Dabble in the Great Game

ID: 147233

Spoiler warning! This page contains details about Fallen London Actions.

Spies dart like minnows among Veilgarden's bonnets[…] Some serve the Surface[…] But more relevant[…] are the agents of the Neath's own empires, scattered across the Sunless Sea. The New Khanate; the Iron Republic; the Presbyterate; the tomb-colonies.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

Game Instructions: The options on this storylet may change as you play them.

Unlocked with A Name Signed with a Flourish 2

Storylet appears in Veilgarden

Pursuing a Venture: Uncover hidden tattoos

Begin a Venture: uncover hidden tattoos

•  Spoiler ID: 126627
  

  Action Cost: 0
  Unlocked with Persuasive 22
  Locked with Fascinating... 1, The Great Game - Opening Moves, Venture: Uncover hidden tattoos
  

   

  Redirects to:

  → Begin a Venture: Uncover Hidden Tattoos

  ^

Complete your Venture: uncover hidden tattoos

•  Spoiler ID: 126618
  

  Action Cost: 0
  Unlocked with Venture: Uncover hidden tattoos
  Locked with The Great Game - Opening Moves
  

   

  Redirects to:

  → The Tattooed Courier's Secrets

  ^

Investigate the Courier's paramour (5 FATE) ( Airs 0-25)

•  Spoiler ID: 126622
  

  Unlocked with Venture: Uncover hidden tattoos, The Airs of London 0-25
  Locked with The Great Game - Opening Moves
  

   

  Success

  No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.

  •  You've gained 50 x Cryptic Clue
  •  You've gained 11 x Playing the Game
  •  Subtle is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)

  ^

Fascinate:

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  Idle chats with the Courier in the Singing Mandrake ( Airs 0-33)

  •  Spoiler ID: 126688
    

    Unlocked with Venture: Uncover hidden tattoos exactly 1, The Airs of London 0-33
    

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Persuasive 20 || 14 - very chancy (42%) || 17 - chancy (51%) || 21 - modest (63%) || 24 - very modest (72%) || 27 - low-risk (81%) || 31 - straightforward (93%) || 34 - straightforward (100%)
    

    Success

    You've won a smile

    • Persuasive is increasing…
    •  Fascinating... is increasing… (+1 CP)
    • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

    Rare Success

    Cut short

    • Persuasive is increasing…
    •  Fascinating... is increasing… (+1-3 CP)
    • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

    Failure

    You've provoked a frown

    • Persuasive is increasing…
    • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

    ^
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  Sketch the Courier on napkins ( Airs 34-66)

  •  Spoiler ID: 126689
    

    Unlocked with Venture: Uncover hidden tattoos 1, The Airs of London 34-66
    

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Persuasive 22 || 16 - very chancy (43%) || 19 - chancy (51%) || 23 - modest (62%) || 27 - very modest (73%) || 30 - low-risk (81%) || 34 - straightforward (92%) || 37 - straightforward (100%)
    

    Success

    There! As she lifts her cup!

    • Persuasive is increasing…
    •  Fascinating... is increasing… (+2 CP)
    • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

    Rare Success

    That's really rather good

    • Persuasive is increasing…
    •  Fascinating... is increasing… (+2-4 CP)
    • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

    Failure

    That's better off destroyed

    • Persuasive is increasing…
    • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

    ^
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  Trade tales of the Great Game with the Courier ( Airs 67-83)

  •  Spoiler ID: 126694
    

    Unlocked with Venture: Uncover hidden tattoos 1, 3 x Playing the Game, The Airs of London 67-83
    

     

    Success

    Friends in high places

    •  Fascinating... is increasing… (+6 CP)
    •  You've lost 6 x Playing the Game
    • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

    Rare Success

    Behind Mirrors

    •  Fascinating... is increasing… (+6 CP)
    •  You've lost 6 x Playing the Game
    • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

    ^
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  Attend drawing lessons to impress the Courier ( Airs 84-100)

  •  Spoiler ID: 126707
    

    Unlocked with 50 x Moon-Pearl, Venture: Uncover hidden tattoos 1, The Airs of London 84-100
    

     

    Success

    Practice makes perfect

    •  Fascinating... is increasing… (+6-8 CP)
    •  You've lost 50 x Moon-Pearl
    • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

    ^

Gather resources (and possibly increase Playing the Game):

Gather resources: befriend a tomb-colonist ( Airs 0-20)

•  Spoiler ID: 126574
  

  Action Cost: 0
  Unlocked with The Airs of London 0-20
  Locked with The Great Game - Opening Moves
  

   

  Redirects to:

  → Befriend a tomb-colonist

  ^

Gather resources: beguile a Useful Official ( Airs 21-40)

•  Spoiler ID: 126583
  

  Action Cost: 0
  Unlocked with The Airs of London 21–40
  Locked with The Great Game - Opening Moves
  

   

  Redirects to:

  → Beguile a Useful Official

  ^

Gather resources: rumourmongering! ( Airs 41-60)

•  Spoiler ID: 126584
  

  Action Cost: 0
  Unlocked with The Airs of London 41–60
  Locked with The Great Game - Opening Moves
  

   

  Redirects to:

  → Rumourmongering!

  ^

Gather resources: sketches towards a tattoo ( Airs 61-80)

•  Spoiler ID: 126585
  

  Action Cost: 0
  Unlocked with The Airs of London 61-80
  Locked with The Great Game - Opening Moves
  

   

  Redirects to:

  → Sketches towards a tattoo

  ^

Gather resources: provide material to an agent of a foreign power ( Airs 81-100)

•  Spoiler ID: 126677
  

  Action Cost: 0
  Unlocked with The Airs of London 81-100
  Locked with The Great Game - Opening Moves
  

   

  Redirects to:

  → Provide material to an agent of a foreign power

  ^

Buy or trade for Playing the Game

Trade on your connections: sell Society's secrets ( Airs 26-39)

•  Spoiler ID: 126678
  

  Unlocked with The Airs of London 26-39, 1 x Favours: Society
  Locked with The Great Game - Opening Moves
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 25 || 18 - very chancy (43%) || 22 - chancy (52%) || 26 - modest (62%) || 30 - very modest (72%) || 34 - low-risk (81%) || 38 - straightforward (91%) || 42 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Deep beneath

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've gained 5 x Playing the Game
  •  You've lost 1 x Favours: Society
  • [The Airs of London change…] (random)
  •  You've gained 51-100 x Primordial Shriek

  Failure

  An hour too late

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've gained 3 x Playing the Game
  •  You've lost 1 x Favours: Society
  • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

  ^

Trade on your connections: report comings and goings at the Docks ( Airs 40-53)

•  Spoiler ID: 126680
  

  Unlocked with The Airs of London 40-53, 1 x Favours: The Docks
  Locked with The Great Game - Opening Moves
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 25 || 18 - very chancy (43%) || 22 - chancy (52%) || 26 - modest (62%) || 30 - very modest (72%) || 34 - low-risk (81%) || 38 - straightforward (91%) || 42 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Top billing

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've gained 10 x Playing the Game
  •  You've gained 101-200 x Silk Scrap
  •  You've lost 1 x Favours: The Docks
  • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

  Failure

  Observation

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

  ^

Trade on your connections: recommend criminal stooges ( Airs 54-66)

•  Spoiler ID: 126679
  

  Unlocked with The Airs of London 54-66, 1 x Favours: Criminals
  Locked with The Great Game - Opening Moves
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 25 || 18 - very chancy (43%) || 22 - chancy (52%) || 26 - modest (62%) || 30 - very modest (72%) || 34 - low-risk (81%) || 38 - straightforward (91%) || 42 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  A career in revolution

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  You've gained 51-100 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey
  • [The Airs of London change…] (random)
  •  You've lost 1 x Favours: Criminals
  •  You've gained 10 x Playing the Game

  Failure

  References

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

  ^

Spend Moon-Pearls to win some friends in the Great Game ( Airs 67-100)

•  Spoiler ID: 127753
  

  Unlocked with 80 x Moon-Pearl, The Airs of London 67-100
  Locked with The Great Game - Opening Moves
  

   

  Success

  Essential

  •  You've lost 80 x Moon-Pearl
  •  You've gained 2-10 x Playing the Game
  • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

  ^

After raising The Great Game - Opening Moves

Repent your ruthlessness

•  Spoiler ID: 126681
  

  Unlocked with The Great Game - Opening Moves 1, Ruthless 4, 10 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip, 10 x Maniac's Prayer, 2 x Extraordinary Implication
  

   

  Success

  Sacrament

  •  You've gained 1 x Direful Reflection
  •  Ruthless is dropping… (-10 CP)
  •  You've lost 2 x Extraordinary Implication
  •  You've lost 10 x Maniac's Prayer
  •  You've lost 10 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
  • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

  ^

Confess your mercy

•  Spoiler ID: 126682
  

  Unlocked with The Great Game - Opening Moves 1, Magnanimous 4, 10 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip, 10 x Maniac's Prayer, 2 x Extraordinary Implication
  

   

  Success

  Repentance

  •  You've gained 1 x Direful Reflection
  •  Magnanimous is dropping… (-10 CP)
  •  You've lost 2 x Extraordinary Implication
  •  You've lost 10 x Maniac's Prayer
  •  You've lost 10 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
  • [The Airs of London change…] (random)

  ^