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 with100 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 with100 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 with100 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 with100 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 with300 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 with300 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 with100 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 with300 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
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2 x Favours: Urchins,
2 x Favours: The Church,
2 x Favours: Revolutionaries
Locked with100 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 with300 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)