Copper Cipher Ring

ID: 758

Intricate little interlocking wheels let you code and decode messages. And make delightfully satisfying little clicking sounds. Use this to increase your Renown: The Great Game quality by spending Favours: The Great Game. You can also gain Favours: The Great Game with Fate by using the ring.

See here for a list of how to obtain this item, or click here to show them.

It can be purchased from Nikolas Pawnbrokers in the Bazaar and sold to the Bazaar:

Buying	40.00
Selling	37.50	(no message)

It can be purchased from Nightclaw's Paw-Brokers in The Rat Market, but cannot be sold there.

Buying	400

See here for a list of pages which require this item, or click here to show them.

Practise with your Copper Cipher Ring

It's impossible not to fiddle with the thing.

Options:

Do something slightly risky (5 FATE)

•  Spoiler ID: 7839
  

  Locked with 7 x Favours: The Great Game
  

   

  Success

  No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.

  •  You've gained 1 x Favours: The Great Game (up to 7)
  •  You've gained 1 x Appalling Secret
  •  Watchful is increasing… (+5 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)

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Play coded chess with an anonymous opponent

•  Spoiler ID: 163628
  

  Unlocked with Watchful 250, Subtle 12-14
  

   

  Success

  Impossible designs

  •  Subtle is increasing… (+15 CP)
  •  Forceful is dropping… (-15 CP)
  •  You've lost 1 x Copper Cipher Ring

  ^

Acquire a very particular ink

•  Spoiler ID: 204798
  

  Unlocked with 3 x Favours: The Great Game
  Locked with Renown: The Great Game 8
  

   

  Success

  Ordering off-menu

  •  You've gained 1 x Tutorial: Courting Factions (up to 1) (hidden)
  •  Renown: The Great Game is increasing… (+1 CP per Favour, up to level 55)
  •  Your 'Favours: The Great Game' Quality has gone!
  •  Watchful is increasing… (+10 CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)

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Arrange a soiree on neutral ground

•  Spoiler ID: 204799
  

  Unlocked with 15 x Bottle of Morelways 1872, 2 x Compromising Document, Renown: The Great Game 8-14, 5 x Favours: The Great Game
  

   

  Success

  Lighthearted fun

  •  Renown: The Great Game is increasing… (+2 CP per Favour, up to level 55)
  •  Your 'Favours: The Great Game' Quality has gone!
  •  Persuasive is increasing… (+10 CP, up to level 200 + Persuasive Gains)
  •  Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  You've lost 2 x Compromising Document
  •  You've lost 15 x Bottle of Morelways 1872

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Piece together a forgotten match

•  Spoiler ID: 204800
  

  Unlocked with Persuasive ( Renown × 6), 7 x Favours: The Great Game, Renown: The Great Game 15-54, 25 x Bottle of Morelways 1872, 5 x Tale of Terror!!, 5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip, 1 x Stolen Kiss, 1 x Mourning Candle
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 108 || 74 - very chancy (41%) || 92 - chancy (51%) || 110 - modest (61%) || 128 - very modest (71%) || 146 - low-risk (81%) || 164 - straightforward (91%) || 180 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Persuasive, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of 6 x Renown: The Great Game. The above example is at Renown level 18.

  Success

  Cut down on the seventh

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Renown: The Great Game is increasing… (+28 CP, up to level 55)
  •  Your 'Favours: The Great Game' Quality has gone!
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle
  •  You've lost 1 x Stolen Kiss
  •  You've lost 5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
  •  You've lost 5 x Tale of Terror!!
  •  You've lost 25 x Bottle of Morelways 1872
  •  Melancholy is increasing… (+5 CP, up to level 15)
  •  Ruthless is dropping… (-5 CP)

  Failure

  A waste

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  You've lost 1 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
  •  You've lost 1 x Tale of Terror!!
  •  You've lost 2 x Bottle of Morelways 1872

  ^

The Coilheart Games:

Decode some not-so-secret communiques

•  Spoiler ID: 267233
  

  Unlocked with The Coilheart Games is 2 (World Quality, now locked), Of Stripes, and Coils 100-299, Coilheart Visitors 10
  Locked with Lead: Periodical Puzzles
  

   

  Success

  An egregious waste of ink

  •  Could there really be a tiger in the Sixth Coil? (Sets Lead: Periodical Puzzles to 1)
  •  Huffam will want to hear of this. And then double-check it scrupulously. (Raises Bearing Valuable Leads by 1)

  ^