Absintheuse
Posts: 348
6/30/2016
|
Delicious friends, July's Exceptional Story is here!
War on the rooftops! London's urchin-gangs are at each others' throats, and chaos spills down to the streets! Who will win? And why are they fighting? Form alliances, lead an urchin-army of your own, and solve the riddle of The Chimney Pot Wars!
Play: An Exceptional Story: the Thing in the Pantry to begin, available throughout London.
The Chimney Pot Wars is the second story in the Revolutions season, and was written by Chris Gardiner. Editing and QA: Adam Myers, Olivia Wood, Cash DeCuir and James Chew.
Art by Mark Penman, found on: Twitter @M_D_Penman.
This month we're excited to show you a time-lapse video of the creation of the poster:
EXCEPTIONAL FRIENDSHIP
In addition to a new, substantial, stand-alone story every month, Exceptional Friends enjoy:
- Access to the House of Chimes: an exclusive private member's club on the Stolen River, packed with content
- An expanded opportunity deck: of ten cards instead of six!
- A second candle: Twice the actions! 40 at once!
Finishing all three stories in the Season of Revolutions will make you eligible for an additional opportunity, to follow.
If you want to keep an Exceptional Story beyond the month it’s for, you must complete the related storylet in the House of Chimes. This will save it for you to return to another time.
BFW edits: 'fixing' the youtube
edited by babelfishwars on 7/1/2016
|
|
|
+11
link
|
Skinnyman
Posts: 2133
6/30/2016
|
Yay, Urchin story!
Cheers and good luck to everyone!
--
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!
|
|
|
+2
link
|
Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
6/30/2016
|
LOVE YOU ALL AND THE POSTER, TOPPLING THE TIGER WAS THE RIGHT DIRECTION
(Cricket boy looks like a JRPG Protagonist)
--
Estelle Knoht, a juvenile, unreliable and respectable lady.
I currently do not accept any catbox, cider, suppers, calling cards or proteges.
|
|
|
+4
link
|
BlabberingMat
Posts: 385
6/30/2016
|
Just started it, and it looks like it will be bloody fun! Love the fact that you basically have to run from one end of London to another. It really captures the spirit of Urchins, always moving across the roofs and never being still. Oh, and poster is perfect!
--
Alt-Lana Loter
Main-Always Drunk Slav
"To see a world in a grain of sand, and Heaven in wild flowers.
To hold an infinity in palm of hand and Eternity in an hour”
Finally, I am Crooked Cross! Feel free to send invitations for Salon!
As of June 5th, 1895, I am London's newest Legendary Charisma!
The current progress in Mega Soul Grind: 53727/1 639 121 Souls
|
|
|
+1
link
|
suinicide
Posts: 2409
6/30/2016
|
I have a small army of children following me and its amazing.
--
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/profile/sunnytime
A gentleman seeking the liberation of knowledge, with a penchant for violence.
RIP suinicide, stuck in a well. Still has it under control.
|
|
|
+7
link
|
Kylestien
Posts: 749
6/30/2016
|
...Is it bad I'm using the "Today's Headline: The Cimy Pot Wars" option to grind Journals Of Infamy since I never seem to have any and would like some for Figiting writer? Same reason I still have not finished the Cut With Moonlight story.
--
I will accept all actions, though I hold the right to refuse for my own reasons. However, if you explain WHY you send me a harmful action like Loitering or Dantes,And I feel the reason good, I will consider it more. http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Kylestien
Persuasive patron. You want a lesson, send me a message asking for one.
|
|
|
+1
link
|
Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
6/30/2016
|
Robin Alexander wrote:
I'm enjoying it; very well-written, a lot of fun, but I'm also kind of . . . stuck?
If anyone can help:
[spoiler]I've caused an initial truce between the Regiment and Socks, but now the Fisher-Kings and Noughts/Crosses are at war . . . only it doesn't matter how much Plan I get, how low my Mischief is, I can't seem to move forward? I need 'Dealing With -' 50 to proceed on certain options, which I can't find at all, and I've lost a massive amount of Morale, which I can find no means to recoup . . . what am I missing?[/spoiler]
You can't ally with people until you defeat them. So basically you need to wreck them until their Morale is 0 so they are defeated, then ally with them.
--
Estelle Knoht, a juvenile, unreliable and respectable lady.
I currently do not accept any catbox, cider, suppers, calling cards or proteges.
|
|
|
+1
link
|
Mr Sables
Posts: 597
6/30/2016
|
Estelle Knoht wrote:
Robin Alexander wrote:
I'm enjoying it; very well-written, a lot of fun, but I'm also kind of . . . stuck?
If anyone can help:
[spoiler]I've caused an initial truce between the Regiment and Socks, but now the Fisher-Kings and Noughts/Crosses are at war . . . only it doesn't matter how much Plan I get, how low my Mischief is, I can't seem to move forward? I need 'Dealing With -' 50 to proceed on certain options, which I can't find at all, and I've lost a massive amount of Morale, which I can find no means to recoup . . . what am I missing?[/spoiler]
You can't ally with people until you defeat them. So basically you need to wreck them until their Morale is 0 so they are defeated, then ally with them.
Thank you  I'll grind more action points then try that.
I was worried losing too much morale or defeating one would lock those options off, as it only lists 'dealing with' of a requirement, so I assumed without morale (or them still standing) I'd lose the ability to get 'dealing with' . . . good to know that's not the case
Edit: Sorry, for some reason I keep referring to 'dealing with' as 'knowledge' :-S
edited by Robin Alexander on 6/30/2016
|
|
|
+1
link
|
Alistair Cray
Posts: 114
6/30/2016
|
Perfect reporting opportunity for my newspaper, The Chimney Times. Off to grind for a contraption to restart the presses!
--
Fallen London profile
My browser extensions:
Chandlery | Playing Favourites
|
|
|
+4
link
|
Diptych
Administrator
Posts: 3493
6/30/2016
|
Oh, bother - I got mixed up and asked the Regiment about the cause of the war instead of the Knotted Sock. I'm annoyed about that. Oh well - I don't think it has any practical effect, and the important thing is that this story is so charming I've already laughed out loud!
--
Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
|
|
|
+3
link
|
Eglantine-Fox
Posts: 872
6/30/2016
|
That was amazingly fun. I love that I got a look at all those different urchin groups.
--
Eglantine Fox, the charming and androgynous Correspondent, teetering between hobbies of seduction and self-destruction.
Siobhan O'Malley, Irish patriot (or 'bl__dy Fenian' if you're impolite).
Isidore Day, an up-and-coming London gentleman. All allegations of wrongdoing are categorically denied.
|
|
|
+3
link
|
CALLNXW
Posts: 116
6/30/2016
|
The poster is the best part of this story so far
The rest of it is a poorly-explained mess of managing ten different qualities regarding people i don't particularly care about
--
https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Call%20Now
|
|
|
-8
link
|
Koenig
Posts: 466
6/30/2016
|
I have not been able to play many of the exceptional stories since I hit harder time, but I have to say that the premise sounds very fun. The urchins are one of the more interesting factions in London.
--
Koenig: Extraordinary. Invisible. Shattering. Legendary.
   
|
|
|
+3
link
|
Diptych
Administrator
Posts: 3493
6/30/2016
|
Oh my goodness but that was a fun story. I'm only sorry all my new friends left in such a hurry. How did others finish it off? And were we ever properly introduced to the young scamp with the centre-parting and the spyglass? I gather they're with the Socks but I'm not sure I caught their name.
--
Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
|
|
|
+4
link
|
Mr Sables
Posts: 597
6/30/2016
|
Quite a good story
I enjoyed the mechanics greatly; there was a bit in the middle that confused me a little, but luckily the members here are fantastic and helped point me in the right direction. I found the new qualities, the warring, and the temporary companions to be amazingly inventive and great fun! It's always nice to try something new in gameplay. I was just devastated it wasn't an option to keep one of them at the end (perhaps when we make our choice what to do with a certain object). Seriously, the mechanics of this one really made it stand out for all the right reasons
The story felt a little more linear, with little choice, but it was nice in a way (as it provided a nice break from more choice-orientated pieces, as well as giving great insight into a well-liked faction).
I was just a bit put-off by the game telling me exactly what quirks and prizes I would get at the end; I was on the fence about two options, but the game telling me what would be gained/lost swayed me, which I think defeats the purpose somewhat in FL being a game of consequence (as that consequence is diminished when you already know what will happen and can avoid anything 'bad' for your character).
All in all, 4/5 Great story!
|
|
|
+2
link
|
Beau Mercy
Posts: 76
6/30/2016
|
I'm confused. I thought was negotiating a truce, but somehow I ended up allied with the Knotted Sock. I dunno what's going on! :/
--
Monster Hunter Beau Mercy, Friend of the Church, A Blood-Cousin to Predators, Straw-haired Tomcat
|
|
|
0
link
|
Stygota
Posts: 64
6/30/2016
|
The spoiler below relates to one particular ending, and also contains a link to a journal fragment.
[spoiler]Did anyone else here partake of a red feast? The text was expected if you're familiar with the lore, but it's always nice to know more about those fellows who practice the Red Science up above.[/spoiler]
edited by Stygota on 6/30/2016
--
A once hungry, now sated Hunter with a silver tongue: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Stygota
|
|
|
+5
link
|
John Moose
Posts: 276
6/30/2016
|
This was probably my favourite ES since I started exceptionality with the Stags. Something about the urchins is just so endearing I found myself smiling all through the story, and I would love to see them explored more. The art is marvellous and definitely played a big part in giving a concrete feel of differences between the gangs.
I find myself desiring a "Chimney Pot Wars" RTS.
|
|
|
+3
link
|
BlabberingMat
Posts: 385
6/30/2016
|
Definitely one of more complex stories mechanistically. I wasted a few actions before I figured out how does Developing Plan works. Now, I have to wait for refill. D'oh!
--
Alt-Lana Loter
Main-Always Drunk Slav
"To see a world in a grain of sand, and Heaven in wild flowers.
To hold an infinity in palm of hand and Eternity in an hour”
Finally, I am Crooked Cross! Feel free to send invitations for Salon!
As of June 5th, 1895, I am London's newest Legendary Charisma!
The current progress in Mega Soul Grind: 53727/1 639 121 Souls
|
|
|
0
link
|
Professor Strix
Posts: 616
6/30/2016
|
I'm still in the middle, but enjoying it so far~ I have a soft spot for those mischievous children since I started playing FL. I like how they are mischievous, but at the same time... children.
--
The Inescapable Professor, London's Most Academic Detective. Open to consultation from Mondays to Fridays, above the Silver Binding bookshop, Veilgarden. Half the payment in advance, half after closing the case. No refunds.
"THIS SATURDAY, in MAHOGANY HALL, delight your eyes with the DARING FEATS of the DAPPER ESCAPIST. Gape at his CHARM and WIT and his CLEVER TRICKS OF ILLUSIONISM. No mirrors used."
---------
Social actions welcomed. Will take menaces if not currently grinding that one stat. Send them and cross your fingers.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Professor%20Strix
My alt loiters suspiciously if you want to:
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Derek%20Davis
|
|
|
+3
link
|