fizgot
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9/10/2012
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I've been building up a bunch of questions about stories, how to avoid missing parts of them mostly.
Velocieped squad - right now I've got 3 options that sound like they might advance me to the next stage of that, but I don't want to advance without getting the other 2 first.
So there is 'Wheels of the law', 'little chat with the inspector', and 'an eye wide open'
Constant Companion - the 'portfoloio of souls' hints that the quiet deviless could be one, but I don't really know how. I haven't advanced the 'intimate of devils' because I don't want to risk trading my soul. Is the risk (or fate) really the only way to go?
What about the Cashmere Princess (she's got the key to the box) is she courtable? I'm not sure what choices to make if I want to have her as an option
Honey sipping Heiress? I've run the standard story romance with her, but she never pops up in my oportunity deck, just the honey sipping jewel theif who was my competator for her affections if I remember correctly.
Mr Eaten's Name - Just how bad could it be, really? lose 10 levels in watchful? or something worse? I got a note from the masters to stop, but... I'm just so curious. I'm also curious about how many cats this particular curiosity killed... any advice?
tournament of lillies - I've bested 1 foe and am rank 2, anyone want to add me as a friend? Then we will fight! (I think I made a twitter account just for that purpose, I'll have to look it up, I haven't used it in months.) But speaking of which, I had a little trouble with the friend features on fallen londen, I can't really interact with friends aside from asking for help and I don't know who is who.
How do you increase your 'solving cases around london' quality? It's 7 now, but all that ever happens is the solitary glim sculptur tries to torture my mind with his models. What other cases are there to solve?
I've done some art for the court, but it's time for me to do that one 'banished from the court' story. The thing is that I'm not really sure I want that. If I refuse him... would I still be banished? I do want to make the writing but if I get banished can I get unbanished (getting kicked out of the university for the murder mystery still stings, but I know I can undo that once my zubmarine is complete)
secrets framed in gold - (I believe that's the one that starts with a pure black canvas) I didn't want to drive my repentant forger away (the last step warned that if I pushed him he would hate me forever) but I'm regretting letting the secrets get away. Can anyone tell me what I missed, both in the way of cool items and what the end of the story had.
I have other questions too, but can't think of them right now.
thank you for your help.
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Nigel Overstreet
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9/10/2012
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fizgot wrote:
Velocieped squad - right now I've got 3 options that sound like they might advance me to the next stage of that, but I don't want to advance without getting the other 2 first.
So there is 'Wheels of the law', 'little chat with the inspector', and 'an eye wide open'
"An Eye Wide Open" gives a Fate option which will continue the story, or an options which bumps your Connected: Constables & Dangerous and sends you on your way. The other two are related to the Jack of Smiles Case and neither will lock you out of the Fate option if you decide you want to try it later.
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Constant Companion - the 'portfoloio of souls' hints that the quiet deviless could be one, but I don't really know how. I haven't advanced the 'intimate of devils' because I don't want to risk trading my soul. Is the risk (or fate) really the only way to go?
That text on Portfolio of Souls has been there for over a year and it doesn't look like it's going to happen. Get whichever companion you want now and if another shows up that you want more, you can always get a divorce. It;s not nearly as painful or expensive as an actual one.
To 'complete' the Intimate of Devils storylet you have to lose your soul to one of the Devils and use Fate to get it back. I advise against this and would recommend that you throw the Devil out of your house, which will cause the storylet to begin anew, albeit at a much lower level. The Intimate of Devils storylet is one of the few ways to up your Austere, so don't complete it until you are ready.
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What about the Cashmere Princess (she's got the key to the box) is she courtable? I'm not sure what choices to make if I want to have her as an option
No. No she isn't. Neither is her sister. The choice you make in the Affair of the Box is irrelevant and has no lasting consequences what-so-ever.
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Honey sipping Heiress? I've run the standard story romance with her, but she never pops up in my oportunity deck, just the honey sipping jewel theif who was my competator for her affections if I remember correctly.
Your constant companion options are: Celebrated Artist's Model, Master Jewel Thief, Cultured Attaché, Devout/Academic/Comfortable Intriguer or Boneless Consort. That is all. Take them or leave them.
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Mr Eaten's Name - Just how bad could it be, really? lose 10 levels in watchful? or something worse? I got a note from the masters to stop, but... I'm just so curious. I'm also curious about how many cats this particular curiosity killed... any advice?
Four. It takes four cats. So far. Get friends; lots and lots of friends to send you boxes. Put your name up in the Singing Mandrake as someone who needs boxes here
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tournament of lillies - I've bested 1 foe and am rank 2, anyone want to add me as a friend? Then we will fight! (I think I made a twitter account just for that purpose, I'll have to look it up, I haven't used it in months.) But speaking of which, I had a little trouble with the friend features on fallen londen, I can't really interact with friends aside from asking for help and I don't know who is who.
Find Tournament of Lilies players here.
Start signing in through your Twitter. Do a search for #fallenlondon and follow folks who post it. It won't take long to get plenty of friends. Facebook is terrible and problematic. Not only does it have issues with echoing and signing in, people are far less likely to friend you for Fallen London purposes than they are on Twitter. Look up your Twitter info and start using that for Fallen London. It's just better.
fizgot wrote:
How do you increase your 'solving cases around london' quality? It's 7 now, but all that ever happens is the solitary glim sculptur tries to torture my mind with his models. What other cases are there to solve?
You've hit the content barrier. There are no more cases to solve. Spend the Fate to go to Flute Street or ignore him.
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I've done some art for the court, but it's time for me to do that one 'banished from the court' story. The thing is that I'm not really sure I want that. If I refuse him... would I still be banished? I do want to make the writing but if I get banished can I get unbanished (getting kicked out of the university for the murder mystery still stings, but I know I can undo that once my zubmarine is complete)
Once you are banished, you are banished for good. If you refuse him, he will ask again later.
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secrets framed in gold - (I believe that's the one that starts with a pure black canvas) I didn't want to drive my repentant forger away (the last step warned that if I pushed him he would hate me forever) but I'm regretting letting the secrets get away. Can anyone tell me what I missed, both in the way of cool items and what the end of the story had.
That's Fate locked content, so that info is not to be shared.
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I have other questions too, but can't think of them right now.
thank you for your help.
Anytime. We'll be here.
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Nigel Overstreet
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9/11/2012
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fizgot wrote:
When he says 'fate locked' does he mean that the choice would cost fate? or that the whole story costed fate? Because I thought I had gone to the next-to-last step, where it warned me that if I continued I would lose my acquaintance: repentant forger, I had paid fate to get him as the story starter and didn't want to lose that investment, the choice that would have lost him didn't cost fate... does that mean there were more choices left to be made?
I meant the whole storylet costs Fate. When you have to pay Fate or Nex for a storylet, that storylet is considered Fate-locked and should not be posted or discussed openly on the forums as per the forum rules. Not even in spoiler tags.
If you can find someone who will discuss it with you over PM or through e-mail, I believe that is okay. In regards to this particular storylet, your choice is but one of many and is neither better nor worse than any other. With Fallen London as in life there are choices you have made with which you shall have to live.
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Is it possible to get that story again? My forger hasn't done anything for me in a while and maybe I would sizzle his sanity for a look deeper into the portrait.
No, it is not.
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new question: What is stormy eyed and where does one get it? It keeps popping up in 'What the thunder said' and I thought if I kept progressing I would get it and unlock more choices... but now I can't play earlier cards in that story and have forever missed my chance to learn what the thunder says to people who've got storm all up in their eyes.
This is a great blog post about how the Story-Eyed mechanics functions as a narrative device as well as a mechanical one. It takes a while to get, but it's option is there as a teaser to encourage you to get it.
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I actually don't 'use' twitter... so I'm not sure if that's my ID or just the name associated with my account and ... yeah. I'm also not sure how FL tells if someone is a 'friend' do you have to follow me as well as me follow you? does it consider people following you to be friends? or people you're following?
It is far less complicated than you are making it. If you follow someone or if they follow you(or both,) they are your friend and will show up on your "My Friends" tab. You can then exchange social actions with that person. It's that easy.
Here is your Twitter page. Your name is Fizgot Nerdofsky and your Twitter handle is @Nerdofsky. You might want to put that in your sig so that people who see your posts can click on it and follow you.
edited by Nigel Overstreet on 9/11/2012
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