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A Singular Plant
Pumpkinhead
Posts: 516
11/20/2016
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I know this has been discussed before, but the last post I found on the subject was from quite a while ago, so I'll ask it again.
I've been working on growing the ****ed plant for as long as I've been in London, which is nigh on a year now. I've just gotten to the point where I start feeding it things beyond secrets. Like bats that never did anything but be a bit sulky. And goldfish. Goldfish! I tell you, my cheerful goldfish has been near the only consistently cheerful thing in the Neath, I'm not feeding it to a plant!
After consulting the wiki, I see that I can get through without actually having to feed it anything but secrets and spiders, which I don't mind getting eaten. But in the end, are there that many rewards from it? If I feed it spiders, that's going to take quite an investment. I want it to pay off somehow.
Is the tournament of lilies going on any more? According to the wiki, it starts with a card that appears with standard frequency with Attending to the Needs >10, and I've been above that for quite a while now. If the tournament isn't a thing any more, are there benefits to growing the plant besides Counterfeit Heads?
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dov
Posts: 2580
11/20/2016
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Reasons to raise your plant's level:
- If you like to collect unique items - complete the Tournament of Lilies at least once to collect the Cryptobotanical Rosette (not worth it for the echo value!)
- To experience the Tournament for the variety of gameplay and/or role playing (raising your plant's level improves your odds a bit, but it's still a luck challenge).
- To get easy access to some hard to get items once your plant's level is 16-18 (mainly Counterfeit Heads and Secluded Addresses, though these don't have many uses).
- To get rid of all the Plant cards clogging your deck - all plant cards stop appearing once your plant's level hits 19.
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Amalgamate
Posts: 435
11/20/2016
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The tournament is a permanent thing, once you get the card to start the tournament a story will be be available in your lodgings and you can challenge other people who have plants and are at the same stage of the tournament.
The tournament itself is fairly difficult and frustrating - it's a luck challenge against another player to see whether you advance or go backwards, and it costs you plant points on a failure.
The rewards from it are tiny and if you're in it for the reward, it's absolutely not worth it. You get a unique item (cryptobotanical rosette, has no effect or abilities besides existing and being unique) and a PoSI item (either book of hidden bodies or personal recommendation, your choice, both of which are a lot easier to obtain otherwise.)
If you're concerned about rewards and echoes per action value, the tournament is really not a good place. I don't think there's too much revelatory lore in the tournament either, though it's been a few years since I played it on my first character so I don't quite remember. On the other hand, if you're a completionist and like getting tough achievements just for their own sake, slowly getting your plant to a high level and then eventually winning a tournament with it is pretty satisfying, even if the achievement is entirely cosmetic.
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