Old Wounds

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ID: 354168

Spoiler warning! This page contains details about Fallen London Actions.

Rents in metal hulls – once [...] fatal tears in the protective skin of a ship – have been fuzzed by growth and rust, made soft and habitable [...]. Coral has spread over the tragedy. Kelp and zee-weeds waft gently [...]. Ripple-bodied eels make lives out of death.

Card drawn in The Royal Approach

Occurs with Standard Frequency

Can not be discarded except by effects clearing your hand.

Options:

Claim a piece of cast-off coral

•  Spoiler ID: 259461
  

   

  Success

  Busy deeps

  •  You've gained 1 x Pedestrian Polyp

  Redirects to: The Candle Burns Down

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Dive deeper

•  Spoiler ID: 259614, 259618, 259612, 259617, 268781, 259613, 259616, 259467, 259615, 259611, 273885
  

  Unlocked with Full Fathom Five 1-4
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Burning Breath 5 (50% base) || 2 and below - almost impossible (0%) || 3 - almost impossible (10%) || 4 - high-risk (30%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - modest (70%) || 7 - low-risk (90%) || 8 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Katabasis

  •  Deeper, deeper. (Raises Full Fathom Five by 1)
  •  The flame of breath flickers. (Lowers Burning Breath by 1)
  • This branch clears your hand. (hidden)

  Failure

  Mercy withdrawn

  • You have moved to a new area: Mutton Island
  • You have moved to a new setting: Southern Archipelago (hidden)
  •  Up, up, up, out of the crushing black. (Removes Full Fathom Five)
  •  The flame of breath flickers. (Removes Burning Breath)
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  An occurrence! Your 'Potential Thalassic Favour' Quality is now ( Witch-Stone × 10) + ( Collection of Zee-Glass × 20) + ( Salt-Smoothed Shiv × 50) + ( Sodden Mass × 100) + (min( Skull in Coral, 10) × 125) + ( Urchin Spine × 125) + ( Long-Lost Zee Trunk × 200) + (max( A Cured Jillyfleur Cloak - 1, 0) × 100) + (max( Wrecking Boots - 1, 0) x 100) + (max( Nuncian Pocket Watch - 1, 0) × 150) + (max( Semi-Automated Mary Lloyd - 1, 0) × 200) + (max( A Faceted Decanter of Drownie Effluvia - 1, 0) × 300) + (max( Scrimshander Carving Knife - 1, 0) × 400)! (hidden)

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