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Exotica Cards?
Laluzi
Posts: 456
10/21/2013
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Well. Those red-bordered cards that let you find something from Knife-and-Candle, which is most certainly not to be found anywhere in Fallen London. I'm sure we've all seen one at least once. A sinister giggle from an alleyway. A severed head, pale in the moonlight. The wiki page on them doesn't have much, but I've found myself rather curious about them as of late.
I've been seeking a Counterfeit Head of John the Baptist, for purposes that are best not spoken of in polite company. However, I've found myself rather stymied. On my first day of playing (October 2nd?), I found a Nephrite Lens, which languished in my inventory until last night, when I decided to experiment with it a bit.
I hadn't seen a single Exotica card throughout those two weeks, but merely an hour after I used up the Lens, I found a Giggling Mandrake! I used that, too, to bolster my form. Two cards later, I found another. I used that. Two cards later, I found another. Discarded that card. Found another one in the same deck.
Since then, I've found perhaps five or six Giggling Mandrakes in the span of about three hours of playing, without a hint of any other Exotica cards.
So I'm going to hazard a guess that the cards only appear when you don't have any Exotica. They've been showing up much too frequently to merit their two-week absence while I did own a Nephrite Lens. What makes me curious now is that I'm only finding Giggling Mandrakes. What could be dictating this? Luck? My form? The airs of London? Perhaps this bears some experimenting.
If anyone has already made a page discussing these cards or listing their conditions, do let me know. I only made this because I couldn't find anything else.
edited by Laluzi on 10/21/2013
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Diptych
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10/21/2013
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I haven't made a particular study of the subject, but yes, I believe the Exotica cards only appear when you haven't got one in your inventory. I've no idea why only the Mandrake is appearing - as you say, it warrants experimentation. I will say, though, that if you pursue the storyline involving growing an unusual plant in your Lodgings, a Counterfeit Head is one of the rewards you can pick up along the way (or, at least, it was - it may have been retired, but it was there the last time I checked.)
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