Partial Historiography (Storylet)

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History is a work in progress. A boon for the historian, who is thus never out of work, but a problem for your shelf-space, which remains […] finite.

Among […] are the works of learned scholars […] and that most wretched of disciplines, historiography.

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Beguile unwitting scholars
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    Locked with  200

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, 125 || 86 - very chancy (41%) || 107 - chancy (51%) || 128 - modest (61%) || 148 - very modest (71%) || 169 - low-risk (81%) || 190 - straightforward (91%) || 209 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    The art of study

    Failure

    Misfired compliments

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Establish a useful counterfactual
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    Locked with  200

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, 2 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (30%) || 1 - tough (40%) || 2 - very chancy (50%) || 3 - chancy (60%) || 4 - modest (70%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (90%) || 7 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Off the beaten track

    Failure

    Fool's gold

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Deduce obscure conclusions
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    Unlocked with  420-423
    Locked with  200

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Antique insights

    Failure

    The proverbial incorrect tree

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Posit impossible conclusions
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    Unlocked with  430-433
    Locked with  200

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, 11 (50% base) || 7 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 8 - high-risk (20%) || 9 - high-risk (30%) || 10 - tough (40%) || 11 - very chancy (50%) || 12 - chancy (60%) || 13 - modest (70%) || 14 - very modest (80%) || 15 - low-risk (90%) || 16 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Hell's own

    Failure

    A theory is certainly advanced

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Compile a Catalogue of False Witness
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    Unlocked with  501-503
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    Challenge information

    Narrow, 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Not always lost

    Failure

    The unexamined life

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Pit historical accounts against each other
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    Unlocked with  520-523
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    Challenge information

    Narrow, 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    The historian is the whetstone of history's blade

    • Vialgreensmall.png You've gained 35 x Librarian's Progress
    • Skullmothsmall.png You have a lead in the Partial Historiography section of the library. (Increases Lead: Partial Historiography by 1 x)
    • Mapsmall.png You have a lead in the Ambiguous Cartography section of the library. (Sets Lead: Cartography to 520 - You have a lead in the Ambiguous Cartography section of the library)


    Failure

    None more cruel than a well placed footnote

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Make a catalogue of all that has been lost
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    Unlocked with  530-533
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    Challenge information

    Narrow, 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Stony ground


    Failure

    A Speculative History of Almost Nothing

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Study the diplomatic overtures of cities past
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    Unlocked with  601-603
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    Challenge information

    Narrow, 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Not always lost

    Failure

    History's hatreds

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Sift the waters of Adam's Way
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    Unlocked with  620-623
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    Challenge information

    Narrow, 2 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (30%) || 1 - tough (40%) || 2 - very chancy (50%) || 3 - chancy (60%) || 4 - modest (70%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (90%) || 7 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    What is redder than a ruby's sheen?

    Failure

    What remains when the blood has washed the rest away

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Perform a study of the vintages of the Presbyterate
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    Unlocked with  630-633
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    Challenge information

    Narrow, 10 (50% base) || 6 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 7 - high-risk (20%) || 8 - high-risk (30%) || 9 - tough (40%) || 10 - very chancy (50%) || 11 - chancy (60%) || 12 - modest (70%) || 13 - very modest (80%) || 14 - low-risk (90%) || 15 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Grapes bursting on stony ground

    Failure

    Ruin!

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Enlist assistance in tackling the bibliography
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    Challenge information

    Broad, 88 || 61 - very chancy (41%) || 75 - chancy (51%) || 90 - modest (61%) || 105 - very modest (71%) || 119 - low-risk (81%) || 134 - straightforward (91%) || 147 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.

    Failure

    No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.

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Advance your Research Project
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Consider other avenues of research