A Teller of Terrors

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Her artform is the portrayal of terrifying things. Her audience dwells in the Neath. She needs inspiration, if she means to show them anything worse than they have already seen.

Unlocked with redirect from Sell to a Teller of Terrors

Storylet appears in The Bone Market

Options:

Sell your skeleton to the Teller of Terrors

•  Spoiler ID: 238853
  

  Unlocked with Skeleton in Progress 100, Skeleton: Menace
  Locked with Bone Market Exhaustion 4
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 225 || 154 - very chancy (41%) || 192 - chancy (51%) || 229 - modest (61%) || 267 - very modest (71%) || 304 - low-risk (81%) || 342 - straightforward (91%) || 375 - straightforward (100%)
  

  The challenge info shown is obtained at 3 levels of Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility. The base level is (75 x Implausibility), meaning that having zero level of that guarantees a sale.

  Success

  Sinister? Sinister multiplied by sinister?

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've gained (25 + (( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies + Zoological Mania Bonus) / 10)) x Bottles of Morelways 1872
  •  You've gained (( Skeleton: Menace)² / 25) x Bone Market Exhaustion (Rounded down)

  If Bone Market Fluctuations: is Menace:

  •  You've gained 4*( Skeleton: Menace)^2.1 x Royal-Blue Feather

  Otherwise:

  •  You've gained 4*( Skeleton: Menace)² x Royal-Blue Feather

  Redirects to: Packing away your Skeleton

  Failure

  No sale

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Suspicion is increasing… (+2 CP)

  ^

Sell her a Possessed Goldfish

•  Spoiler ID: 240552
  

  Unlocked with 1 x Possessed Goldfish
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 200 || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Acceptable

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've gained 2 x Preserved Surface Blooms
  •  You've gained 1 x Royal-Blue Feather
  • You've lost 1 x Possessed Goldfish

  Failure

  Acceptable

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Suspicion is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  You've gained 2 x Preserved Surface Blooms
  •  You've gained 1 x Royal-Blue Feather
  • You've lost 1 x Possessed Goldfish

  ^

Contribute your insight to a future project

•  Spoiler ID: 240554
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Monstrous Anatomy 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Eyes in the dark

  •  You've gained 1 x Preserved Surface Blooms

  Failure

  Too hard to film

  •  Suspicion is increasing… (+1 CP)

  ^