Editing Second Chances (Guide)

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'''Second Chances''' can be spent either 5 at a time to increase the respective stat from the "Attend to Matters of <stat name>" action in your Social Engagements, or 1 at a time to essentially "replay" a failed check if you spend them while doing the check. If you use one on a check and fail, you may (but not always) choose "Perhaps not", back out, and try again, useful if you prefer to spend another Second Chance rather than risk it at the listed probability. Keep in mind that backing out will double the required amount of Second Chances until you succeed at the check.

Note you don't get back your Second Chance if you succeed on the first try - it is spent in any case. 

Most options to get Second Chances are capped at around 20 to 25. It may be therefore be most worthwhile to spend them, optionally alongside with [[:Category:Mood|Moods]], for difficult checks (for end-game players, see the respective lists on [[Watchful#Highest Challenges|Watchful]], [[Shadowy#Highest Challenges|Shadowy]], [[Dangerous#Highest Challenges|Dangerous]] and [[Persuasive#Highest Challenges|Persuasive]]). 

If you still have no use for them, consider sending some of them to your friends via {{IL|The gift of admiration}}.
Additionally, there are rare uses for them straight-up, e.g. on {{IL|The end of battles}} in the {{IL|Cave of the Nadir}}.

Below is a somewhat filtered list of generally repeatable actions where Second Chances may be obtained. Generally speaking, though, Social Actions may be your best options.

==All==
* {{From|"I myself am my only true friend!"}} for 1 of each. Requires {{IL|Hedonist}} 8.
* {{IL|Everyone deserves a second chance}} on the [[Conflict Cards|Conflict Card]] of Church and the Great Game, for 1 of each.
* A friend can send you 2 of each from {{From|The gift of admiration}}.
* {{From|Gain Second Chances}}, gives 1 of each.
* {{IL|A Magnificent Feast!}}, an item available almost only in the [[Advent Calendar]], gives 1 of each when consumed.
* If you have access to {{IL|The Temple Club}}, you have a 50% chance to get 2 Second Chances per {{IL|Throw in a coin and take a drink}}.

===Wedding advice===
While [[Marriage (Guide) | speaking to guests at one's wedding]], it is possible to obtain uncapped second chances. Though this uniquely allows grinding, it is also time-consuming, somewhat expensive, and certainly frowned upon by the Masters. You should probably only do this using a non-PoSI as the "dupe", as proposal and divorce costs are higher when toying with the affections of people of consequence.

{{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|1 x}} costs {{IL|Organising a Wedding|10 x}} and all others cost {{IL|Organising a Wedding|5 x}}. Further, you will want to target {{IL|Organising a Wedding|Appearance=OaW|200-1000 x}} while planning to have {{IL|Organising a Wedding|Appearance=OaW}} left for guests.

For an endgame player, the best options in order of unlock are
* [[Obtain a wedding licence from the Bazaar]] ({{IL|Organising a Wedding|Appearance=OaW|13 x}})
* [[Locate a reliable vicar]] (to {{IL|Organising a Wedding|Appearance=OaW|33 x}}), then
* [[Source food from local street-vendors]] 5 times (until {{IL|Organising a Wedding|Appearance=OaW|83 x}}, buying rats from the Bazaar), then
* [[Get proper authorisation for the celebrations]] as many times as necessary ({{IL|Legal Document|1 x}} can be obtained in 6 actions in [[Hunting Bees in Old Newgate (Guide) | Old Newgate]], thus approaching {{IL|Organising a Wedding|Appearance=OaW|9 x}} per action)

Ignoring proposal and divorce costs, and assuming you only care for second chances, in the limit of {{IL|Organising a Wedding|Appearance=OaW|1000 x}} during planning, you will spend about 230 {{E}} to receive {{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|50 x}} in about 150 actions or 100 other second chances in about 200 actions.

==Choice-based==
Options here depend on your choices made early in the game, which you can only change with [[Fate]], if at all.
* Your {{IL|Sign of the Chiropteromantic Zodiac:}} allows you to draw an associated card at {{IL|Mrs Plenty's Carnival}}, which on a rare success grants you the Second Chance associated with your sign. See [[Sign of the Chiropteromantic Zodiac:#Levels|here]] for details.
* The item you choose to receive on [[A Gift!]] from your {{IL|The Protégé of a Mysterious Benefactor|Appearance=Mysterious Benefactor}} will unlock the associated gain on the card [[A past benefactor]] later.
* If you have finished your [[Ambition]], all of the {{IL|The Rewards of Ambition|Appearance=Rewards of Ambition}} give 4 Second Chances, either 4 of the same type or 2 of one type and 2 of another. For specifics, check your specific ending in the article.

==[[Sudden Insight]]==

===Access Codes===
{{Access Code
| Code = https://www.fallenlondon.com/a/xyzzy
| Image = door.png
| Description = This access code will take you to a colossal cave.
| Result = You are in a colossal cave. There are seven labyrinths. None are alike. It is dark. There is no grue. Descend a well, and you will find secrets. They sell brass lanterns with the blood-apples.
}}

*{{Gain|Sudden Insight|1 x}}

===Social Actions===
* [[Allow them to watch over your rest (dupe)|Allow a friend to torment you while watching over your sleep]]
* [[Talk through your troubles with them]] from a '''sincere''' offer
* Spend {{IL|Corresponding...}} {{IL|for clarity}}
* {{From|Read shared case files}}
* {{FontChristmas}}: Have a friend send you {{IL|Send a Christmas Card - Fogscape with Tentacles|Appearance=the Fogscape Christmas Card}} for 3 Insights.

* [[Ask the Doughty Pastor to chaperone]] gives 2, and also 2 x {{IL|Hastily Scrawled Warning Note}}s. Requires you to be {{IL|seen with}} another player.

===Grinding===
* '''While you are {{IL|Featuring in the Tales of the University}} 9-24, {{IL|Talk to the Porters}} for 1 per action'''. You will lose access to this later.
* Rare Success on {{From|A meeting with the Dean}}
* Rare Success on {{IL|Admire the work of a fellow Nocturnal artist}} or {{From|Study the Portrait of the Tentacled Entrepreneur as a work of Bazaarine art}}
* Rare Success on {{IL|Dine with your Brother, Returned|Appearance=Dine with your Brother}} in {{IL|The Supper Room}} of {{IL|Helicon House}}
* 1 at each end of the {{IL|Time Passing at Hunter's Keep (Guide)|Appearance=Hunter's Keep carousel}}
* {{IL|Use your Trade Secrets|Appearance=Exchange a Trade Secret}} for 1 Second Chance and 150 CP of the respective stat. If you are level-capped, this is a tremendously bad deal.

===Opportunity Cards===
* {{From|'Golden Topper'}}
* {{#ask: [[From Card/Storylet::Interview with the Interpreter: a Game of Chess||Interview with the Interpreter: Death by Water||Allow Dr Schlomo to Publish your Dreams]] [[Gains::Sudden Insight]]
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}} from {{IL|The Interpreter of Dreams}}
* Exchange {{IL|Favours: Rubbery Men|1 x}} for {{IL|Accept a damp gift|Appearance=a damp gift}}
* {{From|Add your own dead to the pile}} (Very Infrequent)
* Rare Success on {{From|An Unorthodox Arrangement}}
* 60% chance on {{From|Ask for advice}}; requires a {{IL|Dazed Raven Advisor}}
* 60% chance on {{From|Diversions for your pet}}; requires a {{IL|Fairly Tame Sorrow-Spider}}
* {{From|Donate to an orphanage}}
* {{From|Yes}}

* With certain endings of {{IL|Ambition: Nemesis}}: [[Go for a walk]]
* {{FontRose}}: Pick the smiling option on {{IL|At the Edge of Sleep, Again}}

====Tomb-Colonies====
* {{From|A contest of wits}}

==[[Hastily Scrawled Warning Note]]==

===Social Actions===
* Any positive response when {{IL|Invited to Loiter (storylet)|Appearance=Invited to Loiter}} earns 1.
* Any {{IL|Patience Rewarded|Appearance=reward from loitering}} earns at least 1, while the {{IL|Learn Shadowy lessons from your surveillance|Appearance=Shadowy lessons}} earn even 2. (Both players get the same reward.) 
* {{IL|Hide vital evidence from the case (sincere)}} earns 1.
* {{IL|Read a recipe for scones}} earns 1.
* {{FontChristmas}}: Have a friend send you {{IL|Send a Christmas Card - Suspicious Sort|Appearance=the Suspicious Christmas Card}} for 3 Notes.
* [[Ask the Doughty Pastor to chaperone]] gives 2, and also 2 x {{IL|Sudden Insight}}s. Requires you to be {{IL|seen with}} another player.

===Grinding===
* {{IL|Use your Trade Secrets|Appearance=Exchange a Trade Secret}} for 1 Second Chance and 150 CP of the respective stat. If you are level-capped, this is a tremendously bad deal.

===Opportunity Cards===
* Rare success on {{From|Buy advertising space in an existing serial}}
* If you are married to a {{IL|Master Jewel Thief}}, {{IL|Burglary with the Master Jewel Thief|Appearance=Burglary with him}} earns 1 or 2 Notes, depending on if you do the easier or the harder heist. 
* {{FontFate}}: if you have a {{IL|Dashing Debunker}} or (presumably) a {{IL|Regretful Sceptic}}, you have a 30% chance if you {{IL|Invite a Dashing Debunker to test some handcuffs|Appearance=test some handcuffs with}} {{IL|Invite a Regretful Sceptic to test some handcuffs|Appearance=either of them}}.
* {{FontRose}}: as a {{IL|Midnighter}} dreaming of The Gracious Widow, {{IL|Arrange new Surface smuggling routes with your contacts}} earns 2 notes - once per year.

====Tomb-Colonies====
*{{IL|...on the operations of the Law}} on [[A tiny square of paper...]]

==[[Hard-Earned Lesson]]==

===Social Actions===
* [[Allow them to bandage you (sincere)|Accept bandages in a '''sincere''' offer of medical assistance]] (Also removes 4CP {{IL|Wounds}})
* [[Drink the medicine they bring (dupe)|Drink the poison from an '''insincere''' offer of medical assistance]] (Also inflicts 6CP {{IL|Wounds}})
* [[Read an improvised fighting manual]] (will also increase your {{IL|Dangerous}})
* {{FontChristmas}}: Receive a {{IL|Send a Christmas Card - Paint-Besplattered Mog|Appearance=Paint-Besplattered Mog Christmas Card}} for 3 Lessons.

* [[Ask a Confidential Friend to chaperone]] gives 2, and also 2 x {{IL|Confident Smile}}s. Requires you to be {{IL|seen with}} another player.
* Various sad ways to end your relationship: 
** Have your partner [[Break off your relationship]]
** [[Aftermath]] of your partner breaking off your relationship while you were {{IL|Organising a Wedding}}
** [[Refuse to sign]] the divorce papers

===Grinding===
* {{IL|Begin an Expedition in the Forgotten Quarter}}, let your {{IL|Rivals' Progress}} reach 10 and {{IL|Concede}}.
* {{IL|Use your Trade Secrets|Appearance=Exchange a Trade Secret}} for 1 Second Chance and 150 CP of the respective stat. If you are level-capped, this is a tremendously bad deal.

===Opportunity Cards===
* {{From|No}}
* {{IL|Try to pet one|Appearance=Try to pet a goat}} when you [[Grazing Goat-Demons|see some grazing]] in {{IL|The Hurlers}}
* {{IL|Ask for help with courage}}, an action from {{IL|The Interpreter of Dreams}} -> {{IL|A consultation about sea-dreams}} -> {{IL|Interview with the Interpreter: Death by Water}}<ref name="joke">I am confident the lesson learned here is the insight you should never navigate this card, so scrawl that down.</ref>
* {{IL|Trade Fourth City Rags}} on {{IL|Wolfstack in the fog}}. The Wolfstack card is drawn exclusively in Wolfstack, and when you have drawn it, you need to cycle your {{IL|The Airs of London|Appearance=Airs of London}} to 25-75. Requires you to have {{IL|Bundle of Fourth City Rags}}, of which you can only have 1 at any time, and which also come from [[A street-cart is selling Fourth City Rags|another opportunity card]]. <ref name="musings">Do you ever wonder if the Bazaar is real? Does it live off the tears we shed over convoluted grinds?</ref> 
* {{FontRose}}: Pick the newspaper option or your profession option on {{IL|At the Edge of Sleep, Again}}
* {{FontRose}}: {{From|Don't remind yourself}}. Will only give Lessons up to 6.
* {{FontFruits}}: {{From|Escape the attentions of the Mary Lloyd}}

====Early game====
* Rare success on {{IL|Deepen your Acquaintance with Prisoner's Honey}}, requires {{IL|A Name Signed with a Flourish}} exactly 1
* Rare success on {{IL|Play it safe 1|Appearance=Play it safe}}, requires {{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood}} 1-3
* {{IL|Be Ruthless. Shove her aside.}} from [[An elderly lady has hailed the hansom cab you wanted!]], requires {{IL| A Name Whispered in Darkness}} 1-3
* Both options on [[The Fallen Angel]], requires {{IL|Dangerous}} 69-106 to draw the card.
====Tomb-Colonies====
*{{IL|...on underhanded means of battle}} on [[A tiny square of paper...]]
*{{IL|A contest of skill}} on [[A friend of sorts]]


==[[Confident Smile]]==

===Social Actions===
* {{From|Read licentious gossip}}
* Spend {{IL|Corresponding...}} {{IL|for the pleasure of letter-writing}}
* Either option on [[Benefit from flattery at Dante's Grill (response)]] earns both players 1 Smile.
* [[Carouse at Mrs Plenty's Carnival|Carousing with your player spouse]] earns both players 1 Smile.
* When [[Meet someone for a coffee at Caligula's|invited to Caligula's]], [[Enjoy a coffee and lighthearted conversation]] earns both players 2 Smiles, while [[Indulge in coffee]] earns 1 each.
* As an {{IL|Author}}, [[Invite an Author acquaintance|get invited to someone's Salon]].

* {{FontChristmas}}: Get [[Invite a Friend to a Private Supper|invited to a very expensive Private Supper]]. 
* {{FontChristmas}}: Receive a {{IL|Send a Christmas Card - Beguiling Predatory Vegetable|Appearance=Beguiling Predatory Vegetable Christmas Card}} for 3 Smiles.

* [[Ask a Confidential Friend to chaperone]] gives 2, and also 2 x {{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson}}s. Requires you to be {{IL|seen with}} another player.
* [[Refuse to attend court]] when your spouse asks you for a divorce. 
* [[Testifying for a friend|Testify]] either in favour or against your friend who is going through divorce court proceedings.

===Grinding===
* {{From|Flirt with a parlour-maid}}
* 60% chance if you {{IL|Toss it onto the fire|Appearance=toss your court work into the fire}}
* If you are {{IL|Closest To -}} Rubbery Men, you have a chance of getting one on a rare success on when you [[Contribute some extra practitioners 2|contribute some extra practitioners]], namely your {{IL|Rubbery Campanologist}} and {{IL|Rubbery Herald}} in {{IL|The South Parlour}} of Helicon House, or [[Encourage the Boneless Pianist to join in 2|encourage]] your {{IL|Boneless Pianist}} to join in.
* {{IL|Ambition: Nemesis}}: 
** rare success on {{IL|Dance with your Spouse, Returned}} or {{IL|Dance with your Lover, Returned}} in {{IL|The South Parlour}} of Helicon House.
** rare success on {{IL|Share the paintings with your returned Daughter}} in {{IL|The Yellow Salon}} of Helicon House.
* {{IL|Ambition: Heart's Desire!}}: With your {{IL|Newly-Cast Crown of the City of London}}, become [[You yourself, the Regent|the face of an Advertising Campaign]].
====Early game====
* rare success on {{From|Take on all comers!}}; requires {{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood}} 1 - 3
* {{From|Bring them together}}; requires {{IL|Persuasive}} 69 - 106

===Opportunity Cards===
* 2 from {{From|'Slippery Jack'}}
* 2 from winning {{IL|City Vices: a tournament of weasels!}}
* 2 from {{From|Put on a fine show for them}}; however, you may want to spend a Smile for a higher chance of passing the check in the first place.
* On {{IL|An Afternoon of Good Deeds?}}, either {{IL|Quite a moral afternoon. Let's make sure it's appreciated.}} or {{IL|An afternoon of mischief!}}
* {{IL|Ask for help with communication}}, an action from {{IL|The Interpreter of Dreams}} -> {{IL|A consultation about chess-dreams}} -> {{IL|Interview with the Interpreter: a Game of Chess}}<ref name="joke" />
* {{IL|Pose nude for a painting}} when you pay the Repentant Forger {{IL|a Visit}}
* {{From|Sell your Theosophistical conclusions}}
* 2 from {{From|A stroll in Tyrant's Gardens}}; you need to be married to the {{IL|Celebrated Artist's Model}}.
* {{From|'The house at this address burnt down and is home only to weasels...'}}
* {{From|...has been cornered by spicily arrogant debutantes}}
* {{From|Bring the celebration home}}
* {{From|Don't throw snowballs at the other Stewards}}
* {{From|Donate an Echo to a good cause}}
* {{From|Engineer an invitation}}
* {{From|Feed your Reprehensible Lizard a treat}}; requires a {{IL|Reprehensible Lizard}}
* {{From|Play with your pet Mandrake}}
* {{From|Yah! Yah!}} (also changes a bunch of [[Quirks]])

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}} on the {{IL|An Intimate of Devils}} cards provide Smiles.
*{{FontRose}}: Any option at {{IL|At the Edge of Sleep}} earns 2 notes - once per year.
*{{FontRose}}: on {{IL|A masked revel!}}, either [[Dance with a mysterious stranger]]; try your chances with {{IL|Cast aside your mask!}}; or {{IL|Remove a mysterious stranger's mask}}, which may also instead put you on the path of gaining {{IL|An Intimate of Devils}}.
*{{IL|Ambition: Nemesis}}: [[Conduct your lesson|Conduct your lesson with your Daughter]]/Take tea [[Take tea (with your Brother)|with your Brother]]/[[Take tea (with your Lover)|Lover]]/[[Take tea (with your Spouse)|Spouse]]
====Tomb-Colonies====
* {{From|'I replied fondly.'}}
* {{From|'I wrote a very personal reply.'}}
* {{From|'Naturally I seized the opportunity to extend my experience'}}


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