Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
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It's a little different from most of the gluey slush in the streets... This will melt when winter passes! Use it soon.
You can get this at Christmas by clearing the path to your lodgings or buying it from Urchins.
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A Pail of So-Called Snow
It's noticeably different from most of the 'snow' in the streets. It has an oilier lustre, and the smell is not quite the same [...] no indication at all that the stuff is safe. The wisest thing to do would be to dispose of it.
So what will you do?
Game Instructions: This will melt when winter passes! Use it by mid-January.
Options:
The Oracle of the Lintel
- Spoiler Unlocked with Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre, Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
Locked with Destined, Obscurity 6 (hidden)
Success
An awkward sleeping-place
- You've lost 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
Redirects to: The Gate of Tears
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The Oracle of the Lintel: Reprise
- Spoiler Unlocked with Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre, Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow, Destined
Locked with Meddling with the Future, Obscurity 6 (hidden)
Success
An awkward sleeping-place
- Make sure to spend any Promissory Notes to Yourself within a month. (Activates the Living story The Gaze of the Seven-Serpent; this message is not displayed.)
- You've lost 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- An occurrence! Your 'Meddling with the Future' Quality is now 1!
Redirects to: The Gate of Tears
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The Oracle of the Lintel: Reprise (25 FATE)
- Spoiler Unlocked with Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre, Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow, Destined, Meddling with the Future
Locked with Obscurity 6 (hidden)
Success
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Invite a Friend to a Private Supper
- Spoiler Action Cost: 4
Unlocked with 1 x Free Evening, 1 x Journal of Infamy, 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow, A Connoisseur of Neathy Delights 3, Hedonist 4
When Sent
An unusual savour The flavour of the stuff is unusual but barely detectable: a little like the buried-shark soups of the Melting Isles, perhaps. Perhaps you shouldn't sample too much on your own.
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've lost 1 x Journal of Infamy
Your friend will receive: [Player] has invited you to their Lodgings, alone. Are they being forward with you? Is it a trap? Or is it the continuation of a long tradition of friendship?
Once Accepted
You will receive:
You watch carefully as [Friend] eats... and then everything goes grey. There was a voice, you remember afterwards, lamenting one lost at sea. When you wake, the world seems wider. It's as if you had opened new senses, but have forgotten their use.
- Making Waves is increasing… (+7 CP)
- Watchful is increasing… (+6 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
- Persuasive is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 200 + Persuasive Gains)
- Dangerous is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 200 + Dangerous Gains)
- Shadowy is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 200 + Shadowy Gains)
- Nightmares is increasing… (+8 CP)
- A Connoisseur of Neathy Delights is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 17)
- You've lost 1 x Free Evening
Your friend will receive:
You were with [Player]...you had a pleasant meal... and then everything went grey. You dreamt about stars. And your daughter, lost at sea. Do you even have a daughter? The world seems wider. What did your friend feed you?
- Making Waves is increasing… (+3 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Confident Smile (up to 13)
- Persuasive is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 200 + Persuasive Gains)
- Dangerous is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 200 + Dangerous Gains)
- Shadowy is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 200 + Shadowy Gains)
- Watchful is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
- Nightmares is increasing… (+8 CP)
- You've lost 1 x Free Evening
Dip a soul in it
- Spoiler Unlocked with Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow, Renown: Urchins 5, 1 x Soul
Success
That was... striking
- You've gained 1 x Appalling Secret
- You've lost 1 x Soul
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (up to 5)
Dispose of it
- Spoiler Unlocked with Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
Success
Hardly a splash
- Nightmares is dropping… (-3 CP)
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
Alternative Success
"A little night-music"
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- Putting the Pieces Together: the Drownies is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 2)
- Nightmares is dropping… (-2 CP)
Examine it through your Semiotic Monocle
- Spoiler Unlocked with Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow, 1 x Semiotic Monocle
Challenge information
Broad, A Scholar of the Correspondence 6 || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Secret Scripts
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- Watchful is increasing… (+10 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
- A Scholar of the Correspondence is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 15)
- You've gained 3 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (if 5 or below)
Wiki note: If you're already at PTPT: Lacre 6 or above, you will not receive any benefit! If your level is lower than 6 when you play this option, you will receive the 3 level boost, and you may surpass the usual level limit (ex: using the monocle at level 4 will take you to 7, and using it at level 5 will take you to 8).
Failure
Ugh!
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)
Mix it with an old wine
- Spoiler Unlocked with Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow, 1 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844, 1 x Extraordinary Implication
Challenge information
A matter of luck: The odds are against you here (success chance: 40%)
Success
The wine of secrets
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've lost 1 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844
- You've lost 1 x Extraordinary Implication
- You've gained 1 x Favours: The Great Game (up to 7)
- You've gained 1 x Blackmail Material
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (up to 6)
Failure
An unsatisfying bouquet
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've lost 1 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844
- You've lost 1 x Extraordinary Implication
- You've gained 5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (up to 3)
Feed it to a Talkative Rattus-Faber
- Spoiler Unlocked with Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow, 1 x Talkative Rattus Faber, Ruthless 4
Challenge information
A matter of luck: A long shot...but you might win (success chance: 10%)
Success
Silence at last
- You've lost 1 x Talkative Rattus Faber
- You've gained 1 x Dark-Carapaced Crustacean
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 2 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (up to 6)
Failure
An unfortunate effect
- You've lost 1 x Talkative Rattus Faber
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
Feed it to a Malevolent Monkey
- Spoiler Unlocked with Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow, 1 x Malevolent Monkey, Ruthless 4
Challenge information
A matter of luck: The odds are strongly against you here (success chance: 30%)
Success
A sinister metamorphosis
- You've lost 1 x Malevolent Monkey
- You've gained 1 x Dark-Carapaced Crustacean
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 2 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (up to 5)
Failure
A sort of rebellion
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've lost 100 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey
- You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle
- You've lost 200 x Foxfire Candle Stub
- You've lost 10 x Moon-Pearl
- You've lost 20 x Bundle of Ragged Clothing
- You've lost 1 x Muscaria Brandy
Eat it
- Spoiler Unlocked with Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
Challenge information
A matter of luck: The odds are strongly against you here (success chance: 30%)
Success
What goes down...
- You've gained 1 x Touching Love Story
- Wounds is increasing… (+3 CP)
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 2 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (up to 5)
Failure
Fevered delirium
- You've gained 1 x Tale of Terror!!
- Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (up to 3)(and only if you already have it at at least 1)
Scent your pillow with it
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow, 4 x Memory of Distant Shores, Zeefaring
Challenge information
A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 60%)
Success
A glass, darkly
- You've gained 1 x Puzzling Map
- You've lost 4 x Memory of Distant Shores
- Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is increasing… (+10 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (up to 4)
Failure
Deep and dark and even
- You've lost 4 x Memory of Distant Shores
- Persuasive is dropping… (-5 CP)
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 10 x Cryptic Clue
Dump it on the fire
- Spoiler Unlocked with Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow, Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus 10, 4 x Tale of Terror!!, Uncovering the Secrets of the Face-Tailor 3
Challenge information
A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 60%)
Success
A cloud of stinking steam
- You've lost 4 x Tale of Terror!!
- You've gained 1 x Antique Mystery
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 2 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (up to 3)
Failure
Shivering and cursing
- You've lost 4 x Tale of Terror!!
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
Write a monograph on it...in it
- Spoiler Action Cost: 5
Unlocked with Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow, Profession: Correspondent
Challenge information
Broad, A Scholar of the Correspondence 15 || 11 - very chancy (44%) || 13 - chancy (52%) || 16 - modest (64%) || 18 - very modest (72%) || 21 - low-risk (84%) || 23 - straightforward (92%) || 25 - straightforward (100%)
Success
A qualified success
- Nightmares is increasing… (+3 CP)
- A Scholar of the Correspondence is increasing… (+2-14 CP, up to level 15)
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- Watchful is increasing… (+60 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
- Making Waves is increasing… (+1-20 CP)
- Connected: Benthic is increasing… (+10 CP)
- Connected: Summerset is increasing… (+10 CP)
Failure
An automatic madness
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- Nightmares is increasing… (+3 CP)
Feed it to a Wild Boar
- Spoiler Unlocked with Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow, Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre 5-15, 1 x Dreadful Surmise
Challenge information
Broad, Dangerous 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
A kind of blessing
- Dangerous is increasing…
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 1 x Antique Mystery
Failure
A matter of taste
- Dangerous is increasing…
- Wounds is increasing… (+3 CP)
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow