Anaïs Grant
Posts: 15
1/4/2017
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I just accidentally threw out Slowcake's Amanuensis because I was vaguely sleepy and clicking on automatic pilot, having meant to click 'Say nothing' instead. I don't care so much about the lost Notability (it was quite low atm since I'd spent a lot of it during Halloween), it's easily regained, but the lost Connected: the Masters? That one really stings; I was almost at level 7. It's only one point, but they're so hard to get.
I'd suspected this was once going to happen to me, with the buttons being far too close together for my liking, but it still hurts, gah. I think I'll mark the 'throwing out' option as a plan in the future, to hopefully save myself from making the same mistake in the future.
On the other hand, since I saw that post about someone inspecting all pails of snow with Correspondence 9 and failing every time... I inspected one at Correspondence four and actually succeeded, to my great surprise. So I guess it... kind of balances out?
Sigh. I do so want to cautiously joke around with the Masters.
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Criminal mastermind. Expert on the Correspondence. Proud tamer of an Übergoat called Bob.
Master of the oratory arts; open to potential new protégés.
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Slyblue
Posts: 224
1/4/2017
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
I feel your pain. I did that too. Twice. (On the bright side, I sold both times for a *very* generous financial reward; Cantigaster Venom the first time and a Fabulous Diamond the second. My character is genuinely devout; she goes among devils as a kind of deep undercover agent for The Other Side. But she's willing to take the good along with the evil of her peculiar position.)
Wow! RP aside, those are some very nice prizes!
Max's soul was sold for exactly 2000 pieces of brass. Not sure what that says about him...And while he is also genuinely devout, he had a soft spot for the Quiet Deviless.
Well, not anymore, clearly. He doesn't have much of a soft spot for anything.
Why he sold it to the AD instead, I have no idea. How this happened while he was possessed by those Polythreme knives? Now that's the real question.
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The Smiling Devil • The Curt Licentiate • The Keen-Eyed Captain
"For hearts of truest mettle, absence doth join and Time doth settle."
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Myrto
Posts: 209
1/6/2017
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Another sucker who mis-clicked and sold an alt's soul on the repositioned "sell your soul" option on the Brass Embassy lodgings card.
Edith had been courting the Intimate of Devils storyline for months, and was planning to sell it to the Quiet Deviless, but one moment of inattention on my phone and there it goes!
Oh well, now to get it back.
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Myrto, a mysterious veteran spy who is only on their own side. Married to navchaa!
Edith Alpha Doyle, social climber with grand ambitions; Correspondent who would be happy to assist you in whatever way she can.
, teenage orphan who came to the Neath to pursue a career in crime; monster-hunter. Currently on the Seeking road.
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Pumpkinhead
Posts: 516
1/7/2017
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Two dunderheaded failures.
Initial mistake: buying a lease at the bazaar as my 4 card lodging about a month ago. I had the cash, because I've been working towards an overgoat. I kept thinking I'd only need ToL 8 to upgrade it. I visited the wicket today, and lo and behold, I'm an idiot.
I realized my mistake, and then bought the enough honey to buy a room at the Royal Beth. I have ToL 8, so I can upgrade it. That's fine.
Having dinged my pocketbook, I noticed I had several thousand primordial shrieks to sell. So I tried.
But I must not have put the right amount in, because here it says I have 6000 left? So I try again.
And then I have 12000. Oh yes. I'm in Nicholas pawnbrokers, not sell my things.
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I guess it's not the worst thing I could have bought ~9000 of, but it's not getting me any closer to an overgoat.
So now I'm at about 2000 echoes. A week ago I was almost halfway.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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McGunn/Bsymstad is on the slow boat, waiting to see if he can find out what death is. (I'm done with London for now. Thanks for everything!)
Amanda Albright is a *spoiler* now, like she always wanted.
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Slyblue
Posts: 224
1/7/2017
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The amount of people who accidentally sell their soul at the Embassy is really astounding. A̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶'̶s̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶p̶o̶k̶e̶s̶ ̶d̶e̶v̶i̶l̶s̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶u̶n̶s̶i̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶b̶e̶s̶i̶d̶e̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶o̶i̶n̶t̶
On the local news, right after nodding to myself about ten times and deciding to eat the Magnificent Feast from this year's advent calendar, my internet provider decided to go "lol nope" and knockout the DNS servers until the next day.
Could be worse, I know. But, those 10 action points...orz
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The Smiling Devil • The Curt Licentiate • The Keen-Eyed Captain
"For hearts of truest mettle, absence doth join and Time doth settle."
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Vincent Asmund
Posts: 314
1/17/2017
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https://gyazo.com/8a33e3189cedaffe10a378ffd2205d49
I WANT TO DIE.
THIS IS MY THIRD TIME FAILING.
AND I FAILED AT A LOW-RISK PERSUASIVE CHALLENGE, NOT THE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE LUCK CHECK.
OH MY GOD.
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Vincent Åsmund, an ex-Author searching to return to his former glory.
Konstantin Sorokin, a newcomer to the Neath with revolutionary tendencies.
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Pumpkinhead
Posts: 516
1/17/2017
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Vincent Asmund wrote:
https://gyazo.com/8a33e3189cedaffe10a378ffd2205d49
I WANT TO DIE.
THIS IS MY THIRD TIME FAILING.
AND I FAILED AT A LOW-RISK PERSUASIVE CHALLENGE, NOT THE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE LUCK CHECK.
OH MY GOD.
You make me very happy that I gave up on getting the yacht.
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McGunn/Bsymstad is on the slow boat, waiting to see if he can find out what death is. (I'm done with London for now. Thanks for everything!)
Amanda Albright is a *spoiler* now, like she always wanted.
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Vincent Asmund
Posts: 314
1/18/2017
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Pumpkinhead wrote:
Vincent Asmund wrote:
https://gyazo.com/8a33e3189cedaffe10a378ffd2205d49
I WANT TO DIE.
THIS IS MY THIRD TIME FAILING.
AND I FAILED AT A LOW-RISK PERSUASIVE CHALLENGE, NOT THE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE LUCK CHECK.
OH MY GOD.
You make me very happy that I gave up on getting the yacht.
I am still depressed about it. Chances are I'm not succeeding next time, so it'll take another 2 tries.
Why.
Just..
Why?
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Vincent Åsmund, an ex-Author searching to return to his former glory.
Konstantin Sorokin, a newcomer to the Neath with revolutionary tendencies.
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Skinnyman
Posts: 2133
1/19/2017
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Vincent Asmund wrote:
https://gyazo.com/8a33e3189cedaffe10a378ffd2205d49
I WANT TO DIE.
THIS IS MY THIRD TIME FAILING.
AND I FAILED AT A LOW-RISK PERSUASIVE CHALLENGE, NOT THE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE LUCK CHECK.
OH MY GOD.
Mate, don't give up! Grind that persuasive a bit and in the meantime gather more materials! I failed that 6 times before I got my lovely ship!
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ESs items and quality requirements sheet. Please check if there are errors or if something is missing
Achievement list if you're feeling bored!
I am accepting Plant battles, Neath's Mysteries card, Starveling Cats and boxed cats.
No suppers, no second chances gain and no need to cure my menaces!
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Vincent Asmund
Posts: 314
1/19/2017
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Skinnyman wrote:
Vincent Asmund wrote:
https://gyazo.com/8a33e3189cedaffe10a378ffd2205d49
I WANT TO DIE.
THIS IS MY THIRD TIME FAILING.
AND I FAILED AT A LOW-RISK PERSUASIVE CHALLENGE, NOT THE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE LUCK CHECK.
OH MY GOD.
Mate, don't give up! Grind that persuasive a bit and in the meantime gather more materials! I failed that 6 times before I got my lovely ship!
The Grind is so bad. So bad.
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Vincent Åsmund, an ex-Author searching to return to his former glory.
Konstantin Sorokin, a newcomer to the Neath with revolutionary tendencies.
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The Master
Posts: 804
1/19/2017
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Vincent Asmund wrote:
Skinnyman wrote:
Vincent Asmund wrote:
https://gyazo.com/8a33e3189cedaffe10a378ffd2205d49
I WANT TO DIE.
THIS IS MY THIRD TIME FAILING.
AND I FAILED AT A LOW-RISK PERSUASIVE CHALLENGE, NOT THE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE LUCK CHECK.
OH MY GOD.
Mate, don't give up! Grind that persuasive a bit and in the meantime gather more materials! I failed that 6 times before I got my lovely ship!
The Grind is so bad. So bad.
You can always go for the zubmarine then, it will only take less than two weeks to get  .
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A very ruthless and daring doctor of the neath.
No more gift exchanges, im getting too many and I can barely hold these.
He has knowledge of a certain enigma, ask, you will get a clue.
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Aronia
Posts: 36
1/29/2017
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I've joined in mid-December, just in time to catch the remains of the Advent Calendar. One of the things that I've gotten from it was something worth 62.50 Echo, which was a lot of money at the time. So I sold it and bought some starter gear.
Well, it was the Nodule of Pulsating Amber, of course. I didn't even check what I can do with it, since I was just starting and didn't understand the meaning of the green border. Uh, it's not like I can't get it otherwise, and it's not like I need it painfully, either. But a free Renown-grinding item would've surely been good.
I also chose the "not my type" option at the beginning of the Myrrh Rose story, hoping to get another partner. Well, now I have a single Myrrh Rose, and if I want to see the story, I'll have to go to the Tomb Colonies and pay Fate.
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Lucy van Helsing, phantom de sa fille, a breathtaking and inescapable lady, spending most of her time among the Bohemians, the Devils and the Society.
I don't loiter right now, but I like chess and coffee, Strage Pranks, Bifurcated Dreams and the like. I also accept Calling Cards.
Ask this shady individual to loiter or help with Menaces if you'd like. Out of Skulls for now, though.
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Auridan
Posts: 2
1/30/2017
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Over the course of a few days and several candles' worth of convalescence, I failed the "fatal" duel with a Black Ribbon roughly a dozen times. Several of those attempts were at 70%, which takes forever to accumulate enough Running Battle for.
Much more painfully, just now in Sunless Sea...
I completed the Mr Sacks line and created a snow child, named him Boreas. This is the first time I actually made it back to London with him, but after getting the clue for the next step I frankly ignored the little guy. When he started melting, I didn't get serious about working his story until the second notice. By the time I determined what could help, third notice had passed and I lacked the materials to progress.
Here I finally decided that d--n the rest, I was going to save this thing, and lost about half my Hull full-speeding to Port Cecil. On the way I was jumped by a Bound-Shark: quarter health left. Picked up the materials, flank speed to London, tangled with two nasty pirates. Eighth health left and only 4 crew, limiting me to half engine power. Limped into home port expecting Boreas to melt literally any time.
But here I was! Full 200 hull, fuel and supplies to take me anywhere, I burned hard all the way to Iron Republic without mishap. Swapped for a longbox, powered to Station III still without trouble...
...and promptly turned in the box before looking at the other option, the one that would trade it for a heartmetal ingot.
FML. This kid is doomed.
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Khalid Esmerelda Circe-Melville the First-through-Tenth, the Twice Salted, Coffee Merchant of Irem, Companion's Znack. An Erratically Successful and Doomed Zee-Captain ashore to live his original life (Auridan) for the first time.
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Teaspoon
Posts: 866
1/30/2017
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Melitaele wrote:
I've joined in mid-December, just in time to catch the remains of the Advent Calendar. One of the things that I've gotten from it was something worth 62.50 Echo, which was a lot of money at the time. So I sold it and bought some starter gear.
Well, it was the Nodule of Pulsating Amber, of course. I didn't even check what I can do with it, since I was just starting and didn't understand the meaning of the green border. Uh, it's not like I can't get it otherwise, and it's not like I need it painfully, either. But a free Renown-grinding item would've surely been good.
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Be of good cheer - by the time you're in a position where Renown-grinding is actually something you really want to be doing, you'll probably have seen several more just in the normal course of play.
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Truth lies at the bottom of a well.
https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Alt%20Ern
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Parelle
Posts: 1084
1/30/2017
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This one isn't painful but funny: I just got 8 Cryptic Clues on 277 Watchful for The Mechanics of Progress.
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Parelle, Lady Joseph Marlen. The Singular Librarian. A Midnighter, a Player of the Marvelous.
pages from a dusty bookshop: a badly updated FL changelog | Useful Guidance and Explanations
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Pumpkinhead
Posts: 516
2/1/2017
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My seeker just hit SMEN 21 and is working on St. Arthur's.
I just brought my other account back from Port Carnelian in the hopes of betraying them.
I flipped a death by water card. What's this? There's an option unlocked with no SMEN.
What possibly could happen if I play this? I wondered.
Duh. It gave me a point of SMEN.
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and now I'm going to be freed from the name
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and I can't betray myself.
I'm a dope.
Edit: Actually, having gone through A Bad End, it turns out I already had a point of Freed. I forgot that I started the storyline back when I was naive.
So I guess I was going to be disappointed anyhow. GAH.
In any case, anyone looking to be betrayed?
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McGunn/Bsymstad is on the slow boat, waiting to see if he can find out what death is. (I'm done with London for now. Thanks for everything!)
Amanda Albright is a *spoiler* now, like she always wanted.
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Otachi
Posts: 23
2/7/2017
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I halved my character's Watchful two times. Drowned all their secrets. Seven scars. Seven chains. Didn't have a soul for the stains, though, but I had the exact amount of proscribed material needed for the thing.
Then I rage-quited Seeking.
(I don't even know if this counts as a failure and I don't know if I'm angry at not keeping Seeking or for trying it in the first place. But, darn, I'm really angry at myself.)
(Edited twice because I keep eating words. I guess I'm still Unaccountably Peckish after all.)
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Rowan%20Carter
- Accepting all social actions (especially chess).
- I can no longer accept calling cards.
- Going North.
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Pumpkinhead
Posts: 516
2/7/2017
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Otachi wrote:
I halved my character's Watchful two times. Drowned all their secrets. Seven scars. Seven chains. Didn't have a soul for the stains, though, but I had the exact amount of proscribed material needed for the thing.
Then I rage-quited Seeking.
(I don't even know if this counts as a failure and I don't know if I'm angry at not keeping Seeking or for trying it in the first place. But, darn, I'm really angry at myself.)
(Edited twice because I keep eating words. I guess I'm still Unaccountably Peckish after all.)
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edited by otachi on 2/7/2017
Considering how bad seeking is for you, congratulations?
 (Just poking fun. Rage-quitting does seem to be in the spirit of seeking, though, considering that it's supposed to punish you and be horrible)
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McGunn/Bsymstad is on the slow boat, waiting to see if he can find out what death is. (I'm done with London for now. Thanks for everything!)
Amanda Albright is a *spoiler* now, like she always wanted.
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DonaghyLogan
Posts: 205
2/8/2017
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Tried to get a table at Dante's as part of FotER without checking the wiki - now I'm saddled with 3 Unaccountably Peckish :0(
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https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/DonaghyLogan - An eccentric, ambitious professor with a quite frankly unreasonable number of pets
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Siankan
Posts: 1048
2/8/2017
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DonaghyLogan wrote:
Tried to get a table at Dante's as part of FotER without checking the wiki - now I'm saddled with 3 Unaccountably Peckish :0(
I feel your gastronomic pain. Three straight boxes of honey fungus truffle were bad. I spent quite a bit of time eating nuts of questionable origin before my stomach finally settled.
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