Romantic Literature

Romantic Literature
Category	Cargo
Type	Other Cargo
Price	19 x Echo (Buy) at Red Stallion Publishing 22 x Echo (Sell) at House of Pleasures 22 x Echo (Sell) at Sapphire Exchange
Data ID	110583

Romantic Literature is considered a Misc Item in Sunless Sea. It can be bought or sold at Shops.

Item description

"All the adventure of the heart are here, in prose, poetry or pictorial form. Some may be more suitable for private consumption."

Obtaining

Romantic Literature can be obtained in the following ways:

Shop availability

Shop	Item	Buy Price	Sell Price
Red Stallion Publishing - Nephrite Quarter	Romantic Literature	-19 x Echo	-
Sapphire Exchange - Port Carnelian Market	Romantic Literature	-	+22 x Echo
House of Pleasures - The Parliament of Flies	Romantic Literature	-	+22 x Echo
Prospering Wrack - Hull-Harvest	Romantic Literature	-20 x Echo	+15 x Echo

Usage

Apart from being used for trade, you need Romantic Literature for the following actions:

• In The Merchant Venturer interaction, you will need 7 x Romantic Literature for the Something romantic. action.
• In the Presbyterate Adventuress' storyline, you will need 5 x Romantic Literature for one of her endings in Abbey Rock.

It can be "Approved" by The Revenue Men in Fallen London. They will convert Romantic Literature into Approved Romantic Literature with a fee of 5 x Echoes per unit.

Interactions

Interactions in Brief

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Interaction	Action	Result Type	Change
The Revenue Men	'Declare all controlled goods'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
The Revenue Men	'Let them do their worst'	Requirement	≤ 0
The Revenue Men	'Set something aside'	Default / Challenge Fail	= 0
London!	'Deliver Blemmigans'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
Abbey Rock	Appropriate texts	Requirement	≥ 5
Abbey Rock	Appropriate texts	Default / Challenge Fail	-5
The Widower	'Give him the box'	Rare Event	+9
The Venturer's Desires	'"Something romantic."'	Requirement	≥ 7
The Venturer's Desires	'"Something romantic."'	Default / Challenge Fail	-7
Carnelian Conspiracies	'An addition to a tiger's library'	Requirement	≥ 1
Carnelian Conspiracies	'An addition to a tiger's library'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
Carnelian Conspiracies	'An addition to a tiger's library'	Rare Event	-1
A Civilised Exchange of Gifts	'A gift of prisoner's honey'	Default / Challenge Fail	+2
Assist at an Animescence Hospital	'Root out a reckless poet'	Success	+1
A Whisper-Locked Puzzle-Box	'Open the Box'	Rare Event	+10

Interactions in Detail

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Story	Action	Required	Effect
The Revenue Men	Set something aside	Veils	Default: Unstamped Crate of Brilliant Souls = 0 +1 x Menaces: Suspicion -100 x Echo Unstamped Crate of Human Souls = 0 Romantic Literature = 0 Sunlight-Filled Mirrorcatch Box = 0 Empty Mirrorcatch Box = 0 Triggers Event: Returning to London
	Declare all controlled goods	Echo	Default: -1 x Menaces: Suspicion +-( Unstamped Crate of Human Souls*20 + Unstamped Crate of Brilliant Souls*200 + Romantic Literature*5) x Echo + Unstamped Crate of Human Souls x Crate of Human Souls Unstamped Crate of Human Souls = 0 + Unstamped Crate of Brilliant Souls x Crate of Brilliant Human Souls Unstamped Crate of Brilliant Souls = 0 + Romantic Literature x Approved Romantic Literature Romantic Literature = 0 Sunlight-Filled Mirrorcatch Box = 0 Empty Mirrorcatch Box = 0 Triggers Event: Returning to London
	Let them do their worst	Romantic Literature ≤ 0 Unstamped Crate of Human Souls ≤ 0 Unstamped Crate of Brilliant Souls ≤ 0 Sunlight-Filled Mirrorcatch Box ≤ 0	Default: -1 x Menaces: Suspicion Triggers Event: Returning to London
London!	Deliver Blemmigans	Docile Blemmigan ≥ 2	Default: +(Docile Blemmigan / 2)x Romantic Literature Docile Blemmigan = 0 A Cache of Curiosities = [1-20]
Abbey Rock	'Appropriate texts'	Romantic Literature ≥ 5 Learning About: The Presbyterate Adventuress ≥ 200 ≤ 210 Presbyterate Adventuress ≥ 1	Default: -5 x Romantic Literature Learning About: The Presbyterate Adventuress = 300 [Tomorrow she'll fight the Sisters' Adversary at Abbey Rock] Triggers Event: Speak to the Presbyterate Adventuress
The Widower	Give him the box	Objective: The Box from the Sea ≥ 24	Rare: Whisper-Locked Puzzle-Box = 0 Objective: The Box from the Sea = 0 +1 x Sunlight-Filled Mirrorcatch Box +9 x Romantic Literature +2 x Outlandish Artefact
The Venturer's Desires	"Something romantic."	Romantic Literature ≥ 7 Objective: Venturer's Desire ≥ 3 ≤ 4 Objective: The Venturer's Venture ≤ 10	Default: -7 x Romantic Literature Objective: Venturer's Desire = [1-15] +[1-2] x Objective: The Venturer's Venture +1000 x Echo
Carnelian Conspiracies	An addition to a tiger's library	Networks - An Opportunity: Port Carnelian ≥ 71 ≤ 90 Romantic Literature ≥ 1	Default: Networks - An Opportunity: Port Carnelian = 0 +1 x Networks: Port Carnelian -1 x Romantic Literature +1 x Terror Triggers Event: Port Carnelian Rare: +1 x Networks: Port Carnelian -1 x Romantic Literature Networks - An Opportunity: Port Carnelian = 0 Triggers Event: Port Carnelian
A Civilised Exchange of Gifts	A gift of prisoner's honey	Firkin of Prisoner's Honey ≥ 1	Default: -1 x Firkin of Prisoner's Honey +2 x Romantic Literature +2 x Empire of Hands: Wildweald Status
Assist at an Animescence Hospital	Root out a reckless poet	Mirrors (84 for 100%) Something Awaits You ≥ 26 ≤ 75 Adam's Way: the Tree of a Single Day ≤ 4	Success: +1 x Romantic Literature Something Awaits You = 00 +1 x Adam's Way: the Tree of a Single Day
A Whisper-Locked Puzzle-Box	Open the Box	Objective: The Box from the Sea ≥ 24	Rare: Whisper-Locked Puzzle-Box = 0 Objective: The Box from the Sea = 0 +1 x Sunlight-Filled Mirrorcatch Box +10 x Romantic Literature +3 x Outlandish Artefact