The Spider Symposium (Guide)

Early-Game Content

The Spider Symposium is a carousel in The Singing Mandrake, released with Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out. It has a grind similar to Brawling with Dockers, and uses Chelicerae Clicked in Applause as a progress quality. Each point of these have an assumed value of 0.1 Echoes, as well as a bonus of 1.5 for turning them in, although this takes 3 actions in addition to gaining the progress qualities. Any surplus points of Chelicerae Clicked in Applause you may have are exchanged for a secondary reward. The activity focuses on Persuasive.

The Academic Mood serves as a randomizer, similar to The Airs of London.

This carousel is one of only two sources of Lost Research Assistants.

Progress

Option	Challenge	Min for 100%		Success	Rare Success	Failure
Suggest that thought shapes language	50	84		+ 5	+ 15
Posit that language makes reality	178	297		+ 32	+ 34	- 19
Suggest that they define knowledge	230	384		+ 34
Pass the floor to a spider inadequately prepared for debate	125	209	0-25	+ 24	+ 34
Probe them on the nature of truth	125	209	0-49	+ 15	+ 34	- 19
Suggest that language shapes thought	125	209	50-100	+ 15	+ 34	- 19

Strategy

Note that the calculator currently assumes all rare success chances are 20%.

template = GrindAnalyse
name = 
form = form-progress
result = result-progress
param = 1||Grind:Spider Symposium Progress|hidden
param = Template||#RPA# per action:<p>#OPTIMAL#</p>|hidden
param = Resource|Optimise for:||select|Chelicerae Clicked in Applause;Nothing
param = RPA||per action|hidden
param = maingroup|Main stats||group|Watchful,Shadowy,Dangerous,Persuasive
param = Persuasive|Persuasive|100|int|0-500

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Rewards

For every additional point of Chelicerae Clicked in Applause you have beyond the cost of the reward you choose, you will be given a secondary reward of Silk Scrap. The current conversion rate is: 10 x  Silk Scrap per extra 1 x  Chelicerae Clicked in Applause.

Option	Cost	Reward	Secondary reward
Accept a Volume of Collated Research	10	1 x  Volume of Collated Research	Silk Scrap
Accept some handma— some silk	60	2 x  Thirsty Bombazine Scrap 5 x  Whisper-Satin Scrap	Silk Scrap
Accept the contents of a small cocoon	110	2 x  Unprovenanced Artefact 1 x  Aeolian Scream 1 x  Baptised Rattus Faber Corpse 1 x  Unearthly Fossil	Silk Scrap
Accept the contents of a large cocoon	235	1 x  Emetic Revelation 1 x  Lost Research Assistant	Silk Scrap
Accept some of the finest linen	610	1 x  Parabola-Linen Scrap	Silk Scrap