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Heart's Desire Finale

Hannah Flynn Administrator Posts: 491 4/18/2020	They say that once every nine years there's a card game where you can gamble your soul and win your heart's desire. That sounds like tremendous fun. I'm putting this thread up early: the Heart's Desire conclusion will begin on Tuesday! Expect a code to appear here some time that morning which will let you get into the finale stories a little early. The last Ambition, coming to a close! What will we do with ourselves now? edited by h4nchan on 4/18/2020 -- Wields the news canon, aboard the hype train.
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 16 days ago	I looked at the Fallen London discord, and after completing it myself, here are the results for the 5 possible endings during the Heart's Desire Conclusion: [spoiler] 1. If you choose Power, you request to become a Master of the Bazaar yourself. You are then given a special Master's Cloak, the title of Mr Cards, and have to undergo monthly Red Science modifications to slowly-but-surely turn your biology into that of a Curator. In about a century, you will be granted all of the power and authority, and will become indistinguishable from the Masters themselves. 2. If you choose Love, the Masters outright tell you that giving you True Love is impossible even for them [it can't be manufactured], and you are redirected back to the list of choices. True Love is then replaced with Adoration, and if you choose this option, the Masters use their influence to make you into a super-popular long-lost member of the Traitor Empress's family, going so far that you are likely the Empress's heir to the throne since her other children are "too problematic". 3. If you choose Time, the Masters send a regular supply of the Gracious Widow's peach brandy to you and -- more importantly -- give you the original contract that the Empress signed to sell London to the Bazaar. You are now the legal owner of London, and the contract has been amended so that they legally cannot destroy London or orchestrate the fall of the Sixth City without your permission, or unless there is no other option. Essentially, you bought both yourself and London a great deal of time. 4. If you choose Escape, the Masters give you an far-north Surface estate around the size of Luxembourg that connects directly to the Travertine Spiral. They reason that since the mansion is located very far North, it will be dark enough during half of the year to safely venture and enjoy the Surface without dying. [The Masters did mention settling Aestival, but it was denied] 5. If you let the Monkey win, he ends the Marvellous and you get not one, but two unique items: a Marvellous Monkey and the Marvellous deck, both giving bonuses to Player of Chess. [/spoiler] Heart's Desire is probably the Ambition with the best kind of rewards as a result. -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 16 days ago	All Ending Reward Stats and Item Descriptions, saving you all from a trip sorting out hundreds of messages on Discord. I haven't visited the lab yet so I can't verify any lab assistants at the moment. Also, the items are epic in their own way so its better to focus on RP than BiS stats. [spoiler] [/spoiler] -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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Hattington Posts: 210 16 days ago	The Curious Watcher wrote: I looked at the Fallen London discord, and after completing it myself, here are the results for the 5 possible endings during the Heart's Desire Conclusion: [spoiler] 1. If you choose Power, you request to become a Master of the Bazaar yourself. You are then given a special Master's Cloak, the title of Mr Cards, and have to undergo monthly Red Science modifications to slowly-but-surely turn your biology into that of a Curator. In about a century, you will be granted all of the power and authority, and will become indistinguishable from the Masters themselves. 2. If you choose Love, the Masters outright tell you that giving you True Love is impossible even for them [it can't be manufactured], and you are redirected back to the list of choices. True Love is then replaced with Adoration, and if you choose this option, the Masters use their influence to make you into a super-popular long-lost member of the Traitor Empress's family, going so far that you are likely the Empress's heir to the throne since her other children are "too problematic". 3. If you choose Time, the Masters send a regular supply of the Gracious Widow's peach brandy to you and -- more importantly -- give you the original contract that the Empress signed to sell London to the Bazaar. You are now the legal owner of London, and the contract has been amended so that they legally cannot destroy London or orchestrate the fall of the Sixth City without your permission, or unless there is no other option. Essentially, you bought both yourself and London a great deal of time. 4. If you choose Escape, the Masters give you an far-north Surface estate around the size of Luxembourg that connects directly to the Travertine Spiral. They reason that since the mansion is located very far North, it will be dark enough during half of the year to safely venture and enjoy the Surface without dying. [The Masters did mention settling Aestival, but it was denied] 5. If you let the Monkey win, he ends the Marvellous and you get not one, but two unique items: a Marvellous Monkey and the Marvellous deck, both giving bonuses to Player of Chess. [/spoiler] Heart's Desire is probably the Ambition with the best kind of rewards as a result. GOOD LORD. I never expected to be jealous of anyone else's Ambition reward. After some turmoil over whether I should've eaten Third City Veils, I genuinely thought I got everything I could possibly want, realistically, out of my Vake steed. But that POWER choice. Wow, just. Wow. I did not anticipate the Masters being capable of that. ...did the discord mention anything about how Ambitions connect to your Destiny? At the moment I have a certain Destiny involving a trip to the Sun with the other Masters I apparently abandon halfway. Which. Which your character would seem to be far closer to achieving than mine unless something...silly happens. (Many years later, in the High Wilderness) Mr. Wines: "Ah, look everyone! It's our esteemed colleague, Mr. Veils! I trust you have recovered after your...leave of absence?" Man controlling the flight of Mr. Veils by means of straps, ropes and pulleys tying him to the belly of the space bat like a paraglider: "Yes. Yes, I am Mr. Veils. That is definitely who I am. How do you do, my fellow space bats?" Curator Veils: I AM HUNGRY, CAN WE EAT FIRST? Man controlling the flight of Mr. Veils by means of straps, ropes and pulleys tying him to the belly of the space bat like a paraglider: "Shhhhyoureblowingourcover" -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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Deanscig Posts: 72 16 days ago	Winthropx wrote: Will there be a new master at Christmas now? Or with how many of these ambitions have unfolded, will there fewer Masters? edited by Winthropx on 5/7/2020 It'll just be Mr Wines running around with a gaggle of assistants holding cue cards instructing him on what to do next -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Deanscig
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JaneAnkhVeos Posts: 132 6 days ago	Here’s my brief review with hidden spoilers, in case if anyone avoids open ones. And also... My FL-husband, several months ago: "I’ve chosen Heart’s Desire because I want a light-hearted Ambition. Bloody revenge, deadly monster-hunt, horrifying conspiracy? Too dark. I want a cute monkey instead. I want to listen to the Merry Gentleman’s and Topsy King’s jolly incomprehensible gibberish. I want to play pranks on our current Mayor. And I love it." HD finale: comes [spoiler]The Monkey: faces us with one of the cruelest choices and saddest moments in the whole game The Manager: is in full-blown suicidal depression The Topsy King: never fully recovers from madness The Lord Mayor: eagerly murders us with her bare hands[/spoiler] FL-husband: "This is fine." (sips Muscaria Brandy) Press F for the poor weasel. . edited by JaneAnkhVeos on 5/17/2020 -- \|\| the Nocturnal Nostalgist, pawnbroker of dreams and memories \|\|
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 4/22/2020	Nephemiah Hamilton wrote: It's deleterious, not delecterious. Delectable + deleterious. "Delicious but harmful." Nephemiah Hamilton wrote: And good god, what did you do to a poor word like "symphony"? Sympthony? What? Symphony + chthonic. "The music of the underworld." -- Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron. Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Julius de Poisson Posts: 35 29 days ago	Adoring the writing so far! So much lore and intrigue, I'm really enjoying it all. I especially loved the part when the River Runs Backwards and your only option is to 'Look Magnificent'. That made me loudly guffaw. And strike a pose. -- Zee captain, adventurer, collector. A friend to the Rubbery. Vive la révolution! All social actions welcome. https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Julius%20de%20Poisson
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 17 days ago	Spoilers for the very end... [spoiler] Beechwood in the beginning was a nuisance that later -- and I am not ashamed to say this -- became my friend, like Tristram Bagley. And because of that -- and because he has given up on playing the Great Game called Life by his own volition -- I honor his decision and and sincerely pay my last respects to the man he once was, and to the game we played. In the end, his wish to end the Marvellous paled in comparison to the strength of my Destiny, and I regret what I had to do. But as a Midnighter, I answer the wishes of the damned, and provide them rest... ... I thank you for the best game of cards that I have ever --- no, will always be -- played for all time. And I will make sure that your gift and my Heart's Desire will not go to waste Godspeed, Beechwood; may your untimely demise provide you a chance to become closer to the God you've always wished to be nearer too. [/spoiler] edited by The Curious Watcher on 5/5/2020 -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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Blaine Davidson Posts: 388 4/18/2020	A new lab and base camp, a desperate grind to become a Paramount Presence, and now the end to an Ambition. No better way to spend a quarantine. edited by Blaine Davidson on 4/21/2020 -- Blaine Davidson, a reserved and sensible woman with a fondness of collecting rarities.
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 14 days ago	For those wondering if there's a Lab Assistant after completing Heart's Desire...well, there is. It's a shame that I'm too busy making up the resources I spent that I can't visit the lab for myself, esp. since I have the visionary student unlocked. [spoiler] [/spoiler] edited by The Curious Watcher on 5/8/2020 -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 16 days ago	Jules Asimov wrote: I, uh, I feel like a self-entitled jerk for asking, given everything already done, but, uh, do you have the name for the deed and the mansion? Sorry. Also, Thank you So friggin much. This is a big help. If you want, you can stalk Discord for those details, I certainly have no reason to. I was already a pretty big Master shill and Bazaar worshipper before this, but now that I'm officially a part of the fold, I'm going to abuse this aspect of myself as much as possible. The words I spoke to Fires about my political opinions are strangely prophetic for this reason. I was also a Master in my original Destiny before I switched to Backstage, so I am looking forward to dominating and controlling the other Masters as well. Mr Cards' How-To Guide to Bring the Masters to Their (Figurative) Knees For Both Profit and Fulfilling the Original Mission: [spoiler] 1. Kill Veils, put the Bazaar in debt, and take over its taxation rights and business properties (possibly stealing his identity as Veils as well). In the future, I intend to use the money to set up a gambling business -- the House of Cards -- that will allow one to gamble anything for anything, securing both profits and power over the criminal underworld. Mr Wines will also be a willing ally of mines in the future for me doing its dirty work. 2. Kill Cups not because he killed a loved one (if I ever had any), but because his stories of love and vengeance could lead the Bazaar into joining the Liberation of Night to lash out against its unfair situation, and that is bad for business. Replace the story with one of loss to advise the Bazaar to have pity on humans, and use my status as a dual Master slayer to get everyone to fear and respect the young"Mr Cards", 3. Save the Hybrid, and purposely train it to one day rule over the Roof, granting me great power and influence there should I need it. When the time is right, I will pull a grand betrayal by explaining and providing proof to the Masters and the Bazaar that Fires has been trying or tried to ruin their mission of thousands of years for the sake of one city, and once they abandon him, sicc the hybrid and its forces to get their revenge. With less Masters, they will be forced to give me more power to compensate for the power vacuum, and I become one of the leading Masters at this point. 4. Once the Bazaar's mission is done (hopefully in a success), it has to reward me for my service. Since it cannot offer me redemption unlike the others, it will have to offer something of great value to me to fund my crazier schemes. That is assuming that the other Masters, the Bazaar, the Calendar Council, and Mr Eaten don't kill me first for living on the wild side. Fortune favors the bold, however, and if the Marvellous has taught me anything, a Great Game is interesting only because of its wild stakes. [/spoiler] edited by The Curious Watcher on 5/7/2020 -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 16 days ago	Ending for Escape. [spoiler] [/spoiler] -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 16 days ago	Ending for Adoration [spoiler] -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 16 days ago	Ending for Time. [spoiler] [/spoiler] -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 15 days ago	All outcomes that determine what happens to the Monkey. [spoiler] Accepting the Chance Refusing the Chance (I don't have a description of it, but it upgrades the monkey into a Condemned Cardsharp Monkey that I think also gives a Player of Chess. The Monkey bows its head, defeated, as the Masters begin a courteous round of applause. One by one, they drop down around you, landing nimbly on their feet. Each of them looms over you to extend a word of two of congratulation. Mr Hearts pushes to the front. "Profound congratulations," it intones, "A most entertaining contest. You comported yourself with verve and ingenuity. A game, I think, that we shall be talking about for many years. For now, return to your lodgings. Rest. Enjoy your success." Beechwood has drawn away. You can see him wringing his paws together, compulsively. His eyes are haunted. He knows that – in a few years' time, when the false-stars align – he must play the Marvellous again. Hearts escorts you back to the coracle, and along the capillary-canal to the Ormolu Door. "We will send for you shortly," it says, "to arrange your prize." It does not acknowledge the Monkey, who follows you home once more. Almost as though nothing has changed, though you both know that everything already has. Forfeiting [/spoiler] -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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Rostygold Posts: 346 15 days ago	Kylestien wrote: HD finale came out two days ago man. Oh, I definitely know that. I had been doing all that cataloguing on the wiki as I advance down this Ambition.
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Jules Asimov Posts: 95 17 days ago	I did what watcher did up till the final choice when I [spoiler] didn't let him bet it. Now the game's trying to make me feel like crap for not letting him kill himself and frankly, I'm insulted. Wiping away the remnants of his humanity would not have been merciful. While he lives, he has hope. But instead, he is 'condemned' now. Like the guy who took everyone to task this round couldn't win in the future. This game’s trying to, without the ambiguity of the contessa storyline, state that allowing someone else to kill themselves is to free them. The man has a future. He has hope. He’s not dying or in truly unspeakable pain, he’s just obsessed and stuck with a medical condition (that is, being an ape). Yes, his life sucks, but he has a future, he has loved ones, he has the chance to improve things. I don’t know, it just seems wrong to me. Maybe you have a different opinion, as the writers clearly did, or maybe I’m misreading it all, but people in my life have nearly killed themselves before, and this whole thing just rankles me something fierce. [/spoiler] -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Jules%20Asimov
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Hattington Posts: 210 28 days ago	The Curious Watcher wrote: Preacher Tzara wrote: Matthew Enigma wrote: Hit the content boundary today, it's been an amazing ride! Now, I'm surprised nobody is talking about the Manager's specific desire, it's creepy as hell! Creepy is Such a fitting Word to describe him. It's funny because towards the end of Light Fingers, Mr Fires reveals that he has a similar diamond as big (if not bigger) as the one implanted into his lover, the Hundreds. IMO, the Manager picked the wrong Ambition to pursue. The Manager, sometime after Heart's Desire: "I've lost! Oh well, I've heard rumors that Mr. Fires may have a diamond just as-" Mr. Fires: *Screeching furiously about it's ruined plans and upping security to the maximum due to events related to a possible conclusion of the Light Fingers Ambition* The Manager: "D_mn" edited by Hattington on 4/24/2020 -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1783 27 days ago	I loved it and can't wait for more. -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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Blaine Davidson Posts: 388 20 days ago	I've been hoarding these resources for years and while it has been sad to watch my inventory get obliterated it was for a good cause. edited by Blaine Davidson on 5/2/2020 -- Blaine Davidson, a reserved and sensible woman with a fondness of collecting rarities.
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JaneAnkhVeos Posts: 132 4/20/2020	Best of luck to everyone! -- \|\| the Nocturnal Nostalgist, pawnbroker of dreams and memories \|\|
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PSGarak Posts: 834 15 days ago	Vladier wrote: Thus far all special assistants were people who were a constant though the story and didn't have a choice concerning them dying or becoming otherwise unaccessible, like potentially Dr. Vaughann. Actually, the assistant from Light Fingers ended up being Hephaesta, which was rather a surprise considering she was MIA for... two and a half chapters? Dr Vaughan was a reasonable expectation, but one choice towards the end of the story (that doesn't seem to have any in-game effects) may preclude it. If Heart's Desire ends up not having a lab assistant, I might just consider that as balance against the other amazing rewards y'all got. Only one of my Light Fingers rewards gives points in any of the new qualities. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/PSGarak
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Wojciech Posts: 52 3 days ago	Phèdre Delaunay wrote: I am now at the point where I need to interview the Boatman, so I'm wondering - can I just die in any random way, or must I be killed by Virginia specifically? House of Mirrors works just fine as well. Just don't forget to buy a particular feline sacrifice in advance. I'm extremely tired and irritated by the search for Eyeless Skulls. I've been at it for two weeks, spent a small fortune, and assembled 3 Tears of the Bazaar from the Airag lost by some misguided prior visitors to the Shrine.. and I still only got 2 frigging skulls. Honestly, if I have to stare at this opportunity deck for one more week, I'll join Tristram in his demise. edited by Wojciech on 5/19/2020 -- Wojciech, a Paramount Presense Glassman. Fnardl, a Vake-Hunting Midnighter.
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Alpha900i Posts: 27 2 days ago	Demiguise wrote: Quick question while I'm waiting to stop the Manager from messing with me - [spoiler]Yes, one and only[/spoiler] On final. Amazing, just amazing. Grind for skulls was annoing, although reading all this I am starting to think that I came of the hook easily. And piece of lore in return worthed it. Amazing peek into our dear Pages, just amazing. Two quite hard choices in the end. Well, Time is mine and Fruit is mine, and I really hope my opponent really wanted this, because I am really not big fan of irreversible choices.
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 16 days ago	Ending for Cancelling All Subsequent Marvellous Matches. [spoiler] [/spoiler] -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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Hannah Flynn Administrator Posts: 491 17 days ago	Wojciech wrote: Does anyone know, when May the 5th "officially" begins in FL? I've been waiting eagerly for Mr. Pages decision for 6 hours already ^_^ In general, updates to Fallen London happen around noon BST or GMT (currently, BST). It's to do with our working hours; these changes are made manually and we like to be around to make sure they play out ok. Oh, the last part is up. Have fun! -- Wields the news canon, aboard the hype train.
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Rostygold Posts: 346 17 days ago	Heh, I am looking at some of youse' profiles and editing the wiki after I make some extrapolations with them. Thanks, people. UPDATE: Oh. Oh... I see what you did there, Failbetter. The boatman's story might be a reference to a certain Discworld story about the cloaked skeleton dude taking a break from his work and another story about this or that civilization having their own tollperson. UPDATE 2: Failbetter writers, there are more than a few typos, usually from tapping another key that is close to the ones that you actually want, e.g. "it" is written as "if". Burning the midnight oil, maybe? edited by Rostygold on 5/5/2020
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Vladier Posts: 13 17 days ago	I love how for the preparing for the final match grind there's an advice for how to get Nights on the Town. I think this is pretty much the first advice on how to get certain items in this Ambition. There was no advice on how to get Vital Intelligence (1 of which is also required for this very step), there is no advice on how to get 3 Books of Hidden Bodies or the Intriguer's Compendium (thank Christ that he was born and gave me Sky Stories for his anniversary) as well for this step. As someone who had spent a good amount of time as a Journalist and then an Author, enough to have 157 Nights on the Town, this is mildly amusing. I didn't spend enough time as an Author to cover the cost of Cellars of Wine for this ambition, however, considering that it's going to be, what, third Plated Seal I'm going to hunt this month? On a completely unrelated note, does anyone know if it's faster to collect 5 Eyeless Skulls by doing expeditions to the Shrine of by wandering the Forgotten Quarter? I foresee myself somewhat hastening the Liberation of Night in the future. PSGarak wrote: Nagaretsu wrote: Is there any no event/fate option to get 2 vital intelligence? Heists. Target the Circumspect Envoy. When given the choice, I believe the documents you should pilfer are from Vesture but I'm not 100% sure about that. It is indeed the Vesture documents. There is also another option, but it gives only 1 of the Intelligence. edited by Vladier on 5/5/2020 edited by Vladier on 5/5/2020
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 17 days ago	This is what you get if you train with Mr Pages [spoiler] [/spoiler] edited by The Curious Watcher on 5/5/2020 -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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Rostygold Posts: 346 14 days ago	Tsar Koschei wrote: The easy way was the last end-of-season story, the reward for which was quite clearly chosen with this finale in mind. Well, if that is indeed Failbetter's intention, then they aren't winning over returning players or players who are not exceptional friends, for that matter.
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chiche Posts: 50 16 days ago	I think Mr. Card can only appear in the Christmas stories of some people. After all, he is just Schrodinger's Mr. Card. However, if Mr. Card in London can bring unexpected fate options to my character, then things are interesting. Out of the marvelous impact this event may have on Christmas in London, I am happy to be a member of the master. Of course, perhaps Christmas can interact with the dream, and those who are not HD participants and those who choose other endings can visit Mr. Card in their dreams. In fact, every Ambitions has a huge and irreversible impact on the world, but so far, no one can compare with Heart's Desire. edited by chiche on 5/7/2020 -- -->Kacher, a headstrong, arbitrary lady She life is spent in the pursuit of pleasure https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/kacher
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Winthropx Posts: 166 16 days ago	Will there be a new master at Christmas now? Or with how many of these ambitions have unfolded, will there fewer Masters? edited by Winthropx on 5/7/2020 -- Bishop Winthrop, a kind-hearted soul A Paramount Presence I accept all social actions His Appearance http://community.failbettergames.com/topic9363-your-characters-appearances.aspx?messageid=229809&Page=10#post#post229809
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NNNnobody Posts: 103 16 days ago	Time as well as Adoration have interesting implications for Sunless Skies. And of course no wish-fulfilment includes cider, because that would remove FL's second biggest grind. Also of course Aestival is not an option, that's already someone's home and ambition! -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/NNNnobody
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Optimatum Posts: 3666 15 days ago	If Failbetter lets us play more Ambitions as expected, one ending of Light Fingers gives a home comfort with Artisan. -- Optimatum, a ruthless and merciful gentleman. No plant battles, Affluent Photographer requests, or healing offers; all other social actions welcome. Want a sip of Cider? Just say hi! PM me for information enigmatic or Fated. Though the forum please, not FL itself.
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 15 days ago	If any are still curious, here are the choices from the final round. The results are almost exactly the same. [spoiler] For one of the options, you can choose to bet a single penny; should you have no money...well the writers thought of that as well. I would have liked to try that option if I knew about it earlier. [/spoiler] -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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Matthew Enigma Posts: 28 14 days ago	I've finished the Ambition and gained my Heart's Desire (though I'm still waiting for the epilogue opportunity card). I chose Power and began my ascention to the ranks of the Masters which, like the case of many here, is a perfect fit for my Destiny . Due to my Revolutionary sympaties and still-existing humanity (at least for the next 100 years or so), I look forward for the opportunity to destroy the Masters from within. And I just have to say: thank you Failbetter for this amazing story and epic finale, scratch that, thank you for Fallen London in general! And thanks everyone in this forum, it's been great sharing this experience with you and I can't wait to see what comes next! -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Matthew%20Enigma Open to all invitations!
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Vladier Posts: 13 4 days ago	So, after several days of Skull Grind (with a two-and-a-half break for the true Whitsun experience of egg research) I've finally collected all 5, so now it's just a matter of not accidentally giving one away for money and resisting the masochistic urge to sell the Cinder to the Bazaar. Out of the ways to get the Skulls, 3 were found while Wandering the Quarter, and 1 each from a Shrine (I think I'd done 18 or so with only the last giving me the last skull immidiately after getting the fourth) and Seeing the sights (after many, many CPs of Nightmares).
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Rostygold Posts: 346 4/21/2020	Kylestien wrote: Or hopefully this unlocks some coin research or something in said lab. You do know that sounds like forgery, don't you?
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James StAnthony Administrator Posts: 28 4/21/2020	http://fallenlondon.com/a/heartsdesireearly436t46346423243243
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Tsar Koschei Posts: 202 4/19/2020	Let's play some cards. -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Tsar%20Koschei Sanguine Ribbon Society tournament champion. No chess, loitering, friendly sparring, coffee at Caligula's or Affluent Photographer, please.
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Rostygold Posts: 346 4/20/2020	If you blew your First City coins on the lab upgrade, you will probably regret that. Just so you remember, the First City coins are somehow connected to the Marvellous game. Also, I hope that there are options that can make use of other player characters. The other three Ambitions were so lacking in these. edited by Rostygold on 4/20/2020
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Matthew Enigma Posts: 28 4/23/2020	Hit the content boundary today, it's been an amazing ride! Now, I'm surprised nobody is talking about the Manager's specific desire, it's creepy as hell! -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Matthew%20Enigma Open to all invitations!
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Preacher Tzara Posts: 66 4/23/2020	Matthew Enigma wrote: Hit the content boundary today, it's been an amazing ride! Now, I'm surprised nobody is talking about the Manager's specific desire, it's creepy as hell! Creepy is Such a fitting Word to describe him. My own questions,if perhaps a bit rushed: - How does Mr. Pages intends to be granted his desire if he wins, knowing now who grants? If he does not mean to win,why does he play- is he being forced? If he does, what does that implicate, in terms of lore, knowing that Pages is one the few loyal to the promise that was made? - What was Mr Bangley Original Desire? - What does the Monkey means? In what does he relate to Cora? - To what extent does Virginia fear, and whom exactly, to desire so? - In what could the granting of the Desires of the Bishop and the Manager upset the status quo? - Could we actually lose the Marvellous? - What am I not understanding? -- Preacher Tzara: A curious storyteller wrapped in smoke and candlelight. A Journalist of some dubious skill. We began with the river, remember?
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Deathjack999 Posts: 140 4/21/2020	So the Marvelous Players are going through a Tournament Arc. Good for them. -- Send me anything social, My FL account has the same username as this one. Ambition Status: Waiting for new content in Bag A Legend.
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1783 4/21/2020	Wonderful writing so far! -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 29 days ago	Preacher Tzara wrote: Matthew Enigma wrote: Hit the content boundary today, it's been an amazing ride! Now, I'm surprised nobody is talking about the Manager's specific desire, it's creepy as hell! Creepy is Such a fitting Word to describe him. It's funny because towards the end of Light Fingers, Mr Fires reveals that he has a similar diamond as big (if not bigger) as the one implanted into his lover, the Hundreds. IMO, the Manager picked the wrong Ambition to pursue. -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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Anagram Posts: 71 20 days ago	I mean, some of us have been waiting for the ends to the ambitions for a long long while. I didn't really see anything that was too excessive. costly? sure. but you should be about endgame point to finish an ambition, i think. -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Anagram
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Rostygold Posts: 346 22 days ago	Blaine Davidson wrote: Thank you for this. I wish I had figured this out sooner. I've been there three times now and left confused. It might be a bit late for you, but I have just finished the Wiki updates for the Honour. You can check them. Firstly, you don't need to have any knowledge of Poker. You will want to maximize your Watchful and Persuasive though.
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Matthew Enigma Posts: 28 20 days ago	You know, I actually adore the (somewhat ludicrous) resource requirements: the way I see it, we're so close to getting our Heart's Desire and so obsessed with winning the Marvellous that no cost will seem too expensive (as Cora said in this update "You're in too deep now to back out"), so I think the mechanics are well aligned with the context of the narrative. Besides, in the final strech of our Ambition, the stakes couldn't be higher and going toe-to-toe with some of the most prominent figures in London is going to be a costly affair (and seeing the vast amounts of wealth that we gathered being put to use makes me feel like a badass and gives a heartwarming feeling at the same time). -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Matthew%20Enigma Open to all invitations!
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Her Ladyship The Ydell Sovereign Posts: 76 26 days ago	Hannah Flynn wrote: The last Ambition, coming to a close! What will* we do with ourselves now?* Get some sun? Hatch an egg? -- -House of Ydell- 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. {Feel free to request my presence for any Correspondent needs, plant battles, duels, chess, whatever. It might take me a moment to a day to respond, but I will.)
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JaneAnkhVeos Posts: 132 25 days ago	Matthew Enigma wrote: Now, I'm surprised nobody is talking about the Manager's specific desire, it's creepy as hell! Does screaming at each other incoherently count as talking? If yes, then I already had a nice chat or two... Very excited about Arbor, too. -- \|\| the Nocturnal Nostalgist, pawnbroker of dreams and memories \|\|
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Gul al-Ahlaam Posts: 225 25 days ago	I do wonder what it means for our promise to the Hundred not to let the Manager win, that the Manager's desire is not at all what the Hundred thought it was. -- The Uncanny Hierophant. The Jewel-Eyed Prince.
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 24 days ago	The Topsy King made this personal. It's as good as dead. [spoiler] [/spoiler] -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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blackmaria Posts: 16 24 days ago	Finally got to Arbor, after popping in and out of my laboratory about 30 times (my poor students must be quite confused). I'll admit, the text describing arriving and taking your seat for the Honour got me genuinely emotional. I'm enjoying this Ambition conclusion so much! -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Maria%20Russell-Black
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chiche Posts: 50 23 days ago	Let me confiscate your remaining property. Last time he actually left you with some residue. He is so kind. I will not treat you as kindly as the Manager. You angered me, Topsy King. I will confiscate all your wisdom. edited by chiche on 4/29/2020 -- -->Kacher, a headstrong, arbitrary lady She life is spent in the pursuit of pleasure https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/kacher
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Blaine Davidson Posts: 388 22 days ago	Waterpls wrote: Get more Attar. You are in Near Arbor, not in Far Arbor. edited by Waterpls on 4/30/2020 Thank you for this. I wish I had figured this out sooner. I've been there three times now and left confused. -- Blaine Davidson, a reserved and sensible woman with a fondness of collecting rarities.
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Kylestien Posts: 749 23 days ago	The Curious Watcher wrote: The Topsy King made this personal. It's as good as dead. Don't execute him just yet. [spoiler]Once the 24 hours are up and you find out the details of the other match, a storylet unlocks where he throws the lot back down your chimney. Maybe as a apology, maybe to see what a big sack of coins dropping sounds like. IDK. [/spoiler] -- I will accept all actions, though I hold the right to refuse for my own reasons. However, if you explain WHY you send me a harmful action like Loitering or Dantes,And I feel the reason good, I will consider it more. http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Kylestien Persuasive patron. You want a lesson, send me a message asking for one.
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 24 days ago	So for those curious about who the past winners are.. [spoiler] The first is October of the Calendar Council, who you have to visit in Parabola. People who are companions with the Curious Contrarian save on Revolutionary Favors, while flavor text changes depending on whether you met her during the Exceptional Story: The Shallows. The second is Gregory Beechwood, a former (and deceased?) lover of Cora Bagley and left a record of his work at the University. The third is the Amused Lordship, one of the founding members of the Dilmun Club. [/spoiler] You have to revisit all the players again in order to locate the past winners' whereabouts. The locations are the same, except that Mr Pages is relocated to the Side-Streets for now. Aside from item requirements, you will also eventually need the card-based opportunity "The Seekers of the Garden" in order to progress. Then the Honour will start: you will have to go the northernmost part of Arbor to play against everyone in the first round. edited by The Curious Watcher on 4/28/2020 -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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Aro Saren Posts: 123 24 days ago	Regarding Mr. Pages, spoilers from the Bag a Legend: [spoiler]Masters as a legal entity are authorized to make deals and promises on behalf of the Bazaar itself. Every deal made by the Bazaar is written as a contract in Correspondence and acts as a Law, making it very hard to renege on or break. While the Masters are tasked with fullfilling the conditions of the deal, they act as proxies of Bazaar. So, if Mr. Pages were to win such a deal, this could be a way to make the Bazaar free him from the original promise without incurring penalties - this would be literally achieved by the Bazaar declaring "Okay, I free you". The main question is whether or not such a contract regarding Marvellous was actually made. Most likely yes - such a premise is a great generator of many kinds of stories for the Bazaar. Though he indeed could simply represent the host, with his desire not being at stake.[/spoiler] -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Andre%20Alexin Will accept only something interesting.
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Rostygold Posts: 346 25 days ago	The Manager's desire is not really that surprising to me. It was either do some more things to his beloved, or do something to himself to be more like his beloved. In this case, it's the latter. He wants to become another Polythreme.
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 26 days ago	Anagram wrote: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Anagram/18228120 This is the Echo for time. i'd love reading the others. This is the one for Love. This is the one for Power. This is the one for Escape. edited by The Curious Watcher on 4/26/2020 -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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Preacher Tzara Posts: 66 26 days ago	Matthew Enigma wrote: - How does Mr. Pages intends to be granted his desire if he wins, knowing now who grants? I was under the impression that the Masters have to do their best to give the winner what they want, like some sort of vow they can't break. But that's really speculation, so you raise a good point! My point, exactly. [spoiler]We now know that Mr. Pages desires to go home- meaning, he wants to fly in the dark of the High Wilderness. That brings some implications I will try to dillucidate. So, my train of thought runs like this: - Mr Pages desires to go home. - The Masters of the Bazaar are under the obligation, as it seems, to do their best attempt to make true the desire of the winner of the Marvellous. Mr. Pages seems to be confident in their skill to do so. Two possibilities stem from this: One: - Mr Pages is playing to win the Marvellous. - That means either the Masters of the Bazaar HAVE a way to make Mr. Pages desire true, meaning they have a way to go to the High Wilderness- which also implicates that either such an attempt is so difficult that it requires a joint effort on their part, or Pages does not know such a way, but suspects they do: if he could make his desire true on his own, he would already do so, except in a case I expound later, - Or Pages merely hopes that they can make his desie true, and is delusional on the matter. - Anyway, this also implicates Pages belives that their obligation to make that desire true trumps over their promise to the Bazaar- which could also be the reason as to why he has not tried it on his own, as to not break his promise. Or: - Pages is not playing the Marvellous to win, for reasons I can only suspect, and is merely the “house” of the game. Either way: - This give us precios insight on the character of Pages, especially if the first option is true, and specially if you take into account that Pages was one of the few Masters, if I got that right, that believes that the Bazaar misión is still doable. This also raises two questions: - When did Mr. Pages grow such a desire? He is a Master. He could cheat trough the game. - If he wins, and the Masters do make his desire true, would at least some of them be tempted as to follow them, specially the ones, like Mr. Irons, that loathe the Bazaar and the Promise they were made? Anyway, I now know my Heart Desire: to make him go home! (Do you imagine it? “My cromulescent buddies, I WON! Take me home!”) Also, I laughed so hard with the Custodian. But who do you think was the Lord of Blood? Veils?[/spoiler] Also, open question to you kind ones: How many Lumps of Lamplighters Beeswax do I need to make 1001 Memories of Light? And what would they cost me,in Echoes? -- Preacher Tzara: A curious storyteller wrapped in smoke and candlelight. A Journalist of some dubious skill. We began with the river, remember?
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PSGarak Posts: 834 26 days ago	Preacher Tzara wrote: Matthew Enigma wrote: - How does Mr. Pages intends to be granted his desire if he wins, knowing now who grants? I was under the impression that the Masters have to do their best to give the winner what they want, like some sort of vow they can't break. But that's really speculation, so you raise a good point! My point, exactly. [snip] Also, open question to you kind ones: How many Lumps of Lamplighters Beeswax do I need to make 1001 Memories of Light? And what would they cost me,in Echoes? This is not my Ambition, so I'm speculating without some primary source information. But. [spoiler] First, I'm about 90% sure that promises can be made in a way that makes them Law. Like, enforceable-by-the-Judgements Law. And the Masters seem to make that type of contract regularly. Whatever binds the Masters to the winner, expect it to have the effect of a literal law of physics. Second, it's possible that "escaping to the High Wilderness" could be interpreted as "accelerating the timeline of the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh cities so as to discharge the obligation to the Bazaar." This is, of course, Bad News for London. It's the sort of stakes that are in play for an Ambition. [/spoiler] Now for beeswax... long story short, you're trying to obtain 500 echoes worth of stuff. The fastest way is still not that fast, and it's expensive. Straight-up purchasing beeswax and upconverting is the most action-efficient pathway, but buying from the Bazaar comes with a markup of more than 100%. So a thousand echoes. I believe most players side-converted from other T3 items. Two works in Court (one Song and one Poem) pay out in thousands of beeswax. If you happen to have a Rubbery Hound on hand, one breeding option gives a bunch of beeswax. It's not efficient to go to Flute Street to obtain one, but if you already have one it's fast. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/PSGarak
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Hattington Posts: 210 26 days ago	Just curious, does anyone have a list of all the available Heart's Desires for when you take a moment to ruminate on what it is you actually want from the card game? -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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Anagram Posts: 71 26 days ago	https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Anagram/18228120 This is the Echo for time. i'd love reading the others. -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Anagram
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Waterpls Posts: 322 20 days ago	So far ambition was very cheap. Part 1 is close to 500 echo. Part 2 is 2-3k, depending on route. It might be slightly more than that if you don't have parabola camp and 5 card lodging. But its nowhere near Knifegate. And timegates are merciful so far. -- Long grinds: Heptagoat 100/180; Cider Done; Correspondence 21/21; Paramount 4/4.
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Alpha900i Posts: 27 21 days ago	Hello, delicious friend. We heard you like to grind for maniac prayers, so we put 500 maniac prayers requirement soon after another 500 maniac prayers requirement, so you can farm prayers after you farmed prayers. By the way. Cora had ... hinted to us, that our simian friend is [spoiler]lady ape.[/spoiler] Either there were some curious chapters we missed in "Moral Selection" or someone has really specific heart's desire. edited by Alpha900i on 5/1/2020
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Rostygold Posts: 346 21 days ago	I like the writing thus far, but gameplay-wise, it has been one resource gobbler after another. I haven't come across anything that uses the new skills yet - not even Mithridacy.
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Wojciech Posts: 52 17 days ago	Does anyone know, when May the 5th "officially" begins in FL? I've been waiting eagerly for Mr. Pages decision for 6 hours already ^_^ -- Wojciech, a Paramount Presense Glassman. Fnardl, a Vake-Hunting Midnighter.
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PSGarak Posts: 834 17 days ago	Vladier wrote: All right, I did everything in my powers to make the spoiler tag work, including copying it from the quote. Just avert your eyes if you care about spoilers. You can only have one spoiler tag per post. Your spoiler tag isn't working because of the spoiler tag in the quote. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/PSGarak
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Vladier Posts: 13 17 days ago	[spoiler] Jules Asimov wrote: I did what watcher did up till the final choice when I didn't let him bet it. Now the game's trying to make me feel like crap for not letting him kill himself and frankly, I'm insulted. Wiping away the remnants of his humanity would not have been merciful. While he lives, he has hope. But instead, he is 'condemned' now. Like the guy who took everyone to task this round couldn't win in the future. This game’s trying to, without the ambiguity of the contessa storyline, state that allowing someone else to kill themselves is to free them. The man has a future. He has hope. He’s not dying or in truly unspeakable pain, he’s just obsessed and stuck with a medical condition (that is, being an ape). Yes, his life sucks, but he has a future, he has loved ones, he has the chance to improve things. I don’t know, it just seems wrong to me. Maybe you have a different opinion, as the writers clearly did, or maybe I’m misreading it all, but people in my life have nearly killed themselves before, and this whole thing just rankles me something fierce. To add to this, wouldn't he be forced to play even though he has lost his humanity? Tristram lost his mind in his Chance, and yet for every Marvellous he regains a part of it enough to play and scheme. You can't free Beechwood from the game, that's one of the rules - you play until you win. Or until someone's Heart's Desire is to end the game; or, I suppose, until the Bazaar is done with its mission and returns to the Sun. Every tournament there's one new player, no more. [/spoiler]
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Dudebro Pyro Posts: 755 17 days ago	Jules Asimov wrote: Does anyone know how to grind up scraps or get that easier...? Other than selling the Nadir location, the only way is to grind scraps. Here are some notes I jotted down for this: 1. Get all three 3-card lodgings (plus a remote lodging, for trimming the deck) 2. Optimise your deck real hard* - you can keep the bat pet (avg ~ 1.5 scrap/action, plus very rare battitudes) - and keep 2 useless cards in hand at all times, flipping cards one by one 3. Optionally get scandal +3 items (hat + socks from the bazaar, barrel from bohemian renown 10) - this is for 2-action card refreshes. I hear the lab also gives that now though I haven't tried it myself, if that's the case then that's another method. You need one of the two, though. For the flash lay one you also need Scandal to be at 2 (if it's < 2, you can raise it inside the flash lay itself) - and other menaces low but they should already be low from trimming your deck. 4. Get the urchin pet (grubby kitten), and buy some weasels. The process is then as follows: If you don't have Calling in Favours in the Flit (henceforth CFF) drawn, then only draw cards in the Flit If you draw CFF, and don't have 3 Urchin favours on hand, go to the lodgings or forgotten quarter to avoid the other Flit location cards If or when you do have 3 Urchin favours, call them in as soon as you are able for 25 scrap Every time you draw an Urchin favour card (faction card or kitten card) take it, unless you're close to 7 with no CFF in sight, in which case feel free to save your weasels and only use kittens for the last couple of favours to 7 (in my experience with the RNG, that happens a lot - sometimes CFF just refuses to materialise). Every time you draw a lodging card, take the option that gives scrap. Ideally you should have 100% on all skill challenges (including the bazaar private auction one). The sulky bat card gives on average a bit under 1.5 scrap/action and has a rare battitude chance - it's good for collecting (I have 11 of those now!) Discard everything else (unless you really want/need to play something, but realise it's gonna slow down your scrap grind every time you do). Once you run out of cards, start a flash lay while wearing your +3 Scandal gear, get kicked out immediately. (Or use the Lab.) To be optimal, be careful not to reset your deck right as your 10-minute refresh comes up, wasting a card! Keep flipping cards, using all your actions on deck refreshes and getting scrap from lodgings and urchins. I didn't keep data on my draws so I'm not sure whether the 1 scrap lodgings would be worth it. They might be, just barely. I went Seeking to get rid of them anyway. The bat is probably worth it, and the 2 scrap lodgings (so Salon/Orphanage) definitely so. In other words, very roughly you can probably get around, or a bit above, 1 scrap/action. Which means somewhere between 100 and 150 scrap/day is realistic, giving you a Reported Location in three weeks to a month from scratch. Assuming you can't or don't want to sell the Nadir, that is the only way. * Deck trimming is a topic in itself, but the basic principle is that when you draw a card, check its unlock requirements, and see if you can get rid of them. Lower menaces under 2, sell off pets with cards, avoid conflic cards from having too many favours, move to a remote address to avoid city vices, keep an unopened cat box to avoid those cards, make sure you have under 100 proscribed material - stuff like that. -- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them. For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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Hattington Posts: 210 17 days ago	I find it mystifying and remarkable that after everything /I'm still not sure what you guys actually won/ whether you honoured Beechwood's last Chance or not. In the other Ambitions it seemed fairly straightforward: You got your friend back, or the chance to see a Master fall to the dreams of the dead. Your moon-miser child overlooks you from the roof, or you gain a diamond filled with Stone's light. You gain exorbitant rewards from Veils' former holdings while throwing the Bazaar's plans into disarray, a powerful agent (and kingmaker) who plays the Great Game at a new level, communion with the long-dead priests of Red Bird (and possibly the strength of atrocity devoured from Third City Veils) or the greatest steed in the Neath. But I've been following journals all the way through this wild ride, and for the life of me I still don't know how the Masters will move heaven and earth to grant your Heart's Desire. -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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MidnightVoyager Posts: 858 17 days ago	It hasn't happened yet. The fulfillment will probably happen a day later, from what I can tell. -- Midnight Voyager - A blood-cousin to predators. Collector of beasts. Affably mad.
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NNNnobody Posts: 103 16 days ago	Consarn it! I traded in my Location to upgrade my Embassy Guest Room last month. At least I'm at 1000 scraps already. -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/NNNnobody
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Alpha900i Posts: 27 4/21/2020	Jumped on chair while reading most of texts so far. I'm doing too much coffee and whole global situation hits on my nerves, but writing is awesome. And I'm not even talked to the youknowwho about the place yet. Had right card in hand, but I'm usually spending my time in just an opposite side. Amazing, just amazing. Especially when Mr. Pages is involved - each scene in my lodgings is just a little diamond. edited by Alpha900i on 4/21/2020
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Blaine Davidson Posts: 388 4/21/2020	I'm currently stuck trying to figure out what to do in Arbor. Is there a specific part that I need to be in to advance the Ambition? -- Blaine Davidson, a reserved and sensible woman with a fondness of collecting rarities.
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Blaine Davidson Posts: 388 4/21/2020	Blaine Davidson wrote: I'm currently stuck trying to figure out what to do in Arbor. Is there a specific part that I need to be in to advance the Ambition? [spoiler]Don't be foolish like me and aimlessly wander about. Make sure your Attar is sufficiently high enough.[/spoiler] -- Blaine Davidson, a reserved and sensible woman with a fondness of collecting rarities.
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menaulon Posts: 112 4/21/2020	Great update! I am very excited to find out who the past winners are. -- Menaulon Open to social actions, but would prefer to be betrayed in the search for Photographer.
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Waterpls Posts: 322 4/21/2020	Blaine Davidson wrote: I'm currently stuck trying to figure out what to do in Arbor. Is there a specific part that I need to be in to advance the Ambition? [spoiler]You need an audience with the Queen. In her palace. Which is on south end of second layer of Arbor. You also need 7 Attar.[/spoiler] edited by Waterpls on 4/21/2020 -- Long grinds: Heptagoat 100/180; Cider Done; Correspondence 21/21; Paramount 4/4.
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Frederick Posts: 27 4/21/2020	I can accept the use of neologisms as a character trait of Mr Pages, but is it also a character trait to spell things wrong? Because my eyes sorely need a spellchecker. It's deleterious, not delecterious. It's peccadillo, with TWO c's! And good god, what did you do to a poor word like "symphony"? Sympthony? What? Edit: I know I might be adding a bit much, but I'm slightly shocked by how egregious it is at some parts. I just now saw that it was spelled as "titled my vanes" rather than tilted, which of course may be a pun that I just didn't catch. edited by Nephemiah Hamilton on 4/21/2020 edited by Nephemiah Hamilton on 4/21/2020
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menaulon Posts: 112 4/23/2020	Preacher Tzara wrote: My own questions,if perhaps a bit rushed: - How does Mr. Pages intends to be granted his desire if he wins, knowing now who grants? If he does not mean to win,why does he play- is he being forced? If he does, what does that implicate, in terms of lore, knowing that Pages is one the few loyal to the promise that was made? - What was Mr Bangley Original Desire? - What does the Monkey means? In what does he relate to Cora? - To what extent does Virginia fear, and whom exactly, to desire so? ... - What am I not understanding? That's a lot of interesting questions, many of which I share. For Virginia's fear, I suppose the obvious answer would be the One-time Prince of Hell, whom we have released/claimed to release to persuade her to rejoin Marvellous. However, I have doubts that Virginia was entirely sincere during her conversation. For the rest, hopefully we will be able to clear at least some of them up in the future updates. For the questions about Memories of Light, here is a link with a lot of potential options: https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/ftu4zr/the_most_reliable_grind_for_memory_of_light/ I cannot vouch for any specific one, but I will probably have to try them soon myself. With the lab and a requirement during Heart's Desire, I have far fewer MoLs than I used to. Waiting for Unsigned Messages is definitely more cost-effective and you have till Tuesday for the next update. However, more MoLs might end up useful even if you need less of them for the lab. edited by menaulon on 4/23/2020 -- Menaulon Open to social actions, but would prefer to be betrayed in the search for Photographer.
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Blaine Davidson Posts: 388 4/23/2020	I've been converting Wax and Beetles for Memories of Light to increase my Liberation of Night as this was the only option for me in becoming a Paramount Presence. Nearly obliterated nearly 100,000 lumps in the process but its not like they were doing anything anyways. -- Blaine Davidson, a reserved and sensible woman with a fondness of collecting rarities.
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Matthew Enigma Posts: 28 29 days ago	Preacher Tzara wrote: Creepy is Such a fitting Word to describe him. Indeed! And his Desire takes it to a whole new level. Preacher Tzara wrote: My own questions,if perhaps a bit rushed: - How does Mr. Pages intends to be granted his desire if he wins, knowing now who grants? I was under the impression that the Masters have to do their best to give the winner what they want, like some sort of vow they can't break. But that's really speculation, so you raise a good point! Preacher Tzara wrote: -What was Mr Bangley Original Desire? If I'm not mistaken, we learn that he became obsessed with finishing his Opera (the same we perform for him) and his Desire was related to completing it. Julius de Poisson wrote: I especially loved the part when the River Runs Backwards and your only option is to 'Look Magnificent'. That made me loudly guffaw. And strike a pose. Hear, hear! That was the high point of an already amazing update. (My headcannon is that we tried our best to 'Look Magnificent', but the rocky ride and clouds of poison made it more like a Monty Python sketch) -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Matthew%20Enigma Open to all invitations!
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Alpha900i Posts: 27 4/22/2020	Ok, this part is done. Nothing of price range I was afraid of, although hints of things to come make me look on my puny stash of 496 first city coins with some deep sadness. Well, we will see. Also I'm wonder why some ambition-related qualities are set in "Stories" section of "Myself". It has "Ambition" section after all. Also pointers are look suspicious. Bishop's have description, but this description is not for venue, but for someone I'll start to look for only after 28 of April. And I have talked with all players, but have only 4 pointers. Can this mean, that those 4 gave me more information, that they planned? Really should read their echoes couple times more, just in case. Amazing, just amazing.
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Preacher Tzara Posts: 66 4/22/2020	menaulon wrote: Preacher Tzara wrote: So,it seems to be I need a Portfolio of Souls...and,me being me and Tzara being Tzara, I seem to have run out of them, and of the materials required to make one...and the wiki refuses to open on this browser,for some reason. Could someone be kind enough to tell me where to grind/get the materials needed? The most profitable way to get a Portfolio of Souls is probably the Sanctuary of the Crimson Petals expedition, with the only downside being the chance to get a rare success, which does not give a Portfolio. Usefullness depends on how many Supplies you have at the moment. For getting the materials to make one, Unfinished Business options for PoSI are very useful. The Prince of... in Spite gives Souls (although the randomness can be infuriating), Contracts and Legs in Watchmaker's Hill gives Infernal Contracts. If you have Memories of Distant Shores, you just have to side-convert them to Brilliant Souls twice to get the necessary amount. Just writing to say I tried the Crimson Sanctuary and YES I Have a Portfolio!(Odd sentence,hum?) Anyway, my many thanks to you,dear sire! -- Preacher Tzara: A curious storyteller wrapped in smoke and candlelight. A Journalist of some dubious skill. We began with the river, remember?
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Jolanda Swan Posts: 1783 4/20/2020	Looking forward to that! Not looking forward to an endless grind. I'm so glad (and surprised) the circumstances didn't hobble the Ambitions' release. -- Lover of all things beautiful, secret admirer of ugly truths, fond of the Parabola Sun... and always delighted to role play. http://fallenlondon.com/profile/Jolanda%20Swan
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Jules Asimov Posts: 95 4/20/2020	Alright! Best for last! I can only hope it doesn't require a fortune in cash or items I need to buy, because fully upgrading my lab wiped me out something fierce, and I've been too busy hunting birds, making cartographer hoards and avian studies, and grinding up those newfangled parabola stats to replenish my stocks. -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Jules%20Asimov
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Frenzgyn Posts: 197 4/18/2020	Wait? What? AH! Jeez! I am a litte BIT hyped. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Frenzgyn
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chiche Posts: 50 4/19/2020	我误以为FBG打算给我一个大大的惊喜，我以为他们提前发布了Heart's Desire Finale，原来并不是真的啊。不过这真是让我更加激动了起来。干的漂亮，Hannah。 (♥◠‿◠)ﾉ edited by chiche on 4/19/2020 -- -->Kacher, a headstrong, arbitrary lady She life is spent in the pursuit of pleasure https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/kacher
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Matthew Enigma Posts: 28 4/18/2020	Hannah Flynn wrote: The last Ambition, coming to a close! What will we do with ourselves now? edited by h4nchan on 4/18/2020 Well, right now, I'm getting really hyped for the end of my ambition -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Matthew%20Enigma Open to all invitations!
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Gul al-Ahlaam Posts: 225 4/18/2020	Take a well deserved rest, one hopes! So much new stuff so quickly! -- The Uncanny Hierophant. The Jewel-Eyed Prince.
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James StAnthony Administrator Posts: 28 4/21/2020	A code for early access to Part 1 of the Finale, delicious friends
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Preacher Tzara Posts: 66 4/21/2020	THIS IS NOW LIVE! YES! (And now to record everything in my journal. Gosh, I am EXCITED!) -- Preacher Tzara: A curious storyteller wrapped in smoke and candlelight. A Journalist of some dubious skill. We began with the river, remember?
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NNNnobody Posts: 103 4/21/2020	Parabola, eh? Doesn't sound to me like this is actually necessary but here we go. Though I haven't dabbled in either the lab or Parabola during the last week, so I'll have to begin from the start. Also three of the players desire a place to stay. Sounds to me like it could be recurring. Preacher Tzara wrote: (If anyone had a Storm Threnody and took a certain choice to ask THAT to Mr. Pages, a link would be welcome!) https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/NNNnobody/18227094 -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/NNNnobody
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Scona Posts: 6 4/21/2020	The first question to Mr Pages of the new update ? in my log https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/sco6209/18227103 Preacher Tzara wrote: (If anyone had a Storm Threnody and took a certain choice to ask THAT to Mr. Pages, a link would be welcome!)
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Deathjack999 Posts: 140 4/21/2020	Player: "Sorry to dissapoint you Pages!" Pages: Batty Gasp of Surprise. Player: "YOU ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD!" -- Send me anything social, My FL account has the same username as this one. Ambition Status: Waiting for new content in Bag A Legend.
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JaneAnkhVeos Posts: 132 4/21/2020	Rostygold wrote: Kylestien wrote: Or hopefully this unlocks some coin research or something in said lab. You do know that sounds like forgery, don't you? The Numismatrix herself says that most of these First City coins aren't genuine anyway... -- \|\| the Nocturnal Nostalgist, pawnbroker of dreams and memories \|\|
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Julius de Poisson Posts: 35 4/21/2020	Oh man, I am just wee bit excited! Which is to be expected really - it's my Heart's Desire after all. -- Zee captain, adventurer, collector. A friend to the Rubbery. Vive la révolution! All social actions welcome. https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Julius%20de%20Poisson
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PSGarak Posts: 834 15 days ago	I'm actually wondering if upcoming content is going to give out more of these qualities. I hope that the Ambition items remain uniquely powerful, but perhaps not quite as unique as they currently are. Raising the stat-caps would imply higher Renown values become accessible... food for thought. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/PSGarak
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Vladier Posts: 13 15 days ago	PSGarak wrote: Vladier wrote: Thus far all special assistants were people who were a constant though the story and didn't have a choice concerning them dying or becoming otherwise unaccessible, like potentially Dr. Vaughann. Actually, the assistant from Light Fingers ended up being Hephaesta, which was rather a surprise considering she was MIA for... two and a half chapters? Dr Vaughan was a reasonable expectation, but one choice towards the end of the story (that doesn't seem to have any in-game effects) may preclude it. If Heart's Desire ends up not having a lab assistant, I might just consider that as balance against the other amazing rewards y'all got. Only one of my Light Fingers rewards gives points in any of the new qualities. That's what I meant. Dr. Vaughann is a much more fitting person to be a lab assistant, but she may leave London for the roof, so Hephaesta is the one to participate in research. Speaking of new qualities, whenever we get the ability to raise the Artisan of the Red Science and its Studies, a Correspondent Mr. Cards with the hat from Mr. Pages will be able to get 10, making the research skill check automatic success, and the research gain appears to be 4 X Artisan, so 40 research per action. If we ever get another boosting item in another slot (unlikely as it is), this would make compiling Mirthless Compendia more profitable than feeding Urchins to tigers or the Tomb of Silken Thread with only Strong-Backed Labour, at 2,5 EPA (2 actions to start and finish the research, 3 for 132 point of research). And without having to spend an eternity in Arbor. Now if only I had even a single skull after three expeditions and many actions seeking curios and secrets. I feel like I had better luck when collecting them for the Nadir.
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Hattington Posts: 210 18 hours ago	I noticed The Curious Watcher just received his monthly reward for Power. Could anyone who picked another reward, any at all, please share theirs? Edit: Also to The Curious Watcher: GOOD LORD that Boatman foreshadowing on the Melancholic End-Bringer's mantelpiece! Please, where did you find that endgame hint and does anyone have the others? edited by Hattington on 5/22/2020 -- The Dawnburnt Vake-Rider: https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Hattington
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Rostygold Posts: 346 15 days ago	The Curious Watcher wrote: Ending for Time. Veils isn't around. Cups isn't around either. edited by Rostygold on 5/7/2020
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Rostygold Posts: 346 15 days ago	Vladier wrote: Does finishing this ambition grant access to a special lab assistant? Maybe the Monkey, if he survived? I don't think that any of the other players would want to work in your lab. Maybe Virginia will, after her term as Mayor ends? edited by Rostygold on 5/7/2020
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Rostygold Posts: 346 15 days ago	Also, I am still waiting for that damn Relicker card. Grud-dammit, why do I have to wait for this? There was that storylet for getting the One-Time Location for a Prince of Hell, but not for the Intriguer's Compendium? For anyone waiting for that card, you might want to sit at the Labyrinth of Tigers. That location has no location-specific card, so that should trim your draw deck a bit. edited by Rostygold on 5/7/2020
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Rostygold Posts: 346 15 days ago	The Curious Watcher wrote: I looked at the Fallen London discord, and after completing it myself, here are the results for the 5 possible endings during the Heart's Desire Conclusion: Dammit, and only one of the outcomes is on the wiki. Do none of them even know about the wiki?
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Kylestien Posts: 749 15 days ago	Rostygold wrote: The Curious Watcher wrote: I looked at the Fallen London discord, and after completing it myself, here are the results for the 5 possible endings during the Heart's Desire Conclusion: Dammit, and only one of the outcomes is on the wiki. Do none of them even know about the wiki? It's less "We don't know about the wiki" and more "It takes a small group of people time and effort to catalogue every option then to add it to the wiki and make sure it's all right." HD finale came out two days ago man. -- I will accept all actions, though I hold the right to refuse for my own reasons. However, if you explain WHY you send me a harmful action like Loitering or Dantes,And I feel the reason good, I will consider it more. http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Kylestien Persuasive patron. You want a lesson, send me a message asking for one.
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Vladier Posts: 13 16 days ago	Winthropx wrote: Will there be a new master at Christmas now? Or with how many of these ambitions have unfolded, will there fewer Masters? edited by Winthropx on 5/7/2020 The Christmas Masters are their Nomen, so all the need is blood, and it's implied that they have plenty on hand already. Otherwise we wouldn't see a Mirror's Sacks. Or be able to buy some. [spoiler]And the Sacks of Mr. Cards is probably a part of the Master's responsibilities once it fully becomes a Curator, so isn't going to be a thing for quite some time (at least, not during the Twelve Days, unless it acquires an enormous amount of Tears).[/spoiler] Do we actually know why there's that whole thing with Masters' creating Nomen and having them masquerade as Mr. Sacks?
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 14 days ago	Rostygold wrote: Tsar Koschei wrote: The easy way was the last end-of-season story, the reward for which was quite clearly chosen with this finale in mind. Well, if that is indeed Failbetter's intention, then they aren't winning over returning players or players who are not exceptional friends, for that matter. Besides, there is a chance that instead of a Ray-Drenched Cinder, you get a Vial of Tears like I did from playing the same season conclusion, so it is was merely luck that gave you exactly what you needed. Strictly speaking, Pages' hat is optional, so nothing is technically stopping you from moving onwards if you get tired of grinding for the Cinder. However, I do sympathize with the people who want to make the most out of their Ambitions after coming so far, and I hope that you get what you need sooner than later. -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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blackmaria Posts: 16 13 days ago	Andrea Serafini wrote: Is there any advantage in asking play advice to all the remaining players? I asked advice to three of them, but i would have some difficulties in getting the material for the other two... I asked advice of all of the remaining players just to see what each would say, and as far as I can tell there was no mechanical advantage to doing so. If you just want to read the text, it's all echoed in my journal: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Maria%20Russell-Black (But I have finished the Marvellous at this point, so if you want to avoid spoilers you may want to wait until you're further along before reading it.) edited by blackmaria on 5/9/2020 -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Maria%20Russell-Black
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menaulon Posts: 112 13 days ago	Matthew Enigma wrote: The Curious Watcher wrote: For those wondering if there's a Lab Assistant after completing Heart's Desire...well, there is. It's a shame that I'm too busy making up the resources I spent that I can't visit the lab for myself, esp. since I have the visionary student unlocked. edited by The Curious Watcher on 5/8/2020 Huh, is this exclusive to any particular ending? I entered the lab and can't see any new options of assistants. The option to get Cora Bagley as a Lab Assistant appears only after you draw her epilogue opportunity card in London. So you might have to wait (I drew the card the day after I finished the ambition), but the option should be open to everyone. -- Menaulon Open to social actions, but would prefer to be betrayed in the search for Photographer.
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Matthew Enigma Posts: 28 13 days ago	menaulon wrote: The option to get Cora Bagley as a Lab Assistant appears only after you draw her epilogue opportunity card in London. So you might have to wait (I drew the card the day after I finished the ambition), but the option should be open to everyone. Oh, thanks! I still haven't seen the epilogue card, so this explains it (never change, Fallen London RNG, never change...) -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Matthew%20Enigma Open to all invitations!
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Valiant Posts: 127 12 days ago	Kylestien wrote: (Assuming of course that my being mean to cora to follow up on Beechwood did not cause that, which, if so, real bad form not putting ANY kind of "This will not let you hire her as a assitant" note on that choice. I'd have never picked it if that was a thing.) It definitely isn't the case - I was mean to Cora but still got the card and she didn't even seem to be angry at me. And now I see an option to hire her at the lab. -- Sir Valiant Carrington, a heartless hedonist and honorary governor of Port Carnelian. You can ask him for a sip of Cider (here's how by an_ocelot) if you catch him in London. Farshin Jarrah, merry trickster and incorrigible optimist. Serine, gone down the well but not forgotten. Avatar artwork by lovely Farseer Drijya
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 11 days ago	Demiguise wrote: I've received the invitation for The Honor. Am I stalled on advancing until I draw the Arbor card? Yes, you have to play the Arbor card to continue. You then need to go to the northernmost part of Far Arbor to participate in the Honour. -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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Scona Posts: 6 8 days ago	The main two approaches are either searching the secrets in the forgotten quarter or the rare success from the expeditions to the shrine, both are supposed to take around 120+ actions per skull with maxed stats Nagaretsu wrote: Is there any fast way to grind 5 Eyeless skulls?
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Preacher Tzara Posts: 66 16 days ago	The Curious Watcher wrote: I looked at the Fallen London discord, and after completing it myself, here are the results for the 5 possible endings during the Heart's Desire Conclusion: [spoiler] 1. If you choose Power, you request to become a Master of the Bazaar yourself. You are then given a special Master's Cloak, the title of Mr Cards, and have to undergo monthly Red Science modifications to slowly-but-surely turn your biology into that of a Curator. In about a century, you will be granted all of the power and authority, and will become indistinguishable from the Masters themselves. 2. If you choose Love, the Masters outright tell you that giving you True Love is impossible even for them [it can't be manufactured], and you are redirected back to the list of choices. True Love is then replaced with Adoration, and if you choose this option, the Masters use their influence to make you into a super-popular long-lost member of the Traitor Empress's family, going so far that you are likely the Empress's heir to the throne since her other children are &quottoo problematic&quot. 3. If you choose Time, the Masters send a regular supply of the Gracious Widow's peach brandy to you and -- more importantly -- give you the original contract that the Empress signed to sell London to the Bazaar. You are now the legal owner of London, and the contract has been amended so that they legally cannot destroy London or orchestrate the fall of the Sixth City without your permission, or unless there is no other option. Essentially, you bought both yourself and London a great deal of time. 4. If you choose Escape, the Masters give you an far-north Surface estate around the size of Luxembourg that connects directly to the Travertine Spiral. They reason that since the mansion is located very far North, it will be dark enough during half of the year to safely venture and enjoy the Surface without dying. [The Masters did mention settling Aestival, but it was denied] 5. If you let the Monkey win, he ends the Marvellous and you get not one, but two unique items: a Marvellous Monkey and the Marvellous deck, both giving bonuses to Player of Chess. [/spoiler] Heart's Desire is probably the Ambition with the best kind of rewards as a result. Dear Lord and all the false saints! And here I stood believing that I knew my heart desire. But this? Oh my! -- Preacher Tzara: A curious storyteller wrapped in smoke and candlelight. A Journalist of some dubious skill. We began with the river, remember?
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Jules Asimov Posts: 95 16 days ago	Alright, I admit it. These rewards are boss. Was kinda disappointed with the climax compared to the other ambitions ( particularly nemesis) and the whole monkey thing still upsets me, but these rewards don’t just blow all the other ambition rewards out of the water, they send them blasting off skyward like team rocket. [spoiler]A massive surface estate? Becoming a member of the royal family? OWNING London and living forever? MASTERHOOD?! I can’t even begin to decide.[/spoiler] edited by Jules Asimov on 5/6/2020 edited by Jules Asimov on 5/6/2020 -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Jules%20Asimov
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PSGarak Posts: 834 17 days ago	Nagaretsu wrote: Is there any no event/fate option to get 2 vital intelligence? Heists. Target the Circumspect Envoy. When given the choice, I believe the documents you should pilfer are from Vesture but I'm not 100% sure about that. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/PSGarak
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 17 days ago	It happens after you beat the third round. When completed, you get the weapon on my mantelpiece. https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Den%20Blackwell/18391059 I resorted to paying Fate to recover quickly from death and for an unnecessary two Hell favours for it. When you pressure the opponent in the third round, they evoke the Chance and you can choose between 2 options:. The mind or a "key" stated to give an advantage in a specific menace area. The record for obtaining the mind here: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Den%20Blackwell/18390596 It is an Affiliation that gives 1 Shadowy, 1 Bizarre, 1 Dreaded, 1 Mithridacy, and 1 Visiting. If possible, I would like to know the results of the other option as well, though you have to be absolutely heartless to opt for that. edited by The Curious Watcher on 5/5/2020 -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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The Curious Watcher Posts: 263 17 days ago	For the third match, I used the costly-but-awesome Parabolan Chess Army for support if anyone was curious. It's good to have both the Beleaguered King and the Red-Handed Queen fighting under me for once. I esp. loved it when they fought against Nothing-After-Death. I also strongly urge others to start stocking up on 15 Nights on the Town or the Making Waves needed to create them, as you will need them soon after. -- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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Jules Asimov Posts: 95 16 days ago	Well, my friend was tired of my heming and hawing, and he chose power for me while I was in the bathroom. So, uh. Guess that answers that! -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Jules%20Asimov
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Deanscig Posts: 72 16 days ago	Watcher, you are a saint for providing these, thank you -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Deanscig
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