I'm disappointed that there is no use for Dr. Schlomo as a companion in Parabola. The timing was good, the subject is more than apt, and even a little commentary from the good doctor would be wonderful.

Imagine Freud exploring the unconscious not by interpretation but by putting on his pith helmet and getting muddy by the river where nightmares spawn.

Kerim wrote:

The card is called A Familiar Bohemian Sculptress and can only be drawn by having exactly 0 Respectable. If you used the Possessed Goldfish, you just have to equip as much Respectable items as needed to get a total of 0 instead of minus something.

That sounds honestly sounds like a bug rather than intended behavior.

This was a bug which is now fixed!

Is there another source for the Surface Blooms? I've found ways of obtaining other materials but not that one.

Fallen London does not always in general support players with hard-line moral stances. Players who want to not commit theft have a hard time progressing the Shadowy path; players who want to avoid using relationships for personal gain have a hard time advancing along the Persuasive path. Other examples abound.

Perhaps the game could offer some alternate path, even if it's not a good one. I know someone (Dyptech?) actually did disambiguate a hundred Eoliths rather than commit research fraud. I've occasionally found myself stymied by my refusal to purchase things that can be stolen.

It's reasonable to me that you need the patronage of the Fingerkings to achieve mastery of the mirrors. It's their place, it's their thin. Perhaps betraying them is something that can come later.

Light Fingers has a way to work against the Fingerkings. I'll say no more than that.

Hillmovers from Warbler's Nest in Parabola. FOr perfumed gunpowder you have to unlock recipe first, unlock Bone Market via Palaeontological research for Dean, get some materials from Bone market and research projects.

TL;DR: just progress with you lab research and parabola hunts.

Thank you!
Only thing I don't love, is the action cost to get in and out (especially when you are still discovering what you need) and the BDR requirements of the Bone Market. The much requested fifth BDR slot would have come in really handy.

...A salary from the University?
How do you get money from that? So far I have only spent lots and lots of money (Pulsating Amber, animals, Memories of Light etc) but apart from the students' souvenirs, I don't think I made anything.

And now I am doing a *2700* research project, so I am quite far ahead. What am I missing?

A thought:

There is a silver tree in the Parabolan Base Camp.

There was also a silver tree in Karakorum, before it fell.

...This probably doesn't actually mean anything, but I couldn't get it out of my head.

Anyone know what the "rare success" rate is for working with your shifty student (or later students)?

I'm trying to figure out if it's more effective to just work with the student until they advance on their own, versus researching in more effective ways and then spending that research to progress the students.

Tyrconnell wrote:

I'm disappointed that there is no use for Dr. Schlomo as a companion in Parabola. The timing was good, the subject is more than apt, and even a little commentary from the good doctor would be wonderful.

Imagine Freud exploring the unconscious not by interpretation but by putting on his pith helmet and getting muddy by the river where nightmares spawn.

Dr Schlomo, the Bear Grylls of Parabola.

I have been playing two days straight, with a Fate-bought candle too, and I just got into Parabola - though i had an abundance of echoes and resources. Love that!
Unfortunately, Parabola causes both Mozilla and Chrome to crawl. Takes ages to spend an action. I understand others have had the same problem?

Is all those interesting things you can do in Parabola only for people who have reached the end of the finished ambitions? I can't seem to do anything in my basecamp except make a little Parabolan research.

Ι... did back Sinning Jenny, yet I cannot find an Anchoress among my companions. Should I contact support?

I expanded my laboratory with Fate, to 4 places. Until now, I have the Spider scholar, the Numismatrix and Lettice. I do not want to get the Artist or the Urchin for the fourth position, but are there any other options available (for those of us with the Heart's Desire ambition)?

And what about the Parabolan lab - if you don't have the Anchoress or the Rose Countess, who else can you get?

Edit: Pretty sure I'm going to need a Holy Relic of the Thigh of Saint Fiacre.

Lots of new stuff so far, and some more teasing of future unlocks. I'm currently looking for the Storm Bird needed for one of the new research subjects, but I haven't encountered it yet. The Dome of Scales and Viric Jungle are still locked with the requirement for it to be April 8 and I'm suspecting it is in there somewhere. Is this intended to still be locked?

PSGarak wrote:

There are undiscardable cards if your Menaces are too high, or Student Disgruntlement. So, your hand can get clogged if you let it. I think in practice the main effect of having a deck is to let that auto-fire Disgruntlement event occur. Otherwise I agree, the deck-ness is under-utilized.

I feel like there's a way to make the deck impactful, but it's a narrow line away from being frustrating. Having all the cards be un-discardable might be viable, but it's a balance challenge, especially when your lab isn't fully kitted and staffed. Alternatively, an auto-fire card or two to prevent endless card-flipping (Jenny's school has this mechanism). And of course you don't want to encourage a part-empty lab.

Jenny's school only has that option if you take in unsuitable students though. you can completely bypass it by taking a trio of suitables.

Again: Bone Market is recently updated with new customers. Now you have more options to get stuff, without forgeries.