Parelle
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4/19/2016
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https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4fi67d/were_failbetter_games_makers_of_sunless_sea_and/?limit=500
Lots of tasty information here, and some hints to future content. Looks like they'll continue answering questions for awhile yet.
edited by Parelle on 4/19/2016
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NiteBrite
Posts: 1019
4/30/2016
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dov wrote:
I love this NiteBrite bait, directly from Alexis:
"If you feed enough Hesperidean Cider to a Heptagoat, there is definitely some unique content, possibly."
Psssh, as if I'd fall for that. The heptagoat is just a kid, too young to drink, and I am a responsible goat-mom. No, the only way forward that makes sense for me is more goats. That's why I am building a proper goat family of all the goats all of them, and will have a second heptagoat long before I ever consider going for the cider again. I'm already one uber in ;D
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NiteBrite
Posts: 1019
4/30/2016
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There are so many good ones these days it's hard to choose. The 1.77 EPA from rat catching for the DoE as a ratcatcher while at overcapped dangerous is nice and a definite favorite because it involves rats. I accidentally drank two bottles of oblivion (well one was an accident) so the EPA will be slightly lower now I guess, but still top notch. Then there's the 5.0 EPA from Listing Tower which is a card and knife and candle related, but its still active and relatively frequent. Of course both of those pale in value compared to [REDACTED].
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MadmanAtW
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5/3/2016
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NiteBrite wrote:
and I am a responsible goat-mom.
Picture for NiteBrite confirmed:
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dov
Posts: 2580
4/30/2016
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Good luck, NiteBrite, with your goat family.
Out of curiosity, what's your preferred grinding method of choice these days?
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dov
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4/19/2016
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I love this NiteBrite bait, directly from Alexis:
"If you feed enough Hesperidean Cider to a Heptagoat, there is definitely some unique content, possibly."
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Malgorath
Posts: 124
4/20/2016
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Q: What must one do to go NORTH?
A: Arthur; Beau; Cerise; Destin; Erzulie; Forthigan; Gawain.
The other names are revealed.
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Theus
Posts: 311
4/20/2016
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Malgorath wrote:
Q: What must one do to go NORTH?
A: Arthur; Beau; Cerise; Destin; Erzulie; Forthigan; Gawain.
The other names are revealed.
You could see them as requirements on Lilac's Tattoo for "Mr Eaten's Name".
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Optimatum
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4/20/2016
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I think the only one never seen at all was St Erzulie's Candle while the rest were all seen in various contexts. St Arthur's Candle was from Marsh-Mired in Dreams of Sustenance; St Beau's from the Nightmare Carnival; St Cerise's from seven ways each more horrible than the last (though to my knowledge only three were released, devouring your entry in Slowcake's, sacrificing 77 Iron Knife tokens, and Winking Isle); St Destin's from the Torment destiny, being sent it at Hallowmas, and Winking Isle; St Forthigan's from sacrificing St Cerise's and St Destin's on Winking Isle; and St Gawain's was never obtainable but could be seen as the requirement for an option on the Seeking card A Contretemps in a Restaurant.
(The false-saints also all have lessons named after them in the Chapel of Lights storyline in Sunless Sea.)
edited by Optimatum on 4/20/2016
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Professor Strix
Posts: 616
4/19/2016
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Q: Is Tea grown in the Neath? Or has it been replaced with mushrooms like the wine?
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I KNEW IT! THE AFTERTASTE DOESN'T LIE!
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absimiliard
Posts: 759
4/19/2016
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dov wrote:
I love this NiteBrite bait, directly from Alexis:
"If you feed enough Hesperidean Cider to a Heptagoat, there is definitely some unique content, possibly."
I love that you call that NiteBrite bait. (I love even more that it really IS NiteBrite bait)
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Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
4/21/2016
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Gonen wrote:
Optimatum wrote:
Spacemarine9 never actually got St Gawain's Candle; he got two social actions from Alexis, one saying he could claim the candle which "will allow your enemy to behead you” and a Candlecurious which said it would remove all his candles. Both actions also said they'd be cancelled in a few hours if not accepted and to accept them in the right order.
They were both just Cheerful Goldfish.
Well.. Perhaps he did not accept then in the right order =)
Storynexus didn't work like that, especially back then before all the fancy improvement they made 
The one way it would have been possible would be if they used rich formula where, say, accepting Candlecurious give a quality at 1 (number A) and then have the result for accepting the other social action to give or set the Gawain quality to 1 (but capped at A).
But that requires the message to show something like "St Gawain's Candle hasn't changed, because it is lower than 1(A)".
Even now, a social action cannot change their result text based on what the recipient's quality is unless it is a quality contest ala K&C / chess / brawls - even if the results can change slightly like the above case.
edited by Estelle Knoht on 4/21/2016
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
4/21/2016
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Wow, there's even a beating a dead horse emote. Modern technology sure is incredible.
I'm not really sure what you mean though by capped at A. Wouldn't it also be possible in theory to set some quality to 1 then set St Gawain's Candle to the value of the first quality?
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NiteBrite
Posts: 1019
5/3/2016
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Sara Hysaro wrote:
Maybe replaying Flint over and over again after setting it to 215 by specializing in Dangerous and giving 15 Notability to the Bazaar? Delmar doesn't have a specialization, but his Dangerous is 205 thanks to that one option in Flint, and I'm sure if you had enough Fate you could probably bring it up pretty high if it doesn't stop you after a certain point.
[spoiler]It doesn't stop you, and the dangerous increase slowly increases over time. It's not a fixed +5. I did flint 10 times, and near the end of it I was getting like +7 dangerous. I think it gives you a +2.5% increase of your current base dangerous, uncapped.[/spoiler]
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The Master
Posts: 804
5/3/2016
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NiteBrite wrote:
There are so many good ones these days it's hard to choose. The 1.77 EPA from rat catching for the DoE as a ratcatcher while at overcapped dangerous is nice and a definite favorite because it involves rats. I accidentally drank two bottles of oblivion (well one was an accident) so the EPA will be slightly lower now I guess, but still top notch. Then there's the 5.0 EPA from Listing Tower which is a card and knife and candle related, but its still active and relatively frequent. Of course both of those pale in value compared to [REDACTED].
edited by NiteBrite on 4/30/2016
Off topic, but how in Mr Eaten's name did you get that much dangerous?
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Sara Hysaro
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5/3/2016
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Maybe replaying Flint over and over again after setting it to 215 by specializing in Dangerous and giving 15 Notability to the Bazaar? Delmar doesn't have a specialization, but his Dangerous is 205 thanks to that one option in Flint, and I'm sure if you had enough Fate you could probably bring it up pretty high if it doesn't stop you after a certain point.
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
5/3/2016
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Sara Hysaro wrote:
Maybe replaying Flint over and over again after setting it to 215 by specializing in Dangerous and giving 15 Notability to the Bazaar? Delmar doesn't have a specialization, but his Dangerous is 205 thanks to that one option in Flint, and I'm sure if you had enough Fate you could probably bring it up pretty high if it doesn't stop you after a certain point.
All the way to Dangerous 335, apparently.
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dov
Posts: 2580
4/21/2016
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Nice breakdown, Optimatum :-)
Two small nitpick items:
1. St Destin is the one promised seven ways to get, each more horrible from the last, and this is the candle you could get by devouring your Slowcake's entry. So for Cerise there were two known ways (including Winking Isle), and for Destin there were 4.
2. One player (Spacemarine9??) did get St Gawain's candle, as a prank from Alexis, giving a few hours countdown until something terrible happens if the candle isn't disposed of, or something similar. It's been years so I don't remember the details (and I think it was discussed on one of the forum threads that got Eaten).
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
4/21/2016
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I seem to remember that it turned out Alexis only gave them cheerful goldfish, but I really wouldn't rely on this,
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Estelle Knoht
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4/21/2016
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Gonen wrote:
dov wrote:
One player (Spacemarine9??) did get St Gawain's candle, as a prank from Alexis, giving a few hours countdown until something terrible happens if the candle isn't disposed of, or something similar. .
Something terrible happens if they don't get rid of it, and they got rid of it?!
What happened to the Seeking tradition?
I am fairly certain that he clicked accept (it was a social action) and Alexis just put the generic "server dies with flare" error message in with a bunch of generic SMEN penalties. Or an goldfish. The candle itself was never added into the game.
Refusing, on the other hand, would mean nothing at all - StoryNexus currently don't allow social actions to trigger something differently based on refusal / cancellation of an action.
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
4/21/2016
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Spacemarine9 never actually got St Gawain's Candle; he got two social actions from Alexis, one saying he could claim the candle which "will allow your enemy to behead you” and a Candlecurious which said it would remove all his candles. Both actions also said they'd be cancelled in a few hours if not accepted and to accept them in the right order.
They were both just Cheerful Goldfish.
(The candle itself is of course added into the game in that it exists as a quality with description and image, but it's never been possible to obtain.)
edited by Optimatum on 4/21/2016
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dov
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4/21/2016
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Ah, I knew someone with better memory will be able to fill in the blanks. Thanks!
I miss the good old times of Alexis personally messing with the Seekers...
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