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A Guide to Lacre?

zbr308 Posts: 77 12/8/2014	Conclusion For the Christmas of 2014 (please correct me if I made any mistake): TLDR version for best use of snow: Grind your SotC to 10. Buy Monocle. Wait for advent gift to give you first Lacre. Examine Twice. Wait for the end of advent gifts and Mr. Sacks stories. Go to Penstock Wicket, buy stuff, exit. Examine again if you Lacre fall below 6. Repeat until you have used all your snow. ----------------------- 1 You can get 8 pails of snow + 5 Lacre for free. 2 Some come from "natural" snow fall, some come from Advent gift, some come from Mr. Sacks. 3 You can buy extra snow with about 150 E worth of items and Urchin connections. Or you can spend fate to get more Lacre. 4 The best way to get more Lacre is to examine it with Monocle and 10 Scholar of the Correspondence (Sotc) when your Lacre is less than 6. 5 To see your Lacre level, either check the description against wiki, or set it on your mantle and see your profile. 6 Unless you want to keep Noman alive to Feb (which is extremely hard and require months of preparation), the most expensive thing you need to buy cost 9 Lacre. 7 So, wait till you get your first Lacre from advent gift, then exaimine twice to get to 7, then wait for more gifts. 8 You should be able to get to 11 when Wicket opens (10 if you decide not to rob Mr. Sacks). 9 Buy the 9 Lacre lodging. 10 Examine the snow to get to Lacre 8, and buy whatever you need. 11 You can save Lacre for later use, but you'll need to use all your snow before mid-Jan. 12 How to get Sotc? Do the expedition to get the first point, go to Carnival to get to 3, Spend time in University or Forgotten Quarter to get to 7, write symphony to get to 10. Or you could just spend fate in Labyrinth, breed some rare beast and use their card to get 10. —— So I just acquired my first piece of Unusual Snow... I looked at the wiki for it, and now I'm totally confused. The main use of Snow is to get PTPT: Lacre, right? Then you can use it to get some nice lodgings and items. But all these "up to" stuff really confused me. It seems all the "normal" actions with the Snow are capped really low, so how do I get to, say, Lacre 9? I'm not a correspondent and I do not have any Dreadful Surmise (how do you get it anyway?). Are there any other way to increase PTPT? Are there any guide to Lacre lying around? Thank you so much, edited by zbr308 on 1/7/2015 -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/zbr308
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Alexis Kennedy Posts: 1374 12/9/2014	I say lei-ker, to rhyme with nacre. But everyone else at Failbetter thinks it should be lacker. But neh the neh neh it was my word neh
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Chris Gardiner Administrator Posts: 539 12/12/2014	Spacemarine9 wrote: which I am certain is a conspiracy to discredit me. Psst! Everyone! I hear that SpaceMarine9 doesn't even like rats.
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Spacemarine9 Posts: 2234 12/12/2014	I wrote a thing! I don't think it covers anything not mentioned already in this thread, but, well, still. The lacre fell just as I posted this, which I am certain is a conspiracy to discredit me. or, uh, something. -- my rats will blot out the sun Ratgames FL lore/mechanics questions and answers #FallenLondon IRC (irc.synirc.net) Channel! Click to join via Mibbit. #SunlessSea IRC channel! Like the above, but zee-ier.
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Alexis Kennedy Posts: 1374 12/9/2014	Or a baker.
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Flyte Administrator Posts: 671 12/30/2014	Time, the Healer has been running punctually for some time now. All players who're currently subscribed to it should get one more opportunity to clear their paths.
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Spacemarine9 Posts: 2234 12/12/2014	See? What did I tell you? They are out to get me! -- my rats will blot out the sun Ratgames FL lore/mechanics questions and answers #FallenLondon IRC (irc.synirc.net) Channel! Click to join via Mibbit. #SunlessSea IRC channel! Like the above, but zee-ier.
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Asclepius Unbound Posts: 389 12/9/2014	If I lacquer with lacre would it cover an acre? -- Alas, Asclepius Unbound is now forever beyond the reach of invitations. A successful Seeker.
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zbr308 Posts: 77 12/9/2014	Seeing it almost certainly has something to do with lacrima (latin for tears, we are probably more familiar with lacrimosa, latin for weeping), I'd guess it has a similar sound, "lakri" maybe. Lady Sapho Byron wrote: How is "lacre" pronounced? Lacker? Lac-re? Lac with the re mostly silent? edited by zbr308 on 12/9/2014 -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/zbr308
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Sara Hysaro Moderator Posts: 4514 12/9/2014	zbr308 wrote: Seeing it almost certainly has something to do with lacrima (latin for tears, we are probably more familiar with lacrimosa, latin for weeping), I'd guess it has a similar sound, "lakri" maybe. Lady Sapho Byron wrote: How is "lacre" pronounced? Lacker? Lac-re? Lac with the re mostly silent? edited by zbr308 on 12/9/2014 I went and dug up the tweet I recalled explaining how to pronounce it. It is acre with an l. It stuck with me mostly because when lacre was first introduced I looked it up and discovered that it was Spanish for sealing wax, so I had been pronouncing it accordingly. I was pretty surprised by the clarification tweet. It being pronounced like lacrima would have been really neat, though. -- edited by Sara Hysaro on 12/9/2014 -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Sara%20Hysaro Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome. Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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Sara Hysaro Moderator Posts: 4514 12/16/2014	Just a note - if you want to raise your Taste of Lacre quality using the Boar option you absolutely want to use the Second Chance trick. Check the box, hit perhaps not if you fail. You'll use the second chance item and the action, but you won't lose any buckets of snow. Two of my accounts are currently sitting at 17 Taste of Lacre because I had a lot of snow leftover last year, and this trick ensured I didn't waste any of it. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Sara%20Hysaro Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome. Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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Spacemarine9 Posts: 2234 12/14/2014	You're probably better off not feeding any lacre to boars; you'll get some Taste from some of the Sackses, and you can use some of the lower-priced Taste of Lacre options to get back into monocle range if needs be when the Wicket opens. -- my rats will blot out the sun Ratgames FL lore/mechanics questions and answers #FallenLondon IRC (irc.synirc.net) Channel! Click to join via Mibbit. #SunlessSea IRC channel! Like the above, but zee-ier.
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Asclepius Unbound Posts: 389 12/30/2014	Flyte wrote: The neath-snow stopped falling a few days ago, but we've decided to extend it for one more week. It will now end on the 6th. It's a Sacksmas miracle! -- Alas, Asclepius Unbound is now forever beyond the reach of invitations. A successful Seeker.
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Lady Sapho Byron Posts: 770 12/9/2014	So female enthusiasts of the stuff would be the Lacre Girls? -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Lady%20Sapho%20L%20Byron Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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ochrasy Posts: 169 12/10/2014	Sara Hysaro wrote: zbr308 wrote: Seeing it almost certainly has something to do with lacrima (latin for tears, we are probably more familiar with lacrimosa, latin for weeping), I'd guess it has a similar sound, "lakri" maybe. Lady Sapho Byron wrote: How is "lacre" pronounced? Lacker? Lac-re? Lac with the re mostly silent? edited by zbr308 on 12/9/2014 I went and dug up the tweet I recalled explaining how to pronounce it. It is acre with an l. It stuck with me mostly because when lacre was first introduced I looked it up and discovered that it was Spanish for sealing wax, so I had been pronouncing it accordingly. I was pretty surprised by the clarification tweet. It being pronounced like lacrima would have been really neat, though. -- edited by Sara Hysaro on 12/9/2014 lacre is also portuguese for seal. I don't think I will ever be able to pronouce it differently. -- Ochrasy. Monster-Hunter. Dangerous and Watchful, favors the Constables. Robitaille. Persuasive and Shadowy, fond of the Devils. Herr Horst. Seeker of Revenge. Open to all social actions on all accounts. Preferably, send any MW-providing actions to Ochrasy.
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Sara Hysaro Moderator Posts: 4514 12/29/2014	Unfortunately I don't recall if it was a 1 to 1 ratio. I suspect it's at least somewhat dependent on the number of buckets you had, but beyond that I'm not sure. Edit: It has been a while, but it was mentioned on the forum so if you don't mind doing a bit of digging you might find a thread about a year old in which people said they gained _ number of Direful Reflections. I might look later and send a message to you if I find out for sure that it's more than 1. Edit 2: Aha! Found a thread. Somebody lost 1 bucket of snow and gained 3 Direful Reflections. -- edited by Sara Hysaro on 12/29/2014 -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Sara%20Hysaro Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome. Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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CulturalGeek Posts: 79 1/12/2015	Just to update, for anyone else trying to accomplish other business before wicketing: noman costs five now. Did it start at 3? -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/CulturalGeek
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Sara Hysaro Moderator Posts: 4514 1/12/2015	Yes, it started at 3. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Sara%20Hysaro Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome. Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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Zeel Posts: 257 1/12/2015	And on the final week of it being available, it costs 15. -- http://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Zeel - Zeel, also known as the Hollow Hellion. A soulless, heartless, empty individual who will only deal with those who are advantageous to him. http://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Jass The Sly Socialite, or the Devious Rogue, depending where you see her. Jass lives a double life, alternating between the God-fearing, popular socialite and one of the many crime-lords of London. IF YOU WANT A PARABOLAN KITTEN please send me a social engagement or menace reduction to either account, preferably not Coffee at Caligula's.
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theduckopera Posts: 10 1/16/2015	So thanks to the advice from everyone on here, I managed to get both my characters all three remote lodgings and a long-box each. Hurray and thank you! They each still have a few pails left, though--are any of the other options particularly worth taking, or should I just get a back-up box/save up the ToL for next year? edited by theduckopera on 1/16/2015 -- Xiaoya Song and sombre Xing: we can sulk and we can swing.
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Màiread Posts: 385 12/20/2015	Hi there! The goal of the event is to raise your level of 'putting the pieces together: lacre'. Mr Sacks will arrive on Christmas Day in the form of opportunity cards - one new card is added each day for 12 days. Once you've played the last card, you will be able to access a special location called Penstock's Wicket where you can trade your level of taste for various goodies. Depending on how far you are into the game, your options for raising your taste level may be limited. Are you a scholar of the correspondence yet? The soothe and cooper longbox needs six taste. If you have scholar of the correspondence 10 and a semiotic monocle that's easy, but if you're early on, you'll need to plan a bit more. You can raise your taste of lacre by using pails of so called snow - you'll have got one from the advent calendar, and you'll get an extra one each week by clearing the snow from your path through the 'snowbound' storylet. You should wind up with 4 or 5 buckets by the time the holiday ends. Without a monocle, the best approach is to dip a soul in your buckets until you reach 5 taste (after this it will not raise your taste further), then play through the Mr Sacks cards. Several of the cards can raise your taste level; you can see which, and what equipment you need (if any) by following the link in the first post of the 'Christmas In The Neath' thread to the 'guide to the 12 days'. These extra points will take you to 6 taste (or higher), allowing you to get your longbox. Hope that helps! edited by Màiread on 12/20/2015 -- Màiread - Correspondent, composer, lover of cats. Can probably bake you a d__n fine cake. Useful Links: Traveller's Friend (Progress Tracker & Notability Calculator) \| phryne's Guide to Favours & Renown \| Peggy the Nowoman lived to see the Feast. Thank you for the memories, Snow Lady. I'm happy to accept most social actions except for lethal sparring and loitering suspiciously. Please challenge my plant! Currently not accepting calling cards.
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Parelle Posts: 1084 12/20/2015	There's also a current version of this thread here: community.failbettergames.com/topic21014-christmas-in-the-neath-a-guide.aspx -- Parelle, Lady Joseph Marlen. The Singular Librarian. A Midnighter, a Player of the Marvelous. pages from a dusty bookshop: a badly updated FL changelog \| Useful Guidance and Explanations
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zbr308 Posts: 77 12/30/2014	theduckopera wrote: As a very new PoSI, I'm a bit lost as to how to approach Sacksmas (most of the advice listed here is a bit out of my league.) I have 5 pails of snow, but not enough SotC to safely grind with the Monocle, and probably not enough time to change that. What should I do to get the most out of what I have? I love the look of the Zhell, but I'm not sure if even that's too much to hope for. I also wanted to go with the Duchess after reading the rewards for each faction, but lots of people here seem to be saying it's more important to get a Dreadful Surmise. So now I just don't know! Any advice? If all you want is a 3-card remote place, then don't worry. Advent calendar + Mr. Sacks is enough to get your Lacre to 3. (You many want to check the wiki for Mr. Sacks, though.) If you want a 5-card place, you can do it without the Surmise, but you'll need a bit of luck and planning. Raise your Lacre to 2 by Advent Calendar and Mr. Sacks, grind your Sotc to 7 (relatively easy, grind to 3 in Carnival, then keep visiting Forgotten Quarter), then examine and pray. You should have 5 piles, which should give a very high chance to succeed twice at least (too lazy to calculate the actual probability). -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/zbr308
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Flyte Administrator Posts: 671 12/30/2014	The neath-snow stopped falling a few days ago, but we've decided to extend it for one more week. It will now end on the 6th.
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Nigel Overstreet Posts: 1220 12/10/2014	Lady Sapho Byron wrote: So female enthusiasts of the stuff would be the Lacre Girls? I also thought it was "lack-er" but now, everytime I see it I'll think of Kobe Bryant and know. -- The Romantic Egotist: Most Hedonistic Man in All of Fallen London Are you or someone you know Overgoated? Please, let me know! Cider Club
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Lady Sapho Byron Posts: 770 12/10/2014	You're welcome. ;-) Nigel Overstreet wrote: Lady Sapho Byron wrote: So female enthusiasts of the stuff would be the Lacre Girls? I also thought it was "lack-er" but now, everytime I see it I'll think of Kobe Bryant and know. -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Lady%20Sapho%20L%20Byron Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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RandomWalker Posts: 948 12/11/2014	Well, we think we know what would happen. Firstly, if you provide the noman enough quirks, he can give you a reward before he dies, but you can do that with cards before he needs feeding. In fact I seem to recall that if you ended up feeding him more than once or twice the total reward was worth less than the action and material cost. Can't be sure on that one. Secondly, there was an option when Mrs Clevermont was dishing out tattoos at the end of the feast where you could get a noman tattoo, if you had a living noman. The option specifically mentioned that there was no physical reward for this, just lore. So if I wanted to try again, I'd have to commit, at best guess, 5k echoes of tears to keep the noman alive long enough, then 50 fate (IIRC) to get rid of my tattoo (that I actually like), and then I'd be able to chose to get the noman tattoo. To be honest, there's not much cachet in getting the noman tattoo because anyone can get it with a little luck (there was an option to get a random tattoo, that presumably included the noman one). So I'd probably want to pay another 50 fate to get my old tattoo back afterwards. So I'll probably not bother. I'll happily cheer on anyone who does do it, though. edited by RandomWalker on 12/11/2014 edited by RandomWalker on 12/11/2014
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Fhoenix Posts: 602 12/12/2014	Well, I am keeping an Urchins card in my deck. I am thinking the moment they start selling snow is the moment your lodgings will start getting snowed. What I am wondering is whether there will be new gifts from the Masters this year. -- My Character
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Nigel Overstreet Posts: 1220 12/13/2014	Wait, if the price of Lacre is increasing, does that mean it's getting...rarer? Does this mean there is less Lacre this year than last? Is the Bazaar becoming less able to draw upon it's sadness? Has London become too banal to draw forth as much melancholy as once it did? If so, will the Bazaar be able to hold off the Stone Pigs for much longer? Or will the Masters seek out a new city, with new sadnesses, before that can happen? Thoughts? -- The Romantic Egotist: Most Hedonistic Man in All of Fallen London Are you or someone you know Overgoated? Please, let me know! Cider Club
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onyhow Posts: 16 12/13/2014	Nah, just FB probably trying to nerf Nadir Tears grind...yes I'm very Doylist, why do you ask? Also it doesn't make sense why you can only get lacre only once per week yourself...what the heck makes the lacre on your house path you're able to get, while not anywhere else? edited by onyhow on 12/13/2014 -- My Profie
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Fhoenix Posts: 602 12/13/2014	Nigel Overstreet wrote: Wait, if the price of Lacre is increasing, does that mean it's getting...rarer? Does this mean there is less Lacre this year than last? Is the Bazaar becoming less able to draw upon it's sadness? Has London become too banal to draw forth as much melancholy as once it did? If so, will the Bazaar be able to hold off the Stone Pigs for much longer? Or will the Masters seek out a new city, with new sadnesses, before that can happen? Thoughts? The urchins say price has increased because more people want lacre. edited by Fhoenix on 12/13/2014 -- My Character
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Lady Sapho Byron Posts: 770 12/9/2014	Thanks Sara! And thanks zbr308 for pointing out the lacrima connection! Sara Hysaro wrote: zbr308 wrote: Seeing it almost certainly has something to do with lacrima (latin for tears, we are probably more familiar with lacrimosa, latin for weeping), I'd guess it has a similar sound, "lakri" maybe. Lady Sapho Byron wrote: How is "lacre" pronounced? Lacker? Lac-re? Lac with the re mostly silent? edited by zbr308 on 12/9/2014 I went and dug up the tweet I recalled explaining how to pronounce it. It is acre with an l. It stuck with me mostly because when lacre was first introduced I looked it up and discovered that it was Spanish for sealing wax, so I had been pronouncing it accordingly. I was pretty surprised by the clarification tweet. It being pronounced like lacrima would have been really neat, though. -- edited by Sara Hysaro on 12/9/2014 -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Lady%20Sapho%20L%20Byron Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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Gillsing Posts: 1203 12/9/2014	zbr308 wrote: So my best chance is Examine * 2 + Wait for Mr. Sacks? Last year one of the advent gifts was a level of Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre, so if that one returns you might be able to add it to your calculation. The second best thing to do with An Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow is to Dip a soul in it. Do that up to level 5, then get the rest of the points from the Mr Sacks story and it should be enough for at least one 5-card lodgings upgrade. Assuming that Mr Sacks is as generous with points as last year. I looked at my old screenshots, and I went from 15 to 20 by carefully studying the wiki before making my choices. Ain't I a stinker? Another one of the advent gifts last year was a temporary return of the Smuggler's Lamp code/story, which I played when I started out, as it was the Sunless Sea Kickstarter that brought me here. In that story you should be able to get a Dreadful Surmise, and then lose all your Hard-Earned Lessons (because failure is unacceptable) by trying to feed expensive pails of lacre to wild boars. Like I did to get to level 15. I didn't know that getting that high level in Taste of Lacre was rather pointless, and that to maximise my points I should have kept those pails and examined them with my monocle after spending levels, and only fed a few to the boars to get to the necessary levels above 5-7. And that's why I only got two of the 5-card lodgings. And this year I'm not even sure if I want the third one, considering that I could perhaps get some Tears of the Bazaar instead. But what if there will be further upgrades that build on existing upgrades, but have stricter requirements that I might not be willing to fulfil for the two I have, but for the third I would? Better safe than sorry? Maybe... EDIT: Turns out that upgrading to 5-card lodgings doesn't just require Notability 3, but actually costs 3 levels of Notability. And my Notability is too high for me to throw away all those CPs of Making Waves just to be 'safe'. ________________________________ edited by Gillsing on 12/9/2014
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Aegis1000 Posts: 64 12/9/2014	Don't invite a friend to taste the lacre. It loses the lacre, gives a ton of nightmares, and a slight stat boost. Next time I should check the wiki before doing that. -- Aegis1000,a midnight, sinister, inescapable and sagacious gentleman. Intent on taking over the world, or at least Fallen London. Indescribably awesome and only marginally narcissistic.
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Sara Hysaro Moderator Posts: 4514 12/8/2014	Time the Healer doesn't touch your Taste of Lacre quality. Be kinda mean if it did. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Sara%20Hysaro Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome. Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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Lady Sapho Byron Posts: 770 12/9/2014	How is "lacre" pronounced? Lacker? Lac-re? Lac with the re mostly silent? -- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Lady%20Sapho%20L%20Byron Fighting the Menace of Corsetry Since 1892.
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Pnakotic Posts: 266 1/3/2015	There are tears for things, and mortal things touch the stars. [spoiler]Seven or eight point gain from the docks fate option today?[/spoiler] -- J. Ward Dunn, Glassman Book of All Hours 9:99: Journey's end in lover's meeting. Progress is ascendancy.
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Solomon Husher Posts: 62 1/5/2015	I'd like to take a moment to ask for your well wishes. Because, if I am lucky, I can nab a Spire Emporium and a Brass Sanctum tomorrow. I've got 10 Taste and 3 Buckets, so If I get an Emporium that'll leave me with 1 Taste, then I can soul - Monocole - Monocole to bring me up to eight, and then I can nab that delicious Sanctum. Only my Scholar Quality is only 7, so there's a 30% chance that I can fail..... And I've failed 98% success rates.... Oh RNG, take this goat in sacrifice. But please don't take my Sanctum. -- Solomon Husher, a most persuasive and shadow gentleman. Airia Saint-Clair, A watchful and persuasive young lady. Marcus Demorgan, a dangerous and watchful man. Lucas Saint-Clair, a persuasive and dangerous man.
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Diptych Administrator Posts: 3493 1/6/2015	Penstock's opened his little wicket-gate! ...wait, that sounds filthy. True, though. -- 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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Asclepius Unbound Posts: 389 1/6/2015	Yep, I found it on Esther's profile. I think I got the better one. -- Alas, Asclepius Unbound is now forever beyond the reach of invitations. A successful Seeker.
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Asclepius Unbound Posts: 389 1/6/2015	lady ciel wrote: The Soothe & Cooper Long Box is [spoiler]a Nostalgia item that sells for 25 x An Identity Uncovered[/spoiler] Though I'd hang on to it, since (a) it's probably unique, and (b) if you want to make money from Taste of Lacre you should trade 7 ToL in the Nadir for Tears of the Bazaar (312.50 Echoes), not 5 ToL for 62.5 Echoes. -- Alas, Asclepius Unbound is now forever beyond the reach of invitations. A successful Seeker.
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zbr308 Posts: 77 1/7/2015	Can confirm that move to 5-card places cost only 1 action, but move to distant 3-card places cost 5. Gillsing wrote: Apparently I had to draw 66 cards or so before that first Ubiquitous card showed up. Then they paraded by in quick succession. Now I'm about to pretend that I'm just a humble, unemployed citizen. Not someone trapped in a web of crime, commerce and correspondence. I wonder if they plan to make it more difficult to move to new lodgings than it is to change careers? -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/zbr308
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Sara Hysaro Moderator Posts: 4514 12/14/2014	Aximillio wrote: Is it efficient use to spend lacre on the boar thing? If it only gives 1 taste, won't it be better to save it for using with the monocle? I used the boar to get rid of all my leftover buckets of snow before they melted, so it's good for that at least. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Sara%20Hysaro Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome. Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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Gillsing Posts: 1203 12/15/2014	Uruloki wrote: … abuse my one and only dreadful surmise? Just in case you didn't know: the Dreadful Surmise is not consumed, so it doesn't matter that you only have one.
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yetanotherone Posts: 135 12/16/2014	Ginneon Thursday wrote: Say I wanted to upgrade my Premises at the Bazaar to a Spire as well as my Reservation at the Royal Bethlehem to a Suite using the wicket. I currently have 8 PTPTL. Assuming it costs 9 PTPTL for each upgrade, should I try to get it to 18 now? Or should I get it to 9 and then stock up on pails that I can study with my monocle later to get PTPTL back up to 9? Spire was 9, the Royal Bethlehem suite was only 7: http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/The_Way_to_an_Eyrie Assuming it doesn't change. And I have no idea how you'd get to even 16 without an insane amount of luck - I would go with stocking up the pails. And I don't think there's any quantifiable benefit to having more than one 5-card lodging (it's worth getting all the 4-card ones though), unless of course you just like having them -- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/AncientDrunkard https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/ModernDrunkard
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Nigel Overstreet Posts: 1220 12/18/2014	The other use for the Semiotic Monocle is that it is the most Watchful and most Dangerous hat you can buy. Why on earth would you want to sell it? -- The Romantic Egotist: Most Hedonistic Man in All of Fallen London Are you or someone you know Overgoated? Please, let me know! Cider Club
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Toran Posts: 193 12/25/2014	As a warning, I chose to give Mr. Sacks a bucket of lacre and it didn't increase my Taste of Lacre because it's higher than 5. Wish I hadn't burned the bucket, but oh well. Also looking for someone who can PM the outcome of the 'Are there many of you?' Choice. -- I have a Hepta-Goat. Do you have a Hepta-Goat? https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Anthony%20Toran
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An Individual Posts: 589 12/25/2014	Toran wrote: As a warning, I chose to give Mr. Sacks a bucket of lacre and it didn't increase my Taste of Lacre because it's higher than 5. Wish I hadn't burned the bucket, but oh well. I did the same thing. It's always hard to predict Sackmas content. Weirdly, I don't seem to be a veteran despite having gone through this madness last year. -- An Individual's Profile The RNG giveth and the RNG taketh away. Goat Farming or Cider Brewing? This browser extension may help. Want a Cider sip? Please refer to this guide before requesting. Scholaring the Correspondence? A Brief Guide to Courier's Footprint. Contemplating Oblivion? First Steps on the Seeking Road. Gone NORTH? Opened the gate? Throw your character in a well.
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dov Posts: 2580 12/25/2014	I'm also apparently not considered a Veteran of Mr Sacks, despite participating in the Christmas events. I don't know if the wiki is accurate on this, but it only lists the Christmas of 2011 event as giving this particular Veteran quality. -- Want a sip of Hesperidean Cider? Send me a request in-game. Here's an_ocelot's guide how. (Most social actions are welcome. Please no requests to Loiter Suspiciously and no investigations of the Affluent Photographer)
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Sara Hysaro Moderator Posts: 4514 12/28/2014	Huh, forgot that Docks also gave a Dreadful Surmise. Yeah, that would be better. I seem to recall that one aligning in such a way that you don't miss out on any Masters connection gain, too. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Sara%20Hysaro Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome. Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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Sara Hysaro Moderator Posts: 4514 12/29/2014	Didn't the melting also coincide with your personal Time the Healer? I remember Time the Healer once telling me that my Direful Reflection quality remained unchanged, at 1 (or something like that), and others eventually mentioned that their snow melted with Time and gave them Direful Reflections. -- http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Sara%20Hysaro Please do not send SMEN, cat boxes, or Affluent Reporter requests. All other social actions are welcome. Are you a Scarlet Saint? Send a message my way to be added to the list.
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