Weekly Fallen London Questions, 31/08/2020

Do you remember? The questions we’ll ask in September?

Has anyone else completed the extended snake research and not received the Complete Account of Frogs, Toads, and other Croaking Beasts? I’m not seeing it in my Book inventory.

It’s now visible, so if I had a problem (instead of a reverse hallucination), it’s fixed.
edited by Snort on 9/2/2020

Sometimes you need to refresh for a new item to appear.

Yeah, although in this case, it was on the order of 12 hours and many actions later.

Is there yet any way to increase the cap of the Monstrous Anatomy quality?

[quote=Matthew Cline]Is there yet any way to increase the cap of the Monstrous Anatomy quality?[/quote]The Monstrous Anatomy cap can be increased from five to six and then seven via two experiments in your lab. They are both titled &quotWork toward a fuller understanding of monstrosities&quot url=https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Work_toward_a_fuller_understanding_of_monstrosities_1[/url] (2). Seven is the current cap for all advanced stats aside from shapeling arts.

Is there anything useful I can do with the 100 CP of Fascinating I have from writing the Tragic and Gothic romances at court (which I did just to fill out my bookshelf)?

You can use it as a start for pursuing a Romance at the Empress’ Court. Those storylines are amusing reading, but do not have a big payout. I suggest you look through the Wiki, starting here: https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Attend_to_Matters_of_Romance

Will NeathMart be having a sale on Bessemer Ingots this Labor Day so I can get the 1200 or so I need before waiting for another Railway Board meeting?

I’ve seen no indication that there’s going to be an easier way of getting Bessemer Steel this weekend. (Is it even a holiday in the UK this weekend?)

Me neither. I’m just hallucinating. :)

Does renown greater than 40 unlock anything for any of the factions? I’ve noticed that they max out at 55, yet going by the wiki the only thing you get at 50 is a new description of your relation to the relevant faction.

[quote=Matthew Cline]Does renown greater than 40 unlock anything for any of the factions? I’ve noticed that they max out at 55, yet going by the wiki the only thing you get at 50 is a new description of your relation to the relevant faction.[/quote]Having a renown greater than 40 does not seem to unlock anything new for any of the factions. The only faction that you can benefit off of having a renown higher than 40 is the revolutionaries, whose favour trade in at the Flit scales according to the equation (540 + 5 x Renown: Revolutionaries) for Proscribed Material. It is currently only possible to reach renown level 55 with a few of the factions (those that use Watchful as their stat requirement, I believe) as the increased levels of renown become gated behind very high stat requirements.

Does anyone know how to get rid of Storm-birds? I caught quite a few a while ago, mistakenly thinking they’d be useful in Whitsun, and I don’t really like keeping multiples of the same creature.
edited by RoyalRaven on 9/6/2020

[quote=RoyalRaven]Does anyone know how to get rid of Storm-birds? I caught quite a few a while ago, mistakenly thinking they’d be useful in Whitsun, and I don’t really like keeping multiples of the same creature.
edited by RoyalRaven on 9/6/2020[/quote]Aside from starting on your avian studies book or increasing your monstrous anatomy cap from 6 to 7, there seems to be no other way to get rid of storm-birds. You’ve made some friends for life (or until Failbetter lets you chase them away).

[quote=Mulligan][quote=RoyalRaven]Does anyone know how to get rid of Storm-birds? I caught quite a few a while ago, mistakenly thinking they’d be useful in Whitsun, and I don’t really like keeping multiples of the same creature.
edited by RoyalRaven on 9/6/2020[/quote]Aside from starting on your avian studies book or increasing your monstrous anatomy cap from 6 to 7, there seems to be no other way to get rid of storm-birds. You’ve made some friends for life (or until Failbetter lets you chase them away).[/quote]

Oh…yay, two things I’ve already done. Thanks for the response!

Am I missing something, or does getting a dividend from the railroad then paying off the resulting corporate debt have significantly less than 1 EPA?

You can shed debt cheaper by repeatedly bringing in board members and retiring them. But it’s still not great. The dividends simply aren’t very large.