Hagerboy
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1/14/2015
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I recently acquired a Noman, and I've been trying to get to noman knows 15, but my stats have all fallen below 4. What are reliable ways to grind for quirks? anything that doesn't require something with stats over 150 would be nice.
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Toran
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1/14/2015
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The City Vices card "An Entanglement With an Old Friend" offers both Hedonist AND Forceful if you choose "Absolutely. But you'll take payment in kind." It costs 40 jade, but that's a pittance.
Diligent work for God's Editors offers Austere without lowering any other quirks as well.
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malthaussen
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1/7/2016
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I find that my Ambition choice for Noman Knows pays much more in goods than it costs me, so I prefer that route. But all Ambitions may not be alike: mine is Nemesis.
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Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
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genesis
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1/7/2016
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The Duke of Waltham wrote:
I've always thought of the increasing Noman price as something of a penalty, rather than a trade-off for something beneficial, yet it turns out that the latest you create him the better. By the time I realised that, of course, it was too late already.
Only if you are aiming for the tattoo, though. If you are aiming for an elemental secret then it would likely be cheaper to get it early.
Noman is useful for two mutually exclusive goals and optimising for each of the two possible outcomes comes from two different sets of considerations.
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xKiv
Posts: 846
1/15/2015
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
Toran wrote:
The City Vices card "An Entanglement With an Old Friend" offers both Hedonist AND Forceful if you choose "Absolutely. But you'll take payment in kind." It costs 40 jade, but that's a pittance.
Diligent work for God's Editors offers Austere without lowering any other quirks as well.
Interesting. Is there a cap on how much of those quirks you can get with the City Vices card?
Entanglement (and a bunch of other similar cards) increase quirks to 5 ("has not increased because it is higher than 4").
Most things (even cards) that increase quirks past 5 also decrease some other quirk.
God's editors increase austere to 10, and doesn't decrease anything.
Increasing magnanimous past 5 is (for me) easiest through gifts of admiration.
I think it's necessary to choose between subtle and forceful, one of them can go to 10 but the other only to 5.
If everything else fails, Hunter's Keep can raise hedonist, daring and melancholy to 10.
I got heartless and ruthless to 10 while sailing the zee (then I had to restore magnanimous).
Steadfast - either make newspaper editions "brimming with truth and wisdom" (also raises austere, both to 10), or get your horoscope cast as Lovers and then keep playing the other Shoshana card (they only appear in the carnival).
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NiteBrite
Posts: 1019
1/7/2016
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Cecil wrote:
Would anyone mind commenting on the wiki page for the Noman:
http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/Noman
with how much their Noman's Friend decreases with each Time the Healer? We don't have too much information on the range. Even if the number you got was within the range, that's great! Don't worry, we can use that to help find what the range might be!
The info on noman friend loss should go on the time the healer page, not the noman page linked above. But you are right, more data is always useful. Also note the date. The range for noman friend loss changes drastically from month to month.
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Guest
1/7/2016
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malthaussen wrote:
I find that my Ambition choice for Noman Knows pays much more in goods than it costs me, so I prefer that route. But all Ambitions may not be alike: mine is Nemesis.
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Good to know for my main.
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The Duke of Waltham
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1/7/2016
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malthaussen wrote:
I find that my Ambition choice for Noman Knows pays much more in goods than it costs me, so I prefer that route. But all Ambitions may not be alike: mine is Nemesis.
My Ambition is Heart's Desire and through the relevant branch I gained 1 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip and 1 x Intriguing Snippet at no cost other than the 5 actions. I also gained Noman Knows, about which this man knows absolutely nothing. In fact, I've already proved myself unwise enough to create the Noman at the earliest opportunity, instead for waiting for tomorrow, when I might create him for the same price but after the arrival of my Time, the Healer, thus gaining five extra days of life (for all that matters). I've always thought of the increasing Noman price as something of a penalty, rather than a trade-off for something beneficial, yet it turns out that the latest you create him the better. By the time I realised that, of course, it was too late already.
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Lady Taimi Felix
Posts: 202
1/14/2015
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Ah! I might finally have use for that old beggar! Thanks!
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dreamwilds
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1/15/2015
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If you still have access to the The Empress' Court, you can begin work on something and under the storylet "Religion and Art" pick "Mortification of the flesh!" which gives you 5cp inspired and more importantly 2cp austere (to a maximum of level 10).
Update: The option appears to have been changed within the last day or so so that you now lose 2cp hedonist in addition to gaining 2cp austere. 
edited by dreamwilds on 1/16/2015
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WormApotheote
Posts: 725
1/14/2015
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Laudanum addiction also requires you to be PoSI otherwise you can drink as much as you want with no downsides.
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