On the Ice
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Description summary:
The description changes as the story advances.
 Breaking the Ice | Description |
|---|---|
| 0-2, 4+ | Nothing is out here but you, the darkness, and the cold. […] you can see the crystals within crystals […] that radiate across the lake. […] their perfectly formed patterns, express a mathematical precision as frigid as it is flawless. |
| 3 | Nothing is out here but you, the darkness, the Deviless, and her Imp. […] you can see the crystals within crystals […] that radiate across the lake. […] their perfectly formed patterns, express a mathematical precision as frigid as it is flawless. |
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Unlocked with a redirect from Step onto the frozen lake
Storylet appears in The Hurlers
Options:
Close your eyes
- Spoiler Locked with
Wounds 8
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 175 || 120 - very chancy (41%) || 149 - chancy (51%) || 178 - modest (61%) || 208 - very modest (71%) || 237 - low-risk (81%) || 266 - straightforward (91%) || 292 - straightforward (100%)Success
Nowhere at all
Watchful is increasing…
Nightmares is increasing… (+3 CP)
Failure
Somewhere cold
^
Locate a spot to drill into the ice
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Frigid Intuition 2
Locked with Wounds 8
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)Difficulty is 50 ×
Hurlers: Darkness. Difficulty shown is for Hurlers: Darkness 3.Success
Frozen below the surface
- Watchful is increasing…
You've lost 2 x Frigid Intuition
You've gained 2 x Knob of Scintillack
You've gained 4 x Fin Bones, Collected
Rare Success
Frozen deeper below the surface
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've lost 2 x Frigid Intuition
You've gained 1 x Ostentatious Diamond
You've gained 100 x Flawed Diamond
Failure
Frozen below the surface
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've lost 2 x Frigid Intuition
You've gained 6 x Crystallised Curio
Rare Failure
Frozen deeper below the surface
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've lost 2 x Frigid Intuition
- You've gained 9 x Crystallised Curio
Return to the wastes
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Locked with Wounds 8
Challenge information
Narrow,
Neathproofed -1 (50% base) || 0 - chancy (55%) || 1 - chancy (60%) || 2 - modest (65%) || 3 - modest (70%) || 4 - very modest (75%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (85%) || 7 - low-risk (90%) || 8 - straightforward (95%) || 9 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Solid ground again
Redirects to: Desolation
Failure
Just a little spill
Redirects to: Desolation
^
Freeze
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Wounds 8
Success
Alike, yet different
You have moved to a new area: a slow boat passing a dark beach on a silent river
Breaking the Ice
Speak with the Disembarked Deviless
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with
Breaking the Ice exactly 3
Locked with Wounds 8
Success
Another outpost on the lake
Redirects to: The Disembarked Deviless
^
Crystalline Knowledge
Open your eyes
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Crystalline Knowledge 3-6
Locked with Wounds 8
Success
Crystalline reflections
You have not entered a new area. (You've moved to Adulterine Castle)- Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
Redirects to: The Adulterine Castle
^
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Close your eyes and contemplate no madness
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Crystalline Knowledge 7, 
7 x Crystallised Curio
Locked with
Nightmares 8
Success
An absence of delirium
- An occurrence! Your 'Nightmares' Quality is now (
Nightmares + 1)! - You've lost 7 x Crystallised Curio
Close your eyes and contemplate no peace
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Crystalline Knowledge 7, 7 x Crystallised Curio, Nightmares
Success
An absence of calm
- An occurrence! Your 'Nightmares' Quality is now ( Nightmares - 1)!
- You've lost 7 x Crystallised Curio
Open your eyes 8
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Crystalline Knowledge 7, Nightmares exactly 8, 
Number That's Not In Your Head exactly 8
Locked with Wounds 8
Success
The Eighth Seal
- You have not entered a new area. (You've moved to Adulterine Castle)
An occurrence! Your 'Eighth Seal' Quality is now 1! (if not already present)
You've gained 1 x Sunken (up to 4)
An occurrence! Your 'Active Discordance Principle' Quality is now 8! (hidden)
Redirects to: The Lower Castle
^
Open your eyes 7
- Spoiler Unlocked with Crystalline Knowledge 7, Nightmares exactly 7, Number That's Not In Your Head exactly 7
Locked with Wounds 8
Success
The Seventh Seal
- You have not entered a new area. (You've moved to Adulterine Castle)
- An occurrence! Your 'Seventh Seal' Quality is now 1! (if not already present)
- You've gained 1 x Sunken (up to 4)
- An occurrence! Your 'Active Discordance Principle' Quality is now 7! (hidden)
Redirects to: The Lower Castle
^
Open your eyes 6
- Spoiler Unlocked with Crystalline Knowledge 7, Nightmares exactly 6, Number That's Not In Your Head exactly 6
Locked with Wounds 8
Success
The Sixth Seal
- You have not entered a new area. (You've moved to Adulterine Castle)
- An occurrence! Your 'Sixth Seal' Quality is now 1! (if not already present)
- You've gained 1 x Sunken (up to 4)
- An occurrence! Your 'Active Discordance Principle' Quality is now 6! (hidden)
Redirects to: The Lower Castle
^
Open your eyes 5
- Spoiler Unlocked with Crystalline Knowledge 7, Nightmares exactly 5, Number That's Not In Your Head exactly 5
Locked with Wounds 8
Success
The Fifth Seal
- You have not entered a new area. (You've moved to Adulterine Castle)
- An occurrence! Your 'Fifth Seal' Quality is now 1! (if not already present)
- You've gained 1 x Sunken (up to 4)
- An occurrence! Your 'Active Discordance Principle' Quality is now 5! (hidden)
Redirects to: The Lower Castle
^
Open your eyes 4
- Spoiler Unlocked with Crystalline Knowledge 7, Nightmares exactly 4, Number That's Not In Your Head exactly 4
Locked with Wounds 8
Success
The Fourth Seal
- You have not entered a new area. (You've moved to Adulterine Castle)
- An occurrence! Your 'Fourth Seal' Quality is now 1! (if not already present)
You've gained 1 x Risen (up to 4)- An occurrence! Your 'Active Discordance Principle' Quality is now 4! (hidden)
Redirects to: The Upper Castle
^
Open your eyes 3
- Spoiler Unlocked with Crystalline Knowledge 7, Nightmares exactly 3, Number That's Not In Your Head exactly 3
Locked with Wounds 8
Success
The Third Seal
- You have not entered a new area. (You've moved to Adulterine Castle)
- An occurrence! Your 'Third Seal' Quality is now 1! (if not already present)
- You've gained 1 x Risen (up to 4)
- An occurrence! Your 'Active Discordance Principle' Quality is now 3! (hidden)
Redirects to: The Upper Castle
^
Open your eyes 2
- Spoiler Unlocked with Crystalline Knowledge 7, Nightmares exactly 2, Number That's Not In Your Head exactly 2
Locked with Wounds 8
Success
The Second Seal
- You have not entered a new area. (You've moved to Adulterine Castle)
- An occurrence! Your 'Second Seal' Quality is now 1! (if not already present)
- You've gained 1 x Risen (up to 4)
- An occurrence! Your 'Active Discordance Principle' Quality is now 2! (hidden)
Redirects to: The Upper Castle
^
Open your eyes 1
- Spoiler Unlocked with Crystalline Knowledge 7, Nightmares exactly 1, Number That's Not In Your Head exactly 1
Locked with Wounds 8
Success
The First Seal
- You have not entered a new area. (You've moved to Adulterine Castle)
- An occurrence! Your 'First Seal' Quality is now 1! (if not already present)
- You've gained 1 x Risen (up to 4)
- An occurrence! Your 'Active Discordance Principle' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
Redirects to: The Upper Castle
^
Open your eyes 0
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Crystalline Knowledge 7, Nightmares exactly 0, Number That's Not In Your Head exactly 0, 
1 x scream that's not stuck in your throat like a stone, Discordant Studies 2
Locked with Wounds 8
Success
The Nonexistent Seal
- You have not entered a new area. (You've moved to Adulterine Castle)
- You haven't broken the Nonexistent Seal. (Sets Nonexistent Seal to 1)
- You've lost 1 x scream that's not stuck in your throat like a stone
Advancing the Liberation of Night: is increasing… (+10 CP, up to level 50)- Steward of the Discordance is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 + Discordant Studies)
Redirects to: Before the Black Throne
^
