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==The Nowhere Inn== ''"Port Avon's first public house stands amidst a nodding copse of apple trees. Inside, brass gleams cosily on the beams: window-latches, doorknobs, and other fittings retrieved from the first locomotives that carried people here. A great, polished wheel hangs on one wall. "''<p></p> ''Game note: <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>Actions here will wear out your welcome.</span>'' <big>'''Interactions'''</big> {| class='ss-table' style='width:100%;' !style='width:15%;'| Actions !style='width:25%;'| Requirements ! colspan='3' style='width:45%;'| Effects !style='width:15%;'| Notes |- | rowspan='6' | {{effect title|Read a work of speculative fiction}} <div>In the nook by the fireplace is a shelf of magazines. Each contains a story by the local author: the Turbulent Fabulist.</div> | rowspan='6' border-bottom: 1px solid #A36A00; | <ul> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Port Avon Welcome]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your 'Port Avon Welcome' is now 1.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | rowspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''Paid by the word '''</span> <div>The Fabulist's work has been accepted in a number of publications, including Murgatroyd's Miscellany, Hearth & Heaven, and The Seasonal. He is prodigious. Which story catches your eye?</div> <ul> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:Coral;'>-1</span> x [[Port Avon Welcome]]<p></p> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Port Avon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:terror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>-4</span> x [[Terror]]<p></p> | <span style='color:white'>'''The Eyes of Heaven'''</span> <div>'Being a thrilling tale of discovery and danger in a sky heretofore unknown.'</div> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>'They burned the charts, for what use were they now? The Incorrigible thundered through an empty, unnamed heaven, blown with a frost-wind. Ahead, a new sun blazed, the size of a penny through the forward windows. There was a long way to go.'</div> <ul> * [[File:skystory icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+1</span> x [[Sky-Story]]<p></p> </ul> | rowspan='6'| |- | <span style='color:white'>'''Bones in the Well'''</span> <div>'Being a macabre tale of one soul's descent into solitude and madness.'</div> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>'On the third day, it rained. The sky was a grey, drizzly circle in the well's mouth, far above. The rubble underfoot darkened, then swam with mud. Perhaps he would drown today, Joseph thought. "A slow way to die," he remarked to the skeleton that shared the well with him. Raindrops tip-tapped on its skull. 'The skeleton was a good listener. Joseph had already shared all his secrets with it. All, that is, except one. Now, holding onto that last secret seemed pointless. After all, he was likely to drown before dinnertime. He cleared his throat. "It was I who pushed you," he confessed.</div> <ul> * [[File:taleofterror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+1</span> x [[Tale of Terror]]<p></p> </ul> |- | <span style='color:white'>'''The Devil's Confession'''</span> <div>'Being a satirical tale of infernal ambition and mortal folly.'</div> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>'His companion's hooves thumped on the crimson carpet. The corridor was long and lined with doors, each with a brass knob. He opened one. The room behind was filled from floor to ceiling with bottled souls. He tried another: the same. "We've never found a use for them," the devil admitted.' </div> <ul> * [[File:skystory icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+1</span> x [[Sky-Story]]<p></p> </ul> |- | <span style='color:white'>'''The Vacant Throne'''</span> <div>'Being a tale of political inevitability, from the perspective of empire.'</div> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>'Another silent century passed. Upon the throne, the king's corpse withered and sagged, mould devouring the incarnadine robes. Then, a sound. The doors opened. A woman entered: young, scarred, a sword in her hand. Behind her were more men. More swords. "About time," thought the throne.'</div> <ul> * [[File:skystory icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+1</span> x [[Sky-Story]]<p></p> </ul> |- | <span style='color:white'>'''A Corpse at the Window'''</span> <div>'Being a sinister tale of familial duty and intimate horror.'</div> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>'Amelia looked through the glass. Her sister had returned. In one hand she held a necklace of muddy diamonds, dug from a doyenne's grave. From the other dangled the corpse of a doe. Around Katherine's stretched throat, Amelia could still see the rope-marks; white and neat as a vicar's collar.'</div> <ul> * [[File:taleofterror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+1</span> x [[Tale of Terror]]<p></p> </ul> |- | <span style='color:white'>'''The Parson's Cookpot'''</span> <div>'Being a darkly comic tale of domestic misbehaviour and unusual appetites.'</div> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>'The ladle steamed. "Another portion?" asked the Parson's wife. "Why not?" Constance replied, and raised her bowl. The Parson's crockery was old and pretty. His chair was comfortable. His house needed only modest improvements, mostly in the area of the curtains. Perhaps he would be missed, but no one would ever find his remains. As long as Constance finished the stew.'</div> <ul> * [[File:taleofterror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+1</span> x [[Tale of Terror]]<p></p> </ul> |- </ul> |- | rowspan='7' | {{effect title|Recruit a likely lass or lad}} <div>They are young, inquisitive, and sick to the back teeth of Port Avon. Perhaps they can be encouraged to sign on. {{game note|The less traditional Port Avon is, the easier this will be.}} </div> | rowspan='7' border-bottom: 1px solid #A36A00; | <ul> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Port Avon]] β₯ 35 and β€ 65<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] [[Sovereign]] β₯ 10<p></p> * [[File:hearts icon.png|23px]] [[Hearts]] challenge (<span style='color:SkyBlue;'>'''Special'''</span> for 100%)<p></p> * [[File:crew icon.png|23px]] [[Crew]] β€ [[File:crew icon.png|23px]] [[Quarters]]-1<p></p> </ul> | colspan='3' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952; background: #002020;' align='center' | <span style='color:white;'>Failed event</span> | rowspan='7' | Special is calculated as follows: 50-(Port Avon's Character*5) * 1.67 Advanced query needs investigation |- | colspan='3' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952;' | <span style='color:white'>'''No luck '''</span> <div>What's wrong with the youngsters in this place? Have they no drive? No courage? No vinegar?</div> <ul> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Port Avon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> </ul> |- |colspan='3' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952; background: #002020;' align='center' | <span style='color:white;'>Successful event</span> |- | colspan='3' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #A36A00;' | <span style='color:white'>'''A new recruit '''</span> <div>They don't even ask for an advance. They sneak from their home that night with a bag of personal effects, and meet you aboard your engine. You put them to work.</div> <ul> * [[File:crew icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+1</span> x [[Crew]]<p></p> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Port Avon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:Coral;'>-1</span> x [[Port Avon Welcome]]<p></p> |- |colspan='3' style='background: #002020; border-bottom: 1px solid #A36A00;' align='center' | <span style='color:orange;'>Partial success event (5%)</span> |- | rowspan='2' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; | <span style='color:white'>'''They're wavering'''</span> <div>They're interested, but afraid to take that last step into the reeling sky.</div> <ul> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Port Avon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Don't press them'''</span> <div>Let it go. You don't want them changing their mind when you're halfway to New Winchester. {{game note|You will not lose any Welcome.}} </div> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>They leave the Nowhere with a last, uncertain look over their shoulder. Perhaps, in days to come, they will wonder if they made the right choice.</div> <ul> </ul> |- | <span style='color:white'>'''Offer them an advance'''</span> <div>A handful of sovereigns will tip the scales.</div> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>The coins gleam on the table. Your newest crewman snatches them up, and attempts an experimental salute. They'll do.</div> <ul> * [[File:crew icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+1</span> x [[Crew]]<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:Coral;'>-10</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:Coral;'>-1</span> x [[Port Avon Welcome]]<p></p> </ul> |- </ul> |- | {{effect title|Unwelcome}} <div>Conversation stills. The clientele stare at you, balefully. "Last orders just closed," the barman grunts.</div> | <ul> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Port Avon Welcome]] β€ 0 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You are no longer welcome in Port Avon. You may be able to become so again at the dock.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'| <span style='color:white'>'''Cast out '''</span> <div>You leave the stuffy, silent pub, and return to the dock. {{game note|You may be able to improve your welcome back at the Port Avon Dock.}} </div> <ul> {{trigger event|Port Avon||bronzewood}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | rowspan='4' | {{effect title|Appreciate an amount of cider}} <div>Made from real apples, from the world you left behind! "Careful, now," a local warns you, placidly.</div> | rowspan='4' border-bottom: 1px solid #A36A00; | <ul> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Port Avon Welcome]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your 'Port Avon Welcome' is now 1.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:iron icon.png|23px]] [[Iron]] challenge (<span style='color:SkyBlue;'>'''58'''</span> for 100%)<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] [[Sovereign]] β₯ 2<p></p> </ul> | colspan='3' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952; background: #002020;' align='center' | <span style='color:white;'>Failed event</span> | rowspan='4' | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. |- | colspan='3' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952;' | <span style='color:white'>'''Oh dear '''</span> <div>It tastes of golden sun and the fields left behind. Another! You must have another! The second tastes even better. The thirdβ Well, you don't remember the third one very well. Perhaps, in addition, there was a fourth, and a fifth. You awake beneath one of the trees in the orchard, its hard bark against your cheek. You dimly remember singing something inappropriate, and dark looks from the other patrons. Perhaps you remember climbing on a table β but to what end? Goodness, the stars are very bright, aren't they? Very bright indeed. Like bright little needles. Ouch.</div> <ul> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:Coral;'>-2</span> x [[Port Avon Welcome]]<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LightCoral;'>-(3+(1 to 7) )</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Port Avon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:terror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>-10</span> x [[Terror]]<p></p> </ul> |- |colspan='3' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952; background: #002020;' align='center' | <span style='color:white;'>Successful event</span> |- | colspan='3' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #RAREREPL;' | <span style='color:white'>'''Memories '''</span> <div>The taste is so sweet, so appley, so heart-twangingly, breath-catchingly nostalgic that it would be easy to miss the kick. What a dangerous little beverage! You drink judiciously, and only allow yourself one more mug. Every sip reminds you of a world that is lost, somewhere at the far end of the universe.</div> <ul> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:Coral;'>-1</span> x [[Port Avon Welcome]]<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:Coral;'>-2</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Port Avon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:terror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>-10</span> x [[Terror]]<p></p> </ul> |- | {{effect title|Speak to a Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist}} <div>She perches on a stool in the corner, staring at a map of the Reach. "I could have... no. Must have taken a wrong connection at New Winchester."</div> | <ul> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Escorting The Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist]] β€ 0<p></p> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Port Avon Welcome]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your 'Port Avon Welcome' is now 1.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'|<div></div> <ul> * [[File:envelope icon.png|23px]] [[The Cryptozoologist's Passion]] = (1 to 3) <p></p> {{trigger event|The Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist||portavon_ambience}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Intercede in a mushroomy matter}} <div>The pub is out of scrumpy. The barman blames a creature β a cross between a mushroom and a jellyfish. It sways in its seat at the bar.</div> | <ul> * [[File:blemmigan icon.png|23px]] [[Blemmigan Voyager]] β€ 0<p></p> * [[File:blemmigan icon.png|23px]] [[Blemmigon]] β€ 0<p></p> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Port Avon Welcome]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your 'Port Avon Welcome' is now 1.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'|<div></div> <ul> {{trigger event|An Inebriated Blemmigan||blemmigan}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Head upstairs}} <div>The New Somerset Hunting Club has exclusive rights to the rooms above the pub, as well as its finest brandies.</div> | <ul> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club Membership]] β€ 0<p></p> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] [[Port Avon Welcome]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your 'Port Avon Welcome' is now 1.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'|<div></div> <ul> {{trigger event|The New Somerset Hunting Club||portavon_ambience}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Recruit the Rat Brigade}} <div>"Oi! Down here." Three rats glower up at you from below a table, where spilt beer has trickled down to form a rat-reachable puddle.</div> | <ul> * [[File:ratbrigade icon.png|23px]] [[Learning about the Rat Brigade]] β€ 0<p></p> * [[File:ratbrigade icon.png|23px]] [[The Rat Brigade]] β€ 0<p></p> * [[Ratty Reunion]] β€ 0<p></p> * [[Ratty Revengers]] β€ 0<p></p> * [[File:affiliationacadame icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Officers]] β₯ 26 and β€ 50<p></p> </ul> |colspan='3'| <span style='color:white'>'''A new beginning '''</span> <div>The smallest, most scarred rat is called Cinders. She introduces her companions. "Thisβ" she indicates the rat wearing goggles "βis my second, Petronella: our mechanic." She gestures towards a rat with glossy fur. "And this is our agent provocateur, Albrecht." The rat inclines his head. "We need a locomotive." These battle-hardened rats are all that remain of the Rat Regiment: a mercenary company active in the early days of the Winchester War. "Used to be a dozen of us β the best sappers around," says Cinders. "Now look at us." Her whiskers twitch. "Time for that later. We'll pay, [[Addressed As#SpeechInformal|Addressed As(SpeechInformal)]]."</div> <ul> * [[File:ratbrigade icon.png|23px]] [[Learning about the Rat Brigade]] = 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>They're aboard your engine</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:ratbrigade icon.png|23px]] [[The Rat Brigade]] = 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You've recruited the Rat Brigade.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | |} {{Infobox story |name = The Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist |image = |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 296563 }} ===The Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist=== ''A tiny figure weighed down by two backpacks and a heavy duffel coat looks through thick glasses at her map and then up at you. "Excuse me, I need passage. I don't suppose you could help me? I'm on the trail of unusual beasts. I can pay you for your time."'' <big>'''Interactions'''</big> {| class='ss-table' style='width:100%;' !style='width:15%;'| Actions !style='width:30%;'| Requirements !style='width:40%;'| Effects !style='width:15%;'| Notes |- | {{effect title|Welcome her on board}} <div>Where does she need to go?</div> | <ul> * [[File:envelope icon.png|23px]] [[The Cryptozoologist's Passion]] = 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''On the hunt '''</span> <div>"Lustrum!" beams the Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist. She leans in conspiratorially. Then, realising that she's whispering to one of the inn's wooden beams, leans over to where you actually are. "I hear there's a Curator who lives there, with the people. Mr Pennies. I've always wanted to meet a Curator β just... safely."</div> <ul> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist]] = 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist almost boarded someone else's locomotive. A kindly stoker guided her the right way, and onto yours.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Escorting The Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist]] = 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Take her to Lustrum. [Directions are given here]</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> {{trigger event|The Nowhere Inn||drink}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Welcome her on board}} <div>Where does she need to go?</div> | <ul> * [[File:envelope icon.png|23px]] [[The Cryptozoologist's Passion]] = 2<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''On the hunt '''</span> <div>"Traitor's Wood!" beams the Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist. She leans in conspiratorially, as it turns out, to the wrong person. "They say there's all sorts living in that place, andβ oh. Sorry." She turns to you. "There's all sorts living in that place. Possibly even an ape-man! Won't it be fun to find out?"</div> <ul> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist]] = 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist almost boarded someone else's locomotive. A kindly stoker guided her the right way, and onto yours.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Escorting The Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist]] = 2 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Take her to Traitor's Wood. [Directions are given here]</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> {{trigger event|The Nowhere Inn||drink}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Welcome her aboard}} <div>Where does she need to go?</div> | <ul> * [[File:envelope icon.png|23px]] [[The Cryptozoologist's Passion]] = 3<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''On the hunt '''</span> <div>"Hybras!" beams the Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist. She leans in conspiratorially, knocking over every glass on the table. "They say there's a colony of singing blemmigans there. You know β the little mushrooms with teeth? I'm a huge fan of their poetry. I'd love to hear what they sing about."</div> <ul> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist]] = 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist almost boarded someone else's locomotive. A kindly stoker guided her the right way, and onto yours.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Escorting The Short-Sighted Cryptozoologist]] = 3 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Take her to Hybras. [Directions are given here]</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> {{trigger event|The Nowhere Inn||drink}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Leave her to her maps}} <div>She can find someone else to escort her.</div> | <ul> </ul> |<div></div> <ul> {{trigger event|The Nowhere Inn||drink}}<p></p> </ul> | |} {{Infobox story |name = An Inebriated Blemmigan |image = blemmigan.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 300252 }} ===An Inebriated Blemmigan=== ''"Who does this creature belong to?" bellows a man, fuchsia with rage. The Blemmigan he points at is a grizzled member of its species, most of whom were left behind in the Neath. The fuchsia gentleman roars in fury. Between bellows, the truth emerges. The Blemmigan is no one's pet. And β far worse β no one will admit responsibility for its tab. The Blemmigan is unconcerned with the tumult. It nods its cap at you with grim respect, then flops a tendril into a mug of stout. It stares, bleakly, through the window.'' <big>'''Interactions'''</big> {| class='ss-table' style='width:100%;' !style='width:15%;'| Actions !style='width:30%;'| Requirements !style='width:40%;'| Effects !style='width:15%;'| Notes |- | {{effect title|Settle its bar tab}} <div>The Blemmigan is looking to sign on for one last journey. If you settle its bill, it'll join you on your locomotive. </div> | <ul> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] [[Sovereign]] β₯ 50<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Kindred spirits '''</span> <div>As the fuchsia gentleman inflates for a particularly prolonged diatribe about ill-mannered captains and their disorderly pets, the Blemmigan climbs to the bar top to consider your face. It likes what it sees. With a sound like a shoe being pulled from a swamp, the Blemmigan finishes its drink. It clambers up your arm until it reaches your shoulder, from where it directs you to the door. It is experienced in surviving the cold of the heavens and the heat of those too cowardly to traverse them. It respects you; it will serve you well.</div> <ul> * [[File:portavon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:Coral;'>-1</span> x [[Port Avon Welcome]]<p></p> * [[File:blemmigan icon.png|23px]] [[Blemmigon]] = 1<p></p> * [[File:blemmigan icon.png|23px]] [[Blemmigan Voyager]] = 1<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:Coral;'>-50</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> </ul> | ''Game note: <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>This will give you a Mascot that raises your Iron by 2 and your Mirrors by 1.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Leave the matter well alone}} <div>The creature does emit a rather apply aroma. It must have consumed an orchard's worth of scrumpy. It would be unduly charitable to pay its bar tab.</div> | <ul> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A farce '''</span> <div>The Blemmigan drinks serenely while squabbles continue above it. This is, of course, a problem for someone else. You can always drink cider.</div> <ul> {{trigger event|The Nowhere Inn||drink}}<p></p> </ul> | |} {{Infobox story |name = The New Somerset Hunting Club |image = |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 296530 }} ===The New Somerset Hunting Club=== ''Thick cigar smoke curls through the air, filling this private chamber with premium grade fog. Bloated gentlemen in well-worn military uniforms sit at mahogany tables, sipping port. They chunter of the old days and how very much better they were.'' <big>'''Interactions'''</big> {| class='ss-table' style='width:100%;' !style='width:15%;'| Actions !style='width:30%;'| Requirements !style='width:40%;'| Effects !style='width:15%;'| Notes |- | {{effect title|Request membership of the Club}} <div>It was a famous club in Old London, home to not just nobles and distinguished soldiers, but ex-ministers, royal courtiers, and other members of high society.</div> | <ul> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[The New Somerset Hunting Club]] β€ 8<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Our sort of people... '''</span> <div>A Stout Veteran gives you a polite once-over. "Hmm. I suppose we could countenance an application. Of course, membership is not a matter of mere money! No, no." He directs your attention to the trophies. Most are old and musty; Neath creatures, deer, foxes and a bear, all hunted in the members' now long-distant youth. "Perhaps if you could help decorate our walls with some impressive local fauna, we can talk matters of first payment, and then membership. Of course, we could hunt the beasties ourselves, and we will β by thunder, we will! But the fire is so warm, and there is port left in the bottle."</div> <ul> * [[File:envelope icon.png|23px]] [[Guest of the New Somerset Hunting Club]] = 1 <span style='color:white;'>(if β€ 0)</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Hunting for the Hunting Club]] = 1 <span style='color:white;'>(if β€ 0)</span> <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The New Somerset Hunting Club has requested that you gather trophies for their walls</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club: Cantankeri Trophy]] = 1 <span style='color:white;'>(if β€ 0)</span> <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You need to bring back a Cantankeri trophy to the hunting club in Port Avon</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club: Chorister Trophy]] = 1 <span style='color:white;'>(if β€ 0)</span> <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You need to bring back a Chorister trophy to the hunting club in Port Avon</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club: Scrive-Spinster Trophy]] = 1 <span style='color:white;'>(if β€ 0)</span> <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You need to bring back a Scrive-Spinster trophy to the hunting club in Port Avon</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Deliver a Cantankeri Trophy}} <div>The club will pay to hang this on their wall.</div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club: Cantankeri Trophy]] β€ 2 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You have collected a Cantankeri trophy. Take it back to Port Avon</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:knifehand icon.png|23px]] [[Cantankeri Trophy]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You have collected a trophy.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:envelope icon.png|23px]] [[Guest of the New Somerset Hunting Club]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Mounted and delivered '''</span> <div>The Stout Veteran pokes it. "What a horrible creature." He twiddles his bushy moustache. "A perfect centrepiece! Jenkins, fetch the hoist."</div> <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club: Cantankeri Trophy]] = 3 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]You have delivered a Cantankeri trophy</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:knifehand icon.png|23px]] [[Cantankeri Trophy]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+100</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+1</span> x [[Hunting for the Hunting Club]]<p></p> * [[File:experience icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+50</span> x [[Experience]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Deliver a Chorister Bee Trophy}} <div>The glassy, multifaceted stare will reflect the firelight prettily.</div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club: Chorister Trophy]] β€ 2 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You have collected a Chorister trophy. Take it back to Port Avon</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:knifehand icon.png|23px]] [[Chorister Bee Trophy]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You have collected a trophy.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:envelope icon.png|23px]] [[Guest of the New Somerset Hunting Club]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Mounted and delivered '''</span> <div>The Stout Veteran looks deep into its eyes. "Not so tough now, are we?" he crows. "Jenkins, fetch the nails."</div> <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club: Chorister Trophy]] = 3 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]You have delivered a Chorister trophy</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:knifehand icon.png|23px]] [[Chorister Bee Trophy]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+100</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+1</span> x [[Hunting for the Hunting Club]]<p></p> * [[File:experience icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+50</span> x [[Experience]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Deliver a Scrive-Spinster Trophy}} <div>They may need to clear some extra space on the wall.</div> | <ul> * [[File:knifehand icon.png|23px]] [[Scrive-Spinster Trophy]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You have collected a trophy.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:envelope icon.png|23px]] [[Guest of the New Somerset Hunting Club]] β₯ 1<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club: Scrive-Spinster Trophy]] β€ 2 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You have collected a Scrive-Spinster trophy. Take it back to Port Avon</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Mounted and delivered '''</span> <div>The Stout Veteran refuses to touch it. "In my day, we never had nonsense like this, you know. It was all marsh-wolves and ambulatory fungus: good sensible hunting! I mean what even is this? I feel like it's watching me, and it doesn't even have any eyes. Jenkins! Put it somewhere I won't see it."</div> <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club: Scrive-Spinster Trophy]] = 3 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]You have delivered a Scrive-Spinster trophy</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:knifehand icon.png|23px]] [[Scrive-Spinster Trophy]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+100</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+1</span> x [[Hunting for the Hunting Club]]<p></p> * [[File:experience icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+50</span> x [[Experience]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Ask about your membership}} <div>You've filled their wall. Now to talk about your membership.</div> | <ul> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[The New Somerset Hunting Club]] β₯ 9<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Policies and Such '''</span> <div>"Ah, yes." The Stout Veteran twiddles his bushy moustache. "Of course, you will be most welcome, once a spot opens up. Dead men's shoes, I'm afraid, and our chaps do rather cling to their place at the bar. But do come and meet everyone. I'm certain they will be thrilled to hear your stories, and slip your name to the right kind of people."</div> <ul> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club Membership]] = 1 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You have... technically... been accepted into the Club.</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+250</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:crypticbenefactor icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:LimeGreen;'>+1</span> x [[Cryptic Benefactor]]<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Hunting for the Hunting Club]] = 5 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]You are first in line for membership to the New Somerset Hunting Club</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club: Cantankeri Trophy]] = 0 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You need to bring back a Cantankeri trophy to the hunting club in Port Avon</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club: Scrive-Spinster Trophy]] = 0 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You need to bring back a Scrive-Spinster trophy to the hunting club in Port Avon</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[New Somerset Hunting Club: Chorister Trophy]] = 0 <span style='color:SkyBlue;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You need to bring back a Chorister trophy to the hunting club in Port Avon</span><span style='color:SkyBlue;'>]</span><p></p> {{trigger event|The Nowhere Inn||drink}}<p></p> </ul> | |}
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