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|Value Yes = For the work you need certain skills in patience, focus, and negligence of the outside world, for which Saint Joshua is an incomparable teacher. | |Value Yes = For the work you need certain skills in patience, focus, and negligence of the outside world, for which Saint Joshua is an incomparable teacher. | ||
[See deciphering description below] | [See deciphering description below] | ||
− | |Value No = For the work you need a leaping imagination and a steady hand. [See deciphering description below]}} | + | |Value No = For the work you need a leaping imagination and a steady hand. [See deciphering description below] |
+ | }} | ||
{{Variant table | {{Variant table | ||
|Condition = Intercepted Document|Condition alias = Document|Condition type = Text|Effect = Deciphering Description|Compact = yes | |Condition = Intercepted Document|Condition alias = Document|Condition type = Text|Effect = Deciphering Description|Compact = yes | ||
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|Value {{Intercepted Document|21}} = The cipher makes use of both substitution and transposition, following the rules of certain Hellish dances. Just here, at the bottom of a paragraph, the letters swap round in a Petal Unfurling, which means you can next expect[…] the Decaying Promenade. | |Value {{Intercepted Document|21}} = The cipher makes use of both substitution and transposition, following the rules of certain Hellish dances. Just here, at the bottom of a paragraph, the letters swap round in a Petal Unfurling, which means you can next expect[…] the Decaying Promenade. | ||
|Value {{Intercepted Document|22}} = Most of the writing is invisible as well as enciphered; before you can even begin the decryption, you must view the document in the mirror, with reflected apocyan light, to bring out the ink. | |Value {{Intercepted Document|22}} = Most of the writing is invisible as well as enciphered; before you can even begin the decryption, you must view the document in the mirror, with reflected apocyan light, to bring out the ink. | ||
− | |Value {{Intercepted Document|30 | + | |Value {{Intercepted Document|30}} = Each fragment of the letter is its own cipher. Here – the quantities in this cake recipe encode lines in this fragment of a ledger, which contain the names that work as transposition keys for that innocent-seeming postcard from a Surface aunt. |
+ | }} | ||
{{Variant table|Condition = Intercepted Document|Condition alias = Document|Condition type = Text|Effect = Beginning of Last Paragraph|Compact = yes | {{Variant table|Condition = Intercepted Document|Condition alias = Document|Condition type = Text|Effect = Beginning of Last Paragraph|Compact = yes | ||
|Value {{Intercepted Document|1-12}} = It also helps to be able to guess the name of the sender's dog. | |Value {{Intercepted Document|1-12}} = It also helps to be able to guess the name of the sender's dog. | ||
|Value {{Intercepted Document|21}} = It also helps that you were able to recognise a word in one of Hell's languages on the outer envelope. | |Value {{Intercepted Document|21}} = It also helps that you were able to recognise a word in one of Hell's languages on the outer envelope. | ||
|Value {{Intercepted Document|22}} = Then there is the matter of finding a rare uncensored copy of the ''Spymaster's Lexicon'' and finding the page whose colour and finish most closely matches that of the document. Woven linen, pale green. At the bottom of that page is a keyword. | |Value {{Intercepted Document|22}} = Then there is the matter of finding a rare uncensored copy of the ''Spymaster's Lexicon'' and finding the page whose colour and finish most closely matches that of the document. Woven linen, pale green. At the bottom of that page is a keyword. | ||
− | |Value {{Intercepted Document|30 | + | |Value {{Intercepted Document|30}} = It also helps that the sender clearly intends for you to decipher this; the message incorporates details that you would know, such the name of your Inconvenient Aunt's least favourite cat. |
+ | }} | ||
{{Variant table|Condition = The Airs of London|Effect = Seed Prefix|Compact = yes | {{Variant table|Condition = The Airs of London|Effect = Seed Prefix|Compact = yes | ||
|Value 1 - 8 = Sugar | |Value 1 - 8 = Sugar | ||
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|Value 80 - 89 = Tea | |Value 80 - 89 = Tea | ||
|Value 91 - 94 = Milk | |Value 91 - 94 = Milk | ||
− | |Value 95 - 98 = Cream}} | + | |Value 95 - 98 = Cream |
+ | }} | ||
{{Variant table|Condition = Airs of Balmoral|Effect = Seed Suffix|Compact = yes | {{Variant table|Condition = Airs of Balmoral|Effect = Seed Suffix|Compact = yes | ||
|Value 1 - 8 = [no suffix] | |Value 1 - 8 = [no suffix] | ||
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|Value 61 - 74 = bud | |Value 61 - 74 = bud | ||
|Value 77 - 86 = face | |Value 77 - 86 = face | ||
− | |Value 90 - 100 = spoon}}}} | + | |Value 90 - 100 = spoon |
− | * {{Success Increase|Watchful}} | + | }} |
− | * {{Gain|Deciphering...|+5 CP, or +6 CP with {{Use|Shrine to Saint Joshua}}}} | + | }} |
− | * {{Airs|The Airs of London}} | + | *{{Success Increase|Watchful}} |
− | * {{Airs|Airs of Balmoral}} | + | *{{Gain|Deciphering...|+5 CP, or +6 CP with {{Use|Shrine to Saint Joshua}}}} |
+ | *{{Airs|The Airs of London}} | ||
+ | *{{Airs|Airs of Balmoral}} | ||
+ | |||
{{Failure | {{Failure | ||
|Failure title = Not a code | |Failure title = Not a code | ||
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|Value {{Intercepted Document|21}} = invokes the rose and the marigold and the lily with the broken stem. It names the weeping of Hell, in Hell's own tongue. Forget it, forget it as fast as you can. | |Value {{Intercepted Document|21}} = invokes the rose and the marigold and the lily with the broken stem. It names the weeping of Hell, in Hell's own tongue. Forget it, forget it as fast as you can. | ||
|Value {{Intercepted Document|22}} = invokes the death of kings and the slaughter of his people and the burning of their bodies, and the faces of the men who perform such deeds. Forget this, as fast as you can. | |Value {{Intercepted Document|22}} = invokes the death of kings and the slaughter of his people and the burning of their bodies, and the faces of the men who perform such deeds. Forget this, as fast as you can. | ||
− | |Value {{Intercepted Document|30 | + | |Value {{Intercepted Document|30}} = is encodes the name of a Fourth City priest subjected to ''damnatio memoriae''. How the sender got it to stay on the page and not squirm away is a mystery. |
− | * {{Failure Increase|Watchful}} | + | }} |
− | * {{Gain|Nightmares|+3 CP}} | + | }} |
+ | *{{Failure Increase|Watchful}} | ||
+ | *{{Gain|Nightmares|+3 CP}} |