said, and you do look quite silly.
+1 Bizarre +2 Watchful -3 Persuasive -3 Dangerous
An Uncomfortably Intimate Note from a Senior Devil
Weapon
Did he really have to word every sentence as some sort of recursive innuendo? This makes every saucy wink you’ve ever received seem like a welcome gesture.
+2 Bizarre +1 Scandal +1 Suspicion
Absolutely Genuine Presbyterate Artifact
Curiosity
You began to suspect this wasn’t genuine when you realized it was made of ratbone and that the ‘mysterious etchings’ were the result of poor penmanship and a poorer grasp of the Empress’s English.
Defective Ratgun
Weapon
You think it’s defective, but the hole it makes in a man is about on-par with the tremendous noise it makes insodoing.
+5 Dangerous -5 Shadowy
Inconsolable Former Seeker
Constant Companion
As much a spouse to you as the furniture and about as talkative. Perhaps you keep them around out of pity. Perhaps you feel better keeping an eye on them.
+2 Bizarre
A Letter Penned in Irrigo
Curiosity
Every so often you’ll pick it up and read it again in hopes of remembering what it says. You come away with nothing besides a vague sense of melancholy.
A Cracked Hand-Mirror
Headwear
You’ve affixed a bit of twine around it to wear it on your face. Who put such a queer idea in your head?
+7 Bizarre +4 Nightmares
Not-Quite-Empty Bottle of Laudanum
Weapon
Whenever you pick it up, there always seems to be a thimble’s worth sloshing around in the bottom. You aren’t sure if this is some curious property of the bottle or if the Laudanum is making you a bit forgetful.
-1 Nightmares +1 Wounds +3 Indulging in a Less Than Laudable Laudanum Habit
Itinerant Zee-Ferret
Pet
Less a pet and more of a mustelid acquaintance, it always seems to drop by a moment before it’s needed. You’re more grateful for its razor wit and razor teeth than you are for the smell of dead fish that lingers around it.
-1 Persuasive +3 Dangerous +3 Shadowy
That One Friend
Pet
You can never seem to be rid of him, no matter how many times you’ve tried. His voice is very loud and is used to render very long, very one-sided conversations about the latest minor disagreements in the field of swamp botany. His sole redeeming quality is that he keeps the constables well away - they can’t stand him either.
-5 Watchful -5 Persuasive -5 Shadowy -1 Suspicion
Singing Suit
Clothing
More of a humming suit, really. It came back to London with a little more of Polythreme than it should have, and now you sound as if a very musically-inclined old man is following you everywhere you go. It’s a hit at parties, but d—n if you can keep the thing quiet.
+5 Persuasive +1 Bizarre -3 Shadowy
Pocketwatch of Innumerable Hands
Weapon
Some absolute madrat set out to create a device that would tell you what time it is by instead indicating what time it isn’t. The result is a mass of shifting hands and a cacophony of ticking machinery which doesn’t tell time and makes your eyes hurt.
+2 Bizarre -3 Watchful -3 Shadowy
Framed Painting of a Sad Clown
Home Comfort
Whenever you see it or even so much as think of it, it strikes you as inordinately funny. Excellent for lifting your spirits, but it’s hard to focus and even harder for others to take you seriously. Your spontaneous bouts of giggling are also a little unseemly.
-2 Nightmares -10 Dangerous -10 Watchful -10 Persuasive -10 Shadowy
Pepperbox Revolver
i[/i]
A handy pistol that is excellent against a very fast opponent or a flock of bats.
Tomb Colonist Rags
i[/i]
This won’t make you the life of the party but it’s excellent when travelling incognito.
Circus Bear
i[/i]
This retired performer from Ms. Plenty’s Carnival still retains his claws and acrobatic skills. Also great with children.
Piscine Consort
(Constant Companion)
Something followed you home from the zee. Fortunately they can glamour others into thinking that they are human(ish).
Feet of Clay
i[/i]
Some Unfinished Men lack feet. You wonder if this pair belongs to one of them.
Presbyterate Blindfold
i[/i]
Of course you can’t see anything with it but it gives you a strange sense that can help you fight your enemies.
Exotic Smoking Jacket
(clothing)
The dream-priests of distant Irem wear this during their rituals. It’s very comfy.
+3 Persuasive +3 Watchful +1 Bizarre
Broken Kaleidoscope
(weapon)
Peer through. Give it a twist. What do you see?
+8 Watchful +1 Nightmares
edited by Lord Hoot on 4/5/2016
Outrageous Disguise
(clothing)
They might not recognize you, but you sure will stand out in a crowd.
+2 Scandal -2 Suspicion +1 Bizarre
Steel-Toed Dancing Slippers
(footwear)
Because you never know when you might need to kick down a door.
+5 Persuasive +4 Dangerous -2 Shadowy
A Knife of Black Glass
(weapon)
…Good God.
+8 Dangerous +8 Watchful +2 Nightmares +2 Dreaded
edited by Zantumall on 4/4/2016
Nude Portrait
Category: Home comfort
After the incident with the Repentant Forger, you had a devil of a time tracking down this portrait of yourself. His use of soft lighting- and conveniently placed objects in the foreground- is impeccable. You should hang it in a prominent place, for guests to admire.
+1 Bizarre +2 Scandal
Grotesque Cravat
Category: Clothing
From one of Hell’s tailors, decorated in dizzyingly complex embroidery, dyed in eye-searing hues. Multiple washings won’t relieve the smell of sulphur, but perhaps you prefer it that way.
+1 Dreaded +2 Dangerous -3 Shadowy
Back-up Snack Bag
Category: Weapon
For the busy individual on the go who is constantly inflicted with passing, unnatural hungers. A satisfying assortment of nuts, sweets, and pickles.
+2 Persuasive +1 Dangerous
Crystal Ball
Category: Weapon
A sphere of flawless rock crystal, six inches in diameter. Excellent for Flash Lays involving seances, and useful in a pinch for bashing an assailant in the skull.
+5 Persuasive, +3 Dangerous, +1 Bizarre.
Irrigo Blindfold
Category: Hat, upgraded Prisoner’s Mask in Nadir
Now, what you were doing again? Oh, right, finding a way out.
-10 Shadowy, -10 Watchful, +1 Dangerous, [+1 Bizarre]
Trafalgar by Sunlight
Home Comfort
A painting of London as it should be. As it will be. Hold out hope for a brighter tomorrow.
-3 Nightmares
Disquietingly Feline-filled Cloak
Clothing
Now whose silly idea was it to stuff your clothes with live cats? Oh that’s right, yours. That was foolish of you, although it does make you look taller and an armada of cats is the perfect surprise weapon.
+5 Wounds, +10 Dangerous, +3 Bizarre, -5 Persuasive
The New Sequence
Club
Old zailors and young men and women looking to change the way of things. A dangerous combination. Dawn Machine rising!
+4 Dreaded, +1 Dangerous
Minature Dawn Machine Music-box
Home Comfort
THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN… a catchy tune played at earsplitting volumes.
+1 Dreaded
Someone on the Surface
Constant Companion
A paramour, a spouse and maybe even children. You have gone where they dare not follow. Their absence has hollowed you out like rotten fruit, but you could never love another. Perhaps they feel the same. [You will occassionally receive letters from your family that will relieve menaces and sometimes provide other benefits]
+1 Nightmares, -1 Persuasive
Malicious Slander-monger
Companion
"They think you mad…"
+1 Nightmares, -2 Persuasive, +2 Dreaded, +3 Dangerous
Aural Megalops
Ship
Sometimes the best ship is not a ship at all. The thing is mostly tamed and surprisingly docile as long as you keep a truly colossal stock of fish handy, but mind the claws just in case.
+1 Bizarre, +1 Dreaded
A dirigible high above London
Lodgings
Yes it may be a drafty death-trap constantly assailed by swarms of bats, but it is YOUR drafty death-trap constantly assailed by swarms of bats! Never receiving mail again is a small price to pay for such privacy and the view from your bedroom window is truly magnificent. A perfect roost for any would-be master of London.
This address allows you to keep 3 Opportunity cards in your hand.
edited by Hark DeGaul on 4/6/2016
A desk in an Office (lodgings) (for Rysiek)[li]
Yes, the marks on your face DO come from paperwork… maybe you work a bit TOO much… but there are too many cases to be filled
Those Lodgings allow 3 cards
Czar-Revolver
Weapon, for Maria
Modern and recently re-optained. Quite accurate, and strong enough to kill
Dangerous +5
Lupara (Weapon) (for Agata)
Designating revenge and does the job well. You have two bullets, but who needs more? And who cares it isn’t feminine?
Dangerous +8, Dreaded +1, Melancholy +1
Incendiary Derringers
Weapon
Incinerate your target, and then the weapon. Not necessarily in that order, depending on your luck.
Dangerous +7,Shadowy +5, Dreaded +1
A Rigidly-Worded Letter of Affection
Curiosity
Written with such inflexible prose that could only be the work of a lovesick clay man. It’s endearing, even if the implications are rather troubling.
The Smiling Reprobate
Constant Companion
Her vocabulary is coarse, her habits are undignified, and her inclinations are violent. You’re fairly sure she’s plotting to do away with you permanently, one of these days, but nobody knows the under-underworld quite as well as she does. The occasional chivalrous murder of a rival is touching, too.
[Her younger sister will not be pleased.]
+5 Dangerous, -3 Persuasive, +1 Dreaded
The Devout Cryptographer
Constant Companion
The way she moves about your home, it’s easy to forget that she has no eyes. You’re fairly certain she’s the one who keeps leaving these frightfully interesting books on your nightstand. Is she also responsible for the dreams you’ve been having lately?
[Her older sister will not be pleased.]
+5 Watchful, +2 Shadowy, -5 Dangerous, +1 Bizarre
The Wealthy Heir
Constant Companion
You still have trouble pronouncing his name. He looks better in a dress than many society ladies and has such refined taste in the arts that he makes you look good by proxy. You do wonder where he goes when he disappears every few weeks.
+8 Persuasive, -5 Dangerous, +1 Respectable
The Red Messenger
Home Comfort
It’s a heart. A still-beating heart, as a matter of fact. You keep it on a little plinth inside a bell-jar, but it does nothing to muffle the rhythmic thumping it makes. It throbs into your sleep and fills your dreams with sights you dare not recall upon waking. Sometimes, when the night is long and lonely, you can hear it whisper to you.
+5 Nightmares, +10 Watchful, +7 Bizarre
"Bottled Sorrow"
Wines
The tears of the Bazaar, diluted to the point where it can be imbibed with relative safety. Not that you’d want to; it still incites an intense melancholy after passing your lips. In spite of this, it’s said to sell quite well.
A unique item for Eli
The Flowerdene Initative
Affiliatio
A shining light within the darkness of the mean streets. The people of lower Spite flourish under your constant care and vigilance, but who guards the guardsmen?
+15 Watchful, +15 Shadowy, -30 Dangerous
The Panacea
Weapon
A revolver with one chamber? Whoever would need such a thing? Maybe someone who knows they won’t miss?
+8 Wounds, -8 Nightmares
Clean-up Crew
Companion
Sometimes, you just need to wash your problems down the drain.
+10 Shadowy, +2 Dreaded
Some sort of trilby, for those who want a classy hat that’s not a fedora.