Partial Historiography (Storylet)
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History is a work in progress. A boon for the historian, who is thus never out of work, but a problem for your shelf-space, which remains […] finite.
Among […] are the works of learned scholars […] and that most wretched of disciplines, historiography.[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
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Storylet appears in 
Jericho Locks
Options:
Beguile unwitting scholars
- Spoiler Locked with
Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 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
The art of study
Persuasive is increasing…
You've gained 25 x Librarian's Progress
Failure
Misfired compliments
- Persuasive is increasing…
- You've lost 16 x Librarian's Progress
Establish a useful counterfactual
- Spoiler Locked with
Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Narrow,
Mithridacy 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
Off the beaten track
- You've gained 25 x Librarian's Progress
Failure
Fool's gold
- You've lost 8 x Librarian's Progress
Deduce obscure conclusions
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Lead: Partial Historiography 420-423
Locked with Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Narrow,
A Player of Chess 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
Antique insights
- You've gained 35 x Librarian's Progress
You've gained 1 x Lead: Partial Historiography
You have a lead in the Liminal Studies section of the library. (Sets 
Lead: Liminality to 420, if below 401)
Failure
The proverbial incorrect tree
- You've lost 6 x Librarian's Progress
Posit impossible conclusions
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Lead: Partial Historiography 430-433
Locked with Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Narrow,
Mithridacy 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
Hell's own
- You've gained 41 x Librarian's Progress
- You've gained 1 x Lead: Partial Historiography
- You have a lead in the Liminal Studies section of the library. (Sets Lead: Liminality to 430, if below 401)
You have a lead in the Unanticipated Ecologies section of the library. (Sets 
Lead: Ecology to 430, if below 401)
Failure
A theory is certainly advanced
Nightmares is increasing… (+5 CP)
Compile a Catalogue of False Witness
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Lead: Partial Historiography 501-503
Locked with Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Narrow,
Mithridacy 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
Not always lost
- You've gained 35 x Librarian's Progress
- You have a lead in the Partial Historiography section of the library. (Raises
Lead: Partial Historiography by 1 x)
Failure
The unexamined life
- You've lost 6 x Librarian's Progress
Pit historical accounts against each other
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Lead: Partial Historiography 520-523
Locked with Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Narrow,
A Player of Chess 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
The historian is the whetstone of history's blade
- You've gained 35 x Librarian's Progress
- You have a lead in the Partial Historiography section of the library. (Raises Lead: Partial Historiography by 1 x)
You have a lead in the Ambiguous Cartography section of the library. (Sets 
Lead: Cartography to 520 - You have a lead in the Ambiguous Cartography section of the library)
Failure
None more cruel than a well placed footnote
- You've lost 6 x Librarian's Progress
Make a catalogue of all that has been lost
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Lead: Partial Historiography 530-533
Locked with Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Narrow,
Steward of the Discordance 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
Stony ground
- You've gained 35 x Librarian's Progress
- You have a lead in the Partial Historiography section of the library. (Raises Lead: Partial Historiography by 1 x)
- You've gained ? x Lead: Cartography (up to 521)
Failure
A Speculative History of Almost Nothing
- You've lost 6 x Librarian's Progress
Study the diplomatic overtures of cities past
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Lead: Partial Historiography 601-603
Locked with Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Narrow,
A Player of Chess 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
Not always lost
- You've gained 35 x Librarian's Progress
- You've gained 1 x Lead: Partial Historiography
Failure
History's hatreds
- You've lost 6 x Librarian's Progress
Sift the waters of Adam's Way
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Lead: Partial Historiography 620-623
Locked with Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 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
What is redder than a ruby's sheen?
- You've gained 25 x Librarian's Progress
- You've gained 1 x Lead: Partial Historiography
- You have a lead in the Liminal Studies section of the library. (Sets Lead: Liminality to 620, if below 621(?))
Failure
What remains when the blood has washed the rest away
- You've lost 8 x Librarian's Progress
Perform a study of the vintages of the Presbyterate
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Lead: Partial Historiography 630-633
Locked with Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Narrow,
Kataleptic Toxicology 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
Grapes bursting on stony ground
- You've gained 35 x Librarian's Progress
- You've gained 1 x Lead: Partial Historiography
You have a lead in the Deceased Languages section of the library. (Sets 
Lead: Ancient Languages to 620, if below 621)
Failure
Ruin!
- You've lost 6 x Librarian's Progress
Enlist assistance in tackling the bibliography
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Stoic Classicist
Locked with Librarian's Progress 200
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 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
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- Persuasive is increasing…
- You've gained 7 x Librarian's Progress
You've gained 1 x Volume of Collated Research
Failure
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- Persuasive is increasing…
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