PoSI Item Crafting (Mobile View)

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This is a guide to the special extended inventory items available to Persons of Some Importance. Most of these must be crafted from components which are expensive and sometimes difficult to obtain. The first section of the guide lists the items along with their components and effects; the second lists the best ways to acquire those components.

Affiliation
Business. Pleasure.

(Note: You must choose between owning a Salon or an Orphanage; you cannot have both! Currently, you cannot sell or exchange one for the other, so decide with care.)

[[File:Salon2small.png]] A Salon
(Persuasive +2, Bizarre +1, Respectable +2)
 * Key to a Handsome Townhouse x 1
 * A Member in Good Standing
 * Scandal 3
 * Connected: Benthic 3
 * Connected: Bohemian 60
 * Connected: Hell 20
 * Connected: Revolutionaries 20
 * Connected: Society 60
 * Connected: Summerset 3
 * Connected: The Church 3
 * Connected: the Duchess 3
 * Connected: the Masters of the Bazaar 1
 * Connected: The Tomb-Colonies 20
 * Incendiary Gossip x 50
 * Favours in High Places x 4
 * Cellar of Wine x 2
 * Personal Recommendation x 2
 * Penny x 5000

[[File:Doorsmall.png]] An Orphanage
(Watchful +1, Respectable +4)
 * Bazaar Permit x 1
 * Legal Document x 1
 * Alluring Accomplice x 2
 * Grubby Urchin x 4
 * Winsome Dispossessed Orphan x 2
 * Penny x 11000

[[File:Pirategreensmall.png]] Gang of Hoodlums
(Shadowy +1, Dreaded +2)

Preparation: Final Step:
 * Rostygold x 10000
 * Connected: Criminals 20
 * Use of Villains x 8

[[File:Bluestockingsmall.png]] Membership of God's Editors
(Persuasive +1, Respectable +4)

Preparation:
 * Connected: Bohemian 20
 * Connected: The Church 20
 * Foxfire Candle Stub x 2000

OR you could substitute the above requirements with one of the following (you do not lose the copy) - Final Step:
 * A Copy of your Allegorical Satire
 * A Copy of your Epic Poetic Cycle
 * A Copy of your Gothic Romance
 * A Copy of your Patriotic Adventure
 * A Copy of your Tragedy of Romance
 * Connected: The Church 20
 * Collated Research x 12

[[File:Newspapersmall.png]] Newspaper
(Persuasive +1, Watchful +1)

Preparation:
 * Silk Scrap x 200
 * (This is the civilian's toll fee you pay each time you move to Doubt Street. Once you become a baron of the press, you can enter the area free of charge.)
 * Favours in High Places x 1
 * Comprehensive Bribe x 1
 * Personal Recommendation x 1

Final Steps (your choice of candidates for each department):
 * Arts - Intimate with a Revolutionary Firebrand* 1
 * or Cellar of Wine x 1
 * Letters - Corresponding Ocelot* x 1
 * or Ornate Typewriter x 1
 * Photography - Educating Lyme* 1
 * or Strong-Backed Labour x 1
 * Palace Insider - Acquaintance: Wry Functionary* 3
 * or Comprehensive Bribe x 1
 * Society Gossip - an Intimate of Devils* 6
 * or Portfolio of Souls x 1

* (You do not lose these "ingredients" if you opt to use them!)

Publication Storyline:
 * Whirring Contraption x 1

(Note: Every time you wish to publish, a contraption is needed to start the printing presses. Though if you're content with owning a newspaper that never publishes anything, you won't need to sacrifice your contraptions!)

Transport
Lie back and enjoy the ride. ...Unless you're atop a velocipede. Then pedal like blazes!

[[file:velocipedesmall.png]] Velocipede

 * Legal Document x 1
 * Whirring Contraption x 1
 * Strong-Backed Labour x 1

[[file:sedansmall.png]] Clay Sedan Chair
(Bizarre +2)


 * Foxfire Candle Stub x 100
 * Bazaar Permit x 1
 * Strong-Backed Labour x 7

[[file:landausmall.png]] Respectable Landau
(Respectable +2)


 * Book of Hidden Bodies x 4
 * Comprehensive Bribe x 2
 * Favours in High Places x 1

OR you could substitute the above requirements with the following items:
 * Connected: Society 20
 * Connected: The Great Game 20
 * Book of Hidden Bodies x 6

Fate-Locked Vehicles
Obdurate Stallion (Dreaded +2)

Ratwork Velocipede (Shadowy +1, Dreaded +2, Respectable +2)

Thoroughly Cowed Pony (Shadowy +2)

Home Comfort
Bring bling to your home. ← ''Flyte, perhaps "bling" is not Victorian enough? I'd settle for "swag", as well, though it doesn't rhyme. Gathered suggestions in the Mibbit chatroom; Spacemarine9 and Dawson also support bling. :P''

[[File:Porticodarksmall.png]] Formidable Basalt Gymnasium
(Dangerous +1)


 * Strong-Backed Labour x 12

[[File:Librarysmall.png]] Voluminous Library
(Watchful +1)

You can either fight for your distant relative's case of books in court:

Your legal case is a luck challenge. Every time you battle in court and lose, you pay this fee -
 * Cryptic Clue x 200

When you win, your lawyers take the following items -
 * Cryptic Clue x 200
 * Legal Document x 6

OR you could assemble an esoteric collection of your research from Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery 4:
 * A Page of Cryptopaleontological Notes x 250
 * A Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes x 250
 * A Page of Theosophistical Notes x 250

Fate-Locked Furnishings
Collection of Discomfiting Photographs (Shadowy +1)

Tapestry from the Elder Continent (Persuasive +1)

Extraordinary Drinks Cabinet (Persuasive +2)

Probably a Coincidence (Persuasive +1, Dreaded +1)

Terrifying Weathercock (Dangerous +2)

White Glim Telescope (Watchful +2)

Ship
Your zee-faring vessel leads you to fascinating new lands and their unique stories. By the decree of the Masters, you may only own one ship, but you're able to sell one and buy another at any time.

The first steps are the same for each ship:
 * Legal Document x 1
 * Bazaar Permit x 1
 * Personal Recommendation x 1
 * Cellar of Wine x 1
 * Collated Research x 1
 * Whirring Contraption x 1
 * Strong-Backed Labour x 2
 * along with either a Zailor in the making 1 or Connected: The Docks 20

(Additional costs for each ship are listed beneath their names.)

[[File:Shipsmall.png]] Rusty Tramp Steamer

 * Relic of the Third City x 100

[[File:ship3small.png]] Swift Zee-clipper
Preparation: OR you could substitute the above requirements with the following item - Final Step:
 * Connected: The Docks 20
 * Connected: Society 20?
 * Legal Document x 1
 * Use of Villains x 1
 * Legal Document x 1
 * Use of Villains x 12
 * (This is a Dangerous challenge. If you lose, you spend 1 Use of Villains.)

[[File:Submarinesmall.png]] Zubmarine
(Bizarre +1)

Preparation: Final Step:
 * A Copy of your Tale of the Future or a Scholar of the Correspondence 3
 * Strong-Backed Labour x 20
 * Bejewelled Lens x 7
 * Whirring Contraption x 30

[[File:Shipbigsmall.png]] Majestic Pleasure Yacht
(Respectable +2)

Preparation: Final Step:
 * Touching Love Story x 10 or Connected: the Masters of the Bazaar 3
 * Deep Amber x 5000 (unlocks the option)

This is a triple challenge. You must succeed at all the challenges to claim the yacht: Persuasive, Watchful, and luck. If you lose, you forfeit the following items -
 * Deep Amber x 1000
 * Cellar of Wine x 1
 * Favours in High Places x 1
 * Comprehensive Bribe x 1

If you win, the yacht is yours but you must surrender the following items -
 * Cellar of Wine x 5
 * Favours in High Places x 5
 * Comprehensive Bribe x 5

Spouse
Marriage bestows the Committed quality. You may only bond yourself to one spouse a time. You can divorce them as you please and wed another, but the divorce process is quite costly.

[[File:Bohoposhsmall.png]] Celebrated Artist's Model
(Watchful +1)

Preparation:

Step 1. A variety of ways to woo her. (The CP awarded for each option differ, but the wiki lacks most of the CP information.) -
 * A) Strong-Backed Labour x 1
 * B) Night on the Town x 2
 * C) Night on the Town x 1
 * D) Personal Recommendation x 1
 * E) Whirring Contraption x 1

Step 2. (Use one choice to progress!) -
 * A) Connected: Bohemian 5
 * A) Favours in High Places x 1

OR


 * B) Ruthless 5
 * B) Use of Villains x 1

OR

Step 3.
 * C) Collection of Curiosities x 1
 * C) Flawed Diamond x 10
 * C) Sapphire x 10
 * C) Deep Amber x 1000
 * Magnificent Diamond x 1
 * Greyfields 1882 x 50
 * Foxfire Candle Stub x 200

Final Step:
 * Comprehensive Bribe x 1
 * Cellar of Wine x 1

[[File:Chap2small.png]] Master Jewel Thief
(Persuasive +1)

Preparation: Step 1. A variety of ways to woo him. (The CP awarded for each option differ, but the wiki lacks most of the CP information.) - Step 2. (Use one choice to progress!) -
 * A) Favours in High Places x 1
 * B) Comprehensive Bribe x 1
 * C) Night on the Town x 1
 * D) Bejewelled Lens x 1
 * D) Flawed Diamond x 10
 * D) Venom-ruby x 1
 * A) Connected: The Constables 20
 * A) Personal Recommendation x 1

OR


 * B) Connected: Criminals 30
 * B) Connected: Revolutionaries 10
 * B) Strong-Backed Labour x 1

OR

Step 3.
 * C) Legal Document x 1
 * Drop of Prisoner's Honey x 250
 * Foxfire Candle Stub x 170

Final Step:
 * Comprehensive Bribe x 1
 * Cellar of Wine x 1

Fate-Locked Companions
Boneless Consort (Bizarre +3)

Cultured Attaché (Watchful +1, Persuasive +1)

Cultured Attachée (Watchful +1, Persuasive +1)

Comfortable Intriguer (Dangerous +1, Shadowy +1)

Devout Intriguer (Dangerous +1, Shadowy +1)

Club
You may only choose one club. After becoming a member, you shall be able to leave your current club and join the other club if you wish.

[[File:Butlersmall.png]] The Parthenaeum
(Persuasive +1, Respectable +4)


 * Connected: Society 20
 * Favours in High Places x 1
 * Personal Recommendation x 3
 * Book of Hidden Bodies x 3

[[File:Bloomerssmall.png]] The Young Stags' Club
(Shadowy +1, Dreaded +2, Bizarre +2)


 * Favours in High Places x 1
 * Cellar of Wine x 2
 * Personal Recommendation x 4

Lodgings
The 4-card Premises at the Bazaar lodgings has two options for purchase, an expensive non-PoSI option and a cheaper PoSI option. The other 4-card lodgings also have two methods of purchase, one cheaper than the other; the lower costs are listed here.

Brassembassyroom.png A guest room at the Brass Embassy
(Note: Upon purchase, you gain 1 x Uncanny Incunabulum and 5 x Aeolian Scream.) ← ''Flyte, this is the only Lodgings purchase of the three which doesn't help with PoSI EQ construction, right? Remove the note, then.''
 * Brilliant Soul x 600
 * Muscaria Brandy x 100
 * Brass Ring x 1
 * Connected: Hell 50
 * an Intimate of Devils 1

Royalbethroom.png A Room at the Royal Bethlehem Hotel
(Note: Upon purchase, you gain 2 x Stolen Kisses, 1 x Blackmail Material and 1 x Cellar of Wine, items which can used for further crafting.) ← Flyte, these items are only useful if people buy the hotel room beforehand.
 * Antique Mystery x 50

Bazaarpremises.png Premises at the Bazaar
PoSI option: (Note: Upon purchase, you gain 1 x Uncanny Incunabulum and 5 x Muscaria Brandy.) ← ''Flyte, the 5 Brandy can contribute to the purchase of the Brass Embassy guestroom, but it's such a small amount. You'd also have to remember to purchase the Bazaar Premises before the Embassy guestroom.''
 * Bazaar Permit x 50

Components
In this space: an explanation of carousels and Side Street purchases.

Blackmail Material

Brass Ring

Antique Mystery