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1/6/2014
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So this silver-bordered storylet appears after you finished twelve days of Mr Sacks and apparently will allow us to descend beneath the Bazaar. Right now the option to do so is still locked with Impossible though. It requires lacre quality of 3 as well. And it appears this storylet will disappear at the end of January. Btw it's not an oppurtunity card.
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1/7/2014
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Sir Frederick Tanah-Chook wrote:
I invested in [...] a Noman. I had to think for some time what to call this lacreous doppelgänger... I considered different philosophers who had grappled with the question of mortality; psychopomps and other mythic figures... In contrast, I mulled for roughly 3 seconds, then called him "An Island". Geddit? 'Cause he's a noman, right? So my noman is... oh, never mind.
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Alexis Kennedy
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1/9/2014
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The problem with the five-card overlapping lodging approach was how it looks when you have a half-empty hand, because card slots overlapped. We thought we could work round that, but ran out of time. We will revisit at some point - I know the line wrap isn't ideal :-(
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Belia
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1/6/2014
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serguma wrote:
Western tower now has an option to sell your soul for 7 storm threnodies and one night whisper
So your soul is roughly as much worth as a bucket of snow. Great.
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Sara Hysaro
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1/6/2014
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At least your soul isn't as cheap as the ones for sale in the Bazaar.
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Saharan
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1/8/2014
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Inky Petrel wrote:
I just wish the 5-card layout wasn't so...weird looking. *pokes it* Nothing that affects the game obviously, but visually it's just not that nice. It's interesting, actually. In the CSS sheet (that is, the file that determines how the website looks), there is a line that would make it so that all five cards show up on one line, but have the cards overlap slightly. It's still there, but it's disabled. They probably had their reasons for disabling it, of course, but I actually kind of like how it would look. Pic attached, a 'shop of how they would look if it was enabled.
[spoiler] [/spoiler]
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Suitov
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1/11/2014
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I love my new Spire-Emporium! I had a shock when I looked in the mirror, though. Let's see what the Clathermonts' customers make of this little beauty... *quirked eyebrow*
Oh, and bags I get the room nearest that particular Master on whom I have an eternal crush. Dreamy sigh.
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I considered calling him Nobuddy because he's my Noman buddy, but then I realized this would complicate introductions.
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I invested in a Suite right away, but then had to think for a while... but, in the end, I went for a Temple (think of the archaeological value!) and a Noman. I had to think for some time what to call this lacreous doppelgänger... I considered different philosophers who had grappled with the question of mortality; psychopomps and other mythic figures... but in the end, it struck me, well, we don't know much about the Neath, about its animating properties, about what will happen to us, but it's certainly an underworld - at least in the literal sense - and, for however long he's here, I shall be his guide. So, for now at least, I have called him Dante.
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Ewan C.
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1/17/2014
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I am pretty amused that after going to some lengths to gain the three 5-card lodgings... I'm camped out in a dripstone temple avoiding the madding crowd.
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Blackleaf
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1/17/2014
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Reached level 15. " Enlightened. " Now to draw the card one final freaking time.
Edit: Did it! First person to accomplish it, atleast to my knowledge. I cant post it here though. PM me for details if you want to.
edited by Blackleaf on 1/17/2014
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Alexander Feld
Posts: 348
1/8/2014
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Chuck wrote:
Currently thinking of either getting a noman of my own or the rest of the three card lodgings. Only got 2 Lacre and 3 Pails left. What's the Noman like?
Sorrowful. Joyous. Ephemeral.
The Noman is an entity born from the tears of a lonely god. It is a glimpse of mortality trapped in ice. The Noman is a useful companion to you, for a while. +7 to main stats. But what I find so wonderful about the Noman is the poignancy of the writing for it. You will have opportunities to spend some time with it, to impart to it some of yourself, and try to make its brief time in the world worthwhile. With sufficient lacre, you can put off the inevitable thaw for a time.
I think it is worth the cost of creation. Perhaps you would think differently. I cannot say.
Edit: streetfelineblue: Only three points are lost.
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Inky Petrel
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1/8/2014
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I just wish the 5-card layout wasn't so...weird looking. *pokes it* Nothing that affects the game obviously, but visually it's just not that nice.
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Dolan
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1/10/2014
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Alexis Kennedy wrote:
The problem with the five-card overlapping lodging approach was how it looks when you have a half-empty hand, because card slots overlapped. We thought we could work round that, but ran out of time. We will revisit at some point - I know the line wrap isn't ideal :-(
edited by Alexis on 1/9/2014
I think it would make more a lot more sense if the deck was the one on the second row, rather than one of the cards. That would make things a lot easier to read, at least, and wouldn't keep pushing the card on the end down to the next row when you draw a 5th.
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Mordaine Barimen
Posts: 670
1/7/2014
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The Model and Artist, along with the infernal Graffiti card. Probably more, but those are what I've encountered so far. Also the reward/penalty in the first option on the Infernal Graffiti card now is based on your Nightmares level.
EDIT: Just drew it, again, actually! Now entitled "City VIces: Orthographic Infection." In case there's confusion, it's the one with the Counting the Days option of having someone else read it for you with the line "There are old neophilologists, and bold neophilologists..."
edited by Mordaine Barimen on 1/7/2014
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1/6/2014
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George Maddux wrote:
NinjaComedian wrote:
Well after huffing some Tears and only losing one bottle I picked up the Old Newgate Cellars key as well. I was miffed that I lost the Tears but I had to huff 3 times so one loss was slightly more than an even chance.
I still have enough for some Master's Blood and if I pick up another Airag somewhere I think I might have enough to swap for a new bottle of Tears.
Of course, now that I have the Spire Emporium I don't really know what I'll need those for but it's nice to have a collection of expensive stuff I don't quite know what to do with.
Back to grinding scraps for a Location of a Prince of Hell next I think as it looks like I'll have to get the Sanctum the hard way now. I've got just over 10% of the scraps I need. 
Me personally? I'd huff the tears, sell your soul, and sit snug in that sanctum. The wine can be gotten, with time.
This quote is what I love about this game. It's all so hilariously horrid. And it sounds so horrifying out-of-context.
It's even more horrifying in-context.
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Sara Hysaro
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1/7/2014
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Isn't it a linear quality? I don't think CP is involved.
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Kade Carrion (an_ocelot)
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1/7/2014
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The new 3-card lodgings "now offer an opportunity for you to avoid certain persistent visitors." (Per Twitter.)
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Swinter
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1/7/2014
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George Maddux wrote:
Hmm, sitting at 4 taste and looking to get an emporium on the cheap. Have one bottle of tears, a surmise, and enough words to buy one pail. Any advice?
edited by George David Maddux on 1/7/2014
Use Monocle on pail. Raises taste to 7.
Huff tears until you have the rest. Can't loose!
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lady ciel
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1/7/2014
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Well I would huff once to get to 5; use the monocle on pail to get to 8 and the huff until you have enough for the lodging plus one taste so you can huff if you still have the tears and want to see what else you can get from the wicket.
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Gillsing
Posts: 1203
1/7/2014
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lady ciel wrote:
Well I would huff once to get to 5; use the monocle on pail to get to 8 ... As much fun as it is to skate the very edge of what the game would allow, I would advise against huffing before examining a pail with the monocle. Because apparently the result that makes the tears vanish gives +2 Taste of Lacre, and that'd put you at 6, and the monocle is then useless.
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Sara Hysaro
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1/7/2014
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If your lacre quality is 6 or higher then the monocle won't work, but it can raise it up to 8 if you're currently at 5.
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Mordaine Barimen
Posts: 670
1/7/2014
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I'll be disappointed if there aren't Nomen out there named "Nemo" and "Outis."
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ruen
Posts: 47
1/6/2014
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I have the Noman up on my mantle, if anyone is curious. It is, oddly, a Curiosity rather than a Companion, at the moment.
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circe
Posts: 435
1/6/2014
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Tea Biscuit - you lose pails of so-called snow but it should have raised your Taste of Lacre quality. You can find that under story or just hover over the icon on the wicket card.
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Myke Harryson
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1/6/2014
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We were discuss that in another thread Mr.Underhill. There are no ways to get one right now (that we know of) that aren't fate-locked
ON the upside though, you only need one to do it any number of times *shrug*
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Kade Carrion (an_ocelot)
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1/6/2014
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Thanks, Seberin! (Phew. Made it!)
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randomperson
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1/6/2014
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It's open now. Down there you'll be able to spend your lacre quality to upgrade to five-card lodgings, gain new lodgings such as Temple, Cellars, and Snail house, fulfill your promise to the Duchess, Widow, and Dockers, and one option involving the Noman. You'll be able to return as long as your lacre quality is three.
Edit: And there is one option which involves searching the shore.
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Loofaestus
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1/6/2014
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And now the million echo question: Is there anyway to quickly bump your Lacre-Tasting, or am I sadly forced to get my suite the hard way?
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Diptych
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Gillsing wrote:
Sir Frederick Tanah-Chook wrote:
Hubris lost his soul to the Quiet Deviless but then got it back again. Yeah, I couldn't resist taking back what was mine. But it is a bit of a bother, isn't it? I figured I'd be able to sell it again, or sell it to some other Devil, like the deal with the Cantigaster Poison, but that hasn't been an option.
Is Taste of Lacre the only thing one has to pay, or does one need fancy things like Notability or such? Seems awfully cheap, and I seem to have overdone it by bringing it all the way up to 17 (so far).
Yeah, I'm not even sure where to start looking for re-de-ensoulment... and, there is a 3 Notability cost for the 5-carders, so much more reasonable than the regular costs.
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Sara Hysaro
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I risked searching the shores, and a fortunate result gave me a single Storm-Threnody. I probably got on the unlucky end of the fortunate scale. Interesting text, though.
edited by Sara Hysaro on 1/6/2014
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hwango
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1/7/2014
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Mordaine Barimen wrote:
The Duchess gave a very interesting bit of story and a valuable equippable item.
Yeah, no equippable item for Docks, and the story wasn't the sort of thing I'd hoped for. I guess I really made the wrong choice with that one.
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Sara Hysaro
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You do not retain your higher hand capabilities in lower qualities, no.
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Gillsing
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1/8/2014
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Myke Harryson wrote:
So, after getting 2 of the three new three-card lodgings, I think I'm going to go for a noman. Anyone have a good idea of how to get 2 points of Hedonist somewhat quickly? One laudanum should be enough for that.
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randomperson
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1/10/2014
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But the thing is you can't play it anyway because you already have the lodging item.
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1/11/2014
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streetfelineblue wrote:
The line wrap's just fine for me
I concur. Of all my personal picadillos about the UI layout, most of which are petty and a matter of personal taste, the line wrap is very, very low on the list.
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Richard
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1/15/2014
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Gillsing wrote:
I just drew the Amanuensis card, so I'm thinking of going through Penstock's Wicket with my Notability 3 (almost 4), spend it all on fancy new lodgings and then use the card to get back to Notability 1. But that plan would backfire something fierce if I lose my cards during any of the steps I need to take to do this. So, is there any step that would remove my Amanuensis card along the way? Don't think so - I certainly upgraded to a Spire-Emporium without losing the cards in my hand. I remember because I also was holding on to certain cards deliberately (though I only sort-of cared about losing them).
If you are nearly ready to go to Notability 4, though, won't you waste a load of MW by doing it this way? Maybe it doesn't matter in the long term. I have a maths degree, but this kind of thing still makes my head hurt.
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MaskedGentleman wrote:
I actually like the 5 card format as it is because it opens the possibilities for 6, 7, or even 8 card lodgings!
I suspect that at the 6-8 card range you are not just living in a house, but governing your own fiefdom or colony. Perhaps a continuation of the Foreign Office story?
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I'm not saying the Fingerkings don't have a presence in the Royal Bethlehem, but the Manager strikes me as too much his own man to be their stooge.
(Incidentally, speaking of things on alexisthetest's profile, has anyone noticed his Spouse? Possibly the beginnings of an experiment in relational items?)
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1/9/2014
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The wrapping is seriously not that bad... or maybe I simply love my new Suite too much 
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Cocytus
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1/17/2014
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Congrats, Blackleaf.
Also, holy crap. New theory: December is a chain of Nomen the Bazaar is using in an elaborate suicide plot.
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1/17/2014
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Congratulations! Also, i have to thank you for echoing it, as I was contemplating cutting ties with the revolutionaries for good. Now I feel justified in waiting. At least, a bit. Poor Noman.
Blackleaf wrote:
Reached level 15. " Enlightened. " Now to draw the card one final freaking time.
Edit: Did it! First person to accomplish it, atleast to my knowledge. I cant post it here though. PM me for details if you want to.
edited by Blackleaf on 1/17/2014
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Spacemarine9
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1/20/2014
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The Urchins card is supposed to be Standard frequency. If you're looking for lacre, you may see it as often as a blue Surface moon or a flying Stone Pig.
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my advice, as ever, is to tear apart all your connections, wipe all your menaces, sell things that have cards attached and sacrifice a goat in your back garden in the name of the RNG
edited by Spacemarine9 on 1/20/2014
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lady ciel
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1/31/2014
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We are told that the Wicket closes at the end of January and Alexis tweeted earlier today "I am a little saddened to find that the first item on my task list for tomorrow is 'switch off Christmas'". So I guess that it will close tomorrow morning.
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