Editing Professions (Guide)

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'''''Every week [[Time, the Healer]] brings [[An Earnest of Payment]] and rewards according to the Profession. Each Profession's weekly reward is listed at [[Profession Payments]].'''''

Professions, in Fallen London as elsewhere, are specialized occupations that pay a wage. You can take up a profession from very early in the game, and more advanced ones become available as you progress.

For early-game players, professions are mainly useful as a way to raise Attributes and earn a decent income in items. Later on, professions come with more varied benefits, such as unique items and gameplay advantages. With a Tier 3 Profession, you can engage in profitable [[Professional Activities (Guide)]]. 

If you're looking to adopt your first profession, read on to learn about training professions and how to get the most benefit from them in the early game. Skip to the sections on [[Professions (Guide)#Entangled Professions|Entangled Professions]] and [[Professions (Guide)#Less Entangled Professions|Less-Entangled Professions]] if you're ready to start on a more advanced career path.

==Choosing a Profession (Analysis)==
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''Your true passion? Or just a way to earn a crust?''
In deciding between professions, there are two aspects you may want to consider: gameplay advantages and roleplaying. Depending on how you play, one may be more important to you than the other.

Every profession gives different advantages in terms of gameplay. They focus on different skills, which are enhanced by the profession's unique item, and they unlock options in certain activities. If you spend most of your time doing a particular thing, like zailing or navigating Parabola or doing lab experiments, it may help to choose a profession that's mechanically suited to that activity.

In terms of roleplaying, certain professions may make better sense than others for your character, depending on their ideals, loyalties, and goals. The entangled professions in particular imply strong viewpoints about the world of the Neath and how your character believes they fit into it. Each profession associates more with certain factions than others, and is intimately involved in a particular aspect of the Neath. If roleplaying is important to you, these factors might outweigh the mechanical advantages associated with a particular profession.

You are always limited to one profession at a time, but you can choose to resign your profession at any time by [[Send a Message to a Contact|sending a message to your contacts]] in {{IL|Your Social Engagements}}, allowing you to take up a new profession.

For new players, your first profession will likely be one of the [[Professions (Guide)#Training Professions|Training Professions]] listed in the following section. These professions offer minimal story text and roleplaying. Instead these professions are a way for new players to gain a significant CP boost to level up one of their main attributes, and help introduce professions to new players. It is suggested to pick one of these professions and keep it until the relevant stat reaches 70 before resigning and choosing another profession.

If you have finished raising your stats through training professions, it is time to begin an [[Professions (Guide)#Entangled Professions|Entangled Profession]]. Entangled professions are connected to [[Factions (Guide)|Factions]] and can be obtained for favours from the appropriate faction card. Each Entangled Profession can be upgraded twice after becoming {{IL|A Person of Some Importance (Guide)|Appearance= A Person of Some Importance}}. All entangled professions provide you with a unique equipment item (which is lost if you resign from your profession, or replaced with a better item if you advance to the next Tier). For Tier 1 professions these items provide +6 to two of the main attributes providing a significant early game boost.

Most Tier 1 professions are roughly equal, however, it is worth considering that some items, such as the {{IL|Watcher}}'s [[Revolting Disguise]] (Hat), occupy item slots that are easily filled by other means. An {{IL|Enforcer}}'s [[Burly Assistant]] and a {{IL|Campaigner}}'s [[Feckless Supporters]] use the companion slot, which is usually empty for early game players. This can make these items significantly more useful. Additionally the {{IL|Enforcer}}'s weekly reward includes a {{IL|Use of Villains}}, a difficult to obtain item that has significant uses after obtaining the status of {{IL|A Person of Some Importance (Guide)|Appearance= A Person of Some Importance}}. Each savings 17 actions per villainy when attaining specific advanced items, such as the {{IL|Swift Zee-Clipper}}.

Tier 2 entangled professions are obtained from the {{IL|An Unsigned Message}} card in London after obtaining {{IL|A Person of Some Importance (Guide)|Appearance= A Person of Some Importance}} status and reaching {{IL|Notability}} 2. Tier 2 professions are largely an intermediary between Tier 1 and Tier 3. Most players will not spend a large amount of time at Tier 2 before obtaining a Tier 3 profession. When obtaining a Tier 2 profession it is best to decide based on the Tier 3 profession you want to obtain.

Tier 3 professions are the strongest professions obtainable and provide the most unique roleplay options. Each tier three profession provides unique story options, [[Professional Activities (Guide)|Professional Activities]], and a special equipment piece that provides a boost to an [[Advanced Skills (Guide)|Advanced Skill]] associated with the profession. Tier 3 professions are obtained from the {{IL|An Unsigned Message}} card in London with 5 {{IL|Notability}} and a specific quality that is different for each profession. While most of Tier 3 professions require easily obtained qualities the {{IL|Correspondent}} profession requires the player reach {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence (Guide)|Appearance= A Scholar of the Correspondence}} 10. This can be a lengthy grind that delays players from achieving this profession. The {{IL|Midnighter}} profession requires the {{IL|The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game -|Appearance= A Fine Piece in the Game}} quality obtained by completing [[The Cheesemonger (Guide)|The Cheesemonger]] storyline. Players who do not want to progress this storyline in order to allow for further favour grinding will not be able to obtain the Midnighter profession.

The [[Advanced Skills (Guide)|Advanced Skill]] provided by the professions unique item is also used for storylets in that classes [[Professional Activities (Guide)|Professional Activities]]. Some of these stats are mainly useful after gaining access to the {{IL|Upper River}} through the Great Hellbound Railway story, which requires a Tier 2 {{IL|A Person of Some Importance (Guide)|Appearance= A Person of Some Importance}} specialization. In particular {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}} from the Correspondent profession has almost no uses before accessing the Upper River and the stat can not be increased until accessing the Upper River, which generally prevents effective use of a Correspondent's professional activities prior to this point. While it is not superior to other Tier 3 professions these factors lead to Correspondent being primarily useful for late game players, and somewhat unadvisable for earlier play.

The following is a brief overview of the Tier 3 entangled professions, and their associated gameplay and story aspects, to help you narrow down your choices.

A {{IL|Silverer}} deals with Parabola and dreams, and “changes the course of events with truth and lies.” They are associated with the [[:Category:Neathy Colours|Neathbow colour]] Cosmogone.

*Skills: {{IL|Glasswork}} is an important skill for a Silverer. Their Professional Activities also use {{IL|Persuasive}} and {{IL|Dangerous}}, and their {{IL|Set of Cosmogone Spectacles}} additionally confer a point of {{IL|Bizarre}}.
*Factions: As frequent visitors to Parabola, they engage with the Cats and [[Faction: Fingerkings|Fingerkings]]. In London, they tend to interact with [[Faction: Bohemians|Bohemians]], and they can also perform Professional Activities for [[Faction: Tomb-Colonies|Tomb Colonists]], [[Faction: The Great Game|The Great Game]], [[Faction: Hell|Hell]], and The Honey-Addled Detective.
*Activities: Silverers pay half price whenever traveling through mirrors. Players who spend a large amount of time in Parabola, or who often move between Parabola, London, and the Upper River, may want to take advantage of this. Their Glasswork skill aids them in using Dream-shaping as their [[Weapon of a Khaganian Front:|Weapon of a Khaganian Front]].

A {{IL|Licentiate}} is an assassin who “serves the tyranny of necessity. They deliver death with expedience and without passion, according to a certain list of aliases.” Their associated [[:Category:Neathy Colours|Neathbow colour]] is Gant.

*Skills: {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} greatly aids the Licentiate's work. Their Professional Activities also use {{IL|Dangerous}} and {{IL|Shadowy}}, and their {{IL|A List of Aliases, Writ in Gant|Appearance=List of Aliases, Writ in Gant}} additionally confers a point of {{IL|Bizarre}}.
*Factions: Due to the nature of the work, they engage with both [[Faction: Criminals|Criminals]] and [[Faction: The Great Game|The Great Game]]. They can also perform Professional Activities for [[Faction: Constables|Constables]], [[Faction: Hell|Hell]], [[Faction: The Docks|Zailors]], and [[Faction: The Widow|The Gracious Widow]].
*Activities: Their work produces a ready supply of bones for use in [[The Bone Market]]. Being skilled in Kataleptic Toxicology gives them an edge on chemical experiments in [[University Laboratory (Guide)|the Lab]], and in using Poison as their [[Weapon of a Khaganian Front:|Weapon of a Khaganian Front]].

A {{IL|Correspondent}} delves into the [[Artisan of the Red Science|Red Science]] and [[A Scholar of the Correspondence (Guide)|the Correspondence]], and “writes with a pen of fire and a hand of adamant”. They are associated with the [[:Category:Neathy Colours|Neathbow colour]] Violant.

*Skills: {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}} is essential to a Correspondent. Their Professional Activities also use {{IL|Watchful}} and {{IL|Persuasive}}, and their {{IL|A Pot of Violant Ink|Appearance=Pot of Violant Ink}} additionally confers a point of {{IL|Bizarre}}.
*Factions: They've moved among both [[Faction: Bohemians|Bohemians]] and [[Faction: Society|Society]] since their early Journalist days. They can also perform Professional Activities for [[Faction: Hell|Hell]], [[Faction: Benthic|Benthic]], and [[Faction: The Docks|Zailors]].
*Activities: Correspondents have [[Rely on your professional standing|ready access]] to a [[University Laboratory (Guide)|University Laboratory]], where their Red Science skill also gives them an advantage in certain experiments. They find it [[Shadowy Dealings at the University|(relatively) easier]] to max {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}}, which is an option to attain [[London's Nerves]], and can [[Compile notes on the Correspondence|help other players raise it]].

A {{IL|Monster-Hunter|}} pursues prey [[Hunting the Beasts of the Zee (Guide)|at Zee]] and [[Parabolan Hunting (Guide)|in dreams]], and “winnows the lesser terrors from the true”. They are associated with the [[:Category:Neathy Colours|Neathbow colour]] Pelegin.

*Skills: {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} enables the hunter to know their prey. Their Professional Activities also use {{IL|Watchful}} and {{IL|Dangerous}}, and their {{IL|A Notched Bone Harpoon|Appearance=Notched Bone Harpoon}} additionally confers a point of {{IL|Dreaded}}.
*Factions: Their pursuit of monsters earns them favour with [[Faction: Constables|Constables]] and [[Faction: The Docks|Zailors]]. They can also perform Professional Activities for [[Faction: Society|Society]], [[Faction: The Great Game|The Great Game]], [[Faction: Benthic|Benthic]], [[Faction: Hell|Hell]], and The Honey-Addled Detective.
*Activities: Monster-Hunters are in their element [[Hunting the Beasts of the Zee (Guide)|Hunting the Beasts of the Zee]] and [[Parabolan Hunting (Guide)|those of the Parabola]], where their Notched Bone Harpoon and knowledge of Monstrous Anatomy confer significant advantages. The latter also confers an advantage on [[Experimental_Object#401-500:_Biological_Projects|Lab experiments with a Monstrous Focus]]. A hunter might feel particularly at home at [[Sophia's]], and be inclined to try and [[Ambition:_Bag_a_Legend_(Guide)|Bag A Legend]].

A {{IL|Crooked-Cross}} is both missionary and apostate, and “tests the boundaries between right and wrong“. Their associated [[:Category:Neathy Colours|Neathbow colour]] is Apocyan.

*Skills: {{IL|Mithridacy}} aids the Crooked-Cross in persuasion and deception. Their Professional Activities also use {{IL|Persuasive}} and {{IL|Shadowy}}, and their {{IL|A Crooked Cross|Appearance=Crooked Cross}} additionally confers a point of {{IL|Dreaded}}.
*Factions: They engage with both The Church and [[Faction: Hell|Hell]] without loyalty to either. They can also perform Professional Activities for [[Faction: The Docks|Zailors]], [[Faction: Tomb-Colonies|Tomb Colonists]], and the Clay Men.
*Activities: Mithridacy gives Crooked-Crosses advantages when [[Writing a Monograph (Guide)|writing monographs]] in Moulin or rewriting history in [[The Back-room of the Antiquarian's Shop|Moulin]] or [[Stay a little while|The Waswood]]. It also aids the use of Misinformation as the [[Weapon of a Khaganian Front:|Weapon of a Khaganian Front]], and in [[Begin the meeting with a few words|obfuscating the truth]] in [[Railway Board (Guide)|Railway Board meetings]].

A {{IL|Midnighter}} is a skilled player of The Great Game, “has made the unknown known, and toppled an invisible throne.” They are associated with the [[:Category:Neathy Colours|Neathbow colour]] Irrigo.

*Skills: {{IL|A Player of Chess}} is invaluable to the Midnighter's work. Their Professional Activities also use {{IL|Watchful}} and {{IL|Shadowy}}, and their {{IL|Shrine to Saint Joshua}} additionally confers a point of {{IL|Dreaded}}.
*Factions: They interact with all players of [[Faction: The Great Game|The Great Game]]. They can also perform Professional Activities for [[Faction: Hell|Hell]], [[Faction: Bohemians|Bohemians]], [[Faction: The Docks|Zailors]], and [[Faction: The Widow|The Gracious Widow]].
*Activities: Midnighters, as adept Players of Chess, are at home on [[The Chessboard (Guide)|The Chessboard]] and [[Play a game of shatar|playing shatar]] in The Khanate. Their profession gives them a [[Confess your sins|useful option]] during [[Khaganian Intrigue (Guide)|Khaganian Intrigues]], advantages in the [[Work in your Cabinet Noir|Cabinet Noir]], and a [[Hint at one or two things you know|means of manipulating]] the [[Railway Board (Guide)|Railway Board]].

Additionally, there are a number of activities that multiple professions have advantages in. These include:

*[[Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)|Bone Market]]: {{IL|Monster-Hunter}}, {{IL|Licentiate}}, {{IL|Crooked-Cross}}, and {{IL|Correspondent}}, for various types of skeletons.
*[[Brawling with Dockers (Guide)|Brawling with Dockers]]: {{IL|Monster-Hunter}}, {{IL|Correspondent}}, and {{IL|Licentiate}}, to fight using advanced skills.
*[[Epistolary Matters]]: {{IL|Correspondent}}, {{IL|Crooked-Cross}}, and {{IL|Midnighter}}, to train your contacts' skills.
*[[Khaganian Intrigue (Guide)|The Khanate]]: {{IL|Silverer}}, {{IL|Crooked-Cross}}, {{IL|Licentiate}}, and {{IL|Midnighter}}, depending on your choice of weapon.
*[[Railway Board (Guide)|Railway Board meetings]]: {{IL|Crooked-Cross}}, and {{IL|Midnighter}}, for persuading board members.
*[[University Laboratory (Guide)|University Laboratory]]: {{IL|Correspondent}}, {{IL|Licentiate}}, and {{IL|Monster-Hunter}}, depending on experimental focus.

Of course, these lists are not exhaustive of the factors you might consider in choosing a profession, nor are they all equally relevant to early-, mid-, and late-game players.

Nor is it necessary to choose permanently: as described in the following section, it can be relatively easy to switch even between Tier 3 professions. For example, you can take a profession to get a particular grind done more quickly or to meet stat requirements for Renown/Scholar of the Correspondence/Poet-Laureate/Defender of the Public Safety, take {{IL|Correspondent}} or {{IL|Silverer}} for a massive one-time cost reduction, et cetera.

==Training Professions ==
These are professions especially suited for early-game players. There are no requirements for entry; simply [[Adopt a Training Profession]] at {{IL|Your Social Engagements}}.

Each profession is associated with one of the four main Attributes: {{IL|Watchful}}, {{IL|Shadowy}}, {{IL|Dangerous}}, or {{Il|Persuasive}}. Once a week, [[Time, the Healer]] brings [[An Earnest of Payment]], providing a 250 CP boost to the Attribute associated with your current Profession, until it reaches 70 . You also receive {{E}}5 worth of items.
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!Profession
!Reward
|-
|'''{{IL|Enquirer|Size=60px}}'''
|{{TableList|{{IL|Watchful|+250 CP}}|{{IL|Whispered Hint|500 x}}}}
|-
|'''{{IL|Minor Poet|Size=60px}}'''
|{{TableList|{{IL|Persuasive|+250 CP}}|{{IL|Jade Fragment|500 x}}}}
|-
|'''{{IL|Pickpocket|Size=60px}}'''
|{{TableList|{{IL|Shadowy|+250 CP}}|{{IL|Moon-Pearl|500 x}}}}
|-
|'''{{IL|Tough|Size=60px}}'''
|{{TableList|{{IL|Dangerous|+250 CP}}|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|500 x}}}}
|}
To get the most out of the training professions, pick whichever one you want to start, and when its associated Attribute reaches level 70 (the cap for the 250 CP reward), [[Resign from your Profession]] and choose one of the others.

Once you've learned all you can from the training professions, it's time to move on to bigger and better things: one of the Entangled or Less Entangled Professions.

==Entangled Professions==
These are the professions most bound up in the goings-on of the Neath. Entangled professions provide you with a unique equipment item (which is lost if you resign from your profession, or replaced with a better item if you advance to the next tier). The [[:Category:Tools of the Trade|Tools of the Trade]] equipment slot is exclusively for T3 profession items.

These professions also receive [[A Professional Reward]] weekly. Tier 1's rewards are worth about {{E}}35, Tier 2's are worth about {{E}}49, and Tier 3's are worth {{E}}60; additionally, each payment includes a couple of [[Factions (Guide)|Favours]].

There are 6 tracks to choose from. Each track has three tiers, with increasingly stringent requirements for advancement. You don't resign from your current profession to advance; when you have the requirements for the next tier, wait for the card [[An Unsigned Message]] or force-draw it with [[Await an Unsigned Letter]].

'''Note:''' All Tier 3 professions also have access to "Professional Activities" storylets at [[Your Activities]] area (next to Lodgings). They are a group of profession-specific sets of challenges around stats supported by your job's Tool of the Trade. After completing a short storyline to increase your [[Extensive Professional Experience]], you can choose [[A Professional Specialisation]] and unlock more profitable activities. For more information, refer to the [[Professional Activities (Guide)]].
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|+'''Entangled Professions'''
!Tier 1
!Tier 2
!Tier 3
|-
|{{IL|Campaigner}}
|{{IL|Mystic}}
|{{Il|Silverer}}
|-
|{{IL|Enforcer}}
|{{IL|Murderer}}
|{{IL|Licentiate}}
|-
|{{IL|Journalist}}
|{{IL|Author}}
|{{IL|Correspondent}}
|-
|{{IL|Rat-Catcher}}
|{{Il|Stalker}}
|{{Il|Monster-Hunter}}
|-
|{{IL|Trickster}}
|{{Il|Conjurer}}
|{{Il|Crooked-Cross}}
|-
|{{IL|Watcher}}
|{{Il|Agent}}
|{{Il|Midnighter}}
|}

*'''Tier 1''' professions can be joined from the [[:Category:Faction Cards|Faction Card]] connected to that profession (listed below). Each costs some Favours from that Faction, and may require another related quality.
*'''Tier 2''' professions can be selected from the card [[An Unsigned Message]], which begins appearing once you are {{Il|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=A Person of Some Importance}} and have begun to accrue {{Il|Notability}}. Advancement requires currently being employed in the respective T1 profession, and {{Il|Notability|2 x}} (which is not consumed). See [[A Person of Some Importance (Guide)#Notability|the PoSI guide]] for more about Notability.
*'''Tier 3''' professions are also selected from An Unsigned Message, and require the respective T2 profession and {{Il|Notability|5 x}} (again, not consumed). This time there is also a unique quality requirement and a 300 difficulty Attribute challenge. Specific requirements for each tier 3 profession are listed in their section. Unless you're lucky, you'll have to draw An Unsigned Message multiple times before achieving T3.

You can spend a {{Il|Favourable Circumstance}} to force-draw the Faction Card you need for T1, or An Unsigned Message for T2 or T3. Before doing so, make sure you have all the requirements (the 5 Favours for the Faction Card, or the Notability for An Unsigned Message)—''and that you don't already have the card in your hand''—or you'll waste your {{Il|Favourable Circumstance}}.
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=== Campaigner, Mystic, Silverer===
<blockquote>The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion. <small>—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1824)</small></blockquote>

===={{Il|Campaigner}}====
'''Acquired from:''' 

*[[Altars and Alms-Houses: the Church|The Church]] — costs {{IL|Favours: The Church|5 x|Appearance=Favours}}; requires {{IL|Adrift on a Sea of Misery:|Appearance=Adrift on a Sea of Misery}}
*[[Gunpowder and Zeal: the Revolutionaries|Revolutionaries]] — costs {{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|5 x|Appearance=Favours}}; requires {{IL|Plotting against the Masters}}
{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Campaigner's reward|Hidden=*{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: The Church|1 x}}
*{{IL|Phosphorescent Scarab|10 x}}
*{{IL|Flask of Abominable Salts|10 x}}
*{{IL|Jade Fragment|200 x}}
*{{IL|Surface-Silk Scrap|100 x}}
*{{IL|Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe|2 x}}
*{{IL|Bottle of Broken Giant 1844|4 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Feckless Supporters|Itemtype=Companion}}

===={{IL|Mystic}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[An Unsigned Message]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 2, {{IL|Campaigner}}

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Mystic's reward|Hidden=*{{IL|Cellar of Wine|1 x}}
*{{IL|Antique Mystery|2 x}}
*{{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Bohemians|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Society|1 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Circle of Acolytes|Itemtype=Companion}}

===={{IL|Silverer}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[An Unsigned Message]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 5, {{Il|Mystic}} {{Il|Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion|Appearance=Embroiled}} 6; {{IL|Persuasive}} 300 challenge

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=A Silverer's Penny|Hidden=*{{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|4 x}}
*{{IL|Mourning Candle|3 x}}
*{{IL|Memory of Light|5 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Bohemians|2 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Set of Cosmogone Spectacles|Itemtype=Tools of the Trade}}

'''Professional Activity:''' [[The Business of a Silverer]], with rewards [[In souls]], [[In wine]], and [[In silks]]. 
*{{IL|Oneirotect}}: “A manufacturer of dream-spaces,” with rewards [[In intelligence]].
*{{IL|Ontological Cartographer}}: “One who charts the boundary between Is and Is-Not,” with rewards [[In mysteries]].

'''Advantages:'''
*Gets a +1 bonus to {{IL|Glasswork}} from their {{IL|Set of Cosmogone Spectacles}}. This skill is mainly used in various Parabolan and Parabola-related activities — entering [[Parabolan Base-Camp]] and [[Sneak away from your wounds|healing your wounds]] there, finding and entering other Parabolan locations, navigating while hunting monsters or searching mirrors, fighting in Parabolan War, up/downconverting various Parabolan Cartography items, influencing the dreamers in [[Viric Jungle]], grinding various resources in [[The Dome of Scales]]. Also, many other activities/places have occasional Glasswork checks of various importance, such as harder Heists, [[Licensed by Mr Hearts]], [[Helicon House]], [[A Kitchen for Artists|cooking]] and Master visits in [[Station VIII]], Church of the Wild in [[Burrow-Infra-Mump]], [[Moulin]] Expeditions and Monographs, Khaganian Intrigues.
*Can [[Establish a Parabolan Base-Camp|establish]] the [[Parabolan Base-Camp]] for {{IL|Memory of Light|200 x}} + {{e}}25 worth of other items as opposed to {{IL|Memory of Light|1001 or 50 x}} for other players (a one-time saving equivalent to {{e}}490.5 or {{e}}15). The Silverer's option also uses a {{IL|Direful Reflection}} rather than the {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum}} required of other players.
* Each subsequent visit into Parabola costs the Silverer only {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|50 x}}, as opposed to 100 for other players (a saving of {{e}}1 ). Additionally, Silverers can travel directly between several locations without needing to stop by their Base-Camp first, saving in clicks though not actions.
*Can [[Employ the arts of Glasswhispery|spend]] {{IL|Moves in the Great Game|3 x}} for {{IL|Advance!|2 x}} while [[Traversing the Wastes of Want]] in Parabolan War.
*Can [[Offer yourself as escort and guide]], gaining 2 {{IL|Fitting in at Helicon House}} as opposed to 1 for regular option.
*Less affected by {{IL|The Mirror's Hunger}} when using shortcuts in [[The Great Mirror|The Wellspring of Moulin]] or [[Becalmed|The Pillared Sea]] — gains only 1 as opposed to 2 for other players. Depending on an option chosen on [[That Which was Taken]] card, a saving of 10 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}, 10 CP {{IL|Wounds}}, {{IL|Memory of Light|100 x}} or (presumably) 1–70 lost CP {{IL|Watchful}}.
*Can [[Offer a dream|lose]] 7 CP {{IL|Wounds}} for free [[In the Court of the Fathomking]]. This is the same amount lost from spending {{IL|Romantic Notion|10 x}} (a saving of {{e}}1 ).

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===Enforcer, Murderer, Licentiate===
<blockquote>Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas incardine,/ Making the green one red. <small>—William Shakespeare, ''Macbeth,'' act II, scene 2</small></blockquote>

===={{IL|Enforcer}}====
'''Acquired from:''' 
*[[The Alleys of London: the Criminals|Criminals]] — costs {{IL|Favours: Criminals|5 x|Appearance=Favours}}
*[[Gunpowder and Zeal: the Revolutionaries|Revolutionaries]] — costs {{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|5 x|Appearance=Favours}}; requires {{IL|Plotting against the Masters}}
{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Enforcer's reward|Hidden=*{{IL|Favours: Criminals|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|1 x}}
*{{IL|Use of Villains|1 x}}
*{{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|5 x}}
*{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|1250 x}}
*{{IL|Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe|5 x}}
*{{IL|Amanita Sherry|5 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Burly Assistant|Itemtype=Companion}}

===={{Il|Murderer}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[An Unsigned Message]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 2, {{Il|Enforcer}}

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Murderer's reward|Hidden=*{{IL|Magnificent Diamond|2 x}}
*{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|2500 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Criminals|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: The Great Game|1 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Discreet Firearm|Itemtype=Weapon}}

===={{Il|Licentiate}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[An Unsigned Message]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 5, {{Il|Murderer}}, {{Il|A Bringer of Death}}; {{Il|Dangerous}} 300 challenge

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Licentiate's Bounty|Hidden=*{{IL|Bazaar Permit|4 x}}
*{{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|3 x}}
*{{IL|Journal of Infamy|5 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Criminals|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: The Great Game|1 x}}}}

{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=A List of Aliases, Writ in Gant|Itemtype=Tools of the Trade}}

'''Professional Activity:''' [[The Business of a Licentiate]] with rewards [[In intelligence]], [[In jewels]], and [[In statements and testimonies]].
*{{IL|Fractionist}}: “Expert in partial murders and esoteric applications of toxicology,” with rewards [[In souls]].
*{{IL|Siopian}}: “Gifted in making sure your murders draw no attention and the assassinations go unnoticed by society,” with rewards [[In maps]].

'''Advantages:'''
*Gets a +1 bonus to {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} from their {{IL|A List of Aliases, Writ in Gant}}. This skill is mainly used in dealing with various toxic and alchemical substances: [[University Laboratory (Place)|Lab]] work such as generating {{IL|Laboratory Research}} for various experiments or directly helping to [[Disambiguate an Eolith]], some options in [[The Bone Market]], [[A Kitchen for Artists|cooking]] in [[Station VIII]] and processing of its factory’s products. Also, many other activities/places have occasional Kataleptic Toxicology checks of various importance, such as various London, [[Zailing the Unterzee]] and [[Upper River]] cards, [[Intervene in a Dockers' Brawl|Brawling]], [[Spa Services|Ealing Spa]], [[Moulin]] Expeditions, Khaganian Intrigues, [[Parabolan Base-Camp]], [[Viric Jungle]], [[The Dome of Scales]], Parabolan War, navigating while hunting monsters or searching mirrors in Parabola.
*Can supply their own [[Supply a skeleton of your own|skeletons]] and [[Cap this with a victim's skull|skulls]] when making a skeleton in [[The Bone Market]], at no action/resource cost. Simply combining these options and selling to specific buyers opens up a quick and easy 3.75/3.81 EPA grind. Also, using only the first option serves as a substitute for a {{IL|Headless Skeleton}}, allowing for likewise quick and easy converting of Echoes (buying and attaching {{IL|Bright Brass Skull}}) or {{IL|Hinterland Scrip}} ([[Buy a Sabre-toothed Skull off him|buying]] and attaching {{IL|Sabre-toothed Skull}}) into specific resources available in the Bone Market.
*Can [[Recognise your quarry|recognise their quarry]] and kill them while meeting a passenger steamer at Zee, gaining {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|250 x}} and 5 CP {{IL|Troubled Waters}} in addition to {{IL|Zailing...}} on success.
*Can [[Kill another of your kind, in passing|use Dangerous]] instead of {{IL|A Player of Chess}} during the mid-game when playing Chess at [[The Chessboard]], getting {{IL|Positional Advantages|3 x}} on success.
*Can [[Pass through a distracting mirror]] while hunting monsters or searching mirrors in Parabola with the correct {{IL|Airs of Parabola}}, abandoning the hunt/search and returning to London while also gaining {{IL|Hinterland Scrip|25 x}}.
* Can be sent {{IL|Name Written in Gant}}, providing easy levelling in {{IL|Shadowy}} and {{IL|Dangerous}} as well as {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|500 x}} and {{IL|Moves in the Great Game|2 x}} per each Name, while senders lose {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|500 x}}, 6 CP {{IL|Suspicion}} and 6 CP {{IL|Scandal}}, and gain {{IL|Memento of Silence|1 x}}.
*Can get {{IL|Devilbone Die|1 x}} and {{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|2 x}} (uncapped) while {{IL|Dreaming in Viric}} during a [[Feast of the Exceptional Rose]], if Cheery Man is chosen as a partner.

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===Journalist, Author, Correspondent===
<blockquote>Words alike make the destiny of empires and of individuals. Ambition, love, hate, interest, vanity, have words for their engines, and need none more powerful. Language is a fifth element — the one by which all the others are swayed. <small>—Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1834)</small></blockquote>

===={{IL|Journalist}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[The Demi-Monde: Bohemians|Bohemians]] — costs {{IL|Favours: Bohemians|5 x|Appearance=Favours}}, requires {{IL|Raking the Muck of the Neath}} 7

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Journalist's reward|Hidden=*{{IL|Dubious Testimony|10 x}}
*{{IL|Sworn Statement|3 x}}
*{{IL|Blackmail Material|1 x}}
*{{IL|Night on the Town|1 x}}
*{{IL|Nevercold Brass Sliver|500 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Bohemians|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|1 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Little Red Notebook|Itemtype=Weapon}}

===={{Il|Author}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[An Unsigned Message]] (requires {{IL|Notability}} 2, {{IL|Journalist}}) or [[Advance from Journalist to Author]] (requires {{IL|Exceptional Short Story|1 x}}, {{IL|Favours: Bohemians|5 x}}, {{IL|Journalist}})

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Author's reward|Hidden=*{{IL|Blackmail Material|1 x}}
*{{IL|Night on the Town|1 x}}
*{{IL|Stolen Kiss|4 x}}
*{{IL|Cellar of Wine|1 x}}
*{{IL|Whispered Hint|500 x}}
*{{IL|Cryptic Clue|250 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Bohemians|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|1 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Appreciation Society|Itemtype=Companion}}

===={{Il|Correspondent}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[An Unsigned Message]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 5, {{Il|Author}}, {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}} 10; {{Il|Watchful}} 300 challenge

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Correspondent's Accomplishments|Hidden=*{{IL|Antique Mystery|4 x}}
*{{IL|Sworn Statement|3 x}}
*{{IL|Dubious Testimony|5 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Bohemians|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Society|1 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=A Pot of Violant Ink|Itemtype=Tools of the Trade}}

'''Professional Activity:''' [[The Business of a Correspondent]], with rewards [[In souls]], [[In wine]], and [[In favours and rumour]].'
*{{IL| Crimson Engineer}}: “Specialising most in the Red Science,” with rewards [[In maps]].
*{{IL|Epistolant}}: “Favouring the scholarly paradigm of the Correspondent,” with rewards [[In dusty tomes]].

'''Advantages:'''
*Gets a +1 bonus to {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}} from their {{IL|A Pot of Violant Ink}}. This skill is mainly used in [[University Laboratory (Place)|Lab]] for Red Science experiments, generating {{IL|Laboratory Research}} and {{IL|Parabolan Research}} for them or directly helping to start/finish them, and is necessary for duplicating various skulls through the application of {{IL|Device for the Duplication of Bones}} in [[The Bone Market]]. Also, certain other activities/places have occasional Artisan of the Red Science checks of various importance, such as a [[Lowell's Locks and Cages (Card)|card]] in London, a [[A Distant Gleam|card]] in [[The Salt Steppes]], [[Intervene in a Dockers' Brawl|Brawling]], [[Balmoral]], [[Moulin]] Monographs, [[The Hurlers]], dismantling of the {{IL|Corresponding Sounder}}.
*Can increase [[A Scholar of the Correspondence]] through [[Shadowy Dealings at the University]] at a reduced cost, saving up to 887 [[Correspondence Plaque|Correspondence Plaques]] from level ASotC level 10 to level 21, a one-time savings (over many actions) of up to {{e}}443.5 . In addition, the minimum [[Watchful]] required to use this method is reduced by 50 levels, and the average [[Wounds]] gained at each step is halved.
*Can [[Your Own Lab|establish a Laboratory]] for free, without paying {{IL|Justificande Coin|1 x}}, {{IL|Primaeval Hint|1 x}} and {{IL|Cellar of Wine|1 x}} as other players have to — a one-time saving equivalent to {{e}}75 plus the actions required to obtain the Coin.
*Furthermore, can [[Adjust the Staffing of your Lab|expand their Laboratory]] from 2 to 3 workbenches for free, without paying {{IL|Judgements' Egg|1 x}} — an additional one-time saving of {{e}}62.5 .
*Correspondents can [[Read the Books that Others Cannot]], an action that gives research dependent on their equipment and {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}}, and a second option that can train your {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence|Appearance=SotC}}.
* Can [[Write something to sear the eyes of fools and lift up the great powers]] at [[Under the Statue at Station VIII|the Statue at Station VIII]] to exchange {{IL|Correspondence Plaque|4 x}} and {{IL|Aeolian Scream|3 x}} for {{IL|Storm-Threnody|1 x}}.
*Can send [[Compile notes on the Correspondence|letters]] (spending {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Flame-Resilient Paper|5 x}}, {{IL|Volume of Collated Research|2 x}} and {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|2 x}} per each) to increase the recipient's {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}}, {{IL|Dangerous}}, {{IL|Watchful}} and {{IL|Wounds}}.
*Can be [[Invite a Correspondent acquaintance to educate the orphans|invited to an Orphanage]] by another player, getting 5 CP {{IL|Making Waves}}, {{IL|Correspondence Plaque|15 x}} and {{IL|Favours: Urchins|1 x}} while sender loses 15 CP {{IL|Engaged in a Scheme: an Orphanage}} and gains 200 CP {{IL|Making Waves}}.
*Can [[Write a monograph on it...in it]] during [[Christmas]], using up an {{IL|Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow}} and gaining 3 CP {{IL|Nightmares}} for 2–14 CP {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}} (up to level 15), 60 CP {{IL|Watchful}}, 1–20 CP {{IL|Making Waves}}, 10 CP {{IL|Connected: Benthic}} and 10 CP {{IL|Connected: Summerset}}.

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===Rat-Catcher, Stalker, Monster-Hunter===
<blockquote>He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. <small>— Friedrich Nietzsche, ''Beyond Good and Evil'' (1886)</small></blockquote>

===={{Il|Rat-Catcher}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[By the River's Side: the Docks|The Docks]] — costs {{IL|Favours: The Docks|3 x|Appearance=Favours}}, requires {{IL|Dangerous}} 20

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Rat-Catcher's reward|Hidden=*{{IL|Strong-Backed Labour|1 x}}
*{{IL|Puzzling Map|1 x}}
*{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|1000 x}}
*{{IL|Rat on a String|1250 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Constables|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: The Docks|1 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Ratting Piece|Itemtype=Weapon}}

===={{Il|Stalker}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[An Unsigned Message]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 2, {{Il|Rat-Catcher}}

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Stalker's Reward|Hidden=*{{IL|Puzzling Map|2 x}}
*{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|2500 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Constables|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: The Docks|1 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Perspicacious Lurcher|Itemtype=Companion}}

===={{IL|Monster-Hunter}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[An Unsigned Message]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 5, {{Il|Stalker}}, {{Il|A Procurer of Savage Beasts}}; {{Il|Dangerous}} 300 challenge

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Monster-Hunter's Labours|Hidden=*{{IL|Puzzling Map|4 x}}
*{{IL|Volume of Collated Research|3 x}}
*{{IL|Tale of Terror!!|5 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Constables|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: The Docks|1 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=A Notched Bone Harpoon|Itemtype=Tools of the Trade}}

'''Professional Activity:''' [[The Business of a Monster-Hunter]], with rewards [[In souls]], [[In favours and rumour]], and [[In mysteries]]. 
*{{IL|Hierarch of the Hunt}}: “Killer of killers and devotee of the Predator's Sacrament,” with rewards [[In intelligence]].
*{{IL|Teratomancer}}: “A butcher-haruspex and expert in dread anatomy,” with rewards [[In dusty tomes]].

'''Advantages:''' 
*Gets a +1 bonus to {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} from their {{IL|A Notched Bone Harpoon}}. This skill is mainly used when dealing with monsters/animals or their body parts — hunting them in Parabola, generating {{IL|Laboratory Research}} for related experiments or directly helping to [[Determine the true nature of this bone]], and (more than any other skill) in [[The Bone Market]]. Also, certain other activities/places have occasional Monstrous Anatomy checks of various importance, such as a [[A Giant Angler Crab|card]] while [[Zailing the Unterzee]], harder Heists, [[Intervene in a Dockers' Brawl|Brawling]], [[Diving in the Magistracy]], [[A Kitchen for Artists|cooking]] in [[Station VIII]], Anglican Diocese in [[Burrow-Infra-Mump]].
*Can [[Spear it with your harpoon|spear a runaway potbelly stove at Hurlers]], capturing it in 5 actions instead of 3 successes, but without the risk of failures and {{IL|Wounds}} (which adds up to higher total than 5 considering that the basic options are impossible to 100% currently), and with an additional profit — every spearing gives {{IL|Correspondence Plaque|2 x}} on average.
*While hunting the {{IL|Plated Seal}} and other zee-monsters, can [[Make a daring approach|progress faster]] and [[Engage the plated seal in single combat|engage it in single combat in the end]] — the latter, however, only gives flavour and no mechanical advantages compared to the ordinary option.
*Can [[Go on a rat-catching expedition]] while [[Zailing the Unterzee]], without the risk of failure, {{IL|Troubled Waters}} gain and 50/100 more {{IL|Rat on a String|Appearance=Rats on String}} compared to the other options.
*Has options on various other cards while [[Zailing the Unterzee]], which don't have stat/skill checks but also don't give {{IL|Zailing...}}: they can ram [[Ram the lifeberg and claim a piece of it!|a lifeberg]] (besides {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|1 x}}, it gives 1 CP {{IL|Northern Wind}} if already present and avoids raising {{IL|Nightmares}}) or [[Reach for your harpoon; call for ramming speed!|a giant angler crab]] (besides {{IL|Deep-zee Catch|5 x}}, it removes all {{IL|Rumbling Stomachs}}, but also raises {{IL|Troubled Waters}} by 1 CP), and if they meet [[A Chelonite Hunting Ketch]] they can [[Regale them with tales of your own hunts|exchange]] {{IL|Tale of Terror!!|10 x}} for {{IL|Moon-Pearl|250 x}}, {{IL|Shard of Glim|250 x}}, {{IL|Fin Bones, Collected|5 x}} and a {{IL|Troubled Waters}} drop.
*Can staff their [[Parabolan Base-Camp]] with colleagues at the first stage of [[Build up your Base-Camp|building it up]], not spending {{IL|Strong-Backed Labour|1 x}} — a one-time saving of {{e}}2.5 .
*Gets an additional opportunity to [[Wound the Parabolan Quarry|wound their Parabolan quarry]] during the hunt, further simplifying it: depending on Monstrous Anatomy level and specific quarry, even one wound can completely eliminate the risk of failure.
*Can get {{IL|Knob of Scintillack|1 x}} and {{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|2 x}} (uncapped) while {{IL|Dreaming in Viric}} during a [[Feast of the Exceptional Rose]], if Sinning Jenny is chosen as a partner.

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===Trickster, Conjurer, Crooked-Cross===
<blockquote>What should it be, that thus their faith can bind?/ The power of Thought, the magic of the Mind! <small>—Lord Byron, ''The Corsair'' (1813)</small></blockquote>

===={{IL|Trickster}}====
'''Acquired from:'''
*[[Burning Shadows: the Devils of London|Devils]] — costs {{IL|Favours: Hell|5 x|Appearance=Favours}}
*[[The Roof-Tops: Urchins|Urchins]] — costs {{IL|Favours: Urchins|5 x|Appearance=Favours}}; requires {{IL|Route: The Flit}}
{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Trickster's reward|Hidden=*{{IL|Brilliant Soul|10 x}}
*{{IL|Storm-Threnody|1 x}}
*{{IL|Dazed Raven Advisor|1 x}}
*{{IL|Lucky Weasel|1 x}}
*{{IL|Jade Fragment|599 x}}
*{{IL|Stolen Kiss|1 x}}
*{{IL|Thirsty Bombazine Scrap|1 x}}
*{{IL|Maniac's Prayer|5 x}}
*{{IL|Bottle of Broken Giant 1844|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Hell|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Urchins|1 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Loathsome Imp|Itemtype=Companion}}

===={{Il|Conjurer}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[An Unsigned Message]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 2, {{IL|Trickster}}

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Conjurer's reward|Hidden=*{{IL|Aeolian Scream|10 x}}
*{{IL|Blackmail Material|2 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Hell|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Society|1 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Horrid Imp|Itemtype=Companion}}

===={{Il|Crooked-Cross}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[An Unsigned Message]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 5, {{Il|Conjurer}}, {{Il|Connected: Benthic}} 5, {{Il|Renown: The Church}} 5, {{Il|Renown: Hell}} 5; {{Il|Persuasive}} 300 challenge

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Wage of a Crooked-Cross|Hidden=*{{IL|Blackmail Material|4 x}}
*{{IL|Muscaria Brandy|3 x}}
*{{IL|Infernal Contract|13 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Hell|2 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=A Crooked Cross|Itemtype=Tools of the Trade}}

'''Professional Activity:''' [[The Business of a Crooked-Cross]], with rewards [[In souls]], [[In maps]], and [[In suspect relics]].
*{{IL|Beatificator}}: “Progenitor of new saints and specialist in subverting truths from within,” with rewards [[In silks]].
*{{IL|Schismatic}}: “Cleaver of minds from their certainties and expert at discerning the many shades of truth,” with rewards [[In hard labour]].

'''Advantages:'''
*Gets a +1 bonus to {{IL|Mithridacy}} from their {{IL|A Crooked Cross}}. This skill is mainly used in various truth-bending and deceiving activities: making skeletons in [[The Bone Market]], dealing with the Railway Board of Directors, writing Monographs in [[Moulin]], creating {{IL|Corrective Historical Narrative}} and {{IL|Revisionist Historical Narrative}} in [[The Waswood]] or [[Moulin]]. Also, many other activities/places have occasional Mithridacy checks of various importance, such as various London, [[Zailing the Unterzee]] and [[Upper River]] cards, [[Critically examine a disquieting missive|critically examining a disquieting missive]], publishing newspapers, dealing with [[Student Complaints]], [[Jericho Locks]], [[Evenlode Courts]], [[Balmoral]], Diocesan Church of Hell in [[Burrow-Infra-Mump]], [[Moulin]] Expeditions, Khaganian Intrigues, [[Viric Jungle]], [[The Dome of Scales]], Parabolan War.
*Can [[Rely on professional contacts]] to join {{IL|The Clay Tailor Club}}.
*Can [[Begin the meeting with a few words|confuse the Railway board]], making it easier to convince those who are vulnerable to obfuscation.
*Can obtain {{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|Appearance = Rumours of the Upper River}} from [[A Familiar Bohemian Sculptress]] in [[The Bone Market]] - however, the {{IL|Persuasive}} check is currently impossible to 100%.
*Can obtain {{IL|Esteem of the Guild}} more cheaply from [[Debate with the Nostalgic Landlady]] in [[Jericho: The Arborist's Hands|Jericho: The Arborist's Hands.]] However, it takes twice as much actions compared to other options. This makes [[Charter a barge to the Persephone]] partially self-funding, providing easy access to {{IL|Skull in Coral}}.
*Get unique [[Consult the Gilded Minister (Crooked-Cross)|conversational]] [[Consult the Gilded Minister (Farewell, Crooked-Cross)|options]] with Parish Council in [[Burrow-Infra-Mump]].
*Can [[Confound a Beloved Orthodoxy|exchange]] {{IL|False Hagiotoponym|1 x}} for {{IL|Mortification of a Great Power|1 x}} and {{IL|Apostate's Psalm}} in [[Burrow-Infra-Mump]].
*As they have less need for {{IL|An Epistemologically Flexible Approach to Historiography}}, Crooked-Crosses can instead get a different weekly reward in [[The Wellspring of Moulin]]: {{IL|Revisionist Historical Narrative|1 x}}, {{IL|Verse of Counter-Creed|1 x}}, {{IL|Antique Mystery|1 x}} and an amount of {{IL|Memory of a Much Lesser Self}} equal to their {{IL|Mithridacy}}/2.
*Can [[Turn one of their spies|use Persuasive]] instead of {{IL|A Player of Chess}} during the mid-game when playing Chess at [[The Chessboard]], getting {{IL|Positional Advantages|3 x}} on success. However, unlike other options, the Persuasive challenge requires {{FontFate}}-locked equpiment and a Persuasive Treasure to be 100%-able, and the failure changes {{IL|Colour at the Chessboard}} to Red if it wasn't already.
*Can send [[Compose a letter to spread the Bad Word|letters]] (spending {{IL|Verse of Counter-Creed|1 x}} per each) to increase the recipient's {{IL|Mithridacy}}, {{IL|Persuasive}}, {{IL|Watchful}} and {{IL|Nightmares}}.
* Can spend 10 CP {{IL|Corresponding...}} for {{IL|Silent Soul|1 x}} and an amount of {{IL|Soul}} equal to (5/2) × their (Base {{IL|Watchful}} + Base {{IL|Persuasive}}).
*Can be [[Invite a Crooked-Cross to address your Salon|invited to a Salon]] by another player, getting 20 CP {{IL|Making Waves}}, {{IL|Intriguing Snippet|10 x}} and {{IL|Romantic Notion|10 x}} while sender loses 15 CP {{IL|Engaged in a Scheme: a Salon}} and gains 2 CP {{IL|Scandal}} and 200 CP {{IL|Making Waves}}.

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===Watcher, Agent, Midnighter===
<blockquote>Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead. <small>—Benjamin Franklin, ''Poor Richard's Almanack'' (1735)</small></blockquote>

===={{IL|Watcher}}====
'''Acquired from:''' 
*[[Court and Cell: the Constables|The Constables]] — costs {{IL|Favours: Constables|5 x|Appearance=Favours}}
*[[Whispers from the Surface: The Great Game|The Great Game]] — costs {{IL|Favours: The Great Game|5 x|Appearance=Favours}}; requires {{IL|The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game -|Appearance=A Fine Piece in the Game}}
{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Watcher's reward|Hidden=*{{IL|Blackmail Material|1 x}}
*{{IL|Antique Mystery|1 x}}
*{{IL|Moon-Pearl|100 x}}
*{{IL|Dubious Testimony|8 x}}
*{{IL|Sworn Statement|3 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Constables|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: The Great Game|1 x}}}}

{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Revolting Disguise|Itemtype=Hat}}

===={{IL|Agent}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[An Unsigned Message]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 2, {{IL|Watcher}}

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Agent's Reward|Hidden=*{{IL|Presbyterate Passphrase|10 x}}
*{{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|10 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: Constables|1 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: The Great Game|1 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Memento of a Struggle|Itemtype=Weapon}}

===={{IL|Midnighter}}====
'''Acquired from:''' [[An Unsigned Message]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 5, {{IL|Agent}}, {{IL|The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game -|Appearance=A Fine Piece in the Game}}; {{IL|Shadowy}} 300 challenge

{{ExSpan|Title=Professional reward|Link=The Midnighter's Currency|Hidden=*{{IL|Favour in High Places|4 x}}
*{{IL|Thirsty Bombazine Scrap|3 x}}
*{{IL|Stolen Correspondence|50 x}}
*{{IL|Favours: The Great Game|2 x}}}}{{ExSpan|Title=Unique item|Item=Shrine to Saint Joshua|Itemtype=Tools of the Trade}}

'''Professional Activity:''' [[The Business of a Midnighter]], with rewards [[In souls]], [[In maps]], and [[In jewels]]. 
*{{IL|Iniquitor}}: “Powerful and elusive, accumulating pieces to play the next level of the Great Game,” with rewards [[In intelligence]].
*{{IL|Letheologist}}: “Zealous and independent, immersed in the deeper rites of St. Joshua,” with rewards [[In wine]].

'''Advantages:''' 
* Gets a +1 bonus to {{IL|A Player of Chess}} from their {{IL|Shrine to Saint Joshua}}. This skill is mainly used in various Great Game and Great Game-related activities like spying on, manipulating and deceiving people: playing on [[The Chessboard]], working in [[Work in your Cabinet Noir|Cabinet Noir]] and other activities in [[Balmoral]], dealing with the Railway Board of Directors, Khaganian Intrigues. Also, certain other activities/places have occasional A Player of Chess checks of various importance, such as various London, [[Zailing the Unterzee]] and [[Upper River]] cards, Counter-Church in the Wild in [[Burrow-Infra-Mump]], [[The Dome of Scales]], Parabolan War.
*Can [[Hint at one or two things you know|blackmail the Railway board]], making it easier to convince those who are vulnerable to corruption.
*Can gain more {{IL|Disappearing...}} and {{IL|Deciphering...}} per action in the [[Work in your Cabinet Noir|Cabinet Noir]] in [[Balmoral]].
*Can lose 7 CP {{IL|Wounds}} for free [[In the Court of the Fathomking]]. This is the same amount lost from spending {{IL|Romantic Notion|10 x}} (a saving of {{e}}1 ).
* While meeting [[A Khaganian Patrol Vessel]] in [[The Salt Steppes]], can [[Record their position]], gaining an amount of {{IL|Moves in the Great Game}} scaling with their {{IL|Renown: The Great Game}} with no risk at the cost of halved {{IL|Zailing...}} gain.
*At midnight in [[Khan's Heart]] can take a special option to progress the current intrigue, losing 1 CP {{IL|Nightmares}} and gaining 10 CP {{IL|Infiltrating...}} with no risk.
*Can find [[The Chessboard]] more easily and can gain {{IL|Vienna Opening|1 x}} once during early game, at the cost of progressing without gaining {{IL|Positional Advantages}}.
*Can send [[Encrypt a coded instruction|letters]] (spending {{IL|Vital Intelligence|1 x}} and gaining {{IL|Memento of Silence|1 x}} per each) to increase the recipient's {{IL|Shadowy}}, {{IL|Watchful}} and {{IL|Suspicion}}.
*Can be [[Invite a Midnighter acquaintance to honour a tradition of St Joshua|invited to an Orphanage]] by another player, getting 5 CP {{IL|Making Waves}}, {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|15 x}} and {{IL|Favours: The Great Game|1 x}} while sender loses 15 CP {{IL|Engaged in a Scheme: an Orphanage}} and gains 200 CP {{IL|Making Waves}}.
*Can get {{IL|Perfumed Gunpowder|1 x}} and {{IL|Hastily Scrawled Warning Note|2 x}} (uncapped) while {{IL|Dreaming in Viric}} during a [[Feast of the Exceptional Rose]], if Gracious Widow is chosen as a partner.

==Less Entangled Professions==

These professions come with no unique item, and receive {{IL|A Professional Reward}} in cash. Such employment may suit those who wish to remain less involved in the more unsavoury business of the Neath, or simply those who have particular skills to offer and little interest in climbing the career ladder. Adopt these professions from [[An Unsigned Message]].

'''''Note:''''' ''Adopting any of these professions requires a certain level of Notability, but this is not consumed.''
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===Tutor ===
''On long afternoons, while you inculcate Latin and arithmetic into the surly little tyke and he kicks your shins under the table, you focus on the end of the week, and your reward.''

'''Unlocked with:''' [[Become a Tutor to a Wretched Child]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 2, {{Il|Watchful}} 120

'''[[The Tutor's Reward]]:''' {{IL|Penny|6000 x}}
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===Undermanager===
''Filkin & Filkin, Overcomptrollers, require an undermanager to assort operations and engage extrifications. You will be required to juggle figures and elaborate administrations.''

'''Unlocked with:''' [[Become an Undermanager]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 2, {{Il|Persuasive}} 120

'''[[The Undermanager's Reward]]:''' {{IL|Penny|6000 x}}
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=== Doctor===
''Even here, where death is an aberration, people are troubled by less final maladies. More troubled, perhaps, since no-one wants to endure eternity with a hernia.''

'''Unlocked with:''' [[Become a doctor]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 3, {{Il|Watchful}} 150

'''[[The Doctor's Payment]]:''' {{IL|Penny|7000 x}}

'''Advantages:'''

*As a member of [[Sophia's]], you can [[Offer your services as a doctor]], for a payment of {{Il|Knob of Scintillack|1 x}}.
*At [[Christmas (Guide)|Christmas]], get a {{Il|Primaeval Hint}} and a point of {{Il|Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre|Appearance=TToL}} on [[Day 11: Mr Sacks, mutely]].

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===Notary ===
''They are the only notaries allowed to operate within the City of London. The romance of their name perfectly balances the excitement of their daily work.''

'''Unlocked with:''' [[Apply for membership in the Mysterie of Writers of the Court Letter]] — requires {{IL|Notability}} 3, {{Il|Persuasive}} 150

'''[[The Notary's Task]]:''' {{IL|Penny|7000 x}}

'''Advantages:'''

* With a post office at Ealing Gardens, [[Offer your services (Ealing)|Offer your services]] for some reduction of {{Il|Suspicion}} and a few {{Il|Hinterland Scrip|Appearance=Scrip}}.
*At [[Christmas (Guide)|Christmas]], get a {{Il|Primaeval Hint}} and a point of {{Il|Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre|Appearance=TToL}} on [[Day 11: Mr Sacks, mutely]].

==Quick-Switch Guide==
It is possible for players to switch level-3 professions quickly. You will need 5 {{IL|Notability}}, a {{
IL|Favourable Circumstance}}, 6 Actions, and either a good card draw or be close to {{IL|Time, the Healer}} to do this. Obtaining a [[Mood]] can also help increase chances for successfully obtaining the highest-tier promotion. [See above for the more esoteric requirements]

1. Pick the profession you want to take, and determine which Faction starts the Profession. (i.e. to be {{IL|Correspondent}}, you must first become a {{IL|Journalist}}, so you need {{IL|Bohemians}})

2. Wait to draw the Faction Card for the level 1 profession and hold it in your hand. Acquire five favours with that Faction.

3. Wait to draw the {{IL|An Unsigned Message}} card and hold it as well. You can proceed without the card, up to step 6.

4. Go to {{IL|Your Social Engagements}}. Select [[Send_a_Message_to_a_Contact|Send a Message to a Contact]]. Choose to [[Resign_from_your_Profession|Resign from your Profession]].

5. Use the Faction Card to pick the Level 1 profession (ex: {{IL|Journalist}})

6. Use the {{IL|An Unsigned Message}} card. If you don't have the card, Go to {{IL|Your Social Engagements}}. Select [[Send_a_Message_to_a_Contact|Send a Message to a Contact]] to [[Await_an_Unsigned_Letter|Await an Unsigned Letter]]. This will immediately draw the {{IL|An Unsigned Message}}. If you do this, you will need to wait to complete the next step until [[Time,_the_Healer|Time, the Healer]] arrives. 

7. If you have expended your {{IL|Favourable Circumstance}}, wait for [[Time,_the_Healer|Time, the Healer]] or choose {{IL|Insist on Favourable Circumstances}}, which will consume substantial {{IL|Notability}} in exchange for receiving them.

8 **If you can acquire the correct Mood, do it now.** Likewise if you lack Second Chances for the stat used for acquiring the new profession, go get some. Once you request the Unsigned Message, if you Perhaps Not out you will lose both the card and your Favourable Circumstance. (This step is technically optional, but a very difficult test awaits you and you will probably fail at least once without it. With an appropriate Mood, a Second Chance, and main stat of 200 +55 or so in other gear, you can reduce the chance of failure to only 15% or so.)

9. Use the [[Send_a_Message_to_a_Contact|Send a Message to a Contact]] to [[Await_an_Unsigned_Letter|Await an Unsigned Letter]] which will use your {{IL|Favourable Circumstances}}. This will immediately re-draw the {{IL|An Unsigned Message}} again.

10. Use the {{IL|An Unsigned Message}} card to advance to Level 3 (ex. {{IL|Correspondent}})

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