Editing Clubs (Guide)

{{GuideFor|Pages = Make Friends with a Young Stag#Speaking Engagements#Among the Monster-Hunting Academics#A Show of Taste}}__TOC__
== General ==
{{Audience|EarlyPoSI|Evergreen=true}}
Clubs are establishments that provide functional and role-playing benefits to players. The {{IL|Join the Dilmun Club!|Appearance = Dilmun Club}}, which is a secret society, is not included in the list of clubs. 

Within Fallen London, there are four clubs that you are able to officially join. These are: 
* {{IL|The Young Stags' Club}} 
* {{IL|The Parthenaeum}} 
* {{IL|Sophia's}} 
* {{IL|The Clay Tailor Club}} 

There is a specific slot for your Club in your wardrobe/outfit. On your FL profile page, the Club slot occupies the last spot in the second half of your equipment/outfit display. You may only join one club at a time. Clubs may only be joined by {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance = Persons of Some Importance}}.

Notably, each Club provides an overall +4 [[BDR]]

{|class="article-table mw-collapsible"
!style="width: 31%"|Club
!style="width: 31%"|Stats
!Notes
|-
|{{IL|The Young Stags' Club}}
|{{IL|Shadowy}} +1<br>{{IL|Bizarre}} +2<br>{{IL|Dreaded}} +2
|{{TableList|Strict Best-in-Slot item for {{IL|Shadowy}}}}
|-
|{{IL|The Parthenaeum}}
|{{IL|Persuasive}} +1<br>{{IL|Respectable}} +4
|{{TableList|Shared Best-in-Slot item for {{IL|Persuasive}}|Strict Best-in-Slot item for {{IL|Respectable}}}}
|-
|{{IL|Sophia's}}
|{{IL|Dangerous}} +1<br>{{IL|Dreaded}} +4
|{{TableList|Strict Best-in-Slot item for {{IL|Dangerous}}|Strict Best-in-Slot item for {{IL|Dreaded}}}}
|-
|{{IL|The Clay Tailor Club}}
|{{IL|Persuasive}} +1<br>{{IL|Bizarre}} +4
|{{TableList|Shared Best-in-Slot item for {{IL|Persuasive}}|Strict Best-in-Slot item for {{IL|Bizarre}}}}
|}

== How to join ==

Joining a club consists of three parts. The first, is an opportunity card that occurs with standard frequency once you become a {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance = Person of Some Importance}}. Each club has their own associated opportunity card. These are:
* {{IL|The Young Stags' Club}} ➔ {{IL|Make Friends with a Young Stag}} ➔ {{IL|Larks with Chuffy}}
* {{IL|The Parthenaeum}} ➔ {{IL|Speaking Engagements}}
* {{IL|Sophia's}} ➔ {{IL|Among the Monster-Hunting Academics}}
* {{IL|The Clay Tailor Club}} ➔ {{IL|A Show of Taste}}


These cards all have various requirements to proceed:
{|class="article-table mw-collapsible"
!style="width: 31%"|Card
!Of the requirements
!Requirements
|-
|{{IL|Larks with Chuffy}}
|
|{{IL|Route: The Shuttered Palace}}
|-
|{{IL|Speaking Engagements}}
|all of
|{{TableList|{{IL|Renown: Society}} 10|{{IL|Scandal}} 0-2}}
|-
|{{IL|Among the Monster-Hunting Academics}}
|one of
|{{TableList|{{IL|Adrift on a Sea of Misery:}}|[[Narrow]] at {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} 6|{{IL|Severed Chimaerical Head of the Vake}}|{{IL|Indignant Bearskin}}|{{IL|Monster Nurturer}} 3|{{IL|An Orphanage}}|{{IL|A Monster-Hunting Academic}}}}
|-
|{{IL|A Show of Taste}}
|one of
|{{TableList|{{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 10|{{IL|A Crooked Cross}}|{{IL|Impenitent Devil}}}}
|}

It is suggested that you would resolve the opportunity cards and turn them into a storylet at the [[Bazaar Side-streets]] even if you would not like to actively join that club. This is to prevent the cards from clogging up your opportunity deck, and to grant more ease if or when you would like to change clubs.

After you resolve these opportunity cards, you will be granted a quality that allows you to join that respective club. You may then go to the [[Bazaar Side-streets]] and the corresponding storylet(s) for that club(s) will be displayed. The following qualities corresponding to each club lead to the following storylets:
{|class="article-table mw-collapsible"
!style="width: 31%"|Club
!Quality
!Storylet at the {{IL|Bazaar Side-streets}}
|-
|{{IL|The Young Stags' Club}}
|{{IL|Making Friends among the Young Stags}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Joining the Stags}}}}
|-
|{{IL|The Parthenaeum}}
|{{IL|Sniffing Around The Parthenaeum}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|That most expensive of Envelopes}}}}
|-
|{{IL|Sophia's}}
|{{IL|Acquainted with Sophia's}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|An Invitation to Sophia's}}}}
|-
|{{IL|The Clay Tailor Club}}
|{{IL|Acquainted with the Clay Tailor}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|A Card in Viric}}}}
|}


From their respective storylets, joining each club also has certain requirements. The costs between each Club varies somewhat, however what they all have in common is that joining requires 3 x {{IL|Personal Recommendation|Appearance = Personal Recommendations}} (which is the primary use of the item). It should be noted that {{IL|Sophia's}} and {{IL|The Clay Tailor Club}} were added into the game later, so the materials needed for joining may be acquired further along in the game compared to the materials needed for the other two clubs. The various methods of entry are as required:

{|class="article-table mw-collapsible"
!Club
!Option for joining
!Requirement(s)
|-
|rowspan=1 | {{IL|The Young Stags' Club}}
|[[Join the Young Stags' Club]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Cellar of Wine|2 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}}}
|-
|rowspan=1 | {{IL|The Parthenaeum}}
|[[Accept graciously]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Book of Hidden Bodies|2 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Renown: Society}} 10}}
|-
|rowspan=2 | {{IL|Sophia's}}
|[[Contribute to another member's charitable effort]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits|10 x}}<br/>{{IL|Basket of Rubbery Pies|10 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}}}
|-
|[[Contribute to the club's monster-hunting supplies]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Silk Scrap|100 x}}<br/>{{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Ancient Hunting Rifle|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}}}
|-
|rowspan=9 | {{IL|The Clay Tailor Club}}
|[[Accept with the Travelling-Coat of Mr Cups]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|The Bloodied Travelling-Coat of Mr Cups}}<br/>{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 10}}
|-
|[[Accept with your Tatterskin Shawl]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Tatterskin Shawl}}<br/>{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 10}}
|-
|[[Accept with your Jillyfleur Cloak]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|A Cured Jillyfleur Cloak}}<br/>{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 10}}
|-
|[[Accept in company with your Moderately Co-operative Clothes Colony]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Moderately Co-operative Clothes Colony}}<br/>{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 10}}
|-
|[[Accept with your Velvet Disguise as Mr Veils]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Committed Impersonator}}<br/>{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 10}}
|-
|[[Accept with your Tuneful Hat]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Tuneful Hat}}<br/>{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 10}}
|-
|[[Accept with your Ostentatious Paisley Suit]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Ostentatious Paisley Suit}}<br/>{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 10}}
|-
|[[Construct a pair of diamond-studded lizard-leather boots of your own design]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Reprehensible Lizard|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Ostentatious Diamond|30 x}}<br/>{{IL|Puzzle-Damask Scrap|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 10}}
|-
|[[Accept, wearing timeless fashions]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Timeless Three-Piece}} or {{IL|Timeless Gown}}<br/>{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Personal Recommendation|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 10}}
|}

As a footnote, {{IL|Personal Recommendation|Appearance = Personal Recommendations}} can be most easily obtained by [[Attending a Party (Guide)|Attending a Party]] through the opportunity card {{IL|A Polite Invitation}} multiple times.

== Associated Opportunity Cards ==

Each Club has their own associated opportunity card which occurs with standard frequency. These are as follows:
* {{IL|The Young Stags' Club}} = {{IL|More Larks with the Young Stags}}
* {{IL|The Parthenaeum}} = {{IL|A relaxed day at the Club}}
* {{IL|Sophia's}} = {{IL|An Evening at Sophia's}}
* {{IL|The Clay Tailor Club}} = {{IL|An Evening at the Clay Tailor's}}

The options on the opportunity cards differ significantly between Clubs in terms of requirement and reward.

==={{IL|More Larks with the Young Stags}}===
{|class="article-table mw-collapsible"
!style="width: 31%"|Option
!style="width: 31%"|Requirement
!Success outcome
|-
|[[Bet 'Winkles' Cheesewright-Cheesewright that he won't steal a Constable's helmet]]
|{{TableList|A matter of {{IL|luck}}: How can you fail? (success chance: 90%)}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1882|+90 x}}}}
|-
|[[Put up some money for an artistic endeavour]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|500 x}}<br/>{{IL|Favours: Society}} 0-5<br/>{{IL|Favours: Bohemians}} 0-6}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|-500 x}}<br/>{{IL|Favours: Society|+2 x}}<br/>{{IL|Favours: Bohemians|+1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Mix Chuffy a hangover cure]]
|{{TableList|[[Narrow]] at {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} 6}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Headless Skeleton|+1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Nightmares|+2 CP}}}}
|-
|[[Invite Chuffy to picnic at the Magistracy of the Evenlode]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Involved in a Railway Venture}} 70<br/>{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|5 x}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|-5 x}}<br/>{{IL|Hand-picked Peppercaps|+ (27 +{{IL|Train Baggage Accommodations|Type=Math}}) x}}}}
|}

==={{IL|A relaxed day at the Club}}===
{|class="article-table mw-collapsible"
!style="width: 31%"|Option
!style="width: 31%"|Requirement
!Success outcome
|-
|[[Fall asleep in front of the fire]]
|
|{{TableList|{{IL|Whispered Hint|+150 x}}}}
|-
|[[Have a little word with the Chief Constable]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Suspicion}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Suspicion|-2 CP}}}}
|-
|[[Indulge in a quiet game]]
|{{TableList|[[Narrow]] at {{IL|A Player of Chess}} 6}}
|{{TableList|+1 CP {{IL|A Player of Chess}}, up to level 5 + {{IL|A Player's Studies}}<br/>{{IL|Hinterland Scrip|+3-5 x}}<br/>{{IL|Whispered Hint|+30 x}}}}
|-
|[[Drum up a few investments for the Great Hellbound Railway]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Involved in a Railway Venture}}<br/>{{IL|In Corporate Debt}} 3<br/>{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|12 x}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|In Corporate Debt|-6 CP}} <br/>{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|-12 x}}}}
|}

==={{IL|An Evening at Sophia's}}===
{|class="article-table mw-collapsible"
!style="width: 31%"|Option
!style="width: 31%"|Requirement
!Success outcome
|-
|[[Cure a poisoning]]
|{{TableList|[[Narrow]] at {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} 6<br/>{{IL|Favours: Tomb-Colonies}} 0-6}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Favours: Tomb-Colonies|+1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Offer your services as a doctor]]
|{{TableList|Profession: {{IL|Doctor}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Knob of Scintillack|+1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Take tea (at Sophia's)|Take tea]]
|
|{{TableList|{{IL|Jasmine Leaves|+19-28 x}}}}
|-
|[[Propose a hunting expedition]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Involved in a Railway Venture}} 50<br/>{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|5 x}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|-5 x}}<br/>{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|+1500 x}}<br/>{{IL|Jet Black Stinger|+5 x}}<br/>{{IL|An Estimable Trophy|+2-3 x}}}}
|}

==={{IL|An Evening at the Clay Tailor's}}===
{|class="article-table mw-collapsible"
!style="width: 31%"|Option
!style="width: 31%"|Requirement
!Success outcome
|-
|[[Eavesdrop (Clay Tailor)|Eavesdrop]]
|
|{{TableList|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|+1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Disguise a Revolutionary-minded member]]
|{{TableList|[[Narrow]] at {{IL|Mithridacy}} 6<br/>{{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries}} 0-6}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|+1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Feather a hat for a fellow member]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Tailfeather Brilliant as Flame|1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Royal-Blue Feather|2 x}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Tailfeather Brilliant as Flame|-1 x}}<br/>{{IL|Royal-Blue Feather|-2 x}}<br/>{{IL|Hinterland Scrip|+11 x}}}}
|-
|[[Invite your companions to investigate Infernal Fashions]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Involved in a Railway Venture}} 60<br/>{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|5 x}}<br/>{{IL|Train Luxuries}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|-5 x}}<br/>{{IL|Jasmine Leaves|+ ({{IL|Train Luxuries|Type=Math}} × 10) x}}
{{IL|Thirsty Bombazine Scrap|+6 x}}}}
|-
|[[Construct a pair of diamond-studded lizard-leather boots of your own design_2|Construct a pair of diamond-studded lizard-leather boots of your own design]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Reprehensible Lizard|3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Ostentatious Diamond|30 x}}<br/>{{IL|Puzzle-Damask Scrap|1 x}}<br>No {{IL|Boots with Diamond Soles}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Reprehensible Lizard|-3 x}}<br/>{{IL|Ostentatious Diamond|-30 x}}<br/>{{IL|Puzzle-Damask Scrap|-1 x}}<br>{{IL|Boots with Diamond Soles|+1 x}}}}
|}

== Leaving a Club ==

If for some reason you wish to resign from your current club, select [[Send your resignation to your Club]] from [[Send a Message to a Contact]] in [[Your Social Engagements]]. This costs 2 actions and gives a point of {{IL|Scandal}}.

== Other Uses ==

At the {{IL|Feast of the Exceptional Rose}}, if you are a member of {{IL|The Young Stags' Club}}, you will be able to get [[The Stag's Head tattoo]]. This sets your {{IL|A Skin-Bound Memory:}} or {{IL| A Second Skin-Bound Memory:}} to 'The Stag's Head' and provides a permanent point of {{IL|Dreaded}}.

== Strategy ==
Your choice of a club will to some degree be part of your character, so it's up to you whether to choose based on roleplaying or optimization. As it stands, clubs typically have 2 important differences.
# BDR distribution - maybe you need a specific quality for [[Khaganian Intrigue (Guide)]], or you need it to attract a specific buyer at the Bone Market. Your club will be an important factor here.
# Opportunity card - Some of the cards are very good for specific purposes. The Stags has a great source of {{IL|Tribute}}-favours, Sophia's has a very convenient source of hunting trophies and The Clay Tailor's has a good source of Thirsty Bombazine.
Either of these may be the deciding factor for you, or perhaps you'd rather keep something appropriate for your character.

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