You adhere to no one philosophy – and you'll make that clear to all

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From: The Means to Knowledge


They're fools for clinging to any one method. And you'll show them why.

Game Instructions: If successful, this will ensure you're no longer associated with any particular philosophy of thought.

Unlocked with Daring 4, 4 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip, Identified with a Philosophy: [The Legacy of the Anchoress, The Unconfined, or The Implacable Method]


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 50

  • 35 - very chancy (42%)
  • 43 - chancy (51%)
  • 51 - modest (61%)
  • 60 - very modest (72%)
  • 68 - low-risk (81%)
  • 76 - straightforward (91%)
  • 84 - straightforward (100%)

Success

The savagery of academia

A minor print-war ensues […] The casualties are your ties to your former philosophy, the egos of a dozen braying intellectuals, and a young academic whose fury-induced psychosis ended in his swift conveyance to the Royal Bethlehem.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]


Failure

A complete misinterpretation

Your work is read widely. And liked. How can they read it as a nuanced love-letter to their philosophical method, and not as a scathing dismissal? Why do they keep thanking you? Next time, you'll make sure there's no mistaking your message.