Editing A Person of Some Importance (Guide)

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'''''Your influence is felt across London and beyond. Are you destined for greatness?'''''
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==Intro==
{{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=A Person of Some Importance}} (PoSI) is a measure of your importance in London. It has the following levels:
*{{IL|A Person of Some Little Consequence}}
*{{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=A Person of Some Importance}}
*{{IL|A Person of Some Importance -}} [Tier 2 specialisation]
**{{IL|A Reputation of Some Importance: A Shattering Force|Appearance=A Shattering Force|Image=volcano.png}}
**{{IL|A Reputation of Some Importance: A Legendary Charisma|Appearance=A Legendary Charisma|Image=salon3.png}}
**{{IL|A Reputation of Some Importance: An Invisible Eminence|Appearance=An Invisible Eminence|Image=smoker.png}}
**{{IL|A Reputation of Some Importance: An Extraordinary Mind|Appearance=An Extraordinary Mind|Image=telescope.png}}
*{{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=A Paramount Presence}}
Higher tiers unlock new and exciting professions, locations, equipment, and much more.

==A Person of Some Little Consequence==
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=== Meeting the Ambitious Barrister ===
To begin becoming a {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=A Person of Some Importance}}, at least one of your [[Attributes|Main Attributes]] needs to be higher than 100. However, the game checks your modified level, so boosts from equipment ''do'' count. As soon as you've reached 100 in one Attribute, a new card can start appearing.
{| class="article-table"
!Attribute
! Card
|-
|{{IL|Persuasive}} 100
|[[A possible coincidence]]
|-
|{{IL|Dangerous}} 100
|[[A curious coincidence]]
|-
|{{IL|Watchful}} 100
|[[Almost certainly not a coincidence]]
|-
|{{IL|Shadowy}} 100
|[[Probably not a coincidence]]
|}
This card will give you a new quality {{IL|A Person of Some Little Consequence}}.

You will be redirected to Your Lodgings and [[Who is she? 1|introduced to the Ambitious Barrister]], who believes you have what it takes to become a PoSI. After a nice [[Tea with the Ambitious Barrister|cup of tea]] (probably fungal, but it tastes delicious), she will take you for a walk around London.
===Are you well known?===
You will need to visit 4 key locations around London and prove you're known there. These locations are, in order:
{| class="article-table"
!Location
!Attribute
!Storylet
|-
|{{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}
|{{IL|Dangerous}}
|[[A Stroll around the Hill]]
|-
|{{IL|Veilgarden}}
|{{IL|Persuasive}}
|[[A wander through Veilgarden]]
|-
|{{IL|Spite}}
|{{IL|Shadowy}}
|[[A tour of Spite]]
|-
|{{IL|Ladybones Road}}
|{{IL|Watchful}}
|[[A walk down Ladybones Road]]
|}
To proceed with each storylet, you must have a level of at least 100 in the associated Attribute. As before, this check takes equipment modifiers into account.

===Are you ready?===
Once you've proven your reputation across London, four new cards can appear, each of them evaluating your readiness for PoSI status in a different way. You can play '''any one of''' these cards, choosing any of the options they offer, to advance. There is also an option on some of the cards to spend [[Fate]] to bypass the requirements.

==== [[A matter of the wardrobe]] ====
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The total purchase cost for each set of items on this card is {{E}}388.80 ({{E}}202.40 for the Fate option), though it should be noted that the items are not consumed; you can keep them or sell them afterward. This is a more expensive option than some others, but if the items would be useful to you at this stage, they might be worth the expense.
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table"
!Option
! Requirements
!Cost
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Suited and slippered]]
|{{IL|Night-Trimmed Frock Coat|1 x}}
|180
|-
|{{IL|Exceptional Hat|1 x}}
|115.20
|-
|{{IL|Pair of Dancemaster's Dabs|1 x}}
|28.80
|-
|{{IL|Pair of Masterwork Dancing Slippers|1 x}}
|64.80
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Satin by the yard]]
|{{IL|Magnificent Midnight-Blue Evening Gown|1 x}}
|180
|-
|{{IL|Pair of Lady's Lace Gloves|1 x}}
|28.80
|-
|{{IL|Pair of Masterwork Dancing Slippers|1 x}}
|64.80
|-
|{{IL|Beguiling Mask|1 x}}
|115.20
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Elegantly and entirely appointed]]
|{{IL|Pair of Masterwork Dancing Slippers|1 x}}
|64.80
|-
|{{IL|Avid Glove|1 x}}
|28.80
|-
|{{IL|Ratskin Suit|1 x}}
|115.20
|-
|{{IL|Beguiling Mask|1 x}}
|115.20
|-
|{{IL|Amber-Topped Walking-Stick|1 x}}
|64.80
|-
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|{{Il|Pair of Luminous Neathglass Goggles|1 x}}
|28.80
|-
|{{IL|Ratskin Suit|1 x}}
|115.20
|-
|{{IL|Avid Glove|1 x}}
|28.80
|-
|{{Il|Pair of Savage Hob-Nailed Boots|1 x}}
|28.80
|-
|{{Il|Ridiculous Hat|1 x}}
|0.80
|}
==== [[A respectable address]] ====
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The only option on this card, [[A little place in the city]], is the {{IL|Key to a Handsome Townhouse|1 x}}: a 3-card Lodgings costing {{Il|Romantic Notion|500 x}}. The sell price of the Notions (which are not purchaseable from the Bazaar) is {{E}}50; you would actually have to spend {{E}}100 on {{Il|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|2500 x}} to upconvert.

The Handsome Townhouse also allows you to eventually set up a Salon or an Orphanage, which are useful for [[Making Waves (Guide)#Handsome Townhouse|Making Waves]] when you're a PoSI, so this option is likely to continue being useful even into late-game.

==== [[A little hideaway]] ====
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Three of the options on this card are 4-card Lodgings that can be upgraded later on to 5-card Lodgings. The fourth option is a full set of the three-card Lodgings.

The Bazaar, Royal Beth, and Brass Embassy Lodgings are expensive to acquire before becoming a PoSI (with the lowest purchase prices listed below). While these are all desirable Lodgings that you ''will'' want at some point, this may not be the best time to go for them unless you're particularly flush with cash.
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table"
!Option
! Requirements
!{{E}}Cost in items
|-
|[[A place at the centre of things]]
|{{IL|Lengthy Lease to Premises at the Bazaar|1 x}}
|[[A new home|625]]
|-
|[[A place where odd behaviour is tolerated]]
|{{IL|Reservation at the Royal Bethlehem|1 x}}
|[[Buy a permanent reservation at the Royal Bethlehem Hotel|625]]
|-
|[[A place somewhere warm]]
|{{IL|Key to a Brass Embassy Guest Room|1 x}}
|[[Buy a Brass Embassy Guest Room from your Infernal friends|540]]
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Little places to hide]]
|{{IL|Key to a Lair in the Marshes|1 x}}
|6
|-
|{{IL|Key to a Rooftop Shack|1 x}}
|6
|-
|{{IL|Key to a Smoky Flophouse Dormitory|1 x}}
|6
|-
|{{IL|Key to a Cottage by the Observatory|1 x}}
|8
|-
|{{IL|Key to your Rooms above a Bookshop|1 x}}
|9
|-
|{{IL|Key to your Rooms above a Gambling Den|1 x}}
|12.60
|}
==== [[Friends and acquaintances]] ====
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These options are difficult to put a price on. All the Renown qualities (not including Masters) can be raised from 0 to 5 at Mrs Plenty's Carnival, though raising Renown past that point requires purchasing [[Factions (Guide)#Renown and Faction Items|the Factions' items]] for cashing in Favours. The Acquaintances can be acquired for free, if not reliably—the Forger can be met if you're sent to prison again, the Soldier by an Opportunity Card, the Functionary by rare successes on certain actions, and the Singer after playing through her storyline. It's possible you will have completed one of these sets by this stage of the game, but if not, you might be waiting a while for the right opportunities to come around.
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed article-table"
!Option
! Requirements
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[A close circle of friends]]
|{{IL|Acquaintance: the Regretful Soldier}}
|-
|{{IL|Acquaintance: the Repentant Forger}}
|-
|{{IL|Acquaintance: the Wry Functionary}}
|-
|{{IL|Acquaintance: the Sardonic Music-Hall Singer}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Friends in high places]]
|{{IL|Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar}} 1
|-
|{{IL|Renown: The Church}} 10
|-
|{{IL|Renown: Society}} 10
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Friends who can get things done]]
|{{IL|Renown: Revolutionaries}} 10
|-
|{{IL|Renown: Criminals}} 10
|-
|{{IL|Renown: The Great Game}} 10
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[The most singular friends]]
|{{IL|Renown: Tomb-Colonies}} 10
|-
|{{IL|Renown: Urchins}} 10
|-
|{{IL|Renown: Rubbery Men}} 10
|-
|[[Everyone loves you (5 FATE)]]
|
|}

After you've proven your worth, you need to return to [[Your Lodgings]].

===Sufficient Importance===
While you've proven that you have power, the Ambitious Barrister still questions [[Sufficient Importance|what you've done yourself]]. For evidence of your accomplishments, you'll need to satisfy one of these sets of requirements:

[[Because they're afraid of you]]
*{{IL|A Bringer of Death}} 1, from certain duels to the death and other such actions
*{{IL|A Fearsome Duellist}} 1, from [[Making Your Name (Guide)#Duelling with the Black Ribbon|defeating any of the Black Ribbon duellists]]
*{{IL|A Procurer of Savage Beasts}} 1, from [[Making Your Name (Guide)#Acquiring Exhibits for the Labyrinth of Tigers|obtaining an exhibit for Mr Inch]]
[[Because you watch from the shadows]]
*{{IL|Master Thief}} 1, from [[Making Your Name (Guide)#A Rash of Burglaries|burglaries]]
*{{IL|The Great Game: A Fine Piece in the Game -|Appearance=A Fine Piece in the Game}} 1, from the [[An Agent of the Cheesemonger|Cheesemonger]] storyline
[[Because they love you]]
*{{IL|The Darling of the Ambassador's Ball}}, from [[Making Your Name (Guide)#The Ambassador's Ball|getting access to the Shuttered Palace]]
*{{IL|Memento of Passion|1 x}}, from [[Making Your Name (Guide)#A Courtly Romance!|affairs at Court]]
*{{IL|Banished from the Court -|Appearance=Banished from the Court}}, from [[Carving out a Reputation at Court (Guide)|finishing the Empress's Court storyline]]
[[Because you have secrets]]
*{{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}} 1, from [[Making Your Name (Guide)#The Tomb of the Seven|finding the Tomb of the Seven]]
*{{IL|Appalling Secret|20 x}}
*{{IL|Nightmares}} 5
*{{IL|Featuring in the Tales of the University}} 25, from [[Featuring in the Tales of the University (Guide)|finishing the University storyline]]
Having proven one last time that you're indeed important, she gives you a Shaper's Pass which allows you to enter the [[Bazaar Side-streets]].

=== A Morning for Business===
Once you have time in your (no doubt) busy schedule to visit the side-streets, she gives you some [[A Morning for Business|explanation]] about what it means to be a PoSI and helps you acquire a [[Acquiring a Velocipede|Velocipede]]. This requires {{IL|Bazaar Permit|1 x}} and {{IL|Strong-Backed Labour|1 x}}, which you can get in the Bazaar Side-streets if you don't have them already.

Once you've acquired this transport, a new storylet will appear called [[Are we Done?]] Clicking [[Wait – one moment –]] reruns the tutorial. However, the option you want is [[You understand]]; this will remove {{IL|A Person of Some Little Consequence}} and give you {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=A Person of Some Importance}}.

== A Person of Some Importance==
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You're {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=A Person of Some Importance}} now, but what does that actually mean? Well, the short answer is: a lot. The long answer is...

===Unfinished Business===
Reaching PoSI status will unlock most of ({{IL|A Reputation of Some Importance: An Extraordinary Mind|Appearance=but}} {{IL|A Reputation of Some Importance: A Shattering Force|Appearance=not}} {{IL|A Reputation of Some Importance: A Legendary Charisma|Appearance=all}} {{IL|A Reputation of Some Importance: An Invisible Eminence|Appearance=of}}) the actions in a storylet in all locations you visited with the Ambitious Barrister. These storylets are:
*[[Unfinished Business in Watchmaker's Hill]]
*[[Unfinished Business in Veilgarden]]
*[[Unfinished Business in Spite]]
*[[Unfinished Business in Ladybones Road]]
All of these have options which require multiple Actions and will give you large amounts of raw resources.[[File:Lodgings.png|right]]

===Expanded Inventory===
As a PoSI, you now have additional inventory slots: [[Affiliation]], [[Transport]], [[Home Comfort]], [[Ship]], [[Spouse]], and [[Club]]. Many of the items for these slots can be obtained through gold-bordered cards and storylets in the {{Il|Bazaar Side-streets}}.

For more information on what these items do and how to obtain them, consult the [[PoSI Item Crafting]] guide.
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===Zailing===
One of the most important PoSI items you can acquire is a [[PoSI Item Crafting#Ship|Ship]]. This allows you to zail the Unterzee and reach locations outside of London, such as Polythreme, the Iron Republic, and Port Carnelian. There are also occasionally events in which Londoners take to zee for [[Hunting the Beasts of the Zee|hunting expeditions]].

You have a choice of different types of ship, which each have their own advantages (and requirements). Consult the relevant portion of the Zailing guide for advice on [[Zailing (Guide)#Getting a ship|choosing a ship]], and the PoSI Item Crafting guide for a rundown of [[PoSI Item Crafting#Ship|what you'll need]].

===Advanced Professions===
You now have the means to advance beyond Tier 1 Professions, giving you access to better profession-exclusive equipment and better [[An Earnest of Payment|rewards]]. This is done via the card [[An Unsigned Message]], which can now appear in your deck, and costs {{Il|Notability}}. (For exact costs, consult the [[Professions (Guide)|professions guide]].)
{| class="article-table"
!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}}
|}

The Tier 3 professions (requiring 5 {{IL|Notability}}) have associated [[Professional Activities (Guide)|professional activities]], for which maintaining 5 {{IL|Notability}} will unlock additional options.

==Notability==
While {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=A Person of Some Importance}} measures if you are someone important in Fallen London, {{IL|Notability}} measures just ''how'' important. Basically, how big is your {{IL|Entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals}}?

The two primary uses for Notability are to unlock advanced Professions and to become a Tier 2 PoSI.

===Raising Notability===
Notability is advanced by spending Making Waves on the card [[A visit from Slowcake's Amanuensis]]. The amount of Making Waves you need increases with each level of Notability, but can be reduced with higher levels of the qualities {{IL|Bizarre}}, {{IL|Dreaded}} and {{IL|Respectable}}, or BDR ([[Bizarre, Dreaded, Respectable (Guide)|see Guide]]). The formula for the cost to raise your Notability is: [20 - ([[Bizarre|B]]+[[Dreaded|D]]+[[Respectable|R]]) + 4 * [[Notability|N]]].

Making Waves is the impression you have made upon London. Impressions are fleeting, however, and [[Time, the Healer]] will halve it every week. See [[Making Waves (Guide)]] for information on how to raise Making Waves.
===Spending or Losing Notability===
There are several ways to lose Notability:
*If your Making Waves is lower than your Notability when [[Time, the Healer]] comes, your Notability will be reduced by 1
*[[Throw the Amanuensis out on his oily little ear|Throwing the Amanuensis out of your Lodgings]]
*Being [[A Wretched Recidivist|arrested]] when your [[A Criminal Record:|Criminal Record]] is 5 or higher
*Using your [[Entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals|Entry]] to [[Come to the assistance of Dr F|help Dr F____]] or [[Fund the production of a notorious new ballet]]
*Closing an [[Close your Orphanage|Orphanage]] or [[Shutter your Salon|Salon]]
*[[Elope|Eloping]], holding [[A hasty wedding]] or [[A hurried riverside ceremony]]
Notability can also be spent intentionally in certain advanced transactions.

*Upgrading from a 4-card to 5-card [[Lodgings]] in [[A Sundered Sea]] at Christmas
*Obtaining a [[Vial of Tears of the Bazaar]] or [[Vial of Masters' Blood]] from [[A Presumptuous Little Opportunity|the Portly Sommelier]]
*[[Insist on Favourable Circumstances|Insisting on Favourable Circumstances]]
*[[Recommend an unknown acquaintance|Recommending an unknown acquaintance]] to give them their first point of Notability
*Advancing to a Tier 2 or Tier 3 Profession on the card [[An Unsigned Message]]
*Choosing (or clearing) a Tier 2 PoSI specialization

==Tier 2 Person of Importance==
Once you have a level of 200 (unmodified) in one of your [[Attributes|Main Attributes]] ({{IL|Persuasive}}, {{IL|Watchful}}, {{IL|Dangerous}}, or {{IL|Shadowy}}), you can become a Tier 2 Person of Some Importance. There are 4 different types of Tier 2 PoSI, depending on the Attribute in which you have a level of 200. Advancement to this level of importance happens in the starting location associated with that Attribute, and requires a specific piece of equipment and {{IL|Notability|5}}.
{| class="article-table"
!Attribute
!Quality
!Item
!Area
|-
|{{IL|Watchful}}
|[[A Reputation of Some Importance: An Extraordinary Mind|An Extraordinary Mind]]
|{{IL|Smock of Four Thousand Three Hundred and Eight Pockets}}
|{{IL|Ladybones Road}}
|-
|{{IL|Shadowy}}
|[[A Reputation of Some Importance: An Invisible Eminence|An Invisible Eminence]]
|{{IL|Tub of Gloam-Foam}}
|{{IL|Spite}}
|-
|{{IL|Dangerous}}
|[[A Reputation of Some Importance: A Shattering Force|A Shattering Force]]
|{{IL|Infernal Sharpshooter's Rifle}}
|{{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}
|-
|{{IL|Persuasive}}
|[[A Reputation of Some Importance: A Legendary Charisma|A Legendary Charisma]]
|{{IL|Parabola-Linen Frock}} or {{IL|Parabola-Linen Suit}}
|{{IL|Veilgarden}}
|}
Once you're a Tier 2 PoSI, you'll still be able to do everything you already could, with the addition of several new things:

*Advancing your [[Lodgings]]: As a Tier 2 PoSI, you can upgrade a 4-card lodging to a 5-card lodging (at a rather immense cost) on the card associated with the lodging at any time of year, rather than waiting for Christmas.
**[[A guest room at the Brass Embassy]] → [[A Sanctum at the Brass Embassy]]
**[[A Room at the Royal Bethlehem Hotel]] → [[A Suite at the Royal Bethlehem]]
**[[Premises at the Bazaar]] → [[A Spire-Emporium of the Bazaar]]
* Building the [[Railway (Guide)|Great Hellbound Railway]], which gives access to locations in {{IL|Upper River}} and provides tons of new content. The Railway storyline also enables raising the {{IL|Watchful}}, {{IL|Dangerous}}, and {{IL|Persuasive}} caps up to 230.
* Engaging in [[Hearts' Game (Guide)|Hearts' Game]].
*[[Offering a Masterclass|Giving Masterclasses]]: You are now capable of giving a Masterclass in your specialized Attribute to a player who has less than 100 in that Attribute. This will give them a large boost in that Attribute and grant you some Making Waves.
*Working towards the London's Innards qualities that unlock the ultimate achievement, {{IL|Paramount Presence}}. When you're ready to pursue this, see [[Paramount Presence (Guide)]].
===Which Specialization should I pursue first?===
Whichever one whose stat you get to 200 first, or the one for the stat you like the most.

Aside from that obvious statement, there is one consideration you should heed. The item required for [[A Reputation of Some Importance: A Legendary Charisma|A Legendary Charisma]]; {{IL|Parabola-Linen Frock}} or {{IL|Parabola-Linen Suit}}; is not a top-tier item unlike the items required for the other specializations, and furthermore, can be transmuted into an {{IL|Strange-Shore Parabola Suit|Appearance=actually quite worthwhile item that is shared-BIS for Glasswork}} through the {{IL|Cave of the Nadir (Guide)|Appearance=Cave of the Nadir|Image=Nadirgate.png}}. However this transformed item is not usable for the [[A Reputation of Some Importance: A Legendary Charisma|Persuasive Specialization]], and the Cave of the Nadir should generally be acessible to you once you hit your first 200; thus the most efficient usage of your time would be to become a [[A Reputation of Some Importance: A Legendary Charisma|Legendary Charisma]] first before attempting to tackle the others.

All that aside, if you don't intend to pursue becoming a {{IL|Paramount Presence}} (and why wouldn't you if you're already this far in and obviously deeply invested in the game?), you can ignore this good advice.
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