Saklad
Posts: 528
10/13/2016
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I got Favourable Circumstances using Notability ages ago, not to use so much as to have.
Today I discovered something incredibly useful about that item. It lets you send Letters to other players from ANYWHERE items can be used, without any additional cost.
Here’s why: if you have Favourable Circumstances in your inventory, you can click on the item to pull up the “Write Letters” storylet where you can use it. That storylet is only accessible from your Lodgings, so sending someone a letter from, say, Doubt Street, is very inconvenient unless you use the aforementioned trick.
I doubt this was the intended use of the item, of course. If anyone from Failbetter reads this and wants to change it: please let us send letters independent of our location within the Fifth City. Any location that lets us use items should let us have access to the Postal Service, right? The forums aren’t used by the entire playerbase, and even fewer people check it regularly for messages. Letters solve this problem elegantly, and even have a small cost to disincentivize spam! Requiring the player to exit locations like Doubt Street and the Empress’s Court to use them, however, makes them much less worthwhile.
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Saklad5, a man of many talents
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Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
10/13/2016
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Not exactly anywhere, I believe, since you can't use items once you are outside London.
So it should still make enough sense in-story to not need any change, since you are sending letters from the Foreign Office and the such as opposed to sending letters from the Avid Horizon.
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Estelle Knoht, a juvenile, unreliable and respectable lady.
I currently do not accept any catbox, cider, suppers, calling cards or proteges.
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PSGarak
Posts: 834
10/13/2016
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You're telling me that I was wrong to believe the postal service would literally deliver to the ends of the Neath? I am disappointed. The Mayor needs to address this shortcoming.
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absimiliard
Posts: 759
10/13/2016
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Oh no, the rats will deliver letters anywhere. The Mirror Marches, a nice boat-ride on the river, the Tomb Colonies -- they go all those places and more.
You just can't send from anywhere else.
(I so wish this would work out of London, I'd be all "Finally! A use for Favorable Circumstances!")
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"Because, Parabola!" -- the Curious Captain
Eating nightmares from friends -- and I'm easy to befriend.
Absimiliard: the Black Rose of Wolfstack Docks
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
10/13/2016
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They will deliver anywhere but writing Letters is a bit more complicated. Until I saw your post I thought that you could only write one from your lodgings. Using a Favourable Circumstance didn't even occur to me but there are areas in and out of London where you can't use inventory items.
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ciel
Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
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Saklad
Posts: 528
10/14/2016
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lady ciel wrote:
They will deliver anywhere but writing Letters is a bit more complicated. Until I saw your post I thought that you could only write one from your lodgings. Using a Favourable Circumstance didn’t even occur to me but there are areas in and out of London where you can't use inventory items.
I did specify “anywhere items can be used”. That’s still very helpful.
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