Talk:Investigating the Stones: Conclusion/@comment-1743025-20190102195235

I find this one baffling... With any but the very best of luck, A Bold and Original Plan takes significantly more turns (an extra 7 turns just to reach a 50% chance, with a five turn penalty plus a fair helping of nightmares on each failure), but only pays out an additional 0.2E for the trouble. The text doesn't even seem to differ significantly - both paths include the same basic information, with the only real difference being whether the Philologist twitches or has his hair ignite.

What's more, this entire investigation seems to be entirely optional (and easilly missed), as, while Learn about the Correspondence implies that you need to investigate, the next step - Making Your Name: The Secrets of the Stones, which grants Scholar of the Correspondence and locks out this investigation - doesn't actually seem to require it at all.