Underclay (Guide)

Early-Game Content

Underclay is a carousel in Spite, released with Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out. It has a grind similar to Brawling with Dockers, but has two progress qualities: Stone Confessions and Convincing Falsehoods. Each point of these have an assumed value of 0.1 , as well as a bonus of 2.5 for turning them in, although this takes 3 actions in addition to gaining the progress qualities. Any surplus points of Stone Confessions and Convincing Falsehoods you may have are exchanged for a secondary reward. The activity focuses on Persuasive and Shadowy.

The carousel is notable for being a good source of Strong-Backed Labour as well as Legal Documents and one of very few sources of Mountain-sherds.

If you leave Underclay without cashing out, you can re-enter and leave without spending actions on it.

Progress

Option	Challenge	Min for 100%	Success	Failure
Speak to the Calcified Men (redirects to Confessions from the Stone)
Extract confessions from the Calcified Men	125	209	+ 30	- 13
Console the Calcified Man	230	384	+ 38	+ 5 CP
Listen to the silence	9	13	+ 38	+ 5 CP
Convince the Calcified Man that you are of Polythreme With Clay Arm (FATE)	6	10	+ 33	+ 3 CP
Work with the Unfinished Men (redirects to Lies for Clay Men to Tell)
Establish a false Curriculum Vitae	50	84	+ 5	+ 3 CP
Invent fabricated histories	88	147	+ 25	- 5
Commingle fact and falsehood	11	15	+ 33	- 5
Provide a reference	88	147	+ 36  -1 x Dubious Testimony	-1 x Dubious Testimony
Stage an introduction	125	209	+ 30	- 13

Strategy

template = GrindAnalyse
name = 
form = form-progress
result = result-progress
param = 1||Grind:Underclay Progress|hidden
param = Template||#RPA# per action:<p>#OPTIMAL#</p>|hidden
param = Resource|Optimise for:||select|Convincing Falsehoods;Stone Confessions;Nothing
param = RPA||per action|hidden
param = maingroup|Main stats||group|Watchful,Shadowy,Dangerous,Persuasive
param = Shadowy|Shadowy|100|int|0-500
param = Persuasive|Persuasive|100|int|0-500
param = advgroup|Advanced skills||group|Kataleptic Toxicology,Monstrous Anatomy,A Player of Chess,Glasswork,Shapeling Arts,Artisan of the Red Science,Mithridacy,Steward of the Discordance,Zeefaring
param = Steward of the Discordance|Steward of the Discordance|0|int|0-20
param = Mithridacy|Mithridacy|0|int|0-20
param = menacegroup|Menace costs (in actions per point)||group|Menace:Wounds,Menace:Scandal,Menace:Suspicion,Menace:Nightmares,Menace:A Turncoat,Menace:Irrigo,Menace:Plagued by a Popular Song,Menace:Unaccountably Peckish,Menace:Ravages of Parabolan Warfare
param = Menace:Suspicion|Suspicion|0.33|float|0-
param = Menace:Nightmares|Nightmares|0.33|float|0-
param = materialgroup|Material costs (in actions per point)||group|Material:Dubious Testimony
param = Material:Dubious Testimony|Dubious Testimony|0.2|float|0-
param = Clay Arm|Clay Arm|0|toggleswitch|1,0

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Rewards

For every additional point of Convincing Falsehoods or Stone Confessions you have beyond the cost of the reward you choose, you will be given a secondary reward of Shard of Glim. The current conversion rate is: 10 x  Shard of Glim per extra 1 x  Convincing Falsehoods and 1 x  Stone Confessions.

Option	Cost	Reward	Secondary reward
Send an Unfinished Man to Spite	50	3 x  Strong-Backed Labour	Shard of Glim
Send an Unfinished Man to Wolfstack Docks	100	1 x  Blackmail Material	Shard of Glim
Send an Unfinished Man to Mahogany Hall	600	1 x  Captivating Ballad	Shard of Glim
Send an Unfinished Man to the Tomb-Colonies	50	3 x  Unearthly Fossil	Shard of Glim
Send the Unfinished Man to the Duchess	100	1 x  Cave-Aged Code of Honour	Shard of Glim
Send the Unfinished Man to the Khanate	600	1 x  Mountain-sherd	Shard of Glim
Send the Unfinished Man to teach Fourth City History	25 25	3 x  An Identity Uncovered!	Shard of Glim
Send the Unfinished Man to teach Third City history	50 50	1 x  Storm-Threnody	Shard of Glim
Send the Unfinished Man to teach Second City History	300 300	1 x  Searing Enigma	Shard of Glim