A Public Lecture
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The Carpenter's Granddaughter worked in Lyme Regis […] excavating […] plesiosaurs. Now she has come to the Neath and commands a very dedicated audience.
Thanks to her, half of London is saying [Fads]. Not that she herself ever claimed any such thing.Description summary:
[Fads] in the description is replaced by the phrases in the expandable table below.
Fads | Half of London is saying... |
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0 – 24 | birds originated in Parabola as a form of Nightmare, and that they achieved existence through a dark bargain |
25 – 49 | Neath-dwellers could find Surface behemoths if only they went up in a dirigible and dug upward into the roof |
50 – 74 | extinction might come to the Neath |
75 – 84 | animals are gradually becoming smaller and that one day all humans will be microscopic |
85 – 100 | that all large animals originated in the Neath and some of them merely found their way to the Surface long ago |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Unlocked with Route: The Bone Market
Card drawn in Fallen London
Occurs with Standard Frequency
Options:
Attend her presentation
- Spoiler Locked with Familiarity with the Carpenter's Granddaughter
Success
Things that were, and that might be again
- You've attended a lecture by the Carpenter's Granddaughter. (Sets Familiarity with the Carpenter's Granddaughter to 1)
- [Palaeontological Fads change…] (random) (hidden)
- You've gained 4-5 x Incisive Observation
Redirects to: A Public Lecture
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See another of her lectures
- Spoiler Unlocked with Familiarity with the Carpenter's Granddaughter
Challenge information
Broad, Watchful 220 || 151 - very chancy (41%) || 187 - chancy (51%) || 224 - modest (61%) || 261 - very modest (71%) || 297 - low-risk (81%) || 334 - straightforward (91%) || 367 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Things that were, and that might be again
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Familiarity with the Carpenter's Granddaughter
- You've gained 4-5 x Incisive Observation
- [Palaeontological Fads change…] (random) (hidden)
- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
Failure
Things that were, and that might be again
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Familiarity with the Carpenter's Granddaughter
- Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
- [Palaeontological Fads change…] (random) (hidden)
- [The Airs of London change…] (random)
Introduce her to a friend
- Spoiler Unlocked with Familiarity with the Carpenter's Granddaughter 1, 1 x Debonair Palaeontologist or Buccaneering Palaeontologist
Success
An excitable conversation
- You've gained 4-5 x Memory of Light
- [Palaeontological Fads change…] (random) (hidden)
Ask the Carpenter's Granddaughter about the influx of bones
- Spoiler Unlocked with Familiarity with the Carpenter's Granddaughter, Route: Doubt Street
Locked with Rumour from the Carpenter's Granddaughter
Success
A considered analysis
- You've gained 1 x Research on a Morbid Fad
- You've gained 1 x Rumour from the Carpenter's Granddaughter
- You've gained 100 x Cryptic Clue
Offer her a few Surveys
- Spoiler Unlocked with Familiarity with the Carpenter's Granddaughter 1, 10 x Survey of the Neath's Bones
Success
A happy exchange
- You've gained 2 x Plaster Tail Bones
- You've lost 10 x Survey of the Neath's Bones
- [Palaeontological Fads change…] (random)
Impress her with your own constructions
- Spoiler Unlocked with Skeleton in Progress 100, Familiarity with the Carpenter's Granddaughter, Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies (30000 - Zoological Mania Bonus)
Challenge information
Broad, Shadowy 300 || 205 - very chancy (41%) || 255 - chancy (51%) || 305 - modest (61%) || 355 - very modest (71%) || 405 - low-risk (81%) || 455 - straightforward (91%) || 500 - straightforward (100%)
The challenge info shown is at level 3 of Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility. The base difficulty is (100 x Implausibility), meaning that having none of that quality guarantees a sale. It's probably a good idea to consider lowering the Implausibility prior to a sale.
Success
Would she honour you by acquiring your (Skeleton Type)?
- Shadowy is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Leviathan Frame
Redirects to: Packing away your Skeleton
Failure
Would she honour you by acquiring your (Skeleton Type)?
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Enlist her help
- Spoiler Unlocked with Bone Market Exhaustion, 25 x Hinterland Scrip, 1000 x Moon-Pearl, 1000 x Fistful of Surface Currency, Favour in High Places
Success
A faint sigh
- You've decreased the time it will take for the Bone Market to be operational again. (Removes 1 x Bone Market Exhaustion)
- You've lost 1000 x Fistful of Surface Currency
- You've lost 25 x Hinterland Scrip
- You've lost 1000 x Moon-Pearl
- You've lost 1 x Favour in High Places