Absintheuse
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12/12/2016
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It always gets quiet when it snows, no matter what the flavour. At least, we hope it does, because if we hear one more d____ed urchin caroling...
Starting at noon GMT today, Time, the Healer will bring ‘snow’ to doorsteps across London. You’ll need to dig your door out, or find someone to lend a hand or tentacle to the task.
Fate can also be used to employ a certain cowled assistant – and earn unique seasonal Home Comfort items!
Acquiring pails of this 'snow' and learning what you can about it will unlock a selection of seasonal benefits at the end of the season, when Penstock’s Wicket opens on the 6th of January.
Note: The Snowbound effect will remain constant this year until sometime shortly after 6th January 2017.
A GIFT FROM MR SACKS
The urchins have purloined the terrible sack of Mr Sacks once again! You may draw a gift from it (or send one to a friend) – for a price, of course.
Buy a lucky dip in Mr Sacks’ sack for yourself, or send a lucky dip draw to another player! Begin with Explore the Festive Season, available throughout London.
SEASONAL STORIES
Closer to Christmas day, a new festive premium story will be available for purchase featuring everyone's favourite Mayor of London and the Empress' Shadow! We will also be making The Gift, last year’s story, available again shortly after!
OTHER FESTIVITIES
There are still more goodies to be found in the Fallen London Advent Calendar, too! Each window is around for just a few days, so be certain to check back regularly to receive all of the various treats.
Since it tis the season, we also encourage you to reach out to new players with a lovely Christmas card and a friendly greeting. Find new friends on Twitter (using #flcards), Reddit, Facebook, Tumblr or here on the forums!
Look for Explore the Festive Season throughout London to take part in the seasonal fun!
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aegisaglow
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12/12/2016
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This is already a lot more pleasant than heavy snowfall in real life, although I can't help thinking about the implications of the Brass Embassy being snowed in. I say, what's the use of goat-demons if they won't drag a b____y plow?
edited by aegisaglow on 12/12/2016
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Absintheuse
Posts: 348
12/12/2016
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Skinnyman wrote:
Just want to be sure, but both stories (Gift and the new one) will be available later, correct?
Correct! They will both become available later on this month.
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phryne
Posts: 1351
12/13/2016
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Absintheuse wrote:
Closer to Christmas day, a new festive premium story will be available for purchase featuring everyone's favourite Mayor of London and the Empress' Shadow! I couldn't make sense of this "Empress' Shadow" at first, but re-reading The Gift I realized [spoiler]it's Vicky, her eldest daughter who stayed on the Surface![/spoiler] That's going to be interesting. Seems like this story will be kind of a sequel to The Gift, then.
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
12/13/2016
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I'm wondering why I haven't heard people recommend that option before, but it does seem better. Just switch to using a soul if you fail.
Success: Eat, monocle, monocle.
Failure: Eat, monocle, soul, monocle.
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phryne
Posts: 1351
12/13/2016
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Zecjala wrote:
I was given a whiring contraption, it sounded like pages, though I don't remember airs. That was Mr Fires. 
Optimatum wrote:
There's quite a few different possible Masters who may appear. I bet there's alt successes on each individual option. I did some mantelpiece-googling and found echoes of four different Masters clearing snow: Fires, Pages, Spices and Wines. If there's another one, it must be really rare!
As to rewards:
Fires: Whirring Contraption
Pages: Personal Recommendation
Spices: Night-Whisper
Wines: Searing Enigma
edited by phryne on 12/2/2018
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Accounts: Bag a Legend • Light Fingers • Heart's Desire • Nemesis • no ambition
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Luminen Walker
Posts: 172
12/12/2016
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Can someone explain the difference between "The Gift" and "The Gift?" As in "The Gift" on the fate page and "The Gift" mentioned in the OP. I don't remember this last year.
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Skinnyman
Posts: 2133
12/12/2016
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Absintheuse wrote:
SEASONAL STORIES
Closer to Christmas day, a new festive premium story will be available for purchase featuring everyone's favourite Mayor of London and the Empress' Shadow! We will also be making The Gift, last year’s story, available again shortly after!
Just want to be sure, but both stories (Gift and the new one) will be available later, correct?
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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!
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dov
Posts: 2580
12/12/2016
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Robin Alexander wrote:
Dima Lazarev wrote:
So, accepting help from unexpected volunteer will prevent me from getting my Pail of Snow today. Will it seriously affect my chances to get Spire-Emporium and/or Suite?
Ah, you're right . . .
No snow for myself, either.
I'm curious about this, because I don't think FBG would let you lose out on snow, just for choosing that fate-locked branch . . . have other players received any snow yet (aside from the calendar)? I'm wondering - well, hoping - it just isn't available yet?
This is how SNOWBOUND always worked - if you let the hooded figure help you shovel Snow, then it gets to keep the Pail and you get the Robe. If you shovel the snow yourself, you get to keep the pail.
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phryne
Posts: 1351
12/15/2016
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ExceptionallyDelicious wrote:
Is there a guide for lacre somewhere on the forums? You could say that, yes.
edited by phryne on 12/15/2016
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Skinnyman
Posts: 2133
12/13/2016
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Charlotte_de_Witte wrote:
-My complete guess would be Snowbound will end at Noon GMT on the 2nd of Jan? So everyone (well almost everyone... *sob*) can get 5 free pails? (One triggered by the event yesterday, one for each TtH up to the 2nd and one from the advent calendar last week?)
Not quite! I think FBG added this vague date to tell that everyone would get 5 SNOWBOUND! events. Probably at 12:00 GMT, but probably some people who were visited few moments after the first snow weren't able to clear the path right away.
Absintheuse wrote:
Note: The Snowbound effect will remain constant this year until sometime shortly after 6th January 2017.
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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!
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
12/13/2016
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You can buy the lodgings after you complete the 12 days of mr sacks storyline (not yet out). And no, you don't need super high stats.
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suinicide
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12/19/2016
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Not out yet. Maybe around the 25?
edited by suinicide on 12/19/2016
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navchaa
Posts: 561
12/22/2016
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Anyone know how many different variations are available from the regiment? So far I know of four. A pm would be great if we can't discuss it here.
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
12/23/2016
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Sorry for the delay, PM sent.
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
12/12/2016
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You can replay it every time.
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Blaine Davidson
Posts: 388
12/12/2016
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Has anyone else gotten a robe yet? There is a new item from Mr. Hearts and he is so silly.
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aegisaglow
Posts: 202
12/12/2016
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Suhe Gul wrote:
question, did everyone got a snowbound at non GMT independent of their TtH? Because both my alt and my main got snowbond. my alt got her TtH around same time but my main hasnt gotten his TtH yet so I cannot be sure. either my alt lost a snowbound due to it being very close to noon today orr my main got an extra.
Snowbound appeared independent of TtH. (Both my main and my alt got Snowbound at noon GMT, but my alt's TtH was half an hour later so he got to shovel his driveway twice.)
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Ms. Lilian Leith. A lady of proper standing, which seems like an increasingly ludicrous thing to give a rat's ___ about. Known (to some) for her Light Fingers.
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dov
Posts: 2580
12/12/2016
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Absintheuse wrote:
Note: The Snowbound effect will remain constant this year until sometime shortly after 6th January 2017.
I do wonder what this particular phrasing means...
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
12/12/2016
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dov wrote:
Absintheuse wrote:
Note: The Snowbound effect will remain constant this year until sometime shortly after 6th January 2017.
I do wonder what this particular phrasing means...
The dawn machine cometh. But lacre does not melt.
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Rupho Schartenhauer
Posts: 787
12/12/2016
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TeslaWalker wrote:
Can someone explain the difference between "The Gift" and "The Gift?" As in "The Gift" on the fate page and "The Gift" mentioned in the OP. I don't remember this last year. Yeah, that's a mistake which confused me too. "The Gift" is from two years ago, I think. And I'm also not sure what they mean by "making The Gift available again" - it was always available. Maybe for free this time? Or discounted? It's confusing alright!
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suinicide
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12/12/2016
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I think its just "everyone gets a snowfall and after that its on Tth" but then, I didn't clear it in time, so I don't know if that happened to me.
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Skyzzor
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12/12/2016
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Interestingly, you can reach your lodgings without clearing the snow: Going into the Exceptional Season storylet and returning to your study will place you within the study of your own Lodgings, and subsequently leaving your study places you inside your lodgings. This, of course, does not get rid of the snow, but it is a tricksy way to get to your lodgings if you have neither fate, actions, or wealth to spare.
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Akernis
Posts: 255
12/13/2016
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Kloxe wrote:
Jolanda Swan wrote:
Hmph. I do not remember it at all, but I would feel bad sending a ticket if it was just me being careless. I understand I will have another chance though, right?
I noticed my option to accept help required The Airs of London to be 51+, but I'm not sure if having an Airs below that would hide the storylet or just change the text.
It changes the text. I have just received my second Snowbound (due to a ridiculously well-timed TtH), and chosen to have a Master clear the way both times, once with airs 27 and one with 68.
[spoiler]The airs determine which Master clears the 'snow'. At airs 1-50 it is Mr. Spices, at 51-100 it is Mr. Pages.
Spices was even considerate enough to give me a Night-Whisper so I can have a replacement pail from the urchins  . Mr Pages gives a Personal Recommendation.[/spoiler]
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Amsfield
Posts: 176
12/13/2016
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Jamilah Sauvage G. Wolf wrote:
Best options for putting together pieces/ the taste of Lacre? There's quite a few, so which gives the most cp, if anyone knows?
I'd say eat it if you can take the wounds (and as you'll probably have cards you can send, hopefully you can) as this gives 1-2 levels on success, but one even on a fail. Success saves you a pail, and you can just use a soul if you fail. Then use your monocle twice to lvl 8 and wait for Mr Sacks. Btw, it doesn't tell you what lvl you are at when you gain, but you can check on your 'myself' tab or scrapbook.
Edit: don't use this method if you have more than ToL 1 though, as it caps out at 2 on a failure 3 on a success.
edited by Amsfield on 12/13/2016
Edit 2: Apparently you're not guaranteed 2 levels on success. Not sure what the odds are but you'll get either 1 or 2 levels.
edited by Amsfield on 12/13/2016
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Dima Lazarev
Posts: 172
12/13/2016
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phryne wrote:
Wines' reward sounds like a Searing Enigma
I got an Enigma, so this looks right.
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Skinnyman
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12/13/2016
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Jamilah Sauvage G. Wolf wrote:
Best options for putting together pieces/ the taste of Lacre? There's quite a few, so which gives the most cp, if anyone knows?
As this seems one of the best strategy, I'll re post it from the guide:
Gonen wrote:
Thanks for the guide, all of you who contributed to it!
Perhaps it was said on other pages in this post, but I wanted to correct (i think) the amount of Pails of Snow needed:
Instead of 4 Pails to reach level 8 ToL, as said above, you can have a good run at 2 pails:
1. Wait until having 1 ToL and 2 Pails (1 ToL through the Advent or at the first day of Mr. Sacks. We already got 1 Pail today)
2. Do not linger on until the second ToL arrives but use the Monocle twice right away - reaching 7 ToL. Thus, using only 2 Pails.
3. Mr sacks will give another 4 ToL (5 if doctor or notaries) - so thats 11 (12) ToL.
4. Buy the Bazaar 5 lodging with 9 ToL - left with 2 ToL
5. Twice the Monocle - 8 ToL (lost 2 Pails of Snow)
6. Buy Beth-Lehem's Hotel with 8 ToL.
Point being - need not spend 4 Pails but only 2 for the first prize. Another 2 for the second prize.
Am I correct or got the calculations wrong?
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