An Author of Gothic Tales

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She likes her shadows dark, portraits sinister, servants secretive, and crypts deep in unspeakable ancestry.

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Storylet appears in The Bone Market

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Sell to an Author of Gothic Tales

•  Spoiler ID: 238725
  

  Unlocked with Skeleton in Progress 100, Skeleton: Antiquity, 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

  The more antique and menacing the better

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  You've gained (5 + (( Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies + Zoological Mania Bonus) / 50)) x Hinterland Scrip
  •  You've gained ( Antiquity * Menace / 20) x Bone Market Exhaustion (rounded down)

  If Bone Market Fluctuations: is Antiquity:

  •  You've gained ( Skeleton: Antiquity * ( Skeleton: Menace + 0.5)) x Carved Ball of Stygian Ivory

  If Bone Market Fluctuations: is Menace:

  •  You've gained (( Skeleton: Antiquity + 0.5) * Skeleton: Menace) x Carved Ball of Stygian Ivory

  Otherwise:

  •  You've gained ( Skeleton: Antiquity * Skeleton: Menace) x Carved Ball of Stygian Ivory

  Redirects to: Packing away your Skeleton

  Failure

  No sale

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

  ^

Sell her a Viric Frock

•  Spoiler ID: 239899
  

  Unlocked with 1 x Viric Frock
  

   

  Success

  In exchange —

  •  You've lost 1 x Viric Frock
  •  You've gained 10 x First City Coin
  •  You've gained 450 x Hinterland Scrip

  ^

Contribute some expertise to her next novel

•  Spoiler ID: 240550
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Kataleptic Toxicology 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

  For those effects, two grains dissolved in spirit...

  •  You've gained 1 x First City Coin
  •  You've gained 4 x Hinterland Scrip

  Failure

  Too realistic?

  •  Suspicion is increasing… (+1 CP)

  ^

Sell her a Percipient Egg

•  Spoiler ID: 249766
  

  Unlocked with 1 x Percipient Egg, Untreated
  

   

  Success

  Inspiring, apparently

  •  You've lost 1 x Percipient Egg, Untreated
  •  You've gained 10 x Hinterland Scrip

  ^