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Origin: Academic | |
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Category | Facet |
Type | Origin |
Data ID | 131143 |
Origin: Academic is considered a Origin Facet in Sunless Skies.
Accomplishment description[]
"You spent your youth among books, laboratories and scholars. "
Obtaining[]
Origin: Academic is one of the eight character origins you can select at the character creation.
You were an academic. | ||
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Perhaps you taught yourself, through trial and error and grit. But what was your field of study?
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The practical sciences | The language of the heavens | Literature |
Engineering. Chemistry. Anatomy. Everything you need to break something apart and put it back together again.
The Empire values ingenuity. "The sciences," her Majesty has claimed, "will bridge the heavens." |
They call it the Correspondence, the oldest of alphabets. It is maddening, revelatory, and occasionally inflammatory.
Since London moved to the stars, understanding the celestial tongues has gone from a reckless indulgence to an urgent necessity. The risks, however – madness and combustion – are substantial. |
Once the most indulgent of studies, now the most seditious. The Ministry of Public Decency has gutted the libraries.
Many classics have not made the Ministry's list of Improving Literature. Therefore, scholars of literature trade disguised copies back and forth. Perhaps January's edition of the Transactions of the South Wales Institute of Engineers is just that. Or perhaps within its sombre covers hides a Cervantes, a Wilde, or a Shelley.
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Quality status[]
Origin: Academic has different statuses according to your actions, defined by the comment in front of the quality.
Journal description[]
- [10] You studied the practical sciences
- [20] You studied the Correspondence
- [30] You studied Literature
Variable Interaction description[]
These desciptions appear when a specific group is called for text.
Magdalene[]
- [0] "
- [1] Your old rival is sat at your desk, in the study you rented together. His hands drip with ink and candlewax. \"I thought we might have a rematch. You don't look like you've been keeping up with your studies, I must say.\" He indicates two pieces of paper, pens and an hourglass. \"Remember, no textbooks.\" The hourglass turns.
OverTheEdge[]
- [1] The names of your professors at the University."
Storm1[]
- [1] The voice of an old teacher, describing the consequences of impertinent questions.\n"
Ghost[]
- [0]
- [1] You recognise the drooping moustache, the mournful eyes. They belong to your old tutor, who died of a fragile heart. He lifts his hands to his face, and his fingers are black with ink.
Interactions[]
Interactions in Brief[]
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Interaction | Action | Result Type | Change |
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Who Were You? | 'The practical sciences' | Default / Challenge Fail | = 10 |
Who Were You? | 'The language of the heavens' | Default / Challenge Fail | = 20 |
Who Were You? | 'Literature' | Default / Challenge Fail | = 30 |
Pasts | 'Your Masterpiece' | Requirement | ≥ 1 |
Approaching the Avid Horizon | 'A memory of flight' | Requirement | ≥ 30 ≤ 30 |
Approaching the Avid Horizon | 'A memory of light' | Requirement | ≥ 20 ≤ 20 |
Approaching the Avid Horizon | 'A Memory of Service' | Requirement | ≥ 10 ≤ 10 |
A Campfire | 'Yes. You are an academic.' | Requirement | ≥ 10 |
A Campfire | 'No, you are not' | Requirement | ≤ 0 |
A Campfire | 'No, but you have friends' | Requirement | ≤ 0 |
Ambition: an Old Friend | '...a Staunch Practitioner' | Requirement | ≥ 10 |
Interactions in Detail[]
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Story | Action | Required | Effect |
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Who Were You? | The practical sciences | None | Default:
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The language of the heavens | None | Default:
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Literature | None | Default:
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Pasts | Your Masterpiece |
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Approaching the Avid Horizon | A memory of flight | Default:
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A memory of light | Default:
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A Memory of Service | Default:
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A Campfire | Yes. You are an academic. | Default:
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No, you are not |
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No, but you have friends | Default:
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Ambition: an Old Friend | ...a Staunch Practitioner | Default:
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