Desperation

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Desperation
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Category	Profile
Type	Pecularities
Data ID	140466

Desperation is considered a Profile Quality Pecularities in Sunless Skies.

description

"Hunger gnaws at you."

Quality status

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

Journal description

• [0] Going Hungry
• [1] Frantic with Hunger
• [2] Half-starved
• [3] Ravenous
• [4] On Death's Door
• [5] Starved

Interactions

Interactions in Brief

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Interaction	Action	Result Type	Change
Hybras	'Take tea at the Brendan'	Rare Event	-2
A Homestead	'Eat your fill'	Default / Challenge Fail	-2
A Homestead	'Eat your fill'	Default / Challenge Fail	-2
A Cantankeri, Placated	'Drill for scraps of digestible meat'	Requirement	≥ 2
A Cantankeri, Placated	'Drill for scraps of digestible meat'	Default / Challenge Fail	-2
A Blind Hermitage	'Share a meal with the hermit'	Default / Challenge Fail	+ -2
An Enclave of the Dead	'Enjoy their hospitality, alone'	Default / Challenge Fail	-2
An Enclave of the Dead	'Enjoy their hospitality with your crew'	Default / Challenge Fail	-2
Raid the Stores	'Attempt to eat your Uncanny Specimens'	Requirement	≥ 1
Raid the Stores	'Attempt to eat your Uncanny Specimens'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Raid the Stores	'Attempt to eat your Uncanny Specimens'	Success	+1
Raid the Stores	'Divide up your Uncanny Specimens as best you can'	Requirement	≥ 1
Raid the Stores	'Divide up your Uncanny Specimens as best you can'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
Raid the Stores	'Divide up your Uncanny Specimens as best you can'	Success	+1
Raid the Stores	'Make a porridge from Verdant Seeds'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Raid the Stores	'Make a porridge from Verdant Seeds'	Success	+1
Raid the Stores	'Eke out a gruel made from Verdant Seeds'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
Raid the Stores	'Eke out a gruel made from Verdant Seeds'	Success	+1
Raid the Stores	'Make a porridge from a sack of Verdant Seeds'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Raid the Stores	'Make a porridge from a sack of Verdant Seeds'	Success	+1
Raid the Stores	'Attempt to eat a Condemned Experiment'	Requirement	≥ 3
Raid the Stores	'Attempt to eat a Condemned Experiment'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Raid the Stores	'Attempt to eat a Condemned Experiment'	Success	+1
Raid the Stores	'Butcher and eat some Caged Catches'	Requirement	≥ 1
Raid the Stores	'Butcher and eat some Caged Catches'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Raid the Stores	'Butcher and eke out your last Caged Catches'	Requirement	≥ 1
Raid the Stores	'Butcher and eke out your last Caged Catches'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
Raid the Stores	'Butcher and eke out your last Caged Catches'	Success	+1
Raid the Stores	'Butcher and eat a Caged Catch'	Requirement	≥ 1
Raid the Stores	'Butcher and eat a Caged Catch'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Raid the Stores	'Devour an Unidentifiable Squirming Thing'	Requirement	≥ 1
Raid the Stores	'Devour an Unidentifiable Squirming Thing'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Raid the Stores	'Offer them nothing'	Default / Challenge Fail	+3
The Secret Feast	'Do it'	Requirement
The Secret Feast	'Do it'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Secret Feast	'Do it'	Requirement
The Secret Feast	'Do it'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Secret Feast	'Eat your remaining crewman'	Requirement
The Secret Feast	'Eat your remaining crewman'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Secret Feast	'Do it'	Requirement
The Secret Feast	'Do it'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Secret Feast	'Do it'	Requirement
The Secret Feast	'Do it'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Secret Feast	'Eat your remaining crewman'	Requirement
The Secret Feast	'Eat your remaining crewman'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Survival of the Fittest	'Punish those who look better-fed'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Survival of the Fittest	'Turn a blind eye '	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Survival of the Fittest	'Eat your crew'	Requirement
Lean and Hollowed	'Work alongside the crew'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
Lean and Hollowed	'Work alongside the crew'	Success	+1
Lean and Hollowed	'Work alongside the crew'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Lean and Hollowed	'Stoke the engines'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
An Unfortunate Passing	'Give the body to the skies'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
An Unfortunate Passing	'Dispose of it more pragmatically'	Requirement	≥ 1
An Unfortunate Passing	'Dispose of it more pragmatically'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Toll	'Endure'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
The Toll	'Endure'	Success	+1
The Toll	'Eat your crew'	Requirement
The Toll	'Discreetly put a corpse to better use'	Requirement
The Toll	'Discreetly put a corpse to better use'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
The Toll	'Discreetly put a corpse to better use'	Success	+1
Starvation is your Passenger	'Commit the corpses to the skies'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Wasting Away	'Make a porridge of Verdant Seeds'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
Wasting Away	'Consume a Caged Catch'	Requirement	≥ 1
Wasting Away	'Consume a Caged Catch'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
Wasting Away	'Eat an Unidentified Squirming Thing'	Requirement	≥ 1
Wasting Away	'Eat an Unidentified Squirming Thing'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
Wasting Away	'Eat a Condemned Experiment'	Requirement	≥ 3
Wasting Away	'Eat a Condemned Experiment'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
Wasting Away	'Try to eat some Uncanny Specimens'	Requirement	≥ 1
Wasting Away	'Try to eat some Uncanny Specimens'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
Wasting Away	'Eat your dog'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Wasting Away	'Eat your rabbit'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Wasting Away	'Eat your cat'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Wasting Away	'Eat your pangolin'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Wasting Away	'Eat Dilly'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Wasting Away	'Endure'	Default / Challenge Fail	+3
Consumed	'Murder and eat your remaining crewman'	Success	-2
Consumed	'Eat your crew'	Success	-2

Interactions in Detail

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Story	Action	Required	Effect
Hybras	Take tea at the Brendan	Insula de Brasil ≥ 1 Sovereign ≥ 5	Rare: -1 x Terror -5 x Sovereign +1 x Hybrean Matters -2 x Desperation A Bite to Eat = Date+2
A Homestead	Eat your fill	A Discovery! ≤ 40	Default: -10 x Terror -2 x Desperation A Bite to Eat = Date+2
	Eat your fill	A Discovery! ≥ 87 ≤ 90	Default: +1 x Unaccountably Peckish -5 x Terror -2 x Desperation A Bite to Eat = Date+2
A Cantankeri, Placated	Drill for scraps of digestible meat	Looting ≤ 66 Butchery ≤ 0 Hunger ≥ 1 Desperation ≥ 2	Default: -2 x Desperation A Bite to Eat = Date+2
A Blind Hermitage	Share a meal with the hermit	Airs of Blind Hermits ≤ 15	Default: +1 x Unaccountably Peckish -5 x Terror -2 x Desperation A Bite to Eat = Date+2
An Enclave of the Dead	Enjoy their hospitality, alone	Airs of the Dead ≤ 40 Crew ≤ 0	Default: Airs of the Dead = [1-100] -5 x Terror +1 x Dining with the Dead -2 x Desperation A Bite to Eat = Date+2
	Enjoy their hospitality with your crew	Airs of the Dead ≤ 40 Crew ≥ 1 Dining with the Dead ≤ 3	Default: Airs of the Dead = [1-100] -5 x Terror +1 x Dining with the Dead -2 x Desperation A Bite to Eat = Date+2
Raid the Stores	Attempt to eat your Uncanny Specimens	Uncanny Specimen Desperation ≥ 1 Fortune (60% to win)	Default: +1 x Desperation +- Crew x Uncanny Specimen +5 x Terror -1 x Crew +1 x Another One, Lost Success: +1 x Desperation +- Crew x Uncanny Specimen +5 x Terror
	Divide up your Uncanny Specimens as best you can	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 1 Desperation ≥ 1 Fortune	Default: +2 x Desperation +-[1-4] x Crew +5 x Terror Uncanny Specimen = 0 +2 x Another One, Lost Success: +1 x Desperation +5 x Terror Uncanny Specimen = 0
	Make a porridge from Verdant Seeds	Fortune (60% to win) Sack of Verdant Seeds Crew ≥ 5	Default: +1 x Desperation +5 x Terror -1 x Crew +-(1+( Crew/4)) x Sack of Verdant Seeds +1 x Another One, Lost Success: +1 x Desperation +5 x Terror +-(1+( Crew/4)) x Sack of Verdant Seeds
	Eke out a gruel made from Verdant Seeds	Fortune Sack of Verdant Seeds ≥ 1	Default: +2 x Desperation +-[1-4] x Crew +5 x Terror +2 x Another One, Lost Sack of Verdant Seeds = 0 Success: +1 x Desperation +5 x Terror Sack of Verdant Seeds = 0
	Make a porridge from a sack of Verdant Seeds	Fortune (60% to win) Crew ≤ 4 Sack of Verdant Seeds ≥ 1	Default: +1 x Desperation +5 x Terror -1 x Crew -1 x Sack of Verdant Seeds +1 x Another One, Lost Success: +1 x Desperation +5 x Terror -1 x Sack of Verdant Seeds
	Attempt to eat a Condemned Experiment	Fortune (50% to win) Condemned Experiment ≥ 1 Desperation ≥ 3	Default: +1 x Desperation +5 x Terror +500 x Experience -1 x Condemned Experiment Success: +1 x Desperation -20 x Terror +250 x Experience -1 x Condemned Experiment
	Butcher and eat some Caged Catches	Caged Catch Desperation ≥ 1 Crew ≥ 8	Default: +1 x Desperation +2 x Terror +-(1+( Caged Catch/7)) x Caged Catch
	Butcher and eke out your last Caged Catches	Fortune Caged Catch ≥ 1 Desperation ≥ 1 Crew ≥ 8	Default: +2 x Desperation +5 x Terror +-[1-4] x Crew Caged Catch = 0 +2 x Another One, Lost Success: +1 x Desperation +5 x Terror Caged Catch = 0
	Butcher and eat a Caged Catch	Caged Catch ≥ 1 Desperation ≥ 1 Crew ≤ 7	Default: +1 x Desperation +2 x Terror -1 x Caged Catch
	Devour an Unidentifiable Squirming Thing	Unidentifiable Squirming ≥ 1 Desperation ≥ 1	Default: -1 x Unidentifiable Squirming +1 x Desperation +5 x Terror
	Offer them nothing	None	Default: +20 x Terror +3 x Desperation +-[1-4]*2 x Crew +5 x Another One, Lost
The Secret Feast	Do it	Crew ≥ 4 Desperation A Red-Lipped Legacy ≤ 0	Default: +- Crew/4 x Crew +20-( Unaccountably Peckish*3) x Terror +1 x Desperation +1 x Unaccountably Peckish +1 x A Red-Lipped Legacy + Crew/4 x Another One, Lost Not yet, not yet = 1
	Do it	Crew ≥ 2 ≤ 3 Desperation A Red-Lipped Legacy ≤ 0	Default: -1 x Crew +20-( Unaccountably Peckish*3) x Terror +1 x Desperation +1 x Unaccountably Peckish A Red-Lipped Legacy = 1 Not yet, not yet = 1
	Eat your remaining crewman	Crew = 1 Desperation A Red-Lipped Legacy ≤ 0	Default: +20-( Unaccountably Peckish*3) x Terror -1 x Crew +1 x Desperation +1 x Unaccountably Peckish A Red-Lipped Legacy = 1 Not yet, not yet = 1
	Do it	Crew ≥ 4 Desperation A Red-Lipped Legacy ≥ 1	Default: +- Crew/4 x Crew +20-( Unaccountably Peckish*3) x Terror +1 x Desperation +1 x Unaccountably Peckish + Crew/4 x Another One, Lost
	Do it	Crew ≥ 2 ≤ 3 Desperation A Red-Lipped Legacy ≥ 1	Default: -1 x Crew +20-( Unaccountably Peckish*3) x Terror +1 x Desperation +1 x Unaccountably Peckish
	Eat your remaining crewman	Crew = 1 Desperation A Red-Lipped Legacy ≥ 1	Default: +20-( Unaccountably Peckish*3) x Terror -1 x Crew +1 x Desperation +1 x Unaccountably Peckish
Survival of the Fittest	Punish those who look better-fed	None	Default: +10 x Terror +1 x Desperation
	Turn a blind eye	None	Default: +1 x Desperation +-(1+( Crew/4)) x Crew +2 x Terror +1+( Crew/4) x Another One, Lost
	Eat your crew	Desperation	Default: Triggers event:  The Secret Feast
Lean and Hollowed	Work alongside the crew	Hearts (58 for 100%) Unaccountably Peckish ≤ 2	Default: +2 x Desperation +5 x Terror Success: +1 x Desperation
	Work alongside the crew	Unaccountably Peckish ≥ 3	Default: +1 x Desperation +5 x Terror
	Stoke the engines	Fuel ≥ 2	Default: -2 x Fuel +1 x Desperation
An Unfortunate Passing	Give the body to the skies	None	Default: +2 x Desperation -1 x Crew +2 x Terror +1 x Another One, Lost
	Dispose of it more pragmatically	Desperation ≥ 1	Default: +1 x Desperation -1 x Crew +1 x Another One, Lost +15-( Unaccountably Peckish*2) x Terror +1 x Unaccountably Peckish
The Toll	Endure	Hearts (84 for 100%)	Default: +2 x Desperation +-(1+( Crew/4)) x Crew +1+( Crew/4) x Another One, Lost Success: +1 x Desperation +-(1+ Crew/5) x Crew +1+( Crew/5) x Another One, Lost
	Eat your crew	Desperation	Default: Triggers event:  The Secret Feast
	Discreetly put a corpse to better use	Veils (67 for 100%) Desperation	Default: +-(1+( Crew/4)) x Crew +10 x Terror +2 x Desperation +1+( Crew/4) x Another One, Lost Success: +1 x Desperation -1 x Crew +1 x Unaccountably Peckish +1 x Another One, Lost
Starvation is your Passenger	Commit the corpses to the skies	None	Default: +1 x Desperation +-(1+( Crew/3)) x Crew + Crew/3 x Another One, Lost
Wasting Away	Make a porridge of Verdant Seeds	Sack of Verdant Seeds ≥ 1	Default: +2 x Desperation +20 x Terror -1 x Sack of Verdant Seeds
	Consume a Caged Catch	Caged Catch ≥ 1 Desperation ≥ 1	Default: +2 x Desperation +20 x Terror -1 x Caged Catch
	Eat an Unidentified Squirming Thing	Unidentifiable Squirming ≥ 1 Desperation ≥ 1	Default: +2 x Desperation +20 x Terror -1 x Unidentifiable Squirming
	Eat a Condemned Experiment	Condemned Experiment ≥ 1 Desperation ≥ 3	Default: +2 x Desperation +20 x Terror -1 x Condemned Experiment
	Try to eat some Uncanny Specimens	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 2 Desperation ≥ 1	Default: +2 x Desperation +20 x Terror -2 x Uncanny Specimen
	Eat your dog	Inadvisably Big Dog ≥ 1	Default: +1 x Desperation +10 x Terror Inadvisably Big Dog = 0 [The Inadvisably Big Dog is no more.] Devoured: Dog = 1
	Eat your rabbit	Obviously Delicious Rabbit ≥ 1	Default: +1 x Desperation +10 x Terror Obviously Delicious Rabbit = 0 [The Obviously Delicious Rabbit was delicious.] Devoured: Rabbit = 1
	Eat your cat	Useless Cat ≥ 1	Default: +1 x Desperation +10 x Terror Useless Cat = 0 [The Useless Cat is no more.] Devoured: Cat = 1
	Eat your pangolin	Perfect Pangolin ≥ 1	Default: +1 x Desperation +10 x Terror Perfect Pangolin = 0 [The Perfect Pangolin is no more.] Devoured: Pangolin = 1
	Eat Dilly	Dilly ≥ 1	Default: +1 x Desperation +10 x Terror Dilly = 0 [Dilly is no more.] Devoured: Dilly = 1
	Endure	None	Default: +3 x Desperation +30 x Terror
Consumed	Murder and eat your remaining crewman	Crew = 1 Veils (117 for 100%)	Success: -2 x Desperation +20-( Unaccountably Peckish*3) x Terror -1 x Crew +1 x Unaccountably Peckish +1 x Another One, Lost
	Eat your crew	Crew ≥ 2 Veils (117 for 100%)	Success: +- Crew/2 x Crew -2 x Desperation +20-( Forbidden Fruits*5) x Terror +1 x Unaccountably Peckish + Crew/2 x Another One, Lost

Triggered Events

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Story	Requirements	Type	Location
Survival of the Fittest	Crew ≥ 2 Desperation ≤ 2 Hunger ≥ 1 A Bite to Eat	Story Event (undefined :100%)	The Sky
Lean and Hollowed	Crew ≥ 1 Desperation ≤ 0 Hunger ≥ 1 A Bite to Eat	Story Event (undefined :100%)	The Sky
An Unfortunate Passing	Crew ≥ 1 Desperation ≤ 3 Hunger ≥ 1 A Bite to Eat	Story Event (undefined :100%)	The Sky
The Toll	Crew ≥ 4 Desperation ≥ 1 ≤ 2 Hunger ≥ 1 A Bite to Eat	Story Event (undefined :100%)	The Sky
Mad with Hunger	Desperation ≥ 3 ≤ 4 Crew ≥ 1 Hunger ≥ 1 A Bite to Eat	Story Event (undefined :100%)	The Sky
Starvation is your Passenger	Desperation = 4 [On Death's Door] Crew ≥ 2 Hunger ≥ 1 A Bite to Eat	Story Event (undefined :100%)	The Sky
Wasting Away	Crew ≤ 0 Desperation ≤ 4 Hunger ≥ 1 A Bite to Eat	Story Event (undefined :100%)	The Sky
Consumed	Desperation ≥ 5 Hunger ≥ 1 A Bite to Eat	Story Event (undefined :100%)	The Sky