Editing Social Actions (Guide)

{{GuideFor|Pages = Epistolary Matters}}
{{Audience|EarlyMYN|Evergreen=yes}}
[[File:Gossip.png|right]]
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==Intro==
Social Actions are actions you undertake with a friend. There are two main types: those which you do in good faith, and those in which you betray your friend.
==A Brief Overview of the Myself/Profile pages==
{{Wiki Note|This overview is meant for new players. Almost everybody should have at least an idea what their myself/profile page is. If that's the case feel free to skip forward a bit}}
===Myself===
The [https://www.fallenlondon.com/myself Myself] page describes who you are. It is accessible on desktop by clicking on Myself (above the main story) and on mobile by clicking on the button with a head shape and then on Myself. On this page you'll find, among other things, your Scrapbook and your Mantelpiece. These are used to display qualities you're especially proud of. Underneath these two is a button labeled View Profile; click on it to open a new tab showing your profile.

=== Profile ===
This is how other players see you in-game. It is accessed by either clicking on the View Profile button on the Myself page, or via the URL <nowiki>https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/(your character's name)</nowiki>. This page shows, among other things, your favourite Equipment, current Journal, Scrapbook and Mantelpiece, Lodgings, and Cameo. At the top of the page is your character's name and a description based on the levels of your Attributes.

==Finding Friends==
[[File:Influence.png|right]]
If you already have a circle of Neathy friends, you're free to skip this part. Otherwise, there are four great ways to find friends:
* Convert your friends to Fallen London. If you convince people you know in real life to start playing this game as well, this gives you an already established group of friends.
* The official forums have an topic dedicated to finding new people. [https://community.failbettergames.com/forum16-enlist-other-players-the-singing-mandrake.aspx]
* The Fallen London subreddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/] has a new thread every month to find new people to play with.
* The [https://discordapp.com/invite/59aNpKf official discord] has a channel #social-actions where people ask for and offer help.
===Adding Friends===
Okay, you've found someone who sounds pretty cool; how do you make them your friend?
* When viewing another player's profile, click the "add to contacts" button underneath their Cameo.
* On the [https://www.fallenlondon.com/account Account Settings] page, under Contacts, enter the player's in-game username and click Add. You can also access this screen while sending a social action (see below) and add a new contact then.

==Sending Social Actions==
[[File:Envelope.png|right]]
Almost all Social Actions are sent from [[Your Social Engagements]], with the exception of card-based Social Actions (like [[Investigating the Affluent Photographer]])
===An Interlude: Acquaintances===
[[File:Influence.png|right]]
To become acquainted with another player character, you have to [[Send a Calling Card]] to them. This will make them your acquaintance and give you a single level of {{IL|Social Influence}}. Social influence doesn't have a lot of in game effects, except:
*You can only have 90 {{IL|Social Influence}} at a time. More than that and you'll need to drop acquaintances.
*Having 90 {{IL|Social Influence}} is one of the possible requirements for {{IL|London's Sinew}}, and therefore for [[Paramount Presence]]. However, considering that this is a beginner's guide, you really shouldn't be thinking about that just yet. (But if you're curious, check [[A Person of Some Importance (Guide)]] for details.)

Being acquainted is necessary for sending letters with in-game effects (such as raising the main qualities) and for invitations to Dante's Grill, but not for more casual interactions such as menaces help or plant fights.

==Types of Social Actions==
Many of the available social actions are listed below. Actions noted as "(betrayal)" have negative effects on the recipient, which they won't realize until they've accepted the action.
===Menaces Reduction and Attribute Gains===
{| class="article-table"
!width="20%"|Type of action
!{{IL|Dangerous}}<br>{{IL|Wounds}}
!width="18%"|{{IL|Persuasive}}<br>{{IL|Scandal}}
!width="19%"|{{IL|Shadowy}}<br>{{IL|Suspicion}}
!width="23%"|{{IL|Watchful}}<br>{{IL|Nightmares}}
|-
!Menace reduction 
|[[Nurse a friend back to health]]
|[[Ask someone for help in laying rumours to rest]]
|[[Ask a friend to cover for you]]
|[[Assist your friend with their Nightmares]]
|-
!Menace reduction (betrayal)
|[[Poison an acquaintance!]]
|[[Use someone as your dupe]]
|[[Dupe a friend into covering for you]]
|[[Make scientific study of your friend's Nightmares]]
|-
!Something Attribute- appropriate (also contests, formerly)
|Retired, formerly [[Invite someone to a Sparring Bout|Sparring]]
|[[Meet someone for a Coffee at Caligula's]]
|[[Invite someone to a spot of Suspicious Loitering]]
|Retired, formerly [[Invite someone to a Game of Chess|Chess]]
|-
!Patronage
|[[Seek Patronage from a Shattering Force]]
|[[Seek Patronage from a Legendary Charisma]]
|[[Seek Patronage from an Invisible Eminence]]
|[[Seek Patronage from an Extraordinary Mind]]
|}

===Marriage===
[[File:Ring_gold.png|right]]
You can also marry another player at the end of a series of Social Actions, all of which are sent from [[Attend to Matters of the Heart]].
*You start with [[Admit your affection for an acquaintance]], which, when they accept, will give you the quality {{IL|Seen with}}. This will unlock romantic actions with them:
**[[Ask your sweetheart to an evening of restrained sophistication]]
**[[Ask your sweetheart to an indulgent evening]]
**[[Call on your sweetheart]]
When you are ready to take things further with them, you can propose to them in two ways:
*[[Make a simple proposal of marriage]]
*[[Make a grand proposal of marriage]]
Once you've proposed, you will get {{IL|Organising a Wedding}}; when it reaches high enough levels, you will have a choice of marriage ceremonies. You can also dump all the responsibility on your betrothed, using [[Foist the Organisation of your Wedding onto your partner]].

Once you've married, you can do three new actions with your new spouse:
*[[Invite your spouse out for a decorous evening]]
*[[Invite your spouse to an indulgent evening out]]
*[[Invite your spouse to join you in sampling Prisoner's Honey (5 FATE)]]
And you can, of course divorce them, but that's sad, so I won't be going into it.

===[[Attend to Matters of Society!|Dine with a friend]]===
[[File:Wineglass.png|right]]
Feeling hungry? You can either dine in with a friend, or meet them in one of the city's reputable and devil-run restaurants. (You haven't really eaten until you've eaten brimstone-steaks.)
* [[Benefit from flattery at Dante's Grill]]: This option allows a [[A Person of Some Importance -|PoSI]] to invite a non-PoSI to a dinner, at the cost of 10 echoes. The PoSI gains the recipient's {{IL|Making Waves}}, up to 100 CP. The recipient gets a substantial (-10CP) reduction in {{IL|Wounds}}, and either {{IL|Suspicion}} or {{IL|Scandal}} (recipient's choice). This uses up a {{IL|Free Evening}} for both participants.
* [[Share a pot of tea at Beatrice's Tea Shop]]: Take tea, using a [[Free Evening]], in order to raise {{IL|Persuasive}} (35CP), gain {{IL|Making Waves}}, and reduce your choice of one menace.

Each week [[Time, the Healer]] tops up your {{IL|Free Evening}}s to 5.

===[[Epistolary Matters|Sending letters]]===
{{ActivitySummary
|Activity=Sending Letters
|Length=Variable
|Starting Actions=0
|Progress Actions=4
|Ending Actions=1
|Progress Details=Write letters and send them to raise {{IL|Corresponding...}} to 4/5/9 depending on desired payout.
|Output Items=*{{IL|Making Waves}}
*{{IL|Sudden Insight}}
*{{IL|Confident Smile}}
*{{IL|Cryptic Clue}}
*{{IL|Appalling Secret}}
*{{IL|Vital Intelligence}}
*{{IL|Moves in the Great Game}}
*{{IL|Silent Soul}}
*{{IL|Soul}}
*{{IL|Favourable Circumstances}}
|Boost Items=*''{{IL|A Pot of Violant Ink}}''
*''{{IL|Shrine to Saint Joshua}}''
*''{{IL|A Crooked Cross}}''
*''{{IL|A Person of Some Importance -}}''
*''{{IL|Membership of God's Editors}}''
*''{{IL|The Very Teeth of St George!}}''
*''{{IL|Steward of the Discordance}} 5''
*''{{IL|Seeking Mr Eaten's Name}} 22''
|Raw EPA = 2.08
|EPA Notes = Higher EPA for using 2.5e actions on Secrets.
|Raw SPA = 1.91
|Conversion=Yes
|Input Items=*{{IL|Journal of Infamy}}
*{{IL|Stolen Kiss}}
*{{IL|Tale of Terror!!}}
*{{IL|Journal of Infamy}}
*{{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Flame-Resilient Paper}}
*{{IL|Extraordinary Implication}}
*{{IL|Collated Research}}
*{{IL|Vital Intelligence}}
*{{IL|Piece of Rostygold}}
*{{IL|Verse of Counter-Creed}}
*{{IL|Page of Theosophistical Notes}}
*{{IL|Memory of a Much Lesser Self}}
*{{IL|Cryptic Clue}}
*{{IL|Mourning Candle}}
*{{IL|An Identity Uncovered!}}
*{{IL|Touching Love Story}}
}}
Letters are found at [[Epistolary Matters]] in [[Your Social Engagements]].

You can always [[send a postcard]] to any other player, to send a message with no in-game effects, at the cost of only {{E}}0.01 in postage and the action spent. Beyond that, you can send letters to {{IL|Acquainted With|Appearance=acquaintances}} to increase their main attributes or for various other effects. First you compose a letter, then you must either send it or [[Discard your letter|discard it]] before you can compose another. The recipient must be {{IL|Acquainted With}} you, and must not already have 5 of that specific letter waiting to be read. Most letters will give you {{IL|Corresponding...}} CP when you send them, which can be [[The Rewards of Correspondence|cashed in]] for various rewards (see table below).

Senders with an attribute above 80 can spend {{E}}2.5 in items to give a recipient enough CP in that attribute to gain one whole level.  Reading these letters will also give the recipient {{IL|Mired in Mail}}, which eventually starts reducing the effectiveness of each letter. {{IL|Mired in Mail}} is reset each week by {{IL|Time, the Healer}}. This limits how fast you can gain stats this way. This table shows how the gain is affected when the recipient's attribute is 70+ (meaning 70 CP per level):
{{#section-h:Mired in Mail|Effect on Attribute-Raising Letters}}<!--This table is transcluded from the Mired in Mail page. If you want to edit the table, go there! If it's broken, check if the section name (Effect on Attribute-Raising Letters) changed or something-->

Some Tier 3 [[Professions (Guide)|professions]] can send {{E}}12.5 letters that raise two stats at once and give more {{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=Corresponding}} and {{IL|Mired in Mail|Appearance=Mired}}. Two notable profession letters are the {{IL|Correspondent}}'s {{IL|Flame-proof Missive}}, which also increases {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}} and is one of the best ways to do so, and the {{IL|Name Written in Gant}}. Unlike the others, the Name in Gant must have the ''recipient'' be a {{IL|Licentiate}}, but any {{IL|A Person of Some Importance|Appearance=PoSI}} can send this letter to a Licentiate to have them apply their murderous talents to lower the sender's {{IL|Scandal}} and {{IL|Suspicion}}.

There are other letters, including ones that give the recipient {{IL|Investigating...}} or {{IL|Inspired...}} CP. Letters that do not increase attributes are unaffected by {{IL|Mired in Mail}}. The following table is a list of all the letters and their effects.

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+'''Table of Epistolary Effects'''
! Letter
!Unlock
!Cost (sender)
!Effect (sender)
!Effect (recipient)
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Shared Case File}}|([[Write some case notes into a letter|write]], [[Send notes on a past case|send]], [[Read shared case files|read]])}}
|{{TableList|Sender: {{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}80|Recipient: {{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}50}}
|{{IL|Journal of Infamy|5 x}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} +1 CP|{{IL|Memento of Silence|1 x}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Mired in Mail|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}+1 level|{{IL|Sudden Insight|1 x}}}}
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Collection of Licentious Gossip}}|([[Compile licentious gossip|compile]], [[Send a licentious letter|send]], [[Read licentious gossip|read]])}}
|{{TableList|Sender: {{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}80|Recipient: {{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}50}}
|{{IL|Stolen Kiss|1 x}}
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} +1 CP
|{{TableList|{{IL|Mired in Mail|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}+1 level|{{IL|Confident Smile|1 x}}}}
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Improvised Dueling Manual}}|([[Write down some favoured fighting techniques|write]], [[Send your bloodied missive|send]], [[Read an improvised fighting manual|read]])}}
|{{TableList|Sender: {{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}80|Recipient: {{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}20}}
|{{IL|Tale of Terror!!|5 x}}
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} +1 CP
|{{TableList|{{IL|Mired in Mail|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}+1 level|{{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|1 x}}}}
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Beloved Family Recipe}}|([[Write down a beloved family recipe|write]], [[Send your recipe for scones|send]], [[Read a recipe for scones|read]])}}
|{{TableList|Sender: {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}80|Recipient: {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}20}}
|{{IL|Journal of Infamy|5 x}}
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} +1 CP
|{{TableList|{{IL|Mired in Mail|Appearance=}}1, {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}+1 level|{{IL|Hastily Scrawled Warning Note|1 x}}}}
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Flame-proof Missive}}|
([[Compile notes on the Correspondence|compile]], [[Send your notes on the Correspondence|send]], [[(Carefully) read a flame-proof missive|carefully read]])}}
|{{TableList|Sender: {{IL|A Pot of Violant Ink|Appearance=Correspondent}}|
Recipient: {{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}50, {{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}50|
To read: {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence|Appearance=SotC}}
}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Flame-Resilient Paper|5 x|Appearance=Flame-Resilient Paper}}|
{{IL|Extraordinary Implication|2 x}}|
{{IL|Volume of Collated Research|2 x|Appearance=Collated Research}}}}
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} +3 CP
|{{TableList|{{IL|Mired in Mail|Appearance=}}2, {{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}+1 level each|
{{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence|Appearance=SotC}} +? CP|
{{IL|Wounds}} +1-7 CP}}
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Coded Instruction}}|([[Encrypt a coded instruction|encrypt]], [[Send a coded letter|send]], [[Follow a coded instruction|follow]])}}
|{{TableList|Sender: {{IL|Shrine to Saint Joshua|Appearance=Midnighter}}|Recipient: {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}50, {{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}50}}
|{{IL|Vital Intelligence|1 x}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} +3 CP|{{IL|Memento of Silence|1 x}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Mired in Mail|Appearance=}}2, {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}+1 level each|{{IL|Suspicion}} +1-7 CP}}
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Name Written in Gant}}|([[Write down a name in Gant|write]], [[Send a name, written in Gant|send]], [[Pursue a name written in gant|pursue]])}}
|{{TableList|Sender: {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=PoSI}}|Recipient: {{IL|A List of Aliases, Writ in Gant|Appearance=Licentiate}}}}
|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|500 x}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Suspicion}} -6 CP|{{IL|Scandal}} -6 CP|{{IL|Memento of Silence|1 x}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Mired in Mail|Appearance=}}2, {{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}+1 level each|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|500 x}}|{{IL|Moves in the Great Game|2 x}}}}
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Disquieting Missive}}|([[Compose a letter to spread the Bad Word|compose]], [[Send disquieting missive|send]], [[Read a disquieting missive|read]] OR [[Critically examine a disquieting missive|critically examine]])}}
|{{TableList|Sender: {{IL|A Crooked Cross|Appearance=Crooked-Cross}}|Recipient: {{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}50, {{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}50}}
|{{IL|Verse of Counter-Creed|1 x}}
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} +3 CP
|{{TableList|{{IL|Mired in Mail|Appearance=}}2, {{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}+1 level each|{{IL|Nightmares}} +0, 3, or 6 CP|If any {{IL|Mithridacy|Appearance=}}: +1 CP, up to level 4}}
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Revisionist Missive}}|([[Compose a letter to spread the Better Word|compose]], [[Send revisionist missive|send]], [[Read a revisionist missive|read]])}}
|{{TableList|Sender: {{IL|Membership of God's Editors}}, {{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}180|Recipient:  {{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}35, {{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}35}}
|{{IL|Page of Theosophistical Notes|50 x|Appearance=Theosophistical Notes}}
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} +1 CP
|{{IL|Mired in Mail|Appearance=}}2, {{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}+0.5 level each
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Godly Missive}}|([[Compose a letter to spread the Good Word|compose]], [[Send your godly missive|send]], [[Read a godly missive|read]])}}
|Sender: {{IL|The Very Teeth of St George!}}
|{{IL|Memory of a Much Lesser Self|1 x}}
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} +1 CP
|{{IL|Nightmares}} -3 CP
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Bundle of Investigation Notes}}|([[Compose advice for an investigation|compose]], [[Send your thoughts on an investigation|send]], [[Read a bundle of investigation notes|read]])}}
|{{TableList|Sender: {{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}80|Recipient: {{IL|Investigating...}}}}
|{{IL|Cryptic Clue|125 x}}
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} +1 CP
|{{IL|Investigating...}} +(Base Watchful/5) CP
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Poetic Missive}}|([[Compose a poem|compose]], [[Send your poetic missive|send]], [[Read a poetic missive|read]])}}
|{{TableList|Sender: {{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}80|Recipient: {{IL|Inspired...}}}}
|Depends on {{IL|Identified with a School:|Appearance=artistic school}}
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} +1 CP
|{{IL|Inspired...}} +(Base Persuasive/5) CP
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Discordant Missive}}|([[Write down some of what you know about the Discordance|write]], [[Send your discordant letter|send]], [[Read a discordant letter|read]])}}
|Sender: {{IL|Steward of the Discordance|Appearance=SotD}} 5
|
|{{TableList|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} +1 CP|{{IL|Suspicion}} +1-7 CP}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Steward of the Discordance|Appearance=SotD}} +1 CP, up to level 3|Random increases or decreases in all four stats|{{IL|Wounds}}, {{IL|Nightmares}}}}
|-
|{{TableList|{{IL|Hungry Letter}}|([[Write down a question|write]], [[Send your hungry letter|send]], [[Read a hungry letter|read]] OR [[Burn your Hungry Letters|burn]])}}
|Sender: {{IL|Seeking Mr Eaten's Name|Appearance=SMEN}} 22
|
|{{IL|Nightmares}} +1-7 CP
|{{TableList|{{IL|Unaccountably Peckish|1 x|Appearance=UP}}|{{IL|Seeking Mr Eaten's Name|1 x|Appearance=SMEN}}, if none already|{{IL|Nightmares}} +4 CP}}

{{TableList|Or burn all of them at once:|{{IL|Nightmares|Appearance=}} -1 CP per Hungry Letter}}
|}

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+'''Table of Corresponding Rewards'''
![[The Rewards of Correspondence|Action]]
!Unlock
!Cost
!Reward
|-
|[[For the influence|Influence]]
|{{IL|Corresponding...}} 4
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} -10 CP
|{{IL|Making Waves}} +(30+[[Bizarre, Dreaded, Respectable (Guide)|BDR]]) CP
|-
|[[For clarity|Clarity]]
|{{IL|Corresponding...}} 5
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} -15 CP
|{{TableList|{{IL|Watchful}} +1 level|{{IL|Sudden Insight|1 x}}}}
|-
|[[For the pleasure of letter-writing|Pleasure]]
|{{IL|Corresponding...}} 5
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} -15 CP
|{{TableList|{{IL|Persuasive}} +1 level|{{IL|Confident Smile|1 x}}}}
|-
|[[For the secrets|Secrets]]
|{{IL|Corresponding...}} 4
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} -10 CP
|{{TableList|{{IL|Cryptic Clue|1250 x}}|{{IL|Appalling Secret|(scaling) x}}}}
|-
|[[For the Game|The Game]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Corresponding...}} 4|{{IL|The Great Game (Affiliation)|Appearance=The Great Game}}}}
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} -10 CP
|{{TableList|{{IL|Vital Intelligence|1 x}}|{{IL|Moves in the Great Game|(scaling) x}}}}
|-
|[[For the Counter-Church|Counter-<br>Church]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Corresponding...}} 4|{{IL|A Crooked Cross|Appearance=Crooked-Cross}}}}
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} -10 CP
|{{TableList|{{IL|Silent Soul|1 x}}|{{IL|Soul|(scaling) x}}}}
|-
|[[For a grand scheme|Grand<br>scheme]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Corresponding...}} 9|{{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=PoSI}}|No {{IL|Favourable Circumstances|Appearance=FC}}}}
|{{IL|Corresponding...|Appearance=}} -45 CP
|{{IL|Favourable Circumstances}}
|}

===Slights and Assassins===
There are situations where it might be advantageous to slight another player. The slighted player can then get revenge by hiring an assassin, which you will get as a non-dismissable opportunity card. Depending on your reaction to the assassin, you can die (go on [[a slow boat passing a dark beach on a silent river]]), or use the opportunity to raise some advanced qualities.

Too fast? Here's a slower version

====Opportunity for Slights====

You can slight a social rival in these circumstances:
* When [[Publishing a Newspaper (Guide)|Publishing a Newspaper]], at {{IL|Hour before the Deadline|exactly 4}}, you can choose [[A column revealing certain facts about an acquaintance]] at the cost of {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|5 x}}. It gives you {{IL|Salacious Copy|24 x}}.
*When [[Attending a Party (Guide)|attending a party]], at {{IL|Time Remaining...|exactly 5}} you can play [[Mingle with the Guests]] and then [[Spill wine on a social rival]], which earns you {{IL|Talk of the Town|+6 CP}}.
*On the [[A visit from Slowcake's Amanuensis]] opportunity card, the option [[Spread gossip about a rival]] costs {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|10-20}} and {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!}}, and gives you {{IL|Making Waves|10-20 CP}}.

All of these require you to be acquainted with your social rival.

You can send a note along with the slight, which will show up in the recipient's messages.

Once you have slighted someone else, you cannot slight them again until they have reacted to your slight.

====Reactions to Social Slights====

When somebody has slighted you, you can either [[Forgive and Forget]] (which raises your {{IL|Scandal}}), or you can hire an assassin, and send them after the offender. You cannot hire an assassin that is currently tracking you.

{| class="article-table"
!Assassin
!Location
!Cost
|-
|[[Hire the Polite Poisoner|The Polite Poisoner]]
|{{IL|The Forgotten Quarter}}
|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|250 x}}, {{IL|Muscaria Brandy|2 x}}
|-
|[[Entreat an assassin: The Minacious Marksman|The Minacious Marksman]]
|{{IL|The Flit}}
|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|250 x}}, {{IL|London Street Sign|2 x}}
|-
|[[Entreat an assassin: The Gloomy Guttersnipe|The Gloomy Guttersnipe]]
|{{IL|Wolfstack Docks}}
|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|250 x}}, {{IL|Aeolian Scream|2 x}}
|-
|{{IL|Johnny Croak}} {{FontFate}}
|{{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}
|{{IL|Rat on a String|250 x}}, {{IL|Baptised Rattus Faber Corpse|2 x}}
|}

After that, play [[Respond to a social slight]] in {{IL|Your Social Engagements}}, select one of the baddies who slighted you, and send the assassin!

This gives you {{IL|Making Waves|+15-25 CP}} as well as {{IL|Not to be Trifled With}}, a {{IL|Dreaded|+5}} [[Affiliation]] that you can equip. [[Time, the Healer]] will take it away at its next visit, so it lasts for a week at most.

====Effects of Assassins====

If the slighted player sends an assassin after the offender, the offender will eventually get an opportunity card.

Each of these opportunity card gives three options:
*get killed
*fight off or evade the threat, which tends to be pretty profitable, even if not successful, and only gives a moderate amount of {{IL|Wounds}} or another menace
*use one of the advanced qualities. You already need at least one point of the used quality to unlock this option. This '''raises the advanced stat''' by one point (except if you have reached the maximum), even on failure.

{| class="article-table"
! width="14%" |Assassin & Card
!Fight off success
! width="17%" |Fight off failure
! width="17%" |Advanced Stat success
! width="26%" |Advanced Stat failure
|-
|The Polite Poisoner: <br>[[A Curious Taste]]
|{{IL|Magnificent Diamond|1 x}}<br>{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} +2-50 CP
|{{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1872|50 x}}<br>{{IL|Scandal}} +4 CP
|{{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} +1 CP<br>{{IL|Blackmail Material|1 x}}
|{{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} +1 CP<br> {{IL|Whisper-Satin Scrap|10 x}}<br>{{IL|Wounds}} +3 CP
|-
|The Minacious Marksman: <br>[[A Crack of Gunfire!]]
|{{IL|Puzzle-Damask Scrap|1 x}}<br>{{IL|Memento of Violence|1 x}}<br>{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} +1-47 CP
|{{IL|Surface-Silk Scrap|50 x}}<br>{{IL|Wounds}} +4 CP (?)
|{{IL|A Player of Chess}} +1 CP<br>{{IL|Favour in High Places|1 x}}
|{{IL|A Player of Chess}} +1 CP<br>{{IL|Ancient Hunting Rifle|1 x}}<br>{{IL|Wounds}} +1-7? CP
|-
|The Gloomy Guttersnipe: <br>[[A Sudden Shadow!]]
|{{IL|Nodule of Trembling Amber|1 x}}<br>{{IL|Memento of Violence|1 x}}<br>{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} +2-40 CP
|{{IL|Surface-Silk Scrap|50 x}}<br>{{IL|Wounds}} +6 CP
|{{IL|Shapeling Arts}} +1 CP<br>{{IL|Ivory Humerus|1 x}}
|{{IL|Shapeling Arts}} +1 CP<br>{{IL|Bone Fragments|500 x}}<br>{{IL|Wounds}} +6 CP
|-
|Johnny Croak: <br>[[A Warning Croak]]
|{{IL|Puzzling Map|1 x}}<br>{{IL|Memento of Violence|1 x}}
|{{IL|Shard of Glim|500 x}}<br>{{IL|Wounds}} +4 CP
|{{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} +1 CP<br>{{IL|Antique Mystery|1 x}}
|{{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} +1 CP<br>{{IL|Cellar of Wine|1 x}}<br>{{IL|Wounds}} +4 CP
|}

===Plant Battles===
Once your quality {{IL|Attending to the Needs of a Singular Plant}} reaches 10, you can draw the opportunity card [[The Noted Orchid-Grower has a Secret]]. This unlocks duels with other player's plants.

In your social engagements, [[The Tournament of Lilies]] appears, where you can select a player whose plant is at the same tournament level as your own. Once they accept, a mixture of luck and {{IL|Attending to the Needs of a Singular Plant}} level decides which plant wins. The winner ascends one level, the loser descends one.

When your plant reaches level 6 of the tournament, you can play [[A Cryptobotanical Champion!]] in your Lodgings to claim a prize.

See [[Tournament of Lilies (Guide)]] for more details.

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