The Theory and Practice of Law (Hell's Chagrin)
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Description summary:
The description depends on your 
Hunting a Law:, 
The Form of Law, and 
The Form of Pursuit qualities.
| Law type | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | spatial |
| 2 | temporal |
| 3 | ontological |
| 4 | causal |
| Law form | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | a string of burning sigils |
| 2 | an angular, loping beast |
| 3 | an abstract idea |
| Pursuit type | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | You give chase, through the medium of pen and ink. |
| 2 | You harry your quarry on foot. |
| 3 | You are more than your quarry, and less. You are a pattern of thought, a concept without context. |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Unlocked with a redirect from hunting a spatial, temporal, causal, or ontological law.
Storylet appears in 
An Oasis within the White City and in 
Cave of the Nadir and in 
Bone Market in the Department of Menace Eradication and in 
the Dish & Spoon and in 
Kingeater's Castle and in 
Along the curving crust of a croissant and in 
Moloch Street and in 
The Forgotten Quarter and in 
Mahogany Hall
Options:
Let the law go (Hell's Chagrin)
- Spoiler
Pin down the rogue (type) law (Hell's Chagrin)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with
Capturing a Law 10
Locked with
Rogue Laws: Change of Scene (hidden)
Redirects to:
→ A Law in a Bottle (Hell's Chagrin)
You have moved to a new area: Within the Containment Furnace
Pursuit
Engage in scholarly pursuit (Hell's Chagrin)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
The Form of Pursuit Scholar
Locked with Rogue Laws: Change of Scene (hidden)
Challenge information
Broad,
Watchful 210 || 144 - very chancy (41%) || 179 - chancy (51%) || 214 - modest (61%) || 249 - very modest (71%) || 284 - low-risk (81%) || 319 - straightforward (91%) || 350 - straightforward (100%) Watchful, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of Watchful, capped at 210.
The above example is at the cap.Success
Page, pen, pursuit
Watchful is increasing…
Capturing a Law is increasing… (+(6 - 2 * ((1 - The Form of Law) % 3)) CP) Wiki note: You gain 2 CP when the Law is a Beast, 4 CP when it is an Abstract Concept, and 6 CP when it is a String of Sigils.- Applied with unknown probability with
The Reshaping of Law under 7:
An occurrence! Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality is now ( The Reshaping of Law + (2~3)) x!
- Applied with unknown probability that increases with The Reshaping of Law and your efficiency in tracking down the target ((3 - ( Pursuit-Form - Law-Form)) mod 3):
You now have ( Pursuit + 1) mod 3 x The Form of Law Wiki note: This will always shift the law into a form you are currently inefficient against- An occurrence! Your 'Form Change Indicator' Quality is now ( The Form of Law)! (hidden)
- Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality has gone!
- Otherwise:
- You now have (current Law-Form) x The Form of Law
- With Form Change Indicator:
- You no longer have any of this: Form Change Indicator (hidden)
- Applied with unknown probability:
- You've gained 1 x Rogue Laws: An Advantage? (up to 1) (hidden)
- Applied with unknown probability:
- An occurrence! Your 'Rogue Laws: Change of Scene' Quality is now 1~8 x! (hidden)
Failure
The hazards of the craft
- Watchful is increasing…
Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)- Applied with unknown probability with The Reshaping of Law under 7:
- An occurrence! Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality is now ( The Reshaping of Law + (2~3)) x!
- Applied with unknown probability that increases with The Reshaping of Law and your efficiency in tracking down the target ((3 - ( Pursuit-Form - Law-Form)) mod 3):
- You now have ( Pursuit + 1) mod 3 x The Form of Law Wiki note: This will always shift the law into a form you are currently inefficient against
- An occurrence! Your 'Form Change Indicator' Quality is now ( The Form of Law)! (hidden)
- Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality has gone!
- Otherwise:
- You now have (current Law-Form) x The Form of Law
- With Form Change Indicator:
- You no longer have any of this: Form Change Indicator (hidden)
- With Rogue Laws: An Advantage? (applied with unknown probability):
- Your 'Rogue Laws: An Advantage?' Quality has gone!
- Applied with unknown probability:
- An occurrence! Your 'Rogue Laws: Change of Scene' Quality is now 1~8 x! (hidden)
- Capturing a Law is increasing… (+2 CP)
Make a breakthrough in legal theory (Hell's Chagrin)
- Spoiler
Success
Momentum
- Capturing a Law is increasing… (+3 CP)
- Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality has gone! (hidden)
- Your 'Rogue Laws: An Advantage?' Quality has gone! (hidden)
- Capturing a Law is increasing… (+6 CP)
- Applied with unknown probability with The Reshaping of Law under 7:
- An occurrence! Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality is now ( The Reshaping of Law + (2~3)) x!
- Applied with unknown probability that increases with The Reshaping of Law and your efficiency in tracking down the target ((3 - ( Pursuit-Form - Law-Form)) mod 3):
- You now have ( Pursuit + 1) mod 3 x The Form of Law Wiki note: This will always shift the law into a form you are currently inefficient against
- An occurrence! Your 'Form Change Indicator' Quality is now ( The Form of Law)! (hidden)
- Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality has gone!
- Otherwise:
- You now have (current Law-Form) x The Form of Law
- With Form Change Indicator:
- You no longer have any of this: Form Change Indicator (hidden)
- Applied with unknown probability:
- You've gained 1 x Rogue Laws: An Advantage? (up to 1) (hidden)
- Applied with unknown probability:
- An occurrence! Your 'Rogue Laws: Change of Scene' Quality is now 1~8 x! (hidden)
Pursue your quarry on foot (Hell's Chagrin)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
The Form of Pursuit Hunter
Locked with Rogue Laws: Change of Scene (hidden)
Challenge information
Broad,
Dangerous 210 || 144 - very chancy (41%) || 179 - chancy (51%) || 214 - modest (61%) || 249 - very modest (71%) || 284 - low-risk (81%) || 319 - straightforward (91%) || 350 - straightforward (100%) Dangerous, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of Dangerous, capped at 210.
The above example is at the cap.Success
A real chase
Dangerous is increasing…- Capturing a Law is increasing… (+(6 - 2 * ((2 - The Form of Law) % 3)) CP) Wiki note: You gain 2 CP when the Law is an Abstract Concept, 4 CP when it is a String of Sigils, and 6 CP when it is a Beast.
- Applied with unknown probability with The Reshaping of Law under 7:
- An occurrence! Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality is now ( The Reshaping of Law + (2~3)) x!
- Applied with unknown probability that increases with The Reshaping of Law and your efficiency in tracking down the target ((3 - ( Pursuit-Form - Law-Form)) mod 3):
- You now have ( Pursuit + 1) mod 3 x The Form of Law Wiki note: This will always shift the law into a form you are currently inefficient against
- An occurrence! Your 'Form Change Indicator' Quality is now ( The Form of Law)! (hidden)
- Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality has gone!
- Otherwise:
- You now have (current Law-Form) x The Form of Law
- With Form Change Indicator:
- You no longer have any of this: Form Change Indicator (hidden)
- Applied with unknown probability:
- You've gained 1 x Rogue Laws: An Advantage? (up to 1) (hidden)
- Applied with unknown probability:
- An occurrence! Your 'Rogue Laws: Change of Scene' Quality is now 1~8 x! (hidden)
Failure
Feral
- Dangerous is increasing…
Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)- Applied with unknown probability with The Reshaping of Law under 7:
- An occurrence! Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality is now ( The Reshaping of Law + (2~3)) x!
- Applied with unknown probability that increases with The Reshaping of Law and your efficiency in tracking down the target ((3 - ( Pursuit-Form - Law-Form)) mod 3):
- You now have ( Pursuit + 1) mod 3 x The Form of Law Wiki note: This will always shift the law into a form you are currently inefficient against
- An occurrence! Your 'Form Change Indicator' Quality is now ( The Form of Law)! (hidden)
- Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality has gone!
- Otherwise:
- You now have (current Law-Form) x The Form of Law
- With Form Change Indicator:
- You no longer have any of this: Form Change Indicator (hidden)
- With Rogue Laws: An Advantage? (applied with unknown probability):
- Your 'Rogue Laws: An Advantage?' Quality has gone!
- Applied with unknown probability:
- An occurrence! Your 'Rogue Laws: Change of Scene' Quality is now 1~8 x! (hidden)
- Capturing a Law is increasing… (+2 CP)
Form-Switching
Adopt the tactics of a hunter (Hell's Chagrin)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
4 x Tale of Terror!!
Locked with The Form of Pursuit is Hunter, Rogue Laws: Change of Scene (hidden)
Success
Predator
Your pursuit takes the form of hunting (Sets The Form of Pursuit to Hunter)- With
Profession: anything but 
Monster-Hunter AND (
A Hunter of Zee-Beasts + Dream-Trophies of Parabola) < 100:
You've lost 4 x Tale of Terror!!
Cave of the Nadir-exclusive
Take advantage of your recent exposure (Hell's Chagrin)
- Spoiler Unlocked with [Current Area:
Cave of the Nadir], 
Irrigo 6
Success
Reinventing
Your pursuit takes the form of thought (Sets The Form of Pursuit to Abstract)- Capturing a Law is increasing… (+3 CP)
- Capturing a Law is increasing… (+(6 - 2 * ((3 - The Form of Law) mod 3)) CP)
- Applied with unknown probability with The Reshaping of Law under 7:
- An occurrence! Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality is now ( The Reshaping of Law + (2~3)) x!
- Applied with unknown probability that increases with The Reshaping of Law and your efficiency in tracking down the target ((3 - ( Pursuit-Form - Law-Form)) mod 3):
- You now have ( Pursuit + 1) mod 3 x The Form of Law Wiki note: This will always shift the law into a form you are currently inefficient against
- An occurrence! Your 'Form Change Indicator' Quality is now ( The Form of Law)! (hidden)
- Your 'The Reshaping of Law' Quality has gone!
- Otherwise:
- You now have (current Law-Form) x The Form of Law
- With Form Change Indicator:
- You no longer have any of this: Form Change Indicator (hidden)
- Applied with unknown probability:
- You've gained 1 x Rogue Laws: An Advantage? (up to 1) (hidden)
- Applied with unknown probability:
- An occurrence! Your 'Rogue Laws: Change of Scene' Quality is now 1~8 x! (hidden)
Categories:
- Pages Without Guide Restrictions
- Hunting a Law: Text Uses
- The Form of Law Text Uses
- The Form of Pursuit Text Uses
- Cave of the Nadir
- Bone Market in the Department of Menace Eradication
- The Dish & Spoon
- Kingeater's Castle
- Along the curving crust of a croissant
- Moloch Street
- The Forgotten Quarter
- Mahogany Hall
- An Oasis within the White City
- Storylets
