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 […][Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
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Storylet appears in 
Jericho Locks
Options:
Index your catalogue
- Spoiler 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
Watchful is increasing…
You've gained 25 x Librarian's Progress
Failure
Solitary labour
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've lost 16 x Librarian's Progress
Forge original connections
- Spoiler Locked with
Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Narrow,
Artisan of the Red Science 2 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (30%) || 1 - tough (40%) || 2 - very chancy (50%) || 3 - chancy (60%) || 4 - modest (70%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (90%) || 7 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Unity
- You've gained 25 x Librarian's Progress
Failure
A rabbit's trail
- You've lost 8 x Librarian's Progress
Chart the reflection of Hell's hinterlands
- Spoiler 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
- You've gained 35 x Librarian's Progress
You have a lead in the Liminal Studies section of the library. (Raises 
Lead: Liminality by 1)
Failure
Silver shores
- You've lost 6 x Librarian's Progress
Consult texts of a speculative science
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Lead: Liminality 420-423
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
Charged matter
- You've gained 35 x Librarian's Progress
- You've gained 1 x Lead: Liminality
You have a lead in the Partial Historiography section of the library. (Sets 
Lead: Partial Historiography to 420)
Failure
Destruction
- You've lost 6 x Librarian's Progress
Repair destroyed texts
- Spoiler 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
- You've gained 41 x Librarian's Progress
- You have a lead in the Liminal Studies section of the library. (Raises Lead: Liminality by 1)
- You have a lead in the Partial Historiography section of your library. (Sets Lead: Partial Historiography to 430, if below 401)
You have a lead in the Unanticipated Ecologies section of your library. (Sets 
Lead: Ecology to 430, if below 401)
Failure
A good attempt
Wounds is increasing… (+5 CP)
Cultivate a bibliography of the liminal
- Spoiler 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
- You've gained 35 x Librarian's Progress
- You have a lead in the Liminal Studies section of the library. (Raises Lead: Liminality by 1)
- You have a lead in the Partial Historiography section of the library. (Sets Lead: Partial Historiography to 501, if below 501)
Failure
Misjudged
^
Make unbidden speculative leaps
- Spoiler 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
- You've gained 35 x Librarian's Progress
- You have a lead in the Liminal Studies section of the library. (Raises Lead: Liminality by 1)
You have a lead in the Ambiguous Cartography section of the library. (Sets 
Lead: Cartography to 520)
Failure
Beyond the frontiers
- You've lost 6 x Librarian's Progress
Apply unwise chemical substances with wild abandon
- Spoiler 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
- You have a lead in the Ambiguous Cartography section of the library. (Sets Lead: Cartography to 520, if below 521)
- You've gained 41 x Librarian's Progress
- You have a lead in the Liminal Studies section of the library. (Raises Lead: Liminality by 1)
Failure
Overexuberance
- Wounds is increasing… (+5 CP)
Consult the texts of the Grand Sanatoria
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Lead: Liminality 620-623
Locked with Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 177 || 121 - very chancy (41%) || 151 - chancy (51%) || 180 - modest (61%) || 210 - very modest (71%) || 239 - low-risk (81%) || 269 - straightforward (91%) || 295 - straightforward (100%)Success
Hidden in plain sight
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained 39 x Librarian's Progress
- You've gained 1 x Lead: Liminality
You have a lead in the Deceased Languages section of the library. (Sets 
Lead: Ancient Languages to 620, if below 621(?))
Failure
Damnable interruption
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've lost 2 x Librarian's Progress
Arrange an interlibrary loan with Port Carnelian
- Spoiler 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
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained 41 x Librarian's Progress
- You've gained 1 x Lead: Liminality
- You have a lead in the Deceased Languages section of the library. (Sets Lead: Ancient Languages to 630, if below 631(?))
Failure
The Prince's appetites for humour
- Watchful is increasing…
Nightmares is increasing… (+5 CP)
Enlist expert assistance
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Recalcitrant Sculptress
Locked with Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 88 || 61 - very chancy (41%) || 75 - chancy (51%) || 90 - modest (61%) || 105 - very modest (71%) || 119 - low-risk (81%) || 134 - straightforward (91%) || 147 - straightforward (100%)Success
Royal art
Shadowy is increasing…- You've gained 7 x Librarian's Progress
You've gained 1 x Glass Gazette
Failure
The whims of the royal prerogative
- Shadowy is increasing…
You've gained 1 x Live Specimen
Advance your Research Project
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