Devices and Desires
| Spoiler warning! This page contains details about Fallen London Actions. |
Game Instructions: You can gain Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus while doing a multitude of other things. It will gradually open stories on this card.
Unlocked with 
Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus 1
Card drawn in 
Fallen London
Occurs with Standard Frequency
Options:
Bits and pieces
- Spoiler Locked with
A Person of Some Importance -
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 40 || 28 - very chancy (42%) || 34 - chancy (51%) || 41 - modest (61%) || 48 - very modest (72%) || 54 - low-risk (81%) || 61 - straightforward (91%) || 67 - straightforward (100%)Success
Useful things?
Shadowy is increasing…
Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is increasing… (+5 CP)
You've gained 40 x Nevercold Brass Sliver
Failure
Ouch
- Shadowy is increasing…
- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is increasing… (+5 CP)
Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)
The trade in clocks
- Spoiler Unlocked with
A Person of Some Importance -
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 100 || 69 - very chancy (41%) || 85 - chancy (51%) || 102 - modest (61%) || 119 - very modest (71%) || 135 - low-risk (81%) || 152 - straightforward (91%) || 167 - straightforward (100%)Success
Parcelling out time
Watchful is increasing…- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is increasing… (+6 CP)
You've gained 10 x Romantic Notion
Failure
Ticks and tocks
- Watchful is increasing…
- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is increasing… (+6 CP)
Playing with Broken Toys
Dusty boxes
- Spoiler Locked with
Playing with Broken Toys 1
Success
Just junk
- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is increasing… (+5 CP)
A twist in your tale! You are now Playing with Broken Toys.
You've gained 5 x Jade Fragment
Broken toys?
- Spoiler Unlocked with Playing with Broken Toys exactly 5, Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus 5
Challenge information
Broad,
Dangerous 50 || 35 - very chancy (42%) || 43 - chancy (51%) || 51 - modest (61%) || 60 - very modest (72%) || 68 - low-risk (81%) || 76 - straightforward (91%) || 84 - straightforward (100%)Success
A menace in a box
Dangerous is increasing…- An occurrence! Your 'Playing with Broken Toys' Quality is now 6 - Toys in brightly coloured boxes!
- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is dropping… (-7-17 CP)
An occurrence! Your 'Caught in the Gear's Teeth' Quality is now 1 - Out to Kill!
You've gained 1 x Broken Toy
Failure
Ouch!
- Dangerous is increasing…
- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is increasing… (+? CP)
- Wounds is increasing… (+? CP)
Murderous puppets?
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Playing with Broken Toys exactly 6, Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus 5
Success
Odd whispers
- An occurrence! Your 'Playing with Broken Toys' Quality is now 7 - Menacing puppets!!
- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is dropping… (-14 CP)
Mechanical menaces? (with 
Albino Rat)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Playing with Broken Toys exactly 7, 
1 x Albino Rat, Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus 15
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 60 || 41 - very chancy (41%) || 51 - chancy (51%) || 61 - modest (61%) || 71 - very modest (71%) || 81 - low-risk (81%) || 91 - straightforward (91%) || 100 - straightforward (100%)Success
Mysteries on the Hill
- Watchful is increasing…
- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is dropping… (-14 CP)
- An occurrence! Your 'Playing with Broken Toys' Quality is now 8 - Menacing puppets!!
Failure
"Oh no. Oh, no, no, no, no, no."
- Watchful is increasing…
Mechanical menaces? (with 
Talkative Rattus Faber)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Playing with Broken Toys exactly 7, 
1 x Talkative Rattus Faber, Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus 5
Locked with 1 x Albino Rat
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 60 || 41 - very chancy (41%) || 51 - chancy (51%) || 61 - modest (61%) || 71 - very modest (71%) || 81 - low-risk (81%) || 91 - straightforward (91%) || 100 - straightforward (100%)Success
Mysteries on the Hill
- Watchful is increasing…
- An occurrence! Your 'Playing with Broken Toys' Quality is now 8 - Menacing puppets!!
- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is dropping… (-14 CP)
You've gained 6 x Inkling of Identity
Failure
Silence on the Hill
- Watchful is increasing…
Mechanical menaces
- Spoiler Unlocked with Playing with Broken Toys exactly 7,
1 x Broken Toy, Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus 5
Success
Mysteries on the Hill
- An occurrence! Your 'Playing with Broken Toys' Quality is now 8 - Menacing puppets!!
- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is dropping… (-14 CP)
- You've lost 1 x Broken Toy
Devices at the Bazaar
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Playing with Broken Toys exactly 8, Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus 10
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 70 || 48 - very chancy (41%) || 60 - chancy (51%) || 72 - modest (61%) || 83 - very modest (71%) || 95 - low-risk (81%) || 107 - straightforward (91%) || 117 - straightforward (100%)Success
Something is amiss
Persuasive is increasing…- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is dropping… (-54 CP)
- An occurrence! Your 'Playing with Broken Toys' Quality is now 9 - Menacing puppets!!
Failure
Silence
- Persuasive is increasing…
Go back to the Albino Rat
- Spoiler Unlocked with Playing with Broken Toys exactly 9, 1 x Albino Rat, Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus 15
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 110 || 76 - very chancy (41%) || 94 - chancy (51%) || 112 - modest (61%) || 131 - very modest (71%) || 149 - low-risk (81%) || 167 - straightforward (91%) || 184 - straightforward (100%)Success
"You know my story"
- Persuasive is increasing…
- An occurrence! Your 'Playing with Broken Toys' Quality is now 10 - Menacing puppets!!
- Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is dropping… (-120 CP)
Failure
"Gerroff!"
- Persuasive is increasing…
The Albino Rat (without 
Seeking the Meaning of the Plaster Face)
- Spoiler Unlocked with Playing with Broken Toys exactly 9, 1 x Talkative Rattus Faber, Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus 15
Locked with 1 x Albino Rat or 
Seeking the Meaning of the Plaster Face
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 90 || 62 - very chancy (41%) || 77 - chancy (51%) || 92 - modest (61%) || 107 - very modest (71%) || 122 - low-risk (81%) || 137 - straightforward (91%) || 150 - straightforward (100%)Success
An elusive presence
- Watchful is increasing…
You've gained 5 x Intriguing Snippet- An occurrence! Your 'Playing with Broken Toys' Quality is now 10 - The Watchmaker's Daughter!
Failure
A frustrating silence
^
The Albino Rat (while Seeking the Meaning of the Plaster Face)
- Spoiler Unlocked with Playing with Broken Toys exactly 9, 1 x Talkative Rattus Faber, Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus 15, Seeking the Meaning of the Plaster Face 1-14
Locked with 1 x Albino Rat
Success
Substitute clues
- You've gained 2 x Inkling of Identity
The Albino Rat (after finishing Seeking the Meaning of the Plaster Face)
- Spoiler Unlocked with Playing with Broken Toys exactly 9, 1 x Talkative Rattus Faber, Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus 15, Seeking the Meaning of the Plaster Face 20
Locked with 1 x Albino Rat
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful Unknown Difficulty LevelSuccess
An elusive presence
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained 5 x Intriguing Snippet
- An occurrence! Your 'Playing with Broken Toys' Quality is now 10 - The Watchmaker's Daughter!
Failure
^
Visiting the home of the Watchmaker's Daughter
- Spoiler Unlocked with Playing with Broken Toys exactly 10
Success
Preparing
An occurrence! Your 'Venture Challenge Level' Quality is now 1-9!
Redirects to: Breaking In to the Home of the Watchmaker's Daughter
^
Revisiting the home of the Watchmaker's Daughter
- Spoiler Unlocked with Playing with Broken Toys 11
Success
Preparing
- An occurrence! Your 'Venture Challenge Level' Quality is now [( Base Dangerous + Base Persuasive + Base Shadowy + Base Watchful) / 100, rounded]!
Redirects to: Breaking In to the Home of the Watchmaker's Daughter
^
