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I've off and on seen misconceptions as to what is and isn't required to reach the lofty heights of Scholar of the Correspondence 21, also known as Courier's Footprint, so I thought I'd write up this short guide.
The Basics
There are various ways to reach Scholar of the Correspondence 10 but once you get there the only way to reach higher is using Correspondence Plaques at the University and that requires a whole lot of Watchful. SotC 11 requires 200 Watchful. SotC 12 requires 210 Watchful. And our ultimate goal of SotC 21 requires a whopping 300 Watchful. Reaching that stat is the hardest part of the process but if you can get there the rest is just items. And you're blood. A whole lot of your blood.
Getting the Stats
300 Watchful isn't possible without an Overgoat and you'll want to have reached the Watchful cap of 200. You're also going to need the Preternaturally Intent mood which fills your hat slot and only lasts an hour. Mood cards are rare so if you see one make sure you hang onto it because it could be months until you see another one.
For now, let's not worry about the mood and focus on hatlessly reaching 270 watchful. Your Overgoat, capped stat, and the best non-hat gear you can buy from the Bazaar (Smock of Four Thousand Three Hundred and Eight Pockets, Insatiable Gloves, Ratwork Watch) will get you as high as 246 Watchful. From there you need to get another 24 points. I've listed the various places you can get those points from below (for items, the bonus is over the thing they would replace).
Ultimately, you're going to need either an Ubergoat (very expensive) or to be an Extraordinary Mind (easier but can't change it later) but outside of that there's some flexibility.
Preparation
Once you've got your hatless 270 watchful you're going to want to do some preparing. As mentioned, mood cards are rare and only last an hour so you're going to want to make the most of them. First, get your Scholar of the Correspondence as high as possible without a Mood. At a minimum you should be able to reach 18 but with a Semiotic Monocle and a couple extra bonuses you can also reach 19 and if you're really stretching your bonuses you can break the 300 mark and skip the mood requirement all together. The higher you can get your SotC in advance the easier the last push will be and the less likely you'll need to wait for a second mood.
Next, make sure you have enough items. Each level of Scholar of the Correspondence you need to clear requires Extraordinary Implications and Aeolian Screams equal to the level you are trying to reach, and Correspondence Plaques equal to L * (L - 1) where L is the level you are trying to reach. So to go from 18 to 19 you need 19 Screams, 19 Implications, and 18 * 19 = 342 Plaques. Rare successes will cut down on that but I wouldn't count on them. When you spend that mood make sure you have everything you need to do what you want to do.
Actions are a much trickier resource. A mood only lasts an hour and it takes a number of actions equal to the SotC level you are trying to reach to reach the next one; so going from 19 to 20 takes 20 actions and 20 to 21 takes 21 actions. Make sure you save any Darkdrop Coffee or Magnificent Feasts you're lucky enough to get your hands on. Other than that if you're still coming up short on actions your only other option is to make multiple mood runs or spend Fate.
The last thing you're going to have to worry about is Wounds. Rare successes aside, each action you take is going to hurt (between 1 and 3 CP). Dealing with these wounds compounds the action problem dramatically. Make sure you're healthy when you start a run. If you have a Magnificent Feast, make sure to time your use of it. Remember that Darkdrop Coffee also gives you a point of wounds. If you see an A Dream of Blood card (fate locked unfortunately) hold onto it in preparation for your run. If it comes down to it, Tinctures of Vigor are better than time in bed and above all else make sure you don't die because by the time you're back from the river your mood will be gone.
And that's basically it. Happy corresponding! Try not to singe your eyebrows too badly.
edited by An Individual on 9/28/2017
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Sorry for the thread necro (someone let me know if that's frowned upon in this forum), but I just hit 21 SotC thanks primarily to this guide and wanted to give you a bump and a thank-you. Super useful stuff.
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For all three items, I recommend thefts of particular character. Convert tales of terror into implications, and journals of infamy into plaques and screams. It's consistent and reasonably quick, especially with a gang of hoodlums. You can also pick up implications in the Nadir with a bit of luck, but obviously that's unreliable.
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Having it higher than 10 can make a Making Waves generating check straightforward, but mostly it's just for bragging rights. Perhaps later it'll have more use.
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Congratulations! I don't think it's frowned upon at all. Might be nifty to even have a list of all Courier's Footprints out there besides (unless there already is one, in which case that's nifty).
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idyl
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An Individual wrote:
Next, make sure you have enough items. Each level of Scholar of the Correspondence you need to clear requires Extraordinary Implications and Aeolian Screams equal to your current level and Correspondence Plaques equal to your current level squared. So to go from 18 to 19 you need 18 Screams, 18 Implications, and 324 Plaques. Rare successes will cut down on that but I wouldn't count on them. When you spend that mood make sure you have everything you need to do what you want to do.
I'd like to point out that this part isn't correct. To reach the next level of SotC you need EI and AS equal to the level you're attempting to clear, and CP equal to your current level times the level you're attempting to clear. This is because the leveling up for SotC is the same as leveling up other things in Fallen London, i.e., to get from level 4 of something to level 5, you need 5 change points.
Using your example: To go from 18 to 19, you need 19 Screams, 19 Implications, and 342 (18*19) Plaques, because you're going up to 19, which requires 19 change points. (This doesn't include rare successes, obviously.)
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At long last, after innumerable setbacks, Courier's Footprint is mine!
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But dangit, if the gloves have eyes, why can't the boots?
Because a lot of society ladies wear dresses.
Also, do you really want a toe's-eye view of every bit of dung on the streets?
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Optimatum
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12/13/2015
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Paying Fate at Neathmas or at the entrance to the Cave of the Nadir grants an Incarnadine Fur Robe, allowing one to choose between several different fate-locked extended inventory items. The White Glim Telescope is Watchful +2. Also at Neathmas, successfully examining a pail of lacre under a monocle gives 1 CP SotC up to 15. Correspondents can also attempt a very difficult SotC check which on success grants some MW, about an entire level of watchful, and 2-11 CP or more for SotC up to 15. To compare, the SotC check for this option has a 60% at level 15 as opposed to the monocle option being 60% at SotC 6.
I don't know of any functional reason to get SotC as high as 21, but there is some evidence that eventual future content is planned to raise it even higher.
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I forget, other than bragging rights, what does SotC>10 buy you? It will be some considerable time before I embark on that quest, but one does want to plan ahead.
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A Dream of Blood?
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An Individual
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Optimatum wrote:
A Dream of Blood?
It's a rare card added to the deck by one of the theological husbandry animals that removes all your wounds.
edited by An Individual on 12/12/2015
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It's worth mentioning that as of April 18th mood cards are on hiatus as per this post: community.failbettergames.com/topic22063-announcement-player-marriage-and-moods.aspx
Current mood cards can remain in hand but cannot be used.
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20, and pushing for 21 tonight.
Did it. Next up, the hunt for the impossible.
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Made it to Courier's Footprint tonight! Thanks to all in this thread for the excellent advice. I stockpiled a few professional perks to help with managing my wounds - one action to lose half your wounds is not bad if you don't have any Magnificent Feasts around.
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An Individual
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The home comforts have been updated! The Voluminous Library (and other home comforts that used to give +1) now gives +3, the White Glim Telescope now gives +6, and the Shrine to Saint Joshua now gives a whopping +9. With the telescope alone that means you can now break the 300 Watchful mark without a Mood. The Shrine also now becomes the superior profession item for maximizing watchful and should also allow you to break the 300 mark without a Mood (don't have time to do the math right now but I'm pretty sure that works out).
I'm a bit busy at the moment but I've done some basic updating to the original post. I'll look into further revisions later.
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Catherine Raymond
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Well done, An Individual! Though A Pot of Violant Ink gives +12 Watchful; I assume that the figure you give was a typographical error.
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Sara Hysaro
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The +4 is how much more Watchful it has over the Ratwork Watch.
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Siankan
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11/22/2017
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Just noting a few points where the original post needs some updating:
1. The Orphanage is not listed as a Watchful-boosting affiliation.
2. Destinies, the Newspaper, and the Voluminous Library, unlike everything else, are not linked to the appropriate Wiki articles.
3. Watchful specialization is no longer permanently locked in.
4. 300 Watchful is, in fact, now possible without an Overgoat.
5. Small typos: "You're blood" instead of "your blood" in paragraph 2, and Fate-locked not capitalized or hyphenated in the last full paragraph.
I also think that it's worth noting that a Correspondent or a Monster-Hunter with a Mood card in hand can skip the Goat grind entirely, considerably shortening the road. The improved Midnight Matriarch we were gifted on Hallowmas has made this road notably easier.
Ex.
Overcap +15 (215)
Preternaturally Intent +30 (245)
Smock of 4,308 Pockets +10 (255)
Insatiable Glove +8 (263)
Pot of Violant Ink +12 (275)
Wax-Hardened Boots +5 (280)
Midnight Matriarch of the Menagerie of Roses +12 (292)
Destiny +5 (297)
Voluminous Library +3 (300)
N.B. This route as given above does not require marriage or Great Game 40 to achieve its goals. (In fact, the only thing I currently lack is the overcapped Watchful bonus.) Possessors of those items can get away with a lower overcap, or go with an unimproved Matriarch, or have a non-Watchful profession or destiny. In short, the routes to SotC are becoming more and more open as time goes on.
As I figure, the base routes now are:
Overcap + Mood + Profession
Overcap + Mood + Game
Overcap + Goat + Profession
Overcap + Goat + Game
Mood + Goat + Profession
Mood + Goat + Game
Within these are any number of variables based on one's precise equipment. In fact, it's right now possible to get up to 296 without a Mood or a Goat. Might we one day see moodless, goatless Footprint? We're very close. Of course, it depends on what Failbetter considers the minimum acceptable effort to get to SotC 21. Is Game 40, Revolutionaries 25, +15 overcap, and some rare equipment enough? Maybe, maybe not. I suppose that we shall see.
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Màiread
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You need 300 watchful to reach courier's footprint. With 215 base watchful, the best gear is:
1. Semiotic Monocle/Gloam Foam/Exceptional Hat (+8)
2. Smock of 4308 pockets (+10)
3. Insatiable gloves (+8)
4. Pot of violant ink or notched bone harpoon (+12, correspondent or monster hunter profession)
5. Wax-hardened boots (+5)
6. Übergoat (+30)
7. Destiny: gleam, the memory or the revelation (+5)
8. An orphanage or a newspaper (+1)
9. The great game home comfort (+8)
10. Spouse: another player, or the artist's model (+1)
So, that would take you over the top, if you can manage it all. The shrine to St Joshua is +9 but costs you the +12 from the harpoon/ink.
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11/15/2017
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At long last, I achieve Courier's Footprint! Now, on to finally getting kicked from court . . . .
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The thing is you don't die as long as you keep researching (i.e. never click "Onwards" or "Perhaps Not"). If I remember correctly since you're just levelling up a quality using a single action this works throughout all levels, so you can go from 19 to 21 in one single go. The only issue is if you run out of actions and end up having to pop some coffee - this obviously requires exiting the research storylet, so you can't do that with Wounds 8+. This makes it harder to manage actions - but as an EF, 46 (or 45 to be safe) actions is enough if you're already at 19.
When I got mine, I ended up on the river with something like 20 Wounds. Having Boatman's Opponent 40 (which makes rolling dice literally more efficient than chess) made it a fun couple of days grinding my way back to life.
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Being possessed of an Ubergoat, preternatural intensity, a pot of violant ink, a smidgen of Fate and no regard at all for her own mortality, Augusta Coldbridge-Wynne has at last achieved Courier's Footprint. Now to just deal with that pesky Boatman, and it's time to grind Paramount Presence!
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Thank you for the excellent guide! Worth noting that, for the February 2019 Exceptional Story "Cricket, Anyone?" Courier's Footprint now has an ACTUAL BONA-FIDE USE.
Which is why I'm now grinding to switch specializations to Watchful, then grinding to overcap Watchful, and then to 10,000 echoes, and then to 11,712 echoes and the Overgoat. Sweet Merciful Masters!
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Baron Lagavulin
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So close to Courier's Footprint that I can almost taste it (currently at 20). All I'm missing is an Übergoat. That means it's grinding time for a second Overgoat...
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I didn't think of that! Why avoid Wounds 8 when I could just be an unstoppable juggernaut of research?
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DonaghyLogan wrote:
At long last, I achieve Courier's Footprint! Now, on to finally getting kicked from court . . . .
Congratulations, Professor Logan! I believe that you've beaten both Professors Kan and Drake to it.
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Aberrant Eremite wrote:
Congratulations, Professor Logan! I believe that you've beaten both Professors Kan and Drake to it.
I was lucky enough to have pulled a mood card and a Dream of Blood, and to have a magnificent feast and lots of coffee stockpiled. Best of luck to the efforts of Professors Kan and Drake!
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For extraordinary implications breeding the hyena in the labyrinth using "Just keep the devils away" seems faster than stealing and converting tales of terror in the Flit, though you miss out on the MW from the conversion (on the plus side, the hyena is good if you're grinding dangerous). Try to keep your nightmares at 4 and use a sporing bonnet when capturing the hyena to avoid drawing the menace card.
What I'm less sure about is what the best (non-thunder god) way of grinding screams is since the favours-renown conversion... are there any data on the rare success rates of actions granting Aeolian screams (e.g. unfinished business storylets)?
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The thing is--the 215 overcap is as bad as the goat. Getting the goat was actually more enjoyable. But that was in the days before the PP quality--there's now a reason to grind to 215. I did it with an overcap of either 207 or 208 with the goat. Then months later, I did the 215 grind for London's Nerves.
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Tay1or wrote:
The thing is--the 215 overcap is as bad as the goat.
Is it really? I didn't rush Notability up to 13, then went up to 14 and then 15 in a single week. Considering 7-8 is achievable in a single day (which was instrumental during Hallowmass just now), assuming there's some scheme in store I could probably overcap to 15 in two weeks, maybe a bit more than that. but definitely comfortably within three weeks.
Meanwhile, with a 1.8EPA grind and an EF (or lack of sleep) boosted 136 actions, getting the 11,700E takes about 48 days, so you're looking at around 7 weeks. This means that roughly, the entire PP grind (including getting to N12 four times) is about on par with an Ubergoat.
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Well, I began with two full candles, and a Shepherd's card which takes away all your menaces. I used it halfway. Elsewise, there is always using fate to refresh your candles - which incidentally, I also did. The cost is relatively low.
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And I as well! I had to wait for a second mood (so not to burn all of my coffee) but I've only just now finished Courier's Footprint (having switched to Correspondant for the last hurrah, appropriately enough).
My thanks to everyone on this thread!
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idyl wrote:
An Individual wrote:
Next, make sure you have enough items. Each level of Scholar of the Correspondence you need to clear requires Extraordinary Implications and Aeolian Screams equal to your current level and Correspondence Plaques equal to your current level squared. So to go from 18 to 19 you need 18 Screams, 18 Implications, and 324 Plaques. Rare successes will cut down on that but I wouldn't count on them. When you spend that mood make sure you have everything you need to do what you want to do.
I'd like to point out that this part isn't correct. To reach the next level of SotC you need EI and AS equal to the level you're attempting to clear, and CP equal to your current level times the level you're attempting to clear. This is because the leveling up for SotC is the same as leveling up other things in Fallen London, i.e., to get from level 4 of something to level 5, you need 5 change points.
Using your example: To go from 18 to 19, you need 19 Screams, 19 Implications, and 342 (18*19) Plaques, because you're going up to 19, which requires 19 change points. (This doesn't include rare successes, obviously.)
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Good catch. I got the CP per level thing wrong. I'm pretty sure this also means that the actions per level part is wrong as well. I've updated the original post.
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PSGarak
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3/21/2017
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aardvarkpepper wrote:
What about gaining Scholar of the Correspondence at low levels? say level 3? do you still have to have Aeolian Screams and stuff? Or is there a cheaper way for lower levels?
There are a handful of ways to raise it as high as 7, and a select few ways to raise it up to 10. The University is the only way to raise it beyond 10. Other options tend to be cheaper, while they last, but not necessarily easier.
The most common ways are
(a) Completing a specific work at the Court, which which can go up to 10 but will be unavailable permanently after you are kicked from court
(b) an Airs-dependent option in the Forgotten Quarter, which goes as high as 7
(c) The Glim-Sculptor, which is an Opportunity Card added to your deck after you complete the follow-up to the University storyline and permanently removed from your deck if you use Fate to purchase Flute Street from said card, and goes as high as 7
(d) A Rare opportunity card that can only be drawn in the Bazaar Side-Streets, which can takes weeks to draw but does go as high as 10
(e) FATE: Opportunity cards from the Fate-locked extension of the Theological Husbandry line in the Labyrinth of Tigers go as high as 10
You will notice that these all require mid-to-late-game content, and most of them at the mercy of the RNG, and also come with Menaces. The Correspondence is not an easy thing to become an expert in, at least from our vantage point on the Great Chain.
Less common ways include occasionally pulling Correspondence Plaques from a Bag of Oddities, and seasonal content.
Edit: Thank you Vexpont for reminding me of an option I had forgotten.
edited by PSGarak on 3/22/2017
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An Individual
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3/22/2017
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Harlocke wrote:
Can you achieve SotC 21 without a watchful destiny?
edited by Harlocke on 3/22/2017
Yes. Extraordinary Mind specialization and an Ubergoat can get you there all on their own. If you only have the specialization you can still do it without the Destiny fairly easily (assuming you can get near the max boost). If my math is right you can do it without the Specialization or a Destiny but you have to have an Ubergoat and the best bonuses in basically every other category and you'll just barely make it.
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3/23/2017
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Best dangerous gloves and persuasive shoes are also only +5. And best shadowy clothing is +6, but conflicts with other items. I kinda like how each stat has one bad slot. Makes it feel a bit more like your character is working for it, and less mindlessly level up.
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An Individual
Posts: 589
6/6/2017
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Still haven't found time to do a solid update of the first post. However, added The Great Game to the list. Given that you can have both it and a Watchful Profession Weapon it is now the best home comfort for maximizing watchful.
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Scienceandponies
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6/9/2017
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At long last. I have reached the pinnacle of my studies.
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Tay1or
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7/28/2017
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Got it at last. Thanks for the wonderful thread, Individual.
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Siankan
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3/24/2017
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Pumpkinhead wrote:
Siankan wrote:
Also, do you really want a toe's-eye view of every bit of dung on the streets?
You think I got to watchful 200 by ignoring all the bits of dung on the street?
Touche. However, I doubt you smeared any of it across your eyes.
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Optimatum
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3/24/2017
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Pumpkinhead wrote:
Optimatum wrote:
Pumpkinhead wrote:
Add the fact that they're a seasonal item
Seasonal and fate-locked both, if you don't choose them as your free gift, and that's assuming the free gift will return in future years. And they require being a Campaigner rather than Fixer or Agitator.
You make me very glad that I got them, then. I stumbled through the election without the slightest idea what was going on, so it's pretty lucky that I got something useful.
To FBG's credit, essentially all the free items are useful. They all give +1 BDR, and though the boots are the only ones giving under +8 in a stat, they're still a best-in-slot item.
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Sara Hysaro
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4/19/2016
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The Heptagoat gives no Watchful at all.
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Wiwo
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4/19/2016
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Base stat of 200
Semiotic monocle +8
Smock +10
Insatiable glove +8
High tier watchful weapon +12
Stocking +3
Ubergoat +30
Suitable destiny +5
Orphanage +1
White glim telescope +2
Suitable spouse +1
Overcapping +15
Totals out to 295.
I stand corrected.
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No Watchful, just 3 Caprine Authority.
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An Individual
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5/16/2016
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Since it sounds like moods are back I've removed the warning. I also updated the first post to include the White Glim Telescope.
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An Individual
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Parelle wrote:
I'm doing a sanity check here, but can anyone come up with a combination of equipment (including a Semiotic Monocle) which allows you to get pass 280 (ie, Level 18 going to 19) without either a Mood or an Exceptional Mind Specialization?
edited by Parelle on 10/14/2016
My character's max equipment bonus currently gets it to +79. If I switched my destiny and got a white glim telescope I could squeeze an extra +3 out of that for a total of +82.
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Parelle
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10/14/2016
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Bah, boots. Curse the boots. Yes, I stayed a fixer even though I could have managed to switch it out. I've one mood in hand so I'll probably use it when I'm ready for this first jump (and my impossible Theorum attempt.)
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Parelle
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12/13/2015
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Sara Hysaro wrote:
Having it higher than 10 can make a Making Waves generating check straightforward, but mostly it's just for bragging rights. Perhaps later it'll have more use.
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edited by Sara Hysaro on 12/12/2015
Are you taking about the one which costs a Searing Enigma? Or another check?
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Mostly the one the that costs a Searing Enigma, though there is also this.
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