Moored to Reality

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Moored to Reality
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Category	Story Quality WHAT TYPE
Type	Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup WHAT TYPE
Data ID	139333

Moored to Reality is considered a WARNINGWARNING in Sunless Skies.

Story description

"The thunder of engines, the bitter-biting cold, the howling and endless Wilderness. Rust. Dirt. Smoke. This is where you belong."

Quality status

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

Interaction description

These desciptions appear specifically when the value changes.

• [1] You are a little closer to regaining your grip on reality (and, it might be argued, sanity).

Decreased Interaction description

These desciptions appear specifically when the value decreases.

• [0] You are once again walking in moonlight.

Interactions

Interactions in Brief

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Interaction	Action	Result Type	Change
The Chaplains	'Ambition: Ask the Conformer for the location of the Martyr-King's Cup'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Last Minute	'Send a duo from your crew to retrieve the minute-hand'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Last Minute	'Stay rooted in reality'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Ambition: the Unseen Queen	'Something isn't right'	Success	+1
Ambition: the Unseen Queen	'Ask about her true nature'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Dismal Knight	'Chase him down'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Blindness Throne	'A little detail is niggling at you'	Success	+1
The Blindness Throne	'Steel yourself for the ordeal ahead'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Waxwork Symposium	'Pull a knife from your boot'	Success	+1
The Waxwork Symposium	'Flee the museum'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Waxwork Symposium	'Pull a knife from your boot'	Success	+1
The Cloak of the Lion	'Question the hermit'	Success	+1
The Cloak of the Lion	'Question the hermit'	Success	+1
The Crumbling Towers	'Cross the narrow beam'	Success	+1
The Crumbling Towers	'Climb out on the weathervane alone'	Success	+1
The Grand Tournament	'Indulge your paranoia'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Grand Tournament	'Battle a chained dragon'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Grand Tournament	'Bring the other questers back to reality'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Melee	'Something isn't right'	Success	+1
The Beast	'Slay the Beast'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Isery's Betrayal	'Defend yourself'	Success	+1
The Martyr-King's Cup	'Kill the Queen and usurp her power'	Requirement

Interactions in Detail

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Story	Action	Required	Effect
The Chaplains	Ambition: Ask the Conformer for the location of the Martyr-King's Cup	Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup = 7 [Meet the Grey Conformer in Piranesi and ask her for the true location of the Cup]	Default: Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup = 8 [The Grey Conformer wishes to receive either a Captivating Treasure or 5 Casks of Navaratine Gemstones before she will divulge the Cup's location] +1 x Moored to Reality Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.]
The Last Minute	Send a duo from your crew to retrieve the minute-hand	Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Stealing Time from the Tower of Chimes = 2 [Make your way to the clock-face of the Tower of Chimes, near the Floating Parliament, in Albion] Crew ≥ 2	Default: -1 x Crew -1 x Another One, Lost Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Stealing Time from the Tower of Chimes = 3 [Tear the minute-hand free of the Tower of Chimes] Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.] +1 x Moored to Reality
	Stay rooted in reality	Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Stealing Time from the Tower of Chimes = 4 [Try to survive]	Default: Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Stealing Time from the Tower of Chimes = 5 [Try to survive] +1 x Moored to Reality
Ambition: the Unseen Queen	Something isn't right	Visions in Silver ≥ 1 Mirrors (84 for 100%) Date	Success: Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.] +1 x Moored to Reality Something Isn't Right Timer = Date + 7
	Ask about her true nature	Visions in Silver ≤ 0 Asked about the Unseen Queen ≤ 0	Default: +1 x Moored to Reality Asked about the Unseen Queen = 1
The Dismal Knight	Chase him down	Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.]	Default: +1 x Moored to Reality Triggers event:  A Defeated Knight
The Blindness Throne	A little detail is niggling at you	Proving your Worth: The Blindness Throne ≥ 1 ≤ 4 Mirrors Blindness Throne: Mirror Challenge ≤ 3	Success: Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.] +1 x Blindness Throne: Mirror Challenge +1 x Moored to Reality Triggers event:  The Waxwork Symposium
	Steel yourself for the ordeal ahead	Iron (55 for 100%) Proving your Worth: The Blindness Throne = 2 [You are seated upon the Blindness Throne. Try not to lose your eyes]	Default: +7 x Terror Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.] +1 x Moored to Reality Triggers event:  The Waxwork Symposium
The Waxwork Symposium	Pull a knife from your boot	Iron (75 for 100%) Gave up your Money ≥ 1 Proving your Worth: The Blindness Throne = 5 [You are seated upon the Blindness Throne. Try not to lose your eyes]	Success: Sovereign = Sovereign * 2 Proving your Worth: The Blindness Throne = 6 [You have proven yourself by surviving the Blindness Throne intact. Return to London and tell the Queen of your success] +1 x Moored to Reality Triggers event:  The Inconceivable Circus!
	Flee the museum	Proving your Worth: The Blindness Throne = 5 [You are seated upon the Blindness Throne. Try not to lose your eyes]	Default: Proving your Worth: The Blindness Throne = 6 [You have proven yourself by surviving the Blindness Throne intact. Return to London and tell the Queen of your success] +1 x Moored to Reality Triggers event:  The Inconceivable Circus!
	Pull a knife from your boot	Iron (75 for 100%) Proving your Worth: The Blindness Throne = 5 [You are seated upon the Blindness Throne. Try not to lose your eyes] Gave up your Money ≤ 0	Success: Proving your Worth: The Blindness Throne = 6 [You have proven yourself by surviving the Blindness Throne intact. Return to London and tell the Queen of your success] +1 x Moored to Reality Triggers event:  The Inconceivable Circus!
The Cloak of the Lion	Question the hermit	Mirrors (78 for 100%) Proving your Worth: The Cloak of the Lion = 1 [Travel to Pan and prove you are worthy of the Martyr-King's Cup by recovering the Cloak of the Lion] Tried to question the hermit ≤ 0	Success: Tried to question the hermit = 1 Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.] +1 x Moored to Reality Triggers event:  The Crumbling Towers
	Question the hermit	Tried to question the hermit ≤ 0 Mirrors (94 for 100%) Proving your Worth: The Cloak of the Lion = 2 [You will need a Searing Enigma in order to cross the Falchion Bridge in Pan; or alternatively, a strong stomach to cross the narrow beam]	Success: Tried to question the hermit = 1 Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.] +1 x Moored to Reality Triggers event:  The Crumbling Towers
The Crumbling Towers	Cross the narrow beam	Veils (112 for 100%) Proving your Worth: The Cloak of the Lion = 2 [You will need a Searing Enigma in order to cross the Falchion Bridge in Pan; or alternatively, a strong stomach to cross the narrow beam]	Success: Proving your Worth: The Cloak of the Lion = 3 [In order to retrieve the Cloak, you will need to pay tribute before the great antlers at Pan; or alternatively, somehow collect it from the precarious weather-vane] +5 x Terror Tried to question the hermit = 0 +1 x Moored to Reality
	Climb out on the weathervane alone	Iron (67 for 100%) Proving your Worth: The Cloak of the Lion = 3 [In order to retrieve the Cloak, you will need to pay tribute before the great antlers at Pan; or alternatively, somehow collect it from the precarious weather-vane]	Success: Proving your Worth: The Cloak of the Lion = 6 [You have acquired the Cloak of the Lion, and should return it to the Unseen Queen in London] +1 x Moored to Reality The Cloak of the Lion = 1 [You have acquired the Cloak of the Lion.] Triggers event:  King's Idyll Station
The Grand Tournament	Indulge your paranoia	Visions in Silver ≥ 1 Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Winning the Grand Tournament ≥ 2 ≤ 4 Tale of Terror ≥ 1	Default: Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.] -1 x Tale of Terror +2 x Terror +1 x Moored to Reality
	Battle a chained dragon	Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Winning the Grand Tournament ≥ 2 ≤ 4 Iron (50 for 100%) Battled a dragon ≤ 0 Visions in Silver ≥ 1	Default: Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.] +1 x Moored to Reality
	Bring the other questers back to reality	Visions in Silver ≤ 0 Savage Secret ≥ 1 Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Winning the Grand Tournament ≥ 2 ≤ 4	Default: +1 x Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Winning the Grand Tournament -1 x Savage Secret +1 x Moored to Reality
Melee	Something isn't right	Mirrors (52 for 100%) Visions in Silver ≥ 1 Tournament lock: melee ≤ 0	Success: Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.] +1 x Moored to Reality Tournament lock: melee = 1
The Beast	Slay the Beast	Iron (109 for 100%) Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Stealing Time from the Tower of Chimes = 5 [Try to survive]	Default: Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.] +1 x Moored to Reality Triggers event: File:Icon.png The Last Minute
Isery's Betrayal	Defend yourself	Pursuing: Isery = 1 [Track down Isery at their home in London] Iron (67 for 100%)	Success: +1 x Moored to Reality Pursuing: Isery = 3 [You have defeated Isery]
The Martyr-King's Cup	Kill the Queen and usurp her power	Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup ≥ 24 ≤ 25 Moored to Reality	Default: Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup = 30 [You killed the Unseen Queen in the moment of her triumph]

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