The Masters' Gallery of Singular Equipment

Fallen London
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Reason
Category: Weapon
A steam-powered, ironclad dreadnought of an argument, bound up in a bow reading &quotUltima Ratio Regum&quot. As cunning as a weasel recently promoted to lead Benthic’s Department of Exceptionally Cunning Studies, its manifold intermeshed moving parts give the listener an irrational urge to keep their fingers well clear until it stops. The recipient is left with the distinct impression of facing down a Maxim gun. Those not convinced by its logic are baffled by its complexity.
Watchful +10, Persuasive +8, Shadowy -6, Bizarre +1, Dreaded +1.
edited by Shogo_Yahagi on 12/22/2017
edited by Shogo_Yahagi on 12/22/2017

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Well, of course, items that allow you to romance various characters immediately spring to mind (not that I think of women as objects), but I’'l do one for each account:

Mutable Key (Weapon) Shadowy +3 Bizarre +1
This key opens, like most others, only one door, of course. It just seems to be rather confused about which one sometimes…

Truculent Trench-Coat (Clothing) Dangerous +4 Dreaded +1
A rather battered coat always looking for a fight. Made out of hardy &quotleather&quot. What? What are you looking at? Surface cows are in short supply down here! Come over here and say that to its, er, &quotface&quot!

Artistically Inclined Beret (Hat) Persuasive +4 Respectable +1
No matter how hard you try, you just can’t get it to sit straight on your head; it remains at a perpetual rakish tilt. And when wearing it, you tend to have trouble speaking with anything less than the most æsthetic of demeanors… B—er it! There it goes again!

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Cannibal’s Table
Home Comfort
No matter what you were planning to serve, everything placed on this table tastes almost like pork.
+3 Dreaded, +1 Bizarre, +3 Suspicion, +1 Unaccountably Peckish

Adder Stone
Hat
A river rock with a hole through it. It was once believed that you could see through Faerie glamours using this.
+9 Watchful

Famine
Destiny
They are neither man nor woman, they are neither beast nor human; they are ghouls.
+5 Dreaded, +1 Unaccountably Peckish

Kelpie
Companion
Half horse, half shark. Only a fool would try to ride.
+5 Dangerous, +3 Troubled Waters
edited by GuesssWho on 2/13/2018

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Decidedly Unsportsmanlike Rapier
Weapon
Specifically designed to violate a record third of the rules in the Gentleman’s Honorable Dueling Code, this rapier is poisoned, weighted, hollow, automated, and a couple more things you won’t find out until you’re already dueling.
Dangerous +7, Shadowy +6, Dreaded +1, Respectable -1

Uncomfortably Specific Bodice-Ripper
Weapon
Of course it isn’t about you! I mean, who would go to the trouble of writing a whole salacious saga about a protagonist who shares your hair color, eye color, and fatal flaw just to expose your affairs and assignations? That’s ridiculous! I probably wouldn’t!
Persuasive +8, Watchful +3, Scandal +1, Respectable +1

Reckless Map
Companion
Marked with an emphasis on &quotHere Be Monsters&quot, with an implication of &quotCome And Get 'Em&quot. For the London thrill-seeker who’s done it all, to make zailing more exciting.
Dangerous +6, Watchful +4, Bizarre +1, +1 Approaching Journey’s End.

Perhaps locked with An Experienced Zailor 7?

One for each alt except one, as per the usual.

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Lyme
Companion
“He has certainly learned much from you.”
+3 Persausive +4 Dangerous -1 Shadowy
unlocked after educating Lyme 5x

Cloaked Constant Companion
Spouse
“An actual Master of the Bazaar? Or a convincing costume? Either way, people shuffle away when you two pass”
+3 Dreaded +3 Repectable +1 Commited
unlocked with Connected: Masters 10

Revolutionary Committee
Club
“Friends to conspire with”
+3 Dreaded +3 Dangerous +1 Suspicion
unlocked with 25 Revolutionary renown, 7x Revolutionary favours, x250 Rostygold, and x80 Compromising Documents

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Wow, great thread!

Privateer
Ship
&quotColonial Empire spirit embodied in iron.&quot
+2 Dreaded

Investigation Mindmap
Home Comfort
&quotMakes a fine example of decoupage… Until one read the notes pinned.&quot
+2 Watchful +2 Dreaded

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Honey-laced Laces
Boots
&quotSlippery when worn.&quot
+5 Persuasive +2 Watchful +1Bizarre

Zee-coloured Submarine
Ship
&quotAre you certain you saw something?&quot
+5 Shadowy +1 Bizarre +1 Dreaded

Parabola-linen Hushed Carpet ***
Home Comfort
&quotThis carpet absorbs sound and unwanted light.&quot
+2 Shadowy +2 Respected +2 Persuasive

*** Can be upgraded to (in the Cave of the Nadir)
Forgotten Strange-Shore Parabola Carpet
Home Comfort
&quotOne’s true colours can be forgotten in it.&quot
+5 Shadowy +2 Respected +1 Dreaded +2 Persuasive

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Walking Infestation
Weapon
The rats, flies, roaches, centipedes, and all the other pests and vermin of the Neath conceal themselves within the sleeves of their lord. Sometimes, they wriggle into their lord’s ears and whisper the last words of their victims.
Dangerous+7, Watchful+5, Dreaded+2, Nightmares+2, Bizarre+1

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A Cat of Correspondance
Headwear
&quotFor God’s sake, what are you doing with that?! Oh, ‘it likes you,’ does it? Prove it then-- OH GOD, IT BURNS!&quot
Dangerous+5, Wounds+1, Bizarre+1

Something Unreasonably Meta
Destiny
Lovely. Just lovely. How will Clay labor fix a crack in the fourth wall?!
[color=#ff0000]All Stats+9999[ERR-statchange_contradicted][/color] No. We are NOT doing that.
Watchful+7, Nightmares +2

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Starveling Coat
Category: Clothing
Persuasive -5, Watchful -5, Shadowy -5, Dangerous -5
Dreaded +10, Unaccountably Peckish +7,
req. Seven Stains upon your Soul
req. Hunting Beasts for the Labyrinth of Tigers 77
req. Delicious Reciprocity 7 (Hunting the Hunter)

Stars alone know how you’ve managed to restrain the mangy beast, never mind acquire enough material for a coat. It amuses itself with little vengeful pecadilloes like moaning during the quiet parts of the Mass, when you’re slipping past a constable, silently staking out suspects, or trying to listen for a coming enemy. Seems to move around your house while you’re not looking. Then your food starts to go missing. Is it looking even fuller and more luxurious than it was yesterday? Perhaps one day it’ll wake and simply wander off again in search of foolish souls.

“The starveling coat! The starveling coat! Black as nights and souls and oaths!”
“The starveling coat! The starveling coat! It’ll starve you even as you bloat!”

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[quote=Malcolm Reinman]Walking Infestation
Weapon
The rats, flies, roaches, centipedes, and all the other pests and vermin of the Neath conceal themselves within the sleeves of their lord. Sometimes, they wriggle into their lord’s ears and whisper the last words of their victims.
Dangerous+7, Watchful+5, Dreaded+2, Nightmares+2, Bizarre+1[/quote]

[li]
That’s awesome. We need more marsh lore. Swamp thing. The Green. All that nonsense

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A wonderful idea! For Mel I would want one of her personal story items:

A Vial of Soulstuff
Weapon
The glowing, green fluid inside follows your hand like ferrofluid to a magnet, seeking its own.
Watchful +3, Shadowy +2, Nightmares +1

Requirement: Must have died at least once, among other things

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Treachery of Identity
Hat
The Neath holds many ways to hide oneself. Irrigo, the Bazaar, Parabola, the darkness of unreality. Who are you now, D-------- F-----?
Shadowy +12, Dreaded +5

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[quote=GuesssWho]Cannibal’s Table
Home Comfort
No matter what you were planning to serve, everything placed on this table tastes almost like pork.
+3 Dreaded, +1 Bizarre, +3 Suspicion, +1 Unaccountably Peckish

Adder Stone
Hat
A river rock with a hole through it. It was once believed that you could see through Faerie glamours using this.
+9 Watchful

Famine
Destiny
They are neither man nor woman, they are neither beast nor human; they are ghouls.
+5 Dreaded, +1 Unaccountably Peckish

Kelpie
Companion
Half horse, half shark. Only a fool would try to ride.
+5 Dangerous, +3 Troubled Waters
edited by GuesssWho on 2/13/2018[/quote]

I want that home comfort.

I want it a lot.

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[quote=Teaspoon]I want that home comfort.

I want it a lot.[/quote]
Thanks :D

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A few selections from a gigantic list of mine.

Fairly Affectionate Fur Shawl
Hat
A bit like wearing a purring, friendly cat that will occasionally constrict your windpipe when you don’t give it enough attention. Persuasive +5, Dangerous +2, Bizarre +1

Wool Cowl
Hat
“Who IS that?” Shadowy +2

Tortoiseshell Tabby
Companion
Silence begets knowing things. Shadowy +4, Persuasive +2

Raven Skull Tiara
Hat
Sharp, and they tell you such awful things. Dangerous +4, Persuasive +1, Watchful +1

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I’ve got some spare time on my hands, so I might as well enlist the healer to revive this thread.

Black Mirror
Home Comfort
When you look through it, you see the truth of this world. It is fake. But God help you, you will NOT be lost in the fabrication.
Watchful+5, Nightmares+3

Can give the following opportunity card in your lodgings:

The Greater Game
Nothing is real. You know that now. This world is scripted. What will you do about it?
[Exact revenge on the writers.]

When &quotExact revenge on the writers&quot is selected, you gain the following item:

Simulacra
Destiny
Behind their glass screens is a reflection of their reality. You will become that reality.
Watchful+7

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Fallen Puppeteer, as someone whose plays and screenplays are often meta, &quotSomething Unreasonably Meta&quot is my absolute favorite thing among a lot of very good items on this list. Well played.

[quote=Fallen Puppeteer]A Cat of Correspondance
Headwear
&quotFor God’s sake, what are you doing with that?! Oh, ‘it likes you,’ does it? Prove it then-- OH GOD, IT BURNS!&quot
Dangerous+5, Wounds+1, Bizarre+1

Something Unreasonably Meta
Destiny
Lovely. Just lovely. How will Clay labor fix a crack in the fourth wall?!
[color=#ff0000]All Stats+9999[ERR-statchange_contradicted][/color] No. We are NOT doing that.
Watchful+7, Nightmares +2[/quote]

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Wow. I really wish I had found this before. It looks REALLY cool.

Alright. One for each of my characters.

A Mirror Of Questionable Relfectiveness
A prototype from your anarchist friends. It absorbs the light from all but a select few angles. Perfect for peaking around a corner while the constables are rushing in. It’s rather fragile though, and it’s hardly polite to lend a ‘trick mirror’. Not to mention that they couldn’t get rid of the viric tint. What ever did happen to the testers.
Shadowy +5, Watchful +5, Persuasive -3, Dangerous -3, Bizarre +1, Nightmares +1

What I wish the &quotDrownie Song of the Deep&quot was. Nightmares and all. I’ve been using both the song and the everlasting candle since I’ve acquired them. Both having been replaced only briefly by the memento of struggle.

A Name Written Somewhere Else
It doesn’t matter where you write it. On a book, in a study, on a sheet of lead, as an initial, as a signature, or on a headstone. And half of them from before you came to the neath. Maybe it’s why you seek, maybe it’s why you don’t care. You will go NORTH. You will find more than just His name.
Watchful +10, Obscurity +3.
[start the game with this]

A meta joke. I’ve never bothered to put my seeking alt in my signature after I created it. I eventually realized that was probably for the best.

Edit: Reworded the mirror a bit. Tried to make it a bit more consistent with the persuasive drop.
edited by lukeskylicker on 5/23/2018

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Thanks! I have a bit of a thing for meta-narratives as well, so of course I had to include something of the sort.