Corran
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8/7/2013
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This is a new option on The Tower of Eyes card. I see it's already on the wiki.
Right now it leads to a totally empty result. I echoed the emptiness to my journal but it doesn't show up.
Anyone have any idea what this might be?
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Alexis Kennedy
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8/13/2013
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Little The wrote:
...And from the wiki I see that the Orphanage's description is continuing the "LOL like anyone would really do anything out of the goodness of their heart I'M ON TO YOU" thing. That's really getting tiring. Why so cynical, Failbetter?
Why so reductive, Little The? The text that I assume you mean reads: "This may have been an act of pure-hearted philanthropy." This means exactly what it says. We try not to dictate players' motives.
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Diptych
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12/20/2013
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Alexis Kennedy wrote:
All mapped out, no. But some of the current top contenders:
A Chamber of Curiosities
A Zoological Collection
A Charitable Foundation
Financing a Trade Expedition
A Grand Research Project
The Event of the Season!
An Occult Society
Maintaining a Certain Style
An Exhibition of Fine Art
The Sting of the Century
...plus a number of Parabola-related activities that I can't talk about yet.
Chamber of Curiosities is basically Museum; Research Notes, among other items - including, as per Urthdigger, Zee-Ztories - are likely to end up being things you can use in Schemes.
This isn't a final or complete list. The biggest headache is fitting Schemes to the existing items in the economy, and to upcoming social enhancements, in a way that makes sense for both balance and flavour. But these are some of the things we're considering.
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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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Diptych
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8/13/2013
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If I'm not much mistaken, Salons are available this very moment. (Also, I've been pondering all evening the difficulties of describing another's morality. If one's character is described with anything less than absolute certainty, but at the same time a certain nonchalant modesty-by-proxy, the claim appears ironical at best. Curiously, the reverse doesn't seem to be true, outside of the lower sort of comedy - few villains take exception to the implication inherent in the claim that they may be a notorious ruffian. I wonder if this is true in other languages.)
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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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Finvara
Posts: 430
8/13/2013
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Victory! I have a Salon!
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Professor~Varald
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Spacemarine9
Posts: 2234
8/13/2013
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It takes a pretty big wodge out of Society, Bohemian, Revolutionary and Hell connections.
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#SunlessSea IRC channel! Like the above, but zee-ier.
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Diptych
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8/16/2013
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I can't speak for every MW-generator, but having the Mercies speak at one's Salon only reduces the Scheme by a set amount - which I was jolly pleased to see.
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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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Zeedee
Posts: 276
8/27/2013
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You may well get your wish! There's a new Fate option on the Tower of Eyes card for those who own an Orphanage. If you have at least level 15 of Scheme: an Orphanage and 20 Fate to surrender, you'll be able to recruit a Laconic Prodigy as your assistant.
"After she kills a venge-rat with a single coolly flung stone; after she returns from a roof-top expedition with the colllar of the Duchess' newest tortoiseshell cat; after you find her reading Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by candle-light; you begin to wonder just who you've got on your hands here.
[The Laconic Prodigy increases each of Dangerous, Shadowy and Watchful by 10. And she has quite an admirable hat.]"
The effects of a fated item usually aren't listed in the description, so that's a little surprising. It's a strategy that works on me, though; I'm more tempted to make the purchase. Plus, she's got a spiffy hat! I normally don't make Fate purchases solely for items, but she sounds very interesting and I'm weak against pet items. I rather miss my previous ward... After erecting my orphanage, the Winsome Dispossessed Orphan appealed to me to give him a place there:
"I'm tired," the little fellow confides. "The meals up there smell wonderful. The streets seem darker. I know what we contracted for. I signed the contract. But could you find it in your heart to release me early?"
He's better off in the safety of my orphanage. Constant caretakers, lit rooms, warm beds, hearty meals... A fine reminder that the adventure of night doesn't hold glamor for everyone. I've yet to unlock the option to reunite the Dispossessed Orphan with his parents -- at least I hope they're his parents -- but that's something I'm anticipating. This orphanage story branch has become one of my favorite experiences of Fallen London.
Admittedly, I was first annoyed when I realized how many Echoes I'd need to build and maintain my orphanage. Then that feeling quickly faded when I also realized that I'd be a vainglorious hoarder if I didn't cough up the Echoes. Options for charity are sadly in the minority, so when a major one came along, my reaction was "WHOO! Yeah! ...Wait, it costs how much?! Can't they make do with smaller beds? Or no beds at all?" Not one of my best moments. :P
What did I subconsciously think I'd have to do to create social progress in a responsible manner? Arrange riots and bombs? Seduce the Queen's counselors? Duel with members of Parliament? (Actually, I wouldn't mind that last one...) Blather blather, I'm very happy with my orphanage, guys!
By the way, has anyone spotted a Fated item for Salon owners, a counterpart to the Laconic Prodigy?
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