Painting in Balmoral (Guide)

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Balmoral is found at the fourth station of the Railway. Apart from visiting the local forest (the Moonlit Woods, where you can gain Moonlit for painting) and Balmoral Castle, you can join the artist in the old Distillery in Crathie and take up commissions for Her Enduring Majesty. She has neglected to visit the place since the Fall, but that doesn't seem to bother anyone.

Painting Progress

Your progress towards a finished piece is tracked by Painter's Progress. It is set to 1 when beginning a new commission and when it reaches 7, the painting is finished. This means you have 6 actions to contribute to your work and it takes 8 actions to fully begin and finish a painting. Your painting's style (the reward) is determined by the combinations of Painting: Luminosity, Painting: Nostalgic and Painting: Incendiary.

You have 6 actions to influence your work for every painting. Both success and failure increase Painter's Progress by 1.

Option	Cost	~In	Challenge	Success	Fail
Painter's Progress 0
Undertake a commission
Painter's Progress 1-6
With Moonlight	Moonlit 2 2 x Memory of a Much Lesser Self 10 x Memory of Light	~11.60	Persuasive 200	Luminosity 1	Nostalgic 1
In a subversive cast	1 x Vital Intelligence	12.50	A Player of Chess 5	Incendiary 1	Nostalgic 1
Paint!	5 x Touching Love Story	12.50	Persuasive 200	Nostalgic 1	Incendiary 1
Painter's Progress 7
Complete a commission				Completed Painting

Creating a painting is essentially a 70-75 investment in order to gain different items.

Since both success and failure add one of the three attributes, your painting will always end up with 6 marks in total. The amount and combinations of these determine the rewards.

You must present your Completed Painting before starting another one!

There are small additional rewards for the success of each option:

• Inspired... (+1 CP) for Paint with Moonlight
• 15 x Romantic Notion for Paint Balmoral in a subversive cast and Paint!

Failure consumes the items as well, except for "Paint!" where the penalty is only 3 x Touching Love Stories.

Finishing a painting also increases the Painter of Fine Art quality by 1, tracking the number of paintings you completed and your reputation as an artist.

Rewards

Return to either London or the Helicon House in Ealing Gardens to present your painting. Only a Completed Painting may be presented.

Requirements	Reward	Value ( )
London - Presenting your Painting
Nostalgic at least 4	1 x Bottle of Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise 1 x Cellar of Wine 2 x Sworn Statement	80
Luminosity at least 4	5 x Vienna Opening 5 x Sworn Statement 1 x Parabola-Linen Scrap 1 x Bazaar Permit	100.20
Incendiary at least 4	1 x Skeleton with Seven Necks 1 x Silent Soul 2 x Thirsty Bombazine Scrap	80
Incendiary 3 Nostalgic 3	1 x Discordant Soul 1 x Direful Reflection 2 x Mourning Candle	17.50 + 1 x Discordant Soul
Incendiary 3 Luminosity 3	1 x Night-Whisper 5 x Vienna Opening 5 x Thirsty Bombazine Scrap 1 x Blackmail Material	100.20
Nostalgic 3 Luminosity 3	1 x Bottle of Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise 10 x Mourning Candle 1 x Favour in High Places	100
Any other combination	1 x Bottle of Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise 2 x Favours: Society (up to 7) 5 x Muscaria Brandy	75 + 2 x Favours: Society
A Nascent Opportunity 1 (only once, during story)	Scandal (+5 CP) 5 x Vienna Opening 5 x Sworn Statement	25.20
Helicon House - Display your own painting
Any combination	125 x Hinterland Scrip Inspired... (+ Painting: Luminosity CP) Fitting in at Helicon House + ( Painting: Incendiary - Painting: Nostalgic)