A Beast in the Vents

A Beast in the Vents
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Category	Hidden
Type	discovery
Data ID	135637

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A Beast in the Vents is considered a Hidden Quality discovery in Sunless Skies.

Hidden description[]

"That creature sneaks out and does... things."

Obtaining[]

Hidden Qualities are used to track various things and are invisble to the player.

Quality status[]

A Beast in the Vents has different statuses according to your actions, defined by the comment in front of the quality.

Variable Interaction description[]

These desciptions appear when a specific group is called for text.

crewcomplaint[]

[0] nothing...
[3] The leading crewmember holds up a hand. The tip of their middle finger is missing. Apparently, it was there last night. The creature was found under their bed the next morning – it must be to blame.\n\nIt's admirably neat work. No bite marks, no scabbing, no blood. It's just as if the fingertip had never existed.
[4] This time the mob has brought Dilly with them. It squirms in the arms of a red-headed stoker.\n\n\"The little swine's been switchin' my toes around. Thought I was losin' my mind when I woke up with a little toe twice the size of the others. Doesn't matter that it always switches 'em back. I want to wake to find my feet how I left 'em!\"
[5] Two stokers explain that they nearly came to blows after one accused the other of stealing his wedding ring – after all, the accused party was wearing it at the time! It was only later that they realised the ring was on the correct finger, but that their fingers had been swapped. Dilly has been up to her tricks again.
[6] This time, Dilly is roughly bundled under somebody's arm. A crewman removes a glove and thrusts his hand toward you. The better part of his index and second fingers are missing.\n\n\"What am I suppose to do about this? If I can't hold my spanner, I can't fix the engine. Hell, I can hardly put my boots on for all the extra knuckles I've got on my toes!\"

Interactions[]

Interactions in Brief[]

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Interaction	Action	Result Type	Change
The Finger of Blame	'Jettison Dilly'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
The Finger of Blame	'Spare Dilly'	Requirement	≥ 3 ≤ 3
The Finger of Blame	'Spare Dilly'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Finger of Blame	'Spare Dilly'	Requirement	≥ 4 ≤ 4
The Finger of Blame	'Spare Dilly'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Finger of Blame	'Spare Dilly again'	Requirement	≥ 5 ≤ 5
The Finger of Blame	'Spare Dilly again'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Finger of Blame	'Spare Dilly once and for all'	Requirement	≥ 6 ≤ 6
The Finger of Blame	'Spare Dilly once and for all'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
In the vents	'Persuade your engineer to give the creature up'	Success	= 2
In the vents	'Trick your engineer into giving the creature up'	Success	= 2
In the vents	'Order them to give it up'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 2
Deal with the Creature	'Spare Dilly'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Deal with the Creature	'Jettison it'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
An Unfortunate Occurrence	'Check the hold'	Requirement	≤ 0
An Unfortunate Occurrence	'Check the hold'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 1
An Unfortunate Occurrence	'Check the hold'	Requirement	≥ 1

Interactions in Detail[]

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Story	Action	Required	Effect
The Finger of Blame	Jettison Dilly	None	Default: -35 x Terror A Beast in the Vents = 0 The Beast Emerges = 0
	Spare Dilly	A Beast in the Vents = 3	Default: The Beast Emerges = Date +6 +1 x A Beast in the Vents +5 x Terror
	Spare Dilly	A Beast in the Vents = 4	Default: The Beast Emerges = Date +6 +1 x A Beast in the Vents +5 x Terror
	Spare Dilly again	A Beast in the Vents = 5	Default: The Beast Emerges = Date +6 +1 x A Beast in the Vents +15 x Terror
	Spare Dilly once and for all	A Beast in the Vents = 6	Default: The Beast Emerges = 0 A Beast in the Vents = 0 Dilly = 1
In the vents	Persuade your engineer to give the creature up	Hearts (58 for 100%)	Success: A Beast in the Vents = 2 Triggers event: Deal with the Creature
	Trick your engineer into giving the creature up	Veils (58 for 100%)	Success: A Beast in the Vents = 2 +5 x Terror Triggers event: Deal with the Creature
	Order them to give it up	Iron ≥ 20	Default: A Beast in the Vents = 2 +5 x Terror Triggers event: Deal with the Creature
Deal with the Creature	Spare Dilly	None	Default: +1 x A Beast in the Vents +6 x The Beast Emerges
Deal with the Creature	Jettison it	None	Default: -35 x Terror A Beast in the Vents = 0 The Beast Emerges = 0
An Unfortunate Occurrence	Check the hold	Egg Contents ≥ 91 ≤ 100 Dilly ≤ 0 A Beast in the Vents ≤ 0	Default: -1 x Curator's Egg Curator Egg Timer = 0 Egg Contents = 0 A Beast in the Vents = 1 The Beast Emerges = Date +8
An Unfortunate Occurrence	Check the hold	Egg Contents ≥ 91 ≤ 100 A Beast in the Vents ≥ 1	Default: -1 x Curator's Egg Curator Egg Timer = 0 Egg Contents = 0 +1 x Crate of Nostalgic Crockery