Preparatory Research
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Game Instructions: Once you set sail, you will no longer be able to do preparatory research until your voyage is complete.
Unlocked with Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery exactly 2
Storylet appears in Your Lodgings
Options:
Look at the current trend for Theosophistry
- Spoiler Unlocked with 3 x Favours: Society
Locked with 100 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
Success
Oh dear
- You've lost 3 x Favours: Society
- You've gained 50 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
Pay someone else to research for you
- Spoiler Unlocked with 80 x Memory of Distant Shores
Locked with 100 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes, 100 x Page of Theosophistical Notes, 100 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
Success
A steal
- You've gained 50 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
- You've gained 50 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
- You've gained 50 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
- You've lost 80 x Memory of Distant Shores
Summarise your experiences in the Wars of Illusion
- Spoiler Unlocked with Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion 25, 1 x Extraordinary Implication
Locked with 100 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
Challenge information
A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 60%)
Success
Revelations
- You've lost 1 x Extraordinary Implication
- You've gained 35 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
- You've gained 20 x Cryptic Clue
Failure
Mysteries
- You've gained 35 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
- You've lost 1 x Extraordinary Implication
Have instruments ground
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Whirring Contraption
Locked with 100 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes, 100 x Page of Theosophistical Notes, 100 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
Success
Here they are
- You've lost 1 x Whirring Contraption
- You've gained 50 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
- You've gained 50 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
- You've gained 50 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
Trade in academic favours
- Spoiler Unlocked with Connected: Benthic 20, Connected: Summerset 20
Locked with 300 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
Success
The cheek of it
- You've gained 100 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
- Connected: Benthic is dropping… (-91-114 CP)
- Connected: Summerset is dropping… (-91-114 CP)
Examine your collection of curiosities
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Collection of Curiosities
Locked with 300 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
Challenge information
A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 60%)
Success
A little extra
- You've lost 1 x Collection of Curiosities
- You've gained 150 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
- You've gained 1 x Mystery of the Elder Continent
Failure
That one looks somewhat out of place
- You've lost 1 x Collection of Curiosities
- You've gained 150 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
Consult your current work
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Volume of Collated Research
Locked with 100 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes, 100 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes, 100 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
Challenge information
A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 60%)
Success
A strange zee wind
- You've lost 1 x Volume of Collated Research
- You've gained 40 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
- You've gained 40 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
- You've gained 40 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
- You've gained 1 x Memory of Distant Shores
Failure
A fine evening's read
- You've lost 1 x Volume of Collated Research
- You've gained 40 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
- You've gained 40 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
- You've gained 40 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
Test your Unearthly Fossil
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Unearthly Fossil
Locked with 300 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
Challenge information
A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 60%)
Success
A powerful fizzing
- You've lost 1 x Unearthly Fossil
- You've gained 80 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
- You've gained 5 x Nodule of Warm Amber
Failure
Pieces of knowledge
- You've lost 1 x Unearthly Fossil
- You've gained 80 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
- You've gained 1 x Nodule of Warm Amber
Find promising students
- Spoiler Unlocked with 2 x Favours: Urchins, 2 x Favours: The Church, 2 x Favours: Revolutionaries
Locked with 100 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes, 100 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes, 100 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
Challenge information
A matter of luck: Pretty good odds (success chance: 80%)
Success
A tendency to gossip
- You've gained 1 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
- You've lost 2 x Favours: Urchins
- You've lost 2 x Favours: The Church
- You've lost 2 x Favours: Revolutionaries
- You've gained 50 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
- You've gained 50 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
- You've gained 50 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
Rare Success
A fortunate connection
- You've gained 1 x Favour in High Places
- You've lost 2 x Favours: Urchins
- You've lost 2 x Favours: The Church
- You've lost 2 x Favours: Revolutionaries
- You've gained 50 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
- You've gained 50 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
- You've gained 50 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
Failure
What could go wrong?
- You've lost 2 x Favours: Urchins
- You've lost 2 x Favours: The Church
- You've lost 2 x Favours: Revolutionaries
- You've gained 50 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
- You've gained 50 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
- You've gained 50 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
Consult the Masters of the Bazaar
- Spoiler Unlocked with Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar 3
Locked with 300 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
Challenge information
A matter of luck: Pretty good odds (success chance: 80%)
Success
A difficulty in translation
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is dropping… (-2 CP)
- You've gained 100 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
- You've gained 3 x Maniac's Prayer
Rare Success
A particular favour
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is dropping… (-2 CP)
- You've gained 100 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
- You've gained 1 x Bazaar Permit
Failure
Of course, you may need a translator
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is dropping… (-2 CP)
- You've gained 100 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
Setting off (with enough research)
Enough preliminary cryptopalaeontology research
- Spoiler Unlocked with 50 x Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes
Success
Setting off
Success Instructions: For your voyage of scientific discovery, you can visit the islands and accumulate pages of research notes. Return to your lodgings when you have an armful of notes, to make sense of your research.
- An occurrence! Your 'Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery' Quality is now 3 - Off into the Unknown!
- An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: Corpsecage Island' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
- An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: Abbey Rock' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
- An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: Bullbone Island' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
Enough preliminary archaeology research
- Spoiler Unlocked with 50 x Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes
Success
Away we go
Success Instructions: For your voyage of scientific discovery, you can visit the islands and accumulate pages of research notes. Return to your lodgings when you have an armful of notes, to make sense of your research.
- An occurrence! Your 'Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery' Quality is now 3 - Off into the Unknown!
- An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: Corpsecage Island' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
- An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: Abbey Rock' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
- An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: Bullbone Island' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
Enough preliminary theosophy research
- Spoiler Unlocked with 50 x Page of Theosophistical Notes
Success
Don't forget to write
Success Instructions: For your voyage of scientific discovery, you can visit the islands and accumulate pages of research notes. Return to your lodgings when you have an armful of notes, to make sense of your research.
- An occurrence! Your 'Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery' Quality is now 3 - Off into the Unknown!
- An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: Corpsecage Island' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
- An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: Abbey Rock' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
- An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: Bullbone Island' Quality is now 1! (hidden)