Feast of the Rose (Guide)

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Introduction[edit]

This is a guide that collates all the notes on playing Feast of the Exceptional Rose.

Key Dates for 1899 (2024):

Activity 1st week 2nd week 3rd week Info
The Feast of the Rose! Card for gaining and other qualities
An Arranger of Nuptial Phantasies Storylet for purchasing romantic dreams
Celebrate the Feast of the Exceptional Rose! Storylet to send Rose gifts to other players
An Encounter at the Feast Card Storylet Spend on rare items
The Lady in Lilac Card Storylet Raise above 20 using Rose gifts, and other qualities
Millicent's Parlour Storylet to get a tattoo; requires 30
0-3 0-9 0-1, 3-9 Narrative content uncovering the mysteries of the festival's namesake flower

External Resource links:

Gaining Masquing[edit]

Masquing is primarily gotten through The Feast of the Rose! card, but the exact options available depend on The Airs of London. (See the Airs page for ways to change unfavourable Airs if necessary.) The following table shows the number of Masquing gained with any conditions. None of the options will increase Masquing if it's at least 20 already, though options granting 2 or more Masquing can increase it from levels below 20 to levels above 20.

Abbreviations used:

  • Menaces: , , , ,
  • Quirks: , , ,
  • Other: ,


0-25[edit]

Most reliable way to obtain : A lovers' tryst --> Arrange to meet by the silver fountain (with sufficient )

Option Sub-option Requirements Challenge Success Rare Success Failure
A masked revel! (Unlocked with ) Dance with your Spouse


Dance with a mysterious stranger 20 (bonus)

(bonus)




(random)
An assignation in the garden with a stranger 70% (< 5)

(random)
, (< 10)

(random)





(random)
Cast aside your mask! 90+ 50%





(< 10)


(random)
Remove a mysterious stranger's mask 20

(< 4)




Spy on conversations 20


Dance with an acquaintance (2 FATE) 2 FATE



[1]

Partake of Mr Wines' hospitality (2 FATE) 2 FATE, 1, , 50-60%



An assignation in the garden with a friend (3 FATE) 3 FATE


[2]
A dance with devils! Bluff your way in 40



Attend as an invited guest 30





Actually, you'll be meeting someone there 3 60%





(if < 20)
A lovers' tryst Choose an out-of-the-way spot 75 (if > 0)

Arrange to meet by the silver fountain 100 (if > 0)


Seasonal mischief Disrupt an inconvenient romance 50



Rid yourself of that irritating suitor 50%


Take advantage of others' distraction 40



Make a profit 50%


  1. Social action; once accepted, you gain and your friend gains , , and
  2. Social action; once accepted, you gain , , and , and your friend gains and

26-50[edit]

Most reliable way to obtain : Buy a kiss from Sinning Jenny --> Negotiate a little first (with sufficient )

Option Challenge Success Rare Failure
Help Mrs Gebrandt answer her correspondence:
Be sympathetic
50

Help Mrs Gebrandt answer her correspondence:
Be cruel to be kind
75
Help Mrs Gebrandt answer her correspondence:
Take cold-blooded advantage
80

Enjoy a theatrical entertainment:
Suggest a children's puppet show
40%







Enjoy a theatrical entertainment:
Suggest a magic lantern show
60%



A long-lost love:
Help to console the gentleman
30
(< 10)



(< 10)



(< 10)
A long-lost love:
Offer to help find the lady
30 (< 10)





(< 10)
Buy a kiss from Sinning Jenny:
Pay the asking price
60%





(bonus)

Buy a kiss from Sinning Jenny:
Negotiate a little first
60





51-75[edit]

The Duchess' Banquet allows you to gain Acquaintance: the Captivating Princess in exchange for 15 Masquing. This is currently the only option to make her acquaintance, which has a few uses. Additionally, this provides a Dreadful Surmise which may take time to acquire by other means. A mysterious envelope usually gives at least 1 Masquing (except on a rare success) and gives 2 Masquing 50% of the time.

Options on The Perfumed Pleasure Garden, unlike other selections, are repeatable, though they cost 1-2 Carnival Tickets each. The Exceptional Rose option grants x 10 on success, so it can be used to sustain a prolonged visit. In this way, an early character might use Enjoy the decadence to reliably increase Hedonist to a cap of 10, or use The Wheel of Affection to grind Romantic Notions to afford a Key to a Handsome Townhouse.

Option Sub-option Requirement Challenge Success Rare Failure
The Perfumed Pleasure Garden The Exceptional Rose x 2 70 +1 CP (< 3)
x 10
+1 CP (< 3)

x 20

+1 CP (< 3)
+1 CP
Mr Hearts' Devilled Hearts x 1 50% +5 CP (if already present)
+1 CP (< 4)



+5 CP (if already present)
+1 CP (< 3)


+1 CP
The Wheel of Affection x 1 80%
+3 CP
+1 CP (< 4)



-1 CP
Enjoy the decadence x 1 70% +1 CP (< 6)
+3 CP (< 10)
-3 CP
+1 CP (< 6)
+5 CP (< 15)



-5 CP
+3 CP (< 10)
+1 CP
Join the dancers x 1 150 +2 CP (< 5)

+3 CP
The Duchess' Banquet Catch the attention of the Duchess 90 Move to Lodgings

+1 CP
+2 CP (< 20)
+10 CP


What's going on in the wine cellars? 50%

Move to Lodgings
+2 CP
+2 CP
Share a little honey with the Captivating Princess
Locked with
150 Move to Watchmaker's Hill
+1 CP


+1 CP (< 21)

Move to Watchmaker's Hill
+1 CP


+1 CP (< 21)

+2 CP
+4 CP
Joke with His Amused Lordship 50% +1 CP


+1 CP




+2 CP
-20 CP
A mysterious envelope Open it 50%
+20 CP


+30 CP


+10 CP
Seek advice from Madame Shoshana Have your horoscope cast 20


+3 CP

+2 CP
Ask for an extispicy 70%
+2 CP





+1 CP
+1 CP

76-100[edit]

Most reliable way to obtain : A face from the past --> Don't remind yourself (with )

Option Challenge Success Rare Failure
Scandal and intrigue!:
Send a romantic note
1
Ask a friend

Both receive:

(< 20)

Scandal and intrigue!:
Take the opportunity
50


Secure a table at Dante's Grill:
Try your luck
50% (< 10),
(if > 0)
,

(< 10),
(if > 0)
,




Secure a table at Dante's Grill:
Bribe the maître d'
2 FATE (< 15)
(if > 0)
,


A face from the past:
Don't remind yourself
1
Auto (< 5)
(< 6)

A face from the past:
An intriguing resemblance
1
Auto (< 5), (< 10)

Sweets to the sweet:
Eat one
50% -2 CP


-3 CP


+2 CP

Gifts[edit]

Cost for free gifts equate to E 10 per with the exceptions of which cost E 20 per , and which costs E 15 per .

Item Cost gain Notes
Free gifts, which are capped at 30
200 x 1 x Can be used as a skull in
20 x Can be used to gain and in the and the Reflection of your Laboratory.
100 x N/A
500 x
50 x Can be offered to
50 x N/A
500 x
200 x 2 x
200 x
200 x Counts as a cat for
200 x N/A
40 x Could be upgraded to during HALLOWMAS in past years.
1 x , 200 x Alternatively, a (FATE-locked) can be used in place of the kitten without being consumed.
FATE gifts, which are uncapped
5 FATE 3 x Can be combined into
Can also be acquired for only 3 FATE via a contract
10 FATE 10 x
20 FATE 20 x
30 FATE 30 x
Best Transport, and one of few Transports
40 FATE 40 x
Best Weapon for BDR and Dreaded, excluding Ambitions and SMEN
50 FATE 50 x Unlocks Point out the extraordinary flaws in their service on Disagreements at Moloch Street when setting up the Railway

Spending Masquing[edit]

Gaining Companions[edit]

It is generally advisable for newer players to focus on a pair of 10- or 20- Masquing companions to flesh out their outfit portfolio, as comparable companions are often expensive or otherwise challenging to obtain. Once you have acquired suffiently high-level companions, prioritise collecting companions with an entry in the Opportunities Unlocked column below. Opening up as many opportunities for yourself later on is generally good practice, even if they don't appear useful on first glance.

required Companion Stats Requirements? Opportunities unlocked
Free Companions
3 x
  • +2
  • +2
  • +2
  • +2
  • +3
  • +1
N/A
  • +2
  • +2
Ask an old friend during
  • +2
  • +2
N/A
  • +2
  • +2
  • +2
  • +2
N/A
  • +2
  • +2
Trade (your dish) to the Canny Costermonger on A Kitchen for Artists in , which is an entirely new option to gain resources for your dish
4 x
  • +3
  • +2
N/A
10 x
  • +5
  • +5
  • +1
  • +5
  • +5
  • +1
N/A
  • +5
  • +7
  • +1
  • +7
  • +5
  • +1
  • +7
  • +5
  • +6
  • +5
  • +7
  • +5
N/A
  • +5
  • +5
  • +1
Option in The Pentecost Predicament (FATE)
  • +5
  • +5
  • +1
Options in A Crown of Thorns (FATE), Homecoming (FATE), Steeped in Honey (FATE), and The Icarian Cup (FATE)
  • +7
  • +5
  • +7
  • +1
Could be upgraded to during a previous HALLOWMAS
20 x
  • +8
  • +5
  • +1
  • +8
  • +5
  • +1
Could be upgraded to during a previous HALLOWMAS
  • +8
  • +5
  • +1
Required to acquire and during a previous HALLOWMAS
  • +5
  • +8
  • +1
Work with the Codebreaking Courier in your Cabinet Noir
  • +8
  • +1
  • +1
Option in The Serpent Muralist (FATE)
FATE-locked, unless using the
40 x
  • +5
  • +6
  • +1
N/A
  • +6
  • +6
  • +1
  • +6
  • +5
  • +1
N/A
  • +6
  • +5
  • +1
  • +6
  • +5
  • +1
N/A
  • +7
  • +6
  • +9
  • +7
  • +2
  • +9
  • +7
  • +2
  • +6
  • +5
  • +1
FATE-locked
60 x
  • +5
  • +5
  • +2
  • +5
  • +5
  • +2
N/A
  • +5
  • +4
  • +2
  • +1
  • +5
  • +4
  • +2
  • +1
  • +11
  • +1
  • +1
  • +1
80 x
  • +7
  • +7
  • +7
  • +1
  • +2
Could be upgraded to the during a previous HALLOWMAS
  • +9
  • +7
  • +2
  • +2
  • +9
  • +5
  • +2
  • +1
  • Can be married to get
  • +9
  • +5
  • +2
  • +1
  • N/A
  • +7
  • +5
  • +1
  • +7
  • +5
  • +2
  • +5
  • +5
  • +2
  • +5
  • +5
  • +2
  • N/A
  • +9
  • +7
  • +2
  • +2
Option in Sub-Basement (FATE)
  • +8
  • +1
  • +1
  • +2
Option in Three Body Problem (FATE)
  • +9
  • +2
  • +2
Rely on the Commodore's old codes on A Corvette of Her Majesty's Navy
100 x
  • +9
  • +6
  • +1
  • Can be married to get , and then
  • While married, has an Opportunity Card worth 5 Echoes
  • +9
  • +6
  • +1
  • +9
  • +6
  • +1
  • +9
  • +6
  • +1
  • +9
  • +6
  • +1
N/A
  • +9
  • +6
  • +1
  • +9
  • +5
  • +1
  • +1

An Arranger of Nuptial Phantasies[edit]

During the Feast of the Rose An Arranger of Nuptial Phantasies will set up shop in , offering dreams of a future with one of 5 spouses, at the cost of 20 . All of these will earn a in the end.

Your progress (i.e. how many dreams you have left) is stored in , while remembers your modifications. All dream conclusions increase your by 1.

Entwined in the Intrigues of the Clathermont Family[edit]

This short storyline starts once you have 4 in and can be progressed until level 8 there. Then you must Search Out a Missing Woman in to reach level 9. Levels 10 and beyond are only available during weeks 2 and 3 of the event. Level 10 is unlocked with in . Then you need to draw The Lady in Lilac and . You can either betray her to Mr. Clathermont or go straight to the meeting. After a short conversation, you will be able to get a tattoo in The Forgotten Quarter.

Tattoos[edit]

Once you have reached 30, Characters may gain a tattoo, providing a permanent point of Bizarre or Dreaded at Millicent's Parlour in the second and third weeks of the festival, with a maximum of one tattoo per year and two tattoos total. Alternatively you can gain a single point of respectable for choosing not to get a tattoo. This locks you out of future tattoos and as such results in lower BDR. Here are the available tattoos and the unlock requirements for each:

Bizarre Tattoos[edit]

Tattoo Requirement
 7
 
 26-29
 
 12
 3
 
 2
 25

Dreaded Tattoos[edit]

Tattoo Requirement
 100
 is one of:
  • An innocent
  • An extraordinary beauty
  • A player of games
  • An audacious zub-mariner
  • A cold-hearted killer
  • A noted trainer of weasels
  • DISOBEDIENT
  • A true patriot
  • A dabbler in sulfurous liaisons
  • A traitor
  • A committed cat-wrangler
  • not to be crossed
  • Possibly a lunatic
  • Enigmatic
  • Illegitimately Royal?
  • A Font of Devil's Tears
  • An Enemy of Brass
  • Privately Talented
  • The Rooftop Dancer
  • An Unparalleled Grotesque
  • A Visionary
  • A Prisoner of Despair
  • A Speaker of Truth to Power
  • A Possessor of Impossible Table Habits
  • An Oenologonaut
  • Orphaned in a Grisly Accident
  • A Liar among Liars
  • A Scarlet Saint
  • A Legendary Calumnist
  • An Artist in Ivory
  • It's not what you know...
  • A Wanderer of Parabola
  • A Meteorological Moment
  • The Inescapable Arm of the Law
  • A Blood-Cousin to Predators
 25
 
 110
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3
 
 10
 10
 25
 
 : You did it!
 
 25
 

On the Scent of the Exceptional Rose[edit]

This short storyline is available in some form throughout the event. In order to progress from 2 to 3, The Perfumed Pleasure Garden must be open (Week 1 and 2). Advancing further requires access to both The Lady in Lilac and Millicent's Parlour, and as such is only available during week 2 and 3. Finishing the storyline provides either or . Neither seems to have any specific uses yet.