Thread:Adnoam/@comment-24535073-20170527013040/@comment-24535073-20170527230645

"I've recorded the quality's value before the action (as this is how all other such qualities behave)."

This is indeed how it behaves. But here, we have a QVD. A Quality's Variable Description. Now, how do we spot these?

Let's echo a result. Go to the Journal, and open "Collapse" into another tab. (For this example, check this Journal http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Liam%20Nevs?fromEchoId=11788780 )

After opening in another tab, you should see something like this: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/ShowMore/11788769/EventConclusion?contentKey=273925

And if you try on other echoes of the same branch, it gives exactly the same contentKey!

To verify that it is indeed a QVD, you can set the player's ID to 1 on that link.

In this example, http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/ShowMore/1/EventConclusion?contentKey=273925

"[qvd:125958(Dreams)]"

That means it's The Temperament of the Royal Beth's QVD (it's ID being 125958). A quality can have multiple QVD, and they are named (in this case, "Dreams").

What does all this mean? It means that the text is not from the branch result, but rather taken from the quality, much like level descriptions.

The anon suggested putting the text in the quality's page as that text belongs to the quality. It can be a good idea if the template makes it clear and/or redirects the user to the right spot on the quality's page.

You might have seen use of QVDs in multiple ESes and Season Conclusions (like your Investigating technique, with the Polymath), and now that FBG seems to prefer this over making multiple branches, the wiki needs to adapt instead of creating pages with a lot of alternate results.