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The House of Chimes catch-22
Alistair Cray
Posts: 114
5/26/2015
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Delicious (exceptional) friends,
I have found myself in a difficult spot with respect to the House of Chimes, and it's not a problem unique to me.
It's hardly a secret that upon entering HoC, one gains the Admitted to the House of Chimes quality, with many different options with different pre-requisites. Some are quite hard to get, as far as I remember.
While the consequences of that choice are not exactly life-changing, it's possible to reset that quality for a substantial amount of Fate.
However, therein lies a catch. I cannot preview the options (and their requisites) before committing to that Fate-locked option, and I assume I'll be locked out of content (including EF stories) until I choose again.
I would really like to assess the risk of not being able to gain the quality I fancy in time for EF story rotation, and furthermore assess if there even is a quality I fancy more than my current choice. It's fate-locked content, so discussing it openly is not an option by default.
A possible way out of this circulus vitiosus is to add an option to go to the storylet with the choices for free, but having them all locked out by already having the quality. But that, of course, needs to be implemented by Failbetter.
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Jeremy Avalon
Posts: 345
5/26/2015
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This month, at least, you did not need to be Admitted to encounter the Baronet at the House of Chimes and progress with his story. His continuation storylet shows up regardless, as long as you can actually visit the House. (Checked on my girlfriend's account right after setting up her subscription.)
You will be locked out of all other Chimes business, though, yes.
edited by Jeremy Avalon on 5/26/2015
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