Uncanny Specimen

Uncanny Specimen
Category	Possessions
Type	Academe
Data ID	131123

Uncanny Specimen is a possession in the Academe category.

Description

"The remains of some celestial abhorrence. Probably dead. (You can acquire these from Cantankeri.)"

Interactions

Interactions in Brief

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Interaction	Action	Result Type	Change
Explore the City	'Take in the detail'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
Cache of Curiosities	'A Distressingly-Odoured Barrel'	Rare Event	+1
Cache of Curiosities	'A Faintly Luminescent Cage'	Rare Event	+ [d:2]
A Homestead	'Trade with the collector'	Requirement	≥ 1
A Homestead	'Trade with the collector'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Solace Chambers: Treat Your Terror	'Request a treatment for a personal failing'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Solace Chambers: Treat Your Terror	'Request a treatment for a personal failing'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Lammas Fair	'Run with a crew of East Enders'	Default / Challenge Fail	+ [q:132980]
A Cantankeri, Placated	'Retrieve a stony organ'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
A Cantankeri, Placated	'Retrieve a stony organ'	Success	+1
A Cantankeri, Placated	'Sift through the pulverised rubble'	Success	+1
The Village Green	'Visit the allotments'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Village Green	'Visit the allotments'	Success	+1
The Reach Marauder is Defeated	'Explore the captain's cabin'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Melusine Murgatroyd	'Trade spy intelligence with Melusine'	Requirement	≥ 2
Melusine Murgatroyd	'Trade spy intelligence with Melusine'	Default / Challenge Fail	-2
Welcome to Worlebury-juxta-Mare	'Gain admittance by supplying the port authorities'	Requirement	≥ 2
Welcome to Worlebury-juxta-Mare	'Gain admittance by supplying the port authorities'	Default / Challenge Fail	-2
Aboard the Flotilla	'Make an offering for more time on the flotilla'	Requirement	≥ 1
Aboard the Flotilla	'Make an offering for more time on the flotilla'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld	'Deliver Verdant Seeds to the greenhouses'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Off Season	'Incite dissent and dissatisfaction'	Requirement	≥ 2
The Off Season	'Incite dissent and dissatisfaction'	Default / Challenge Fail	-2
In the End	'The cult grows'	Default / Challenge Fail	+4
The Warrens	'Speak to the Pragmatic Vigilante'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Office of Works	'"Oh yes. Work order seven-seven-seven-seven-dash-jee."'	Requirement	≥ 2
The Office of Works	'"Oh yes. Work order seven-seven-seven-seven-dash-jee."'	Default / Challenge Fail	-2
A Curator, Defeated	'Take a trophy'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
A Scorn Fluke, Defeated	'Tear off a trophy'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Warmest Kitchen	'Help with the cooking'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Warmest Kitchen	'Help with the cooking'	Success	+2
The Study	'Peruse the shelves and desks'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Prince Consort's Tomb	'Deliver Uncanny Specimens to get access to the upper gallery'	Requirement	≥ 3
The Prince Consort's Tomb	'Deliver Uncanny Specimens to get access to the upper gallery'	Default / Challenge Fail	-3
Within a Weft of Unravelling Time	'Escape a moment of crisis'	Success	+ 1+([q:136719]/3)
Devils' Quarters	'Visit the Repentant Devil'	Requirement	≥ 1
Devils' Quarters	'Visit the Repentant Devil'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
A Resurrectionist, Deceased	'Investigate the bodies'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
A Lengthy Expedition into Traitor's Wood	'Draw the beasts out'	Success	+1
A Short Expedition into Traitor's Wood	'Draw the beasts out'	Success	+1
A Bull Cantankeri, Defeated	'Use your cannery to extract its heart'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Matronly Relict	'Ask to become the Spider-Sweeper'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Matronly Relict	'Ask to become the Spider-Sweeper'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
Old Ghosts	'Invoke the Storm that Speaks'	Requirement	≥ 3
Old Ghosts	'Invoke the Storm that Speaks'	Default / Challenge Fail	-3
Your Caged Catch has Escaped	'Corner it yourself'	Rare Success	+1
Your Caged Catch has Escaped	'Help it reproduce'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Mists of Worlebury	'Sell 'protective talismans' to the crowd'	Requirement	≥ 3
The Mists of Worlebury	'Sell 'protective talismans' to the crowd'	Default / Challenge Fail	-3
Investigate the Black Box	'Consult with an academic'	Requirement	≥ 1
Investigate the Black Box	'Consult with an academic'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Solemn Spirit	'Watch the spirit's final dissolution'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Portsmouth Arsenal	'Contribute an Uncanny Specimen'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Portsmouth Arsenal	'Contribute an Uncanny Specimen'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Portsmouth Arsenal	'Contribute three Uncanny Specimens'	Requirement	≥ 3
The Portsmouth Arsenal	'Contribute three Uncanny Specimens'	Default / Challenge Fail	-3
The Last Minute	'Kill the creature'	Success	+1
Ambition: the Unseen Queen	'[qvd:139142(speak_to_the_queens_courtiers)]'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Beast	'Slay the Beast'	Success	+1
Speak with the Rubbery Man	'Redemption of a Rubbery Man'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
Speak with the Penitent Ape	'Give the Ape a truth'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
The Celestial Exhibition	'Donate an Uncanny Specimen'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Celestial Exhibition	'Donate an Uncanny Specimen'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Celestial Exhibition	'Donate three Uncanny Specimens'	Requirement	≥ 3
The Celestial Exhibition	'Donate three Uncanny Specimens'	Default / Challenge Fail	-3
The Celestial Exhibition	'Donate five Uncanny Specimens'	Requirement	≥ 5
The Celestial Exhibition	'Donate five Uncanny Specimens'	Default / Challenge Fail	-5

Interactions in Detail

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Story	Action	Required	Effect
Explore the City	Take in the detail	None	Default: +2 x Uncanny Specimen
Cache of Curiosities	A Distressingly-Odoured Barrel	A Cache of Curiosities ≥ 16 ≤ 24	Rare: +1 x Uncanny Specimen A Cache of Curiosities = 0
	A Faintly Luminescent Cage	A Cache of Curiosities ≥ 36 ≤ 40	Rare: +[1-2] x Uncanny Specimen A Cache of Curiosities = 0
A Homestead	Trade with the collector	A Discovery! = 98 Uncanny Specimen ≥ 1	Default: A Homestead = 0 A Discovery! = 0 A Cache of Curiosities = [1-35]+25 -1 x Uncanny Specimen Triggers event:  Cache of Curiosities
The Solace Chambers: Treat Your Terror	Request a treatment for a personal failing	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 1	Default: Remedial Activity = 3 [You are being treated for the flaw in your heart.] A Known Face at Magdelene's = 1 -1 x Uncanny Specimen Triggers event:  The Immersive Quarters
The Lammas Fair	Run with a crew of East Enders	Eastward Reputation ≥ 3	Default: Amusements on Port Prosper = [1-100] Days on Port Prosper = Date+15 + Eastward Reputation x Uncanny Specimen Triggers event:  Explore Port Prosper
A Cantankeri, Placated	Retrieve a stony organ	Looting ≥ 34 ≤ 66 Mirrors (58 for 100%)	Default: +1 x Uncanny Specimen -1 x Crew Success: +1 x Uncanny Specimen
	Sift through the pulverised rubble	Looting ≥ 67 Mirrors (42 for 100%)	Success: +1 x Uncanny Specimen
The Village Green	Visit the allotments	Airs of Port Avon ≥ 51 ≤ 75 Port Avon Welcome ≥ 1 Mirrors (33 for 100%)	Default: +1 x Uncanny Specimen -1 x Port Avon Welcome Airs of Port Avon = [1-100] +3 x Terror Success: +1 x Uncanny Specimen -1 x Port Avon Welcome Airs of Port Avon = [1-100]
The Reach Marauder is Defeated	Explore the captain's cabin	Iron (25 for 100%) Looting ≥ 1 ≤ 50 Witnessed a Sky-Maddened Captain ≥ 1	Default: +1 x Uncanny Specimen
Melusine Murgatroyd	Trade spy intelligence with Melusine	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 2	Default: +1 x Savage Secret -2 x Uncanny Specimen
Welcome to Worlebury-juxta-Mare	Gain admittance by supplying the port authorities	Worlebury-juxta-Mare Welcome ≥ 3 Uncanny Specimen ≥ 2	Default: -2 x Uncanny Specimen Triggers event:  Clothes for the Promenade
Aboard the Flotilla	Make an offering for more time on the flotilla	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 1 Hours of the Quiet Sea ≤ 0	Default: -1 x Uncanny Specimen Hours of the Quiet Sea = 1 [Mists roll in, grey as unwashed ghosts. Starlight washes in like a tide.] Embraced by the Displeased = 0 Embraced by the Sanctified = 0 Embraced by the Supralapsarians = 0
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld	Deliver Verdant Seeds to the greenhouses	Exploring Brabazon ≥ 20 ≤ 40 Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10 Sack of Verdant Seeds ≥ 1	Default: Exploring Brabazon = [1-100] -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock +1 x Beneficence at Brabazon -1 x Sack of Verdant Seeds +1 x Uncanny Specimen + Met the Workers' Leader*[1-3] x Unrest at Brabazon
The Off Season	Incite dissent and dissatisfaction	Assisting the Bureau of Entertainments = 1 [The Bureau would like you to take steps to combat the cult in the Off Season] Working in the Off Season ≥ 1 Tale of Terror ≥ 2 Uncanny Specimen ≥ 2	Default: -2 x Tale of Terror -2 x Uncanny Specimen Assisting the Bureau of Entertainments = 5 [Return to the Bureau in Worlebury-juxta-Mare to collect your reward] -1 x Working in the Off Season
In the End	The cult grows	Conspiring with the Cult = 99 [[COMPLETE]You've done as the Parson, as the Scorn Fluke wished. Somehow this will help the cult prosper]	Default: Conspiring with the Cult = 100 [[COMPLETE]You've done as the Parson, as the Scorn Fluke wished. Somehow this will help the cult prosper] Grateful Punishment of a Scorn-Fluke = 1 [Your encounter with the Scorn Fluke left an indelible mark. ] +1 x Crimson Promise +2000 x Experience +1 x Caged Catch +4 x Uncanny Specimen Prophet of the Cult = 1 Post Quest Cult Timer = Date+15 Triggers event:  The Beach, in the Off Season
The Warrens	Speak to the Pragmatic Vigilante	The Vigilante's Progress = 4 [The Vigilante has altered himself further.] The First Rule of Piranesi ≥ 1 Date	Default: +1 x The Vigilante's Progress +3 x Deference to the Deformer +1 x Uncanny Specimen +500 x Experience
The Office of Works	"Oh yes. Work order seven-seven-seven-seven-dash-jee."	Roll of Thirsty Bombazine ≥ 2 Uncanny Specimen ≥ 2 Work Orders ≥ 61 ≤ 80	Default: +400 x Sovereign -2 x Roll of Thirsty Bombazine -2 x Uncanny Specimen +10 x The Strength of the Sun Work Orders = [1-100]
A Curator, Defeated	Take a trophy	None	Default: -25 x Terror +1 x Uncanny Specimen Killed a Curator = 1
A Scorn Fluke, Defeated	Tear off a trophy	Iron (67 for 100%)	Default: +1 x Uncanny Specimen +5 x Terror Killed a Scorn-Fluke = 1
The Warmest Kitchen	Help with the cooking	Hearts (100 for 100%) Staying Awhile ≥ 1 Supplies ≥ 2	Default: +10 x Terror -1 x Supplies +1 x Uncanny Specimen You'll Come Back = Date+15 Dreaming of Langley Hall = [1-50] +2 x An Unwillingness to Leave Success: -2 x Supplies +2 x Uncanny Specimen You'll Come Back = Date+15 Dreaming of Langley Hall = [1-50] +1 x An Unwillingness to Leave
The Study	Peruse the shelves and desks	Veils (100 for 100%) Staying Awhile ≥ 1 Sovereign ≥ 300	Default: +5 x Terror You'll Come Back = Date+15 Dreaming of Langley Hall = [1-50] +2 x An Unwillingness to Leave +1 x Uncanny Specimen -300 x Sovereign
The Prince Consort's Tomb	Deliver Uncanny Specimens to get access to the upper gallery	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 3 An Awareness of the Rules of the Mausoleum ≥ 1	Default: -3 x Uncanny Specimen -25 x Terror
Within a Weft of Unravelling Time	Escape a moment of crisis	Iron Tides of the Weft ≥ 81 ≤ 99	Success: +- Hull/(5-(1+ Unravelling)/2) x Hull +1+( Unravelling/3) x Uncanny Specimen +1+( Unravelling/3) x Carefully-Packed Crate of Munitions + Unravelling*2 x Terror Unravelling = 0 [You have escaped the Weft of unravelling time.] +2- Unravelling] x Date Escaped a Weft = 1
Devils' Quarters	Visit the Repentant Devil	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 1 Otherworldly Artefact ≥ 1	Default: +150 x Sovereign -1 x Otherworldly Artefact -1 x Uncanny Specimen
A Resurrectionist, Deceased	Investigate the bodies	Looting ≥ 51 Mirrors (84 for 100%)	Default: +1 x Uncanny Specimen +5 x Terror
A Lengthy Expedition into Traitor's Wood	Draw the beasts out	Iron (84 for 100%) Progress through the Wood = 3 [Far and farther into the woods you must go.] Crew Embarked on an Expedition ≥ 1	Success: +1 x Uncanny Specimen Progress through the Wood = 3+[1-2]
A Short Expedition into Traitor's Wood	Draw the beasts out	Iron (50 for 100%) Progress through the Wood = 3 [Far and farther into the woods you must go.] Crew Embarked on an Expedition ≥ 1	Success: +1 x Uncanny Specimen Progress through the Wood = 3+[1-2]
A Bull Cantankeri, Defeated	Use your cannery to extract its heart	Butchery ≥ 1 Looting ≥ 26 ≤ 75 Mirrors (75 for 100%)	Default: +1 x Uncanny Specimen
The Matronly Relict	Ask to become the Spider-Sweeper	The Spider-Sweeper = 1 [You have learned of the existence of a long-defunct role at Wellmouth, known as the Spider-Sweeper.] Testament of Salt ≥ 1 Uncanny Specimen ≥ 1	Default: The Relict's approval = 0 The Spider-Sweeper = 2 [You have been given permission to perform the duties of the Spider-Sweeper.] -1 x Uncanny Specimen -1 x Testament of Salt + Riddled with Spiders x Terror -1 x Riddled with Spiders Triggers event:  Wellmouth
Old Ghosts	Invoke the Storm that Speaks	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 3 Attention: the Storm that Speaks = 10 [You are watched]	Default: -3 x Uncanny Specimen Attention: the Storm that Speaks = 0 -15 x Terror
Your Caged Catch has Escaped	Corner it yourself	Iron (100 for 100%) Airs of Terror ≤ 50	Rare Success: -1 x Caged Catch -10 x Terror +1 x Uncanny Specimen
	Help it reproduce	Airs of Terror ≥ 51 Mirrors (100 for 100%)	Default: +-[1-10] x Hull +1 x Uncanny Specimen
The Mists of Worlebury	Sell 'protective talismans' to the crowd	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 3	Default: -3 x Uncanny Specimen +100 x Sovereign An Opportunity in Worlebury-juxta-Mare = Date+15
Investigate the Black Box	Consult with an academic	Affiliation: Academe ≥ 1 Uncanny Specimen ≥ 1 Consultation Done ≤ 0	Default: -1 x Uncanny Specimen +50 x Experience Consultation Done = 0
The Solemn Spirit	Watch the spirit's final dissolution	Encroachment of Salt ≥ 4	Default: Encroachment of Salt = 5 Captain Whitlock's Legacy = 80 [[COMPLETE]The spirit hidden in the box is destroyed. Captain Whitlock's last request is rendered moot] +250 x Experience +10 x Terror +3 x Tale of Terror Absconded = 0 A Fiscal Opportunity = 0 A London Address = 0 +1 x Uncanny Specimen Black Box = 0 [You no longer possess a large black box.]
The Portsmouth Arsenal	Contribute an Uncanny Specimen	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 1	Default: -1 x Uncanny Specimen +1 x Experimental Modifications
	Contribute three Uncanny Specimens	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 3	Default: -3 x Uncanny Specimen +3 x Experimental Modifications
The Last Minute	Kill the creature	Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Stealing Time from the Tower of Chimes = 5 [Try to survive] Iron (144 for 100%) Crew ≥ 3	Success: -3 x Crew +2 x Another One, Lost Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Stealing Time from the Tower of Chimes = 6 [Return the minute-hand to the Unseen Queen beneath London] -10 x Hull +3 x Tale of Terror +10 x Terror +1 x Uncanny Specimen Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup = 15 [Return to the Unseen Queen in London with the final Minute to Midnight]
Ambition: the Unseen Queen	[qvd:139142(speak_to_the_queens_courtiers)]	Date	Default: Unseen Queen Courtiers Timer = Date + 15 +1 x Uncanny Specimen
The Beast	Slay the Beast	Iron (109 for 100%) Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Stealing Time from the Tower of Chimes = 5 [Try to survive]	Success: Ambition: The Martyr-King’s Cup – Stealing Time from the Tower of Chimes = 6 [Return the minute-hand to the Unseen Queen beneath London] +5 x Terror Visions in Silver = 0 [You are seeing what really is.] +1 x Uncanny Specimen Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup = 15 [Return to the Unseen Queen in London with the final Minute to Midnight]
Speak with the Rubbery Man	Redemption of a Rubbery Man	Assisting a Rubbery Penitent = 1 [Assist the Rubbery Penitent by donating five Penance: Shift of Perspective, or one Penance: Shift of Perspective and one Penance: Enlightenment] Penance: Shift of Perspective ≥ 5	Default: Assisting a Rubbery Penitent = 2 [[COMPLETE]You have assisted the Rubbery Penitent] +500 x Experience +2 x Uncanny Specimen -5 x Penance: Shift of Perspective Triggers event:  Chequerboard Garden
Speak with the Penitent Ape	Give the Ape a truth	Assisting a Penitent Ape = 1 [Assist a Penitent Ape by donating five Penance: Inescapable Truth or five Penance: Excess] Penance: Inescapable Truth ≥ 5	Default: Assisting a Penitent Ape = 2 [[COMPLETE]You have assisted a Penitent Ape] +500 x Experience +2 x Uncanny Specimen -5 x Penance: Inescapable Truth Triggers event:  Sand Garden
The Celestial Exhibition	Donate an Uncanny Specimen	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 1	Default: -1 x Uncanny Specimen +15 x Sovereign +10 x Experience
	Donate three Uncanny Specimens	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 3	Default: -3 x Uncanny Specimen +50 x Sovereign +30 x Experience
	Donate five Uncanny Specimens	Uncanny Specimen ≥ 5	Default: -5 x Uncanny Specimen +85 x Sovereign +50 x Experience

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Prospects

Prospect Name	Item Required	Amount	Region	Delivery Location	Unlocked with	Earned per item	Total earned	Bonus
Forbidden Light: Starshine to Worlebury-juxta-Mare	Hogshead of Starshine	7	Eleutheria - Albion	The Most Serene Mausoleum		350 Sovereigns	2450 Sovereigns	+1 x Reputation: Smugglers +1850 x Sovereign +3 x Uncanny Specimen