Inspired (Guide)

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Inspired... is a progress quality used for several Persuasive commissions, as well as writing works at court.

Gaining Inspired...[edit]

Wiki note: Many actions in the world gain only 1 CP and are not listed.

A Name Signed with a Flourish[edit]

Commission Requirements Storylet Challenge Success Failure
Make Your Name: A Commissioned Epic 0 Celebrate Fungus in Verse: Make up the details 8 +3 CP +1 CP
Celebrate Fungus in Verse: Field work! 8 +3 CP
Commission: Write about Prisoner's Honey 1-2 A straightforward approach... 24 +2 CP
This might be faster... 21 +3 CP
Commission: Immortalise Jack-of-Smiles in Another Penny Dreadful! 2 A straightforward approach... Invent detail 15 +2 CP
Celebrate Fungus in Verse: Field work! 12 +3 CP
Commission: A Royal Portrait 2 4-5 Arrange a sitting 70 +1 CP +2 CP
Take some art lessons 73, Req: 5 x   +1 CP, -1 CP

The Empress' Court[edit]

Inspired... Sources

Simple Challenges[edit]

Option Challenge on Success Failure Notes
Nature in the Neath: Seek inspiration in nature 98 +10 CP (Rare: 20) +1 CP
Nature in the Neath: Seek inspiration from your Prismatic Squidling 100 +15 CP +1 CP Req. Prismatic Squidling
A quiet day at your lodgings 99 +10 CP (Rare: 20) +1 CP
Composition: the low path 100 +10 CP (Rare: 15) +1 CP Req. working on a Song, Symphony, Ballet, Opera, or Film
The men from the Ministry 102 +10 CP +1 CP
A gaggle of artistic temperaments 103 +10 CP +1 CP Req. working on a Play, Song, Symphony, Ballet, Opera, or Film
Business at the Court 105 +10 CP (Rare: 15) +1 CP
Competition for the post of Imperial Artist-in-Residence 105 +10 CP +1 CP

Complex Challenges[edit]

Option Challenge Success Failure Notes
A city of culture 97 +30 CP (Rare: 40) +1 CP Costs Favours x 1
You have rivals 100 +1 CP Costs Favours x 1
The people's art 100
  • +35 CP
  • +1 CP
  • +1 CP
  • +1 CP
 Costs Favours x 1
Devils and art 100 +25 CP +1 CP Costs Favours x 1
The music of the tomb 100
  • +10 CP
  • +1 CP (up to 5)
  • +1 CP
  • +1 CP (up to 5)
 Req. Renown 4, Working on... a Song, Symphony, Ballet, Opera, or Film
The lead 100
  • –20 CP
  • +1 CP
 Req. Working on... a Play, Song, Symphony, Ballet, Opera, or Film
Religion and Art: Call on the help of the Church 100 +35 CP Costs 1 x Favours
Religion and Art: Mortification of the flesh! none
  • +5 CP
  • –3 CP
  • +3 CP (up to 10)
Religion and Art: An organ recital at All Christs 7
  • +20 CP
  • –3 CP
  • –1 CP
  • +1 CP
 Costs 10 x Jade
Nature in the Neath: Seek inspiration from your Prismatic Squidling 100
  • +15 CP
  • Rare: also 12 x Glim
  • –20 CP
  • +1 CP
 Req. Prismatic Squidling WHITSUN
The Bohemians 107
  • +15 CP
  • +1 CP
Rare: 		–20 CP Req. Renown 5
Composition: the high path 108
  • –20 CP
  • +1 CP
 Costs 25 x Honey; req. Working on... a Song, Symphony, Ballet, Opera, or Film

Luck Challenges[edit]

Option Challenge Success Failure Notes
The Decency Evaluator 30%
  • +15
  • +2 CP
  • x 2 
  • +15
  • +2
  • x 2 
  • +1
 Costs x 50 
Yesterday's work 60%
  • +25 (Rare: 35)
  • x 1 
  • –20
  • +2
 Req. 5
The pleasures of the Neath 50%
  • +20
  • +3 (up to 10)
  • –3
  • +10
  • +3 (up to 10)
  • –3
 Costs 15 x Honey and
20 x Greyfields 1879

Helicon House[edit]

Inspired... Sources
Action Location Gain Time Remaining Notes
Both your spouses Alone, or with a companion? +2
Your spouse, the Revolutionary Firebrand
Your spouse, the Secular Missionary 		Alone, or with a companion? +5 FATE
Critique the work of the Night Painter
Discuss the Tentacled Entrepreneur's plans
Converse with the Dean of Xenotheology
Talk with the Bohemian Sculptress 		The Prussian Salon +4 2+ Only one option is available at any given time, depending on Airs of Ealing Gardens
Dream with the others
Offer yourself as escort and guide 		The Upstairs Honey Den +6 2+
Dance with your Lover, Returned
Dance with your Spouse, Returned 		The South Parlour +8 4+ Ambition: Nemesis
Share the paintings with your returned Daughter The Yellow Salon +8 4+ Ambition: Nemesis
Dine with your Brother, Returned The Supper Room +8 4+ Ambition: Nemesis
Inspire them with the light of your False-Star The Mirrored Salon +8 4+ Ambition: Light Fingers!
Serve up a Culinary Tribute to the Sea of Spines The Supper Room +4 2+ Requires Current Culinary Concoction exactly 57 and Involved in a Railway Venture 90, gives 55 x Hinterland Scrip
Display your own painting The Yellow Salon +0-6 2+ Requires Completed Painting and Involved in a Railway Venture 80, Inspired gain depends on Painting: Luminosity, gives 125 x Hinterland Scrip

Here, Inspired can be cashed in to Accept a commission or Lead them like sacrifices to the Priests of the Red Bird, or saved for later.

Other sources[edit]

Option Location Challenge Success Failure Notes
Ask for help with artistic endeavours Mrs Plenty's Carnival 3 +2 CP (Rare: 5) Costs Carnival Ticket x 2
Read a poetic missive Your Social Engagements [0.2* Base Persuasive] CP (46 with 230 Persuasive) Costs Poetic Missive x 1, see Social Actions (Guide)
Take your own inspiration from this dream Viric Jungle [10* Intensity] CP Must be The Dreamer Identified: The Bohemian Sculptress, see Oneiropomp (Guide)
Drink the number four special Card:Caligula's Coffee House 90 +25 CP, +1 CP -10 CP Drawn only with Persuasive 81-118
Share in Your Wife's Passions Card:Suggest taking a day off. Go on an excursion +20 CP Requires Joyful Illuminator to draw

Spending Inspired...[edit]

A Name Signed with a Flourish[edit]

Commission Requirements Storylet Challenge Success Failure
Make Your Name: A Commissioned Epic 0 Celebrate Fungus in Verse: an honest effort 4 27 x  , +10 CP -1 CP
Celebrate Fungus in Verse: a satire! 4 28 x  , +10 CP -3 CP
Commission: Write about Prisoner's Honey 1-2 Submit your notes 4 +9 CP, (1 - 126) -1 CP
Be bold! 6 +15 CP, +1 CP, (1 - 199) +5 CP
Commission: Immortalise Jack-of-Smiles in Another Penny Dreadful! 2 Turn in a piece of thorough and satisfying trash. 4 36 x  , +12 CP -1 CP
They asked for it. They want blood? Give them blood! 8 36 x  , 12 x  , +12 CP -10 CP
Commission: A Royal Portrait 2 4-5 Paint a flattering picture 6 40 x  , 1 x   +6 CP -2 CP
Paint a flattering and subversive portrait 9 300 x  , 190 x  , -10 CP, +2 CP

Words at Court[edit]

See Artistry in the Empress' Court (Guide) for details.

30 E of Tier 1 items for Inspired... 24

Plays[edit]

Opening Night! Making Waves Results Notes
A Slapstick Farce +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl
A Wry Satirical Comedy +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl
A Heart-Wrenching Tragedy +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl
A Romance of Poverty +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl Req. Restored
A History +10 CP 3000 x Brass
Scandal +10 CP 		Req. Restored
A Celestial Spectacle +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl Req. Restored and Celestials

Songs[edit]

Publish your song! Making Waves Results Notes
A Rousing Hymn +5 CP 3000 x Candle
A Newly Arranged Folk Song +5 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl
A Patriotic Anthem +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl
A Drinking Song! +10 CP 3000 x Rostygold Req. Restored
A Renaissance Piece! +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl Req. Restored
A Political Anthem! +10 CP 3000 x Beeswax
Scandal +10 CP 		Req Restored and Renown 5

Symphonies[edit]

Your symphony is complete! Making Waves Results Notes
Somewhat challenging music +8 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl
SoTC +1 CP (up to 10)
Wounds +3 CP 		Req. SoTC
An exuberant cannonade +5 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl
Scandal +3 CP
A choral requiem +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl
A Modern Fantasia +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl Req. Restored
Something of your own genius +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl Req. Restored, Your Own Genius
A Rubbery Tone Poem +10 CP 3000 x Deep Amber
Scandal +10 CP 		Req. Restored, Renown 5


Ballet[edit]

Stage your ballet! Making Waves Results Notes
A light work based around a Neathy folk tale +8 CP 3000 x Jade
A work of romance and automata +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl
Scandal +5 CP
A work of barely clad decadence +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl
Scandal +10 CP
Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies
An infernal work +10 CP 3000 x Brass
Scandal +10 CP 		Requires Restored and Renown 5
A Carnelian work +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl
3 x Tribute 		Requires Restored, Academics 15 (to get Tribute as a reward)
A Blemmigan work +10 CP FATE
3000 x Moon-Pearl
Scandal +10 CP 		Requires Restored, Mycologenes
A work of burning dance +10 CP FATE
3000 x Moon-Pearl
Scandal +4 CP
Nightmares +4 CP 		Requires Restored, Terpsichoreans

Fashion[edit]

A Fashionable Extravaganza! Making Waves Results Notes
A sleek suit +10 CP 3000 x Jade Fragment Requires Restored
Practical improvements for undergarments! +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl Requires Restored
A return to the styles of yore +10 CP 3000 x Moon-Pearl Requires Restored

60 E of Tier 1 items for Inspired... 34

Poems[edit]

Your poem is complete! Making Waves Results Notes
An Epic Cycle +12 CP 6000 x Moon-Pearl
1 x Epic Poetic Cycle
A Tragedy of Romance +12 CP 6000 x Moon-Pearl
Fascinating... +50 CP
Scandal +3 CP
1 x Tragedy of Romance
An Allegorical Satire +15 CP 6000 x Moon-Pearl
Scandal +3 CP
1 x Allegorical Satire
A Zeefaring Epic +15 CP 6000 x Piece of Rostygold
1 x Zeefaring Epic 		Requires Restored, Renown, Zeefaring
An Ode to the Elder Continent +15 CP 6000 x Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax
1 x Ode to the Elder Continent 		Requires Restored
A Nocturnal Rhapsody +15 CP 6000 x Foxfire Candle Stub
1 x Nocturnal Rhapsody 		Requires Restored, Nocturnals

Novels[edit]

Your novel is complete! Making Waves Results
A Gothic Romance +10 CP 6000 x Moon-Pearl
Fascinating... +50 CP
1 x Gothic Romance
A Tale of the Future! +10 CP 6000 x Brass
Connected: Benthic +10 CP
Connected: Summerset +10 CP
1 x Tale of the Future
A Patriotic Adventure! +15 CP 6000 x Moon-Pearl
1 x Patriotic Adventure
A Tale of Espionage! +15 CP 6000 x Jade Fragment
1 x Tale of Espionage 		Requires Restored, Renown 5
A Tale for the People! +15 CP 6000 x Moon-Pearl
1 x Tale for the People 		Requires Restored, Renown 5, Renown 5
A Bazaarine Tale! +15 CP 6000 x Brass
1 x Bazaarine Tale 		Requires Restored, Bazaarines


Operas[edit]

An Opera! Making Waves Results Notes
A Thunderstorm of Morality +10 CP 6000 x Shard of Glim Requires Restored
A Heartwarming Farce +10 CP 6000 x Moon-Pearl Requires Restored
An Epic of Far-Off Lands +10 CP 6000 x Foxfire Candle Stub Requires Restored


Films[edit]

Show your Film! Making Waves Results Notes
An Innocent Fictional Scene +10 CP 6000 x Shard of Glim Requires Restored
A Brief Comedy +10 CP 6000 x Moon-Pearl
Nightmares +10 CP 		Requires Restored
A Documentary +10 CP 6000 x Silk Scrap Requires Restored

Helicon House[edit]

See Opportunities to Cash In Progress Qualities

Cashing In
Final Activity Location Requires Rewards Notes
Accept a commission The Prussian Salon Inspired... 24
Fitting In 5
Time Remaining 1 		60+(Fitting In/2)(rounded) x Hinterland Scrip
312 x Nodule of Warm Amber 		-300 CP Inspired...
Painter of Fine Art
Lead them like sacrifices to the Priests of the Red Bird The Upstairs Honey Den The Long-Dead Priests of the Red Bird
Fitting In 5
Inspired... 6
Access to a Parabolan Base-Camp 		3 x Expertise of the Third City
6 x Memory of Light
6 x Memory of Distant Shores
1 x Memory of Discordance
1 x Memory of a Much Lesser Self 		-? Magnanimous
up to 10 Ruthless
-21? CP Inspired...
+? Nightmares
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