Editing Advanced Skills (Guide)

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''For a guide to increasing the basic four skills, see [[Leveling (Guide)]]''

This is a guide to the Advanced Skills, also called MAGCATS<ref>An abbreviation of the original seven advanced skills, though increasingly less apt as FBG has added more — see [[Abbreviations and Terms (Guide)#Advanced stats/Advanced skills|Abbreviations and Terms (Guide)]].</ref> or Esoteric Arts. These are stats that start becoming relevant in the midgame.

Many of these skills have both '''unlocks''' and '''training options'''. The difference between these is that training options only increase your skill if it's already present at level 1 or higher, whereas unlock options will provide both the first CP, and (if repeatable) further training. For example, [[Indulge in a quiet game]] on the card for [[The Parthenaeum]] improves [[A Player of Chess]], but only if your base skill is already at least 1. If you have a [[Shrine to Saint Joshua]] or some other item which raises your Player of Chess skill, you ''still'' cannot improve it this way.

Advanced Skills all start capped at level 5, but this cap can be increased to 7 after advanced study. For more info on that, see [[Raising Attribute Caps (Guide)]].
This guide is loosely based on [https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/j4rj9a/guide_to_improving_advanced_skills/ this] guide on Reddit.

All profession-associated advanced skills are useful when practising relevant [[Professional Activities (Guide)|professional activities]].

==[[A Player of Chess]] (APoC)==
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''A practitioner of the political dark arts; one who savours a scheme and always has a countermove at the ready. A meddler in plots, a student of the hidden motive, a piece always primed to advance its position on the board.''

Useful when:
* [[The Chessboard (Guide)|Playing chess on the Chessboard]]
* Working on [[Cover Identities (Guide)|Cover identities]]
* Working [[Railway Board (Guide)|the Railway Board]]
* Seeking animals in [[Moonlit Woods (Guide)|the Moonlit Woods]]

How to unlock:
*Several options at {{IL|The Chessboard}}
*[[Chequered Boards and Chess-Addicts]] at [[Port Cecil]] during the [[Evolution (Guide)|Evolution]] storyline

How to train:
*[[The Chessboard (Guide)|Playing chess on the Chessboard]]
*[[Fortunately, you have made arrangements|Slights]]
*[[Indulge in a quiet game|The Parthanaeum card]]
*[[Chequered Boards and Chess-Addicts]] at [[Port Cecil]] during the [[Evolution (Guide)|Evolution]] storyline (up to level 2)

See [[The Chessboard (Guide)]] for more information about how to train this and how to raise the cap.

==[[Artisan of the Red Science]] (AotRS)==
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''A knowledge that breaks the Great Chain and makes new links on it.''

Useful when:
* [[Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)|Duplicating and enlarging bones]]
* Dealing with the unknowable

The cap is increased with long studies in your Laboratory:
*[[Transpose the concepts of In and Out]]
*[[Inquiry into the Filtration of Light]]

How to unlock:
*Railway options when {{IL|Discovered: a Non-Existent Block|Appearance = Discovering the Non-Existent Block}}

How to train:
* Experiments in your Laboratory
* [[Ask her to teach you what she knows about the Red Science|Talking to April]] (Requires finishing {{IL|Ambition: Bag a Legend!}})
* [[Duplicate the skull of John the Baptist, if you can call that a skull|Add a theologically worrisome skull]] to a skeleton. Requires: 
** {{IL|Artisan Studies}} 1, by [[Finish your Paradoxical Inversion of Inside and Out]]
** {{IL|Counterfeit Head of John the Baptist}}, by [[Attending to the Needs of a Singular Plant]] (at 16-18)
** {{IL|Device for the Duplication of Bones}}
** 10 {{IL|Hand-picked Peppercaps}} (see [[Sustenance Grinding (Guide)#Hand-picked Peppercaps|Sustenance Grinding (Guide)]])
** Note: you want to ''fail'' the check, as it avoids consuming the Peppercaps and the Head while still increasing your Artisan.
* [[(Carefully) Examine an Unlawful Device]] when writing a monograph in Moulin
*[[Experiment on an Aged Egg]] or [[Finish the study of your Highly Illegal Device|an illegal egg device]] {{FontWhitsun}}

==[[Chthonosophy]]==
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''The study of the root of things: a river’s source; a dynasty’s ancestry; a mountain's bones. Knowledge that knows how the future springs from the past. An art that guards against deception, denial, delusion, and doubt.''

Useful when:
* Broadening one's perspective in order to talk to chthonic powers
* Firmament, being the equivalent of Zeefaring for airships.
* Nothing else, yet

How to unlock or train skill:
* Completing the Hallow's Throat portion of the Firmament storyline.

How to train skill:
*TBD


==[[Glasswork]]==
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''The essential characteristic of a Silverer. Familiarity with the Fingerwork and knowledge of what lies behind the mirror.''

Useful when:
* Doing more or less anything in Parabola

The options to raise the cap depends on which faction rules ({{IL|The Dome of Scales}}). Examples with the Fingerkings:
*[[Recognise the Fingerking]]
*[[Purchase a greater freedom of the place]]

How to unlock skill/train:
*[[Parabola (Guide)|Navigate Parabola]]
*[[Sneak away from your wounds]] in your {{IL|Parabolan Base-Camp}}
*[[Apply your own knowledge]] when tracking the animals of Parabola
*[[Apply what you have heard]] (Laboratory, up to level 1, only if you're not a Silverer and have not yet established a route to Parabola)

Note: This skill will decrease if you gain 8 {{IL|Wounds}} or {{IL|Nightmares}} in your {{IL|Parabolan Base-Camp}}, via the autofire storylets {{IL|Conflagration}} and {{IL|Falling apart}}.

==[[Kataleptic Toxicology]] (KT)==
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''A recent field of study dedicated to the toxins and alchemies of the Neath. It investigates substances like Prisoner's Honey, Attar, Cantigaster venom, Uttershroom spores, and Hesperidean Cider. It is favoured by those with fierce curiosity and very steady hands.''

Useful when:
*Cooking in [[A Kitchen for Artists (Guide)|A Kitchen for Artists]]
*Some uses in your Lab and when [[Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)|Assembling Skeletons]]

Kataleptic Toxicology Studies is gained through studies in your Laboratory:
*[[Make a deeper study of toxins]]
*[[Better understand the metabolism of poisons]]

How to unlock/train:
*[[Eat only the safe part of the Orange-apple|Eat orange-apples]] (expensive)
*[[Conclude your study of Attar|Study attar in your lab]] (time consuming)
*[[A preparation for the stomach|Reading a book on poisons]] (requires access to Ealing Gardens)
*[[Extract an understanding of its venoms|Study a false-snake in your lab]] (requires passing a Shapeling Arts 3 challenge)
*[[Allow your Acicular Squirrel to lead you]] with {{IL|Acicular Squirrel}} {{FontWhitsun}}
*[[Experiment on a Percipient Egg]] during {{FontWhitsun}}

How to train:
*[[Have a taste of the Toxicology Exhibit]] (capped at level 3, best done during an eligible Hallowmas year because of all the Wounds)
*Slights: [[Leverage your extensive knowledge of exotic poisons]] or [[Drink up. Metabolize the poison.|Drink up. Metabolize the poison]] (Johnny Croak or the Polite Poisoner)

Note: This skill will decrease if you gain 8 {{IL|Wounds}} in your {{IL|Parabolan Base-Camp}}

==[[Mithridacy]]==
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''The art of confusion and deception, of misleading the listener without a single false word.''

Useful when:
*[[Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)|Working on skeletons to reduce implausibility]]
*[[Writing a Monograph (Guide)|Writing Monographs]]
*Many other uses

Raise the cap by publishing special editions of your {{IL|Newspaper}}:
*[[Publish an edition in Defence of the Railway]]
*[[Elaborate upon your Defence of the Railway]]

How to unlock/train:
*[[Give a calculated speech on Freedom and Darkness]] in {{IL|Ealing Gardens}}
*Creating {{IL|Corrective Historical Narrative|Name=Corrective}} and {{IL|Revisionist Historical Narrative|Name=Revisionist Historical Narratives}}, in {{IL|The Waswood}} and {{IL|Moulin}}:
**In {{IL|The Waswood}}, [[Compose a Corrective History]] or [[Compose a Revisionist History]].
**In {{IL|Moulin}}, use [[The Back-room of the Antiquarian's Shop|the Antiquarian's shop]].
*[[Critically examine a disquieting missive]] (only gives CP up to level 3).

==[[Monstrous Anatomy]] (MA)==
[[File:monstrousanatomy sidebar.png|right]]''The field of study that tells you that steel knives won't work on this enemy, or that stabbing it in the lower back is likely to pierce the venom-sac.''

Useful when:
*[[Parabolan Hunting (Guide)|Hunting beasts in Parabola]]
*[[Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)|Assembling Skeletons]]

Monstrous Anatomy Studies is gained through studies in your Laboratory:
*[[Work toward a fuller understanding of monstrosities 1]]
*[[Work toward a fuller understanding of monstrosities 2]]

How to unlock or train:
*[[Parabolan Hunting (Guide)|Ambush enemies while hunting in Parabola]] (This is by far the faster option, both to unlock and to train, just make sure you can tank a substantial amount of wounds before trying to level it all the way to five.)
*[[Finish your study of the Thorned Ribcage]] in your Laboratory

Note: This skill will decrease if you gain 8 {{IL|Nightmares}} in your {{IL|Parabolan Base-Camp}}

==[[Shapeling Arts]] (SA)==
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''A power of transformation, as applicable to the living.''

Useful when:
*[[Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)|Modifying skeletons]]
*Various actions

See [[Helicon House (Guide)]] for more information about raising the cap for Shapeling Arts.

How to unlock/train:
*[[Complete your research in the shaping of bones]] in your Laboratory (if you already have a point from equipment)
*[[Finish your study of the Thorned Ribcage]] in your Laboratory
*[[Flute Street (Guide)|Flute Street]] ({{FontFate}})
*Upgrading bones [[Below-Stairs]] at [[Helicon House (Guide)|Helicon House]]

How to train:
*[[Shift your organs out of the way|(Avoid) Getting stabbed]] (From slighting another player)
*[[Draw tentacles from the cauldron]] in {{IL|Helicon House}}, 2 CP every 6 actions at the cost of 1 {{IL|Preserved Surface Blooms}}, with [[Discovered: Below-Stairs]] and [[Discovered: the Mirrored Salon]].
*[[Pilgrimages in Godfall (Guide)|Pilgrimages in Godfall]]
*[[Recognise its shape]] in {{IL|Stormbones}}
*Whitsun iguana options when you [[Search your Terraria]] (requires railway progress for the [[Preserved False-Snake|False-Snake]])
*[[Experiment on a Scarlet Egg]] {{FontWhitsun}}
*[[Complete your research in the shaping of bones]] in your Laboratory

==[[Steward of the Discordance]]==
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''An inkling, only, of how to protect against things that should not be known.''

This skill is used when dealing with the Discordance, but is not ''useful'' the way other Skills are, on purpose.

The first discordant study is encountered with a {{IL|Discordant Law}} in the Nadir (See [[Rip out the words (without Discordant Studies)|Rip out the words]])
The second is found after [[Unlock deeper Discordant Studies]] in the Adulterine Ruins. For more information, see [[Discordant Studies - Costs and Rewards (Guide)]]

How to unlock:
*When you gain {{IL|Discovered: a Patch of Frozen Neath}} on the way to {{IL|Jericho Locks}} or later.

How to train:

The only repeatable way so far to grind it past level 3 is to read the stones every week, then purge the law by Nadir, getting 1 CP, and then wait for irrigo to fade again.
==[[Zeefaring]]==
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''How to chart a course with unreliable maps; how to steer a ship through dangerous waters; how to hold a crew together against adversity.''

Useful when:

* Zailing
* Invoking the necessity of hierarchy and arbitration.

How to unlock/train:

The only way to train it is to spend {{IL|Zee Legs}} from zailing in {{IL|Wolfstack Docks}}

*Zeefaring Ztudies is gained by zailing. See [[Piracy (Guide)]] For ZZ 1.
*Zeefaring Ztudies 2 can be gained in [[The House of Snow and Brine]], in [[Irem (Guide)]].
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