Edit a book of meditations on the Anchoress

ID: 48068

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From: The Means to Knowledge

An acquaintance wishes to make a contribution to devotional literature. Their book is filled with mangled metaphors and bloated aphorisms. The only wisdom they've exhibited is in bringing you in to edit it.

Game Instructions: If you are successful, this will ensure you are recognised as a practitioner of the Legacy of the Anchoress.

Unlocked with  4, , ,  [The Legacy of the Anchoress, The Unconfined, The Implacable Method, or Your Own Genius]

Challenge information

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• 35 - very chancy (42%)
• 43 - chancy (51%)
• 51 - modest (61%)
• 60 - very modest (72%)
• 68 - low-risk (81%)
• 76 - straightforward (91%)
• 84 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

A saving grace

[…] And yet your name is merely listed in modest type on the colophon. Still, it's enough for discerning individuals to recognise that the work's insights and revelations are yours – especially after they've met the author.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

•  You are most often associated with the Legacy of the Anchoress. (Sets Identified with a Philosophy: to 1 - The Legacy of the Anchoress)
• Watchful is increasing…
•  Making Waves is increasing… (+1-2 CP) (a variable amount - not sure about the range)
• Scandal is dropping… (-3 CP)
•  Magnanimous is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
• Melancholy is dropping… (-3 CP)
• You've lost 200 x Foxfire Candle Stub

Failure

Beyond redemption

She questioned your every edit, fought your every attempt to save her from ridicule. The final straw was that awful introduction – you removed your name as editor, and left her to God's Editors. They demonstrated mercy by condemning […] the publication.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Watchful is increasing…
•  Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)