Saklad
Posts: 528
2/23/2018
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It is possible I enjoyed this more because I’ve recently been in the Foreign Office rebuilding my item stocks after sending a bunch of Engraved Skulls.
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Pnakotic
Posts: 266
2/23/2018
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I chose to honor my promises, and got an Intriguer's Compendium. Not a terrible reward, but I felt let down by the lack of narrative.
[spoiler]That said, there was ample evidence the robed figure was a player in the game and that the Numismatrix is likely their mother (or possibly lover or sibling) - as evinced by their slip on the Locket question.
Perhaps the most interesting tidbit, though, was the response to a fourth query on the scored stone coin; no other question drew such a strong response to probing. Which indicates a personal attachment of some sort. Unfortunately, that still left me at a bit of a loss as to which answer wasn't a lie.
I'm utterly at a loss to evaluate the truth about the Superbian Coin.[/spoiler]
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ExceptionallyDelicious
Posts: 188
2/23/2018
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Pnakotic wrote:
I chose to honor my promises, and got an Intriguer's Compendium. Not a terrible reward, but I felt let down by the lack of narrative.
cut spoiler If you would have not honored your promise, you would remember that [spoiler]the robed figure reveals that the Numismatrix is their mother.[/spoiler]
I would also add that I was also disappointed with the narrative of this season tie in. The mechanics were decent, but not enough so to make up for the lack of lore, IMO. This was a strong season overall though - the first two stories were phenomenal; the third one less so, but all in all I was very pleased.
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phryne
Posts: 1347
2/23/2018
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This is not intended as a rant, but I do have to say that this Season has been a bit of a disappointment for me. The stories overall felt rather pedestrian and poorly structured, leading nowhere in particular.
Purely personal opinion, your mileage is allowed to vary 
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Accounts: Bag a Legend • Light Fingers • Heart's Desire • Nemesis • no ambition
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Her Ladyship The Ydell Sovereign
Posts: 76
2/23/2018
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And the secret. THIS is the secret your opponent would try to trick you into forgetting? A child's petty grudge against her mother, disguised as some grand delusion of civic pride?! I swear if this woman ever shows up in another ES, my top priority will be gutting her like a fish.
As a Licentiate, I have penned her name in Gant. One of us should be able to get it done.
Thank you, to all the people linking their journal entries on the coin stories. That was really the only part I actually enjoyed. So I am glad I gotto peruse those answers once more.
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It's only when you cannot hear the bats, that is when the bats are coming. This is the only advice I have to give.
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Diptych
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Posts: 3493
2/24/2018
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Saklad wrote:
[spoiler]The Numismatrix has a child, and that child is a veteran player of the Game. But not just any player: that child is known as… the Civet![/spoiler]
Not the! Good heavens!
I rather enjoyed that. A well-written romp with a hint of swashbuckling adventure and lots of dubious secrets.
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Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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annalibertas
Posts: 161
2/24/2018
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It was somewhat strange that the only option was to just trustingly hand over the coins to a random orphan considering that's wildly out of character for at least half of London's inhabitants but after that the story was quite nice
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Corran
Posts: 401
2/24/2018
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I foolishly thought the two lies and one truth referred to the three items so I didn't realise I could ask three questions about each. :/
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Lady Karnstein
Posts: 278
2/24/2018
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I rather liked then first story of the season, other two were okay. I found this bit fairly interesting, it had a mystique.
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Infamous writer, artist, and courtesan. Unrepentant Invert. Hesperidean.
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
2/25/2018
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In a way, I regretted surrendering these items, because they were kind of nifty to have. But the bits of lore about the Numismatrix made it worth the surrender, in my opinion.
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http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/cathyr19355
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folklore364
Posts: 136
2/25/2018
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interesting trade in. The urchin bit was kind of funny for me, but thats mostly because I rather like the little ones. I'm curious how many people actually followed through with their promise to do the rite of Saint Joshua. Also is the person you meet with possessed by something from parabola? It strongly hints that they're eyes are infused with Viric.
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
2/25/2018
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folklore364 wrote:
interesting trade in. The urchin bit was kind of funny for me, but thats mostly because I rather like the little ones. I'm curious how many people actually followed through with their promise to do the rite of Saint Joshua. Also is the person you meet with possessed by something from parabola? It strongly hints that they're eyes are infused with Viric.
cathyr19355 promised to do the rite of Saint Joshua and kept her promise.
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Lady Nyara
Posts: 8
2/26/2018
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folklore364 wrote:
interesting trade in. The urchin bit was kind of funny for me, but thats mostly because I rather like the little ones. I'm curious how many people actually followed through with their promise to do the rite of Saint Joshua.
I did- my character is a Midnighter, so it seemed fitting. I'm glad people have echoed the other options.
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
2/26/2018
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Corran wrote:
I foolishly thought the two lies and one truth referred to the three items so I didn't realise I could ask three questions about each. :/
Wait, you could!? The story did a *terrible* job of indicating that.
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Lady Karnstein
Posts: 278
2/26/2018
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Yes you could get three stories per "coin"
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Infamous writer, artist, and courtesan. Unrepentant Invert. Hesperidean.
Paramount Presence, Correspondent, Nocturnal. Poet Laureate of the Neath, Ambassador to Arbor
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dov
Posts: 2580
2/27/2018
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Optimatum wrote:
Corran wrote:
I foolishly thought the two lies and one truth referred to the three items so I didn't realise I could ask three questions about each. :/
Wait, you could!? The story did a *terrible* job of indicating that.
I'm now playing this. The exact text is: "I'll give you three answers for each. Two lies, and a truth." (emphasis mine)
Later, for each of the "coins", the game instructions are: "They have promised to tell you two lies and a truth about each coin. Which will they tell this time?" (emphasis mine)
edited by dov on 2/27/2018
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
2/27/2018
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I knew you got three answers for each, but it wasn't clear that you had to play it multiple times to get all three answers. I thought it would just give the two lies and a truth all at once, like many sidebar snippets do with some inaccurate rumors plus a bit of truth.
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phryne
Posts: 1347
2/27/2018
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I did realize that you should ask each question three times to get the three different answers (two lies, one truth). But apparently, there was still more: as Pnakotic indicated upthread, you could get at least four different answers - with the [mysterious person] growing more and more irritated. Like most people, I did not realize that and simply moved on with the story. Does anyone else have journal entries for pestering them even beyond this point?
Btw, I haven't the foggiest which of the answers are most likely to be truthful. I'd be interested in reading some people's theories on them...
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ExceptionallyDelicious
Posts: 188
2/27/2018
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phryne wrote:
I did realize that you should ask each question three times to get the three different answers (two lies, one truth). But apparently, there was still more: as Pnakotic indicated upthread, you could get at least four different answers - with the [mysterious person] growing more and more irritated. Like most people, I did not realize that and simply moved on with the story. Does anyone else have journal entries for pestering them even beyond this point?
Btw, I haven't the foggiest which of the answers are most likely to be truthful. I'd be interested in reading some people's theories on them...
Here you are: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/DavidJ?fromEchoId=13700254
I do have some theories. But they are all completely unfounded and are unable to be proven, mostly based on which narratives I liked the most. I'm leaning old promise for the locket, Sibyl to Pauper to the Stolen river for the actual coin, and either Polythreme promise or an [redacted by decree of Mr Wines, Cups, Veils, and Iron] bartering chip from which all other coins came from.
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