Liminal Studies (Storylet)

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An emerging and interdisciplinary field […] The study of all that lies on the margins […]

Volumes of esoterica, occultism, Red Science, oneiromancy, Second City rituals […] line these imposing shelves. All manner of knowledge is at your disposal […]

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Storylet appears in Jericho Locks

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Index your catalogue
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    Locked with Librarian's Progress 200

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Watchful 125 || 86 - very chancy (41%) || 107 - chancy (51%) || 128 - modest (61%) || 148 - very modest (71%) || 169 - low-risk (81%) || 190 - straightforward (91%) || 209 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    A day away

    Failure

    Solitary labour

    ^
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Forge original connections
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Chart the reflection of Hell's hinterlands
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    Unlocked with Lead: Liminality 401-403
    Locked with Librarian's Progress 200

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Glasswork 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Silver glass


    Failure

    Silver shores

    ^
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Consult texts of a speculative science
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Repair destroyed texts
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    Unlocked with Lead: Liminality 430-433
    Locked with Librarian's Progress 200

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Kataleptic Toxicology 11 (50% base) || 7 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 8 - high-risk (20%) || 9 - high-risk (30%) || 10 - tough (40%) || 11 - very chancy (50%) || 12 - chancy (60%) || 13 - modest (70%) || 14 - very modest (80%) || 15 - low-risk (90%) || 16 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Stitch and inkwork

    • Vialgreensmall.png You've gained 41 x Librarian's Progress
    • Mirror4small.png You have a lead in the Liminal Studies section of the library. (Increases Lead: Liminality by 1)
    • Skullmothsmall.png You have a lead in the Partial Historiography section of your library. (Sets Lead: Partial Historiography to 430, if below 401)
    • Rubberskullsmall.png You have a lead in the Unanticipated Ecologies section of your library. (Sets Lead: Ecology to 430, if below 401)

    Failure

    A good attempt

    • Sidebarwoundssmall.png Wounds is increasing… (+5 CP)
    ^
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Cultivate a bibliography of the liminal
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    Unlocked with Lead: Liminality 501-503
    Locked with Librarian's Progress 200

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Glasswork 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Dreamless depths

    Failure

    Misjudged

    ^
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Make unbidden speculative leaps
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    Unlocked with Lead: Liminality 520-523
    Locked with Librarian's Progress 200

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Artisan of the Red Science 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Stepping stones

    Failure

    Beyond the frontiers

    ^
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Apply unwise chemical substances with wild abandon
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    Unlocked with Lead: Liminality 530-533
    Locked with Librarian's Progress 200

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Kataleptic Toxicology 11 (50% base) || 7 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 8 - high-risk (20%) || 9 - high-risk (30%) || 10 - tough (40%) || 11 - very chancy (50%) || 12 - chancy (60%) || 13 - modest (70%) || 14 - very modest (80%) || 15 - low-risk (90%) || 16 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    The mutability of history

    Failure

    Overexuberance

    • Sidebarwoundssmall.png Wounds is increasing… (+5 CP)
    ^
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Consult the texts of the Grand Sanatoria
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Arrange an interlibrary loan with Port Carnelian
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    Unlocked with Lead: Liminality 630-633
    Locked with Librarian's Progress 200

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Watchful 230 || 158 - very chancy (41%) || 196 - chancy (51%) || 234 - modest (61%) || 273 - very modest (71%) || 311 - low-risk (81%) || 349 - straightforward (91%) || 384 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    What the tiger's eye sees

    Failure

    The Prince's appetites for humour

    ^
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Enlist expert assistance
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Advance your Research Project
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Consider other avenues of research