harbourlady
Posts: 78
8/1/2016
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In order to stave off boredom, I decided to search for the impossible theorem - and i find myself constantly teetering between an all consuming obsession and the need to be distracted by shiny beautiful things... for those who have succeeded, please advise me, encourage me, dissuade me or give me the faintest of hopes - how did you go about it? binging or slowly pecking away at the stone? and does anyone have any advice for searing enigmas outside of thefts of a particular character? i swear if i have to spend one more day in the flit i may run into the cave of the nadir never to return.....
edited by harbourlady on 8/1/2016
edited by harbourlady on 8/1/2016
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DeserterKalak
Posts: 94
8/2/2016
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One thing I would advise you to do is not manufacture Searing Enigma's peicemeal. Wait until you get one of the rare cards that give you a Strange Mood, and save it in your deck. Hoard extradionary implications, and try to get most of your Enigmas through other ways. Then, grab the Preternaturally Intent mood, trade all your Implications for Enigmas, and make an attempt at the Theorem in the same round of actions.
Higher watchful gives more Enigmas for your Implications, and you'll need all the help you can get for the Theorem check, so it's best to do both at once under the same Watchful Mood.
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
8/3/2016
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I'm almost certain that the Fidgeting Writer is substantially better than the Truthbreaker Turbine for getting Enigmas from scratch. If you already have the materials and are willing to lose, on average, over half their value then the Turbine is faster. But if you don't have the items already, going through the Fidgeting Writer to the second to last step is much more efficient and makes a decent profit besides.
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harbourlady
Posts: 78
8/12/2016
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thank you all for your encouragement... i'm up to 30 searing enigmas, so the theorem is close....so close. I shall continue my thefts of tales of terror and instead of getting bogged down in the grind, I shall use it as the distraction between festivals... i hope to have my theorem by sackmas! I do love the suggestion of waiting for a strange mood to come upon me to help ensure success - I shall hoard my card when i find it!
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Harbourlady: Torn between hedonism and solitude, harbourlady worships the twin alters of wine and secrets. Capricious, but rarely cruel, she will always go just over every line she encounters.
Captain Van Townes: He will tell you he was born of the sea, and you will never know if he is lying. Quick to fight and quick to steal, but with the honor born of men who will always tell the truth when asked the right question.
Social actions welcome, please be open to receiving them in return.
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Sara Hysaro
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8/1/2016
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Fidgeting Writer is the way I get my Searing Enigmas, but that's best fueled by something you do not wish to do. Thus, I suggest instead going into the Foreign Office and collecting Extraordinary Implications to convert into Uncanny Incunabula to feed into the University for the necessary Searing Enigmas.
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maricolous
Posts: 56
8/1/2016
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Two years?! Holy crap dude :0
I just stole tons of tales of terror and converted up. Got super lucky with a few expeditions and also got maybe 6ish from my Christmas rat of glory. The whole thing took maybe a month? Oh, and don't forget about the one you can get from using trade secrets.
As far as grinds go, it isn't half as bad as the Overgoat ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Grenem
Posts: 2067
8/1/2016
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maricolous wrote:
Two years?! Holy crap dude :0
I just stole tons of tales of terror and converted up. Got super lucky with a few expeditions and also got maybe 6ish from my Christmas rat of glory. The whole thing took maybe a month? Oh, and don't forget about the one you can get from using trade secrets.
As far as grinds go, it isn't half as bad as the Overgoat ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm sure i've had 49 searing enigmas pass through my hands during year one, and i've had [regretably, had, not have] more than that now. If enigmas are as easy to get as airag, which seems very likely, then getting an impossible theorem should take no longer than a year- maybe even less.
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Pnakotic
Posts: 266
8/1/2016
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As a Glassman I get weekly uncanny incanubulums, which helped. Still spent some time getting blown up in the chapel. But for the advancement of the study of Infernal Rarefactions, we do what we must. (Because we can.)
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