Lost in Strange Lands
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Description summary:
The text here varies with Airs of Parabola, which is changed by almost every option below.
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1 – 19 | You are walking through lush grass. Here and there is a little mound of cooked barley. |
20 – 39 | The ground continues flat and dry in every direction. A great deal of water must have passed through here at some point, but the mud has baked solid again. |
40 – 59 | You're ascending a steep hill. Your legs protest as you walk, but whenever you consider changing direction, the land rises just as steeply in that direction. |
60 – 79 | The bushes here are only as tall as the tops of your feet. |
80 – 89 | There are plants, and vines, and midges everywhere. You can't see where you're going at all. |
90 – 94 | The ground takes an imprint as easily as snow. |
95 – 100 | You are trudging forward, shivering, trying to get to a warmer bit of Parabola. |
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Unlocked with a redirect from Track the Animals of Parabola or Search Parabola for a Place in the Neath
Storylet appears in Parabolan Base-Camp
Options:
Claim the aid of Fingerkings
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Favours: Fingerkings 2
Success
The way forward
You've lost 2 x Favours: Fingerkings
You've gained 6 x Parabolan Scouting
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Make use of a Glass Gazette
- Spoiler Unlocked with
1 x Glass Gazette
Success
Tear a page from the book
You've gained 8 x Parabolan Scouting
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
You've lost 1 x Glass Gazette
Apply your own knowledge
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Narrow,
Glasswork 7 (50% base) || 3 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 4 - high-risk (20%) || 5 - high-risk (30%) || 6 - tough (40%) || 7 - very chancy (50%) || 8 - chancy (60%) || 9 - modest (70%) || 10 - very modest (80%) || 11 - low-risk (90%) || 12 and above - straightforward (100%)
Each point of
Parabolan Scouting increases the base difficulty by 1 point.
Success
Instinct
You've gained 10 x Parabolan Scouting
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Glasswork is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 +
Glass Studies)
Failure
The way forward
You've gained 1 x Parabolan Scouting
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Glasswork is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 +
Glass Studies)
Return to your Base-Camp
- Spoiler
Challenge information
Narrow,
Glasswork 1 (50% base) || 0 - tough (40%) || 1 - very chancy (50%) || 2 - chancy (60%) || 3 - modest (70%) || 4 - very modest (80%) || 5 - low-risk (90%) || 6 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Nothing could be more welcome
Your 'Parabolan Quarry' Quality has gone!
Your 'Parabolan Destination' Quality has gone!
Glasswork is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 +
Glass Studies)
Your quarry has become less fierce. (Removes
Parabolan Ferocity)
Rare Success
What's this?
Wiki note: Rare success chance is 5%.
Your 'Parabolan Quarry' Quality has gone!
Your 'Parabolan Destination' Quality has gone!
Your quarry has become less fierce. (Removes
Parabolan Ferocity)
You've gained 1 x Thorned Ribcage
Glasswork is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 +
Glass Studies)
Failure
Around in a loop
Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
Glasswork is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 +
Glass Studies)
You've gained 1 x Parabolan Scouting
Pass through a distracting mirror
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Airs of Parabola 90 to 95,
A List of Aliases, Writ in Gant
Success
Assassination through glass
You have moved to a new area: Your Lodgings
You've gained 25 x Hinterland Scrip
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Your 'Parabolan Scouting' Quality has gone!
Your 'Parabolan Quarry' Quality has gone!
Your quarry has become less fierce. (Removes all
Parabolan Ferocity)
You are no longer on the track of any quarry. (Removes all
Partly Pursued)
You have caught your Quarry in the Parabolan jungle. (Removes all
Encounter Setting)
Parabolan Hunting
Push onward
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Parabolan Quarry
Locked withPartly Pursued (hidden)
Challenge information
Broad,
Dangerous 340 || 233 - very chancy (41%) || 289 - chancy (51%) || 346 - modest (61%) || 403 - very modest (71%) || 460 - low-risk (81%) || 516 - straightforward (91%) || 567 - straightforward (100%)
Dangerous, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of
(180 + 20 × (Parabolan Ferocity -
Parabolan Scouting)).
The above example is forFocused Albatross at
Parabolan Ferocity 8 and
Parabolan Scouting 0.
Success
Sighting
Dangerous is increasing…
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
- Redirects to: Pursuing the (Parabolan Quarry)
Failure
The way forward
Dangerous is increasing…
Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
You've gained 2 x Parabolan Scouting
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Continue towards (Quarry Home)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Partly Pursued (hidden)
Challenge information
Broad,
Dangerous 300 || 205 - very chancy (41%) || 255 - chancy (51%) || 305 - modest (61%) || 355 - very modest (71%) || 405 - low-risk (81%) || 455 - straightforward (91%) || 500 - straightforward (100%)
Dangerous, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of
(180 + 20*(Parabolan Ferocity -
Parabolan Scouting)).
The above example is atParabolan Scouting 0 and
Parabolan Ferocity 6.
Success
The Lair
Dangerous is increasing…
Your 'Parabolan Scouting' Quality has gone!
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Redirects to: Face the (Parabolan Quarry) in (Quarry Home)
Failure
The way forward
Dangerous is increasing…
Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
You've gained 2 x Parabolan Scouting
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Redirects to: Lost in Strange Lands
^
Follow your silver skein
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Parabolan Quarry,
Skein of Silvered Catgut
Locked withParabolan Destination
Challenge information
Narrow,
Chthonosophy Unknown Difficulty Level
Each point of
Parabolan Scouting increases the base difficulty by 1 point.
Success
What is not here is there
You've gained 10 x Parabolan Scouting
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Failure
Doubly lost
You've gained 1 x Parabolan Scouting
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Parabolan Destinations
Sneak forward
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Parabolan Destination
Locked withParabolan Quarry
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 300 || 205 - very chancy (41%) || 255 - chancy (51%) || 305 - modest (61%) || 355 - very modest (71%) || 405 - low-risk (81%) || 455 - straightforward (91%) || 500 - straightforward (100%)
Shadowy, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of (180 + 20*(
Parabolan Ferocity -
Parabolan Scouting)).
The above example is for Look for Mr Iron's Warehouse atParabolan Ferocity 6 and
Parabolan Scouting 0.
Success
Sighting
Shadowy is increasing…
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
- Redirects to: Seeking a Mirror from the Far Side
Failure
The way forward
Shadowy is increasing…
Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
You've gained 2 x Parabolan Scouting
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Allow your Acicular Squirrel to lead you
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Acicular Squirrel,
Parabolan Destination
Locked withParabolan Quarry
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 7 (50% base) || 3 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 4 - high-risk (20%) || 5 - high-risk (30%) || 6 - tough (40%) || 7 - very chancy (50%) || 8 - chancy (60%) || 9 - modest (70%) || 10 - very modest (80%) || 11 - low-risk (90%) || 12 and above - straightforward (100%)
Each point of
Parabolan Scouting increases the base difficulty by 1 point.
Success
A Parabolan tracker
You've gained 10 x Parabolan Scouting
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Kataleptic Toxicology is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 +
Kataleptic Toxicology Studies)
Failure
The way forward
You've gained 1 x Parabolan Scouting
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Kataleptic Toxicology is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 +
Kataleptic Toxicology Studies)
Follow the guidance of the Caducean Rose
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Mr Slowcake's Caducean Rose,
Parabolan Destination 100-199 (A Deviless' Townhouse)
Locked withParabolan Quarry
Success
It is certain as a compass
Redirects to: Seeking a Mirror from the Far Side
^
Unlocking other parts of Parabola
Ascend the side of a dome (
Airs of Parabola 50-59)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Having Recurring Dreams: What the Thunder Said 5,
Airs of Parabola 50 to 59
Success
Exposed
You've gained 10 x Parabolan Scouting
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Having Recurring Dreams: What the Thunder Said is dropping… (-5 CP)
You've learnt a new route: Route: The Dome of Scales
Encounter a moonlit chessboard (
Airs of Parabola 60-69)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Having Recurring Dreams: A Game of Chess 2,
Airs of Parabola 60 to 69
Success
Beware the rook
You've gained 10 x Parabolan Scouting
You've learnt a new route: Route: The Chessboard
Having Recurring Dreams: A Game of Chess is dropping… (-2 CP)
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Cut through a forest of things-that-were (
Airs of Parabola 70-79)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Having Recurring Dreams: Is Someone There? 2,
Airs of Parabola 70 to 79
Success
Distractions from times past
You've gained 10 x Parabolan Scouting
Having Recurring Dreams: Is Someone There? is dropping… (-2 CP)
You've learnt a new route: Route: The Waswood
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Head into a viric jungle (
Airs of Parabola 80-89)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Shared a Phantasie of the Bazaar,
Subject of a Trance-Dream,
Airs of Parabola 80 to 89
Success
The very edge of Parabola
You've lost 1 x Shared a Phantasie of the Bazaar
You've gained 10 x Parabolan Scouting
You've learnt a new route: Route: The Viric Jungle
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
Ambition: Bag a Legend!
Stop and look through a distracting mirror (
Ambition: Bag a Legend!)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Ambition: Bag a Legend! 400 - 450,
Airs of Parabola 1 - 50,
Traces of Veils the Curator
Locked withVake of Cogs and Clay,
Location of a Decoy Mr Veils
Success
You stop and peer through...
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)
You have seen that there is a false Mr Veils in the silk shop of the Emporium of the Labyrinth of Tigers. (Sets
Location of a Decoy Mr Veils to 1)
Stop and look through a distracting mirror (
Ambition: Bag a Legend!)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Ambition: Bag a Legend! 400 - 450,
Airs of Parabola 51 - 100
Success
You stop and peer through...
[Airs of Parabola change…] (random)