The Other Thing in the Other Chapel

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The chapel of Benthic College sees little use. […] the Professor Denuntiatus of the Department of Infernal Rarefactions […] has set up her Truthbreaker Turbine here. "It's hungry," she tells you gleefully. "What have you brought it?"

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Unlocked with a redirect from Visit the Professor Denuntiatus of Infernal Rarefactions

Storylet appears in The University

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Manufacture Searing Enigmas

•  Spoiler 
  

  Unlocked with Connected: Benthic 10, 25 x Uncanny Incunabulum
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Watchful 200 || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Showers of semantic sparks

  • Watchful is increasing…
  • Connected: Benthic is dropping… (-20 CP)
  • You've lost 25 x Uncanny Incunabulum
  •  You've gained 1 to (1+ Watchful/50) x Searing Enigma (rounded)

  Rare Success

  Showers of semantic sparks

  • Watchful is increasing…
  • Connected: Benthic is dropping… (-20 CP)
  • You've lost 25 x Uncanny Incunabulum
  •  You've gained 1 x Devilbone Die
  •  You've gained 1 to (1+ Watchful/50) x Searing Enigma (rounded)

  Failure

  A roar like a furnace loaded with lions

  • Connected: Benthic is dropping… (-20 CP)
  • You've lost 25 x Uncanny Incunabulum
  •  You've gained 1 x Searing Enigma

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Locate an Impossible Theorem

•  Spoiler 
  

  Action Cost: 9
  Unlocked with 9 x Sudden Insight, 49 x Searing Enigma
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Watchful 500 || 342 - very chancy (41%) || 425 - chancy (51%) || 509 - modest (61%) || 592 - very modest (71%) || 675 - low-risk (81%) || 759 - straightforward (91%) || 834 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  A successful Theorem-Hunt!

  • Watchful is increasing…
  •  You've gained 1 x Impossible Theorem
  • You've lost 9 x Sudden Insight
  • You've lost 49 x Searing Enigma
  •  Watchful is increasing… (+140 CP?, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)

  Failure

  Truth burns!

  • Watchful is increasing…
  • You've lost 3 x Sudden Insight
  • You've lost 1 x Searing Enigma
  • You've lost 10000 x Penny
  •  Wounds is increasing… (69-80? CP (precise number unknown, probably 77))
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+6 CP)

  Wiki note: The Wounds gain here is enough to go from 0 Wounds to 11.

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