You can die? 
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And apparently it’s a problem for people, too!
I just kinda blindly sidestepped death on my playthrough, so I can only imagine how one gets themselves killed in this story.
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I’m having Night Road flashbacks. I’m not even seeing where you could possibly die in my playthroughs, so I guess I just never followed those plotlines that way?
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Yes, I died in my playthrough. I was succeeding at everything up until that point too. It felt very out of left field. It’s been a few weeks now since I’ve played, but basically:
I made a choice to go destroy the Mnemosyne, ran into Dahir there. I’d been on good terms with him, supported him against the Dean, and warned him about the Trine coming for his memories. When I got to the Mnemosyne he was there too, and I told him we were on the same side. For some reason, he didn’t believe me and knocked me out with a bat. When MC came to, she was caught by the Trine, locked away and eaten by like a giant insect.
I was on good terms with everyone, had a romance ongoing with Niko, and a 4.0 with money in the bank. So it was really disappointing when it ended like that lol. And I’m usually pretty good at avoiding bad endings in these types of games.
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I managed it too, sort of. I didn’t tell him that buildings don’t move but I agreed that there was something fishy, and offered to take him inside. I brought his journal to his room and, when he called, decided to leave to get him back.
Thank you so much! I was so upset by not having been able to destroy the damn thing.
Oh man, this book is bumming me out. I thought my ending sucked (I got booped by Virgil) but this is next level. It’s making me wonder if I should just play as a super evil person and give in to the horrible things happening and turn a tidy profit.
Also what are those Hallows exactly? I hate the idea of them being sentient in any way and being dissected by our godawful mafia family. I haven’t been this frustrated with a book in a while. Ughhhhhh.
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Does anybody know how high Thaumaturgy needs to be to have the option to use it to save Poppy? I have gotten as high as 78 and can’t seem to get it any higher. It must go higher though as I haven’t gotten the achievement for mastery it either.
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This is probably the most disastrously I’ve ever failed in a choice game since The Last Wizard. Absolutely nothing went right for me in the last chapter lol
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Yeah, this is the first game I have ever looked at the code to figure things out. And to be honest, even after looking at the code, I am almost certain that certain achievements are not possible and some endings are going to require that you make very specific choices and if you vary on more than one of those you won’t get the ending you desired. There is too little margin for error in decision making that isn’t always clear.
Edit: After many attempts, I can say with certainty that there are far too many achievements that are not attainable even looking at the code for every choice and way too much of the story that will never be seen unless you follow one exact path. If, and I highly doubt this, you have achieved 100% achievements, you should definitely make a guide. I would even pay more than the game’s cost for this because I don’t think it is possible and the guide would need to be nearly as detailed as the whole story.
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So…I’m looking to play something new and I’ve narrowed it down to this or Soul Stone War 2. Who are the romance option in this game? Is it more of a sideline topic?
The options are Poppy Toya Dahir Ravi and Niko. Not many good endings for the romances and I feel it is more of a sideline topic.
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Has anyone been able to Get the option to call Enzo for help dealing with a possessed Poppy? Seems like no matter what I try, I can’t “pay my dues to the family” even after helping Luka steal the Hallow.
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One of the biggest things you have to do, is refuse to join the Trine, if I recall correctly and you must have the family business really high, don’t remember the exact amount. Think it is >60, and you can check on the Goals page.
Many of the choices are hidden behind a combo of events that are very precise in order to reach the ratings needed to unlock something like that. It seems to me that there were like 6 or 7 key decisions to help the family out that are necessary to unlock that option.
To be honest, I am not sure if it is even possible, I have gone through playing the game with the code open in a second screen and still not been able to reach some of the achievements. I am sure that miscalculations were made and somethings are simply not achievable by any means.
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I tried looking at the code but I still have no idea how to stop Luka
The way that I accomplished that one is to have family business at 40 or so, and keep the key with you at all times. Without the key, Luka will fail the heist, also I think you need to not lend her the money. That will lead to an achievement, but I don’t think it is the one where you directly oppose her. If you directly oppose her it will come down to who you have the best relationship with, the Trine, the family, or something else. That one is possible though, not like some of the others.
The biggest issue is that if you aren’t making the right decisions all along for one of the ways to oppose her you will fail. I have to make up my mind how I want the playthrough to go and then have the code up next to me while I play to make sure I am making all the right decisions to get the outcome I desire.
And even doing that, I have found that some of the achievements are simply not possible, or in the case of one is only possible if you romance a certain person, one that I don’t personally like.
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Huh, well I’ll be damned!
Like I said, I kind of stumbled my way to… I won’t say “victory,” since I got the worst possible ending, but I didn’t die. Stumbled my way to life, I suppose we’ll call it.
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This is exactly what happened to me. It was just so sudden, I was very confused.
I really like the game, but I was wondering if there’s a way to get above 78 or so in any form of magic, as I need to save a character from an alien at the end. (yes it’s aliens again)
Just finished playing the game. Played it twice and I’d like to replay to get the other endings but I have no idea how to get em. 
I really wish there’s a walkthrough for this because I believe it has potential and it’s interesting enough for me to try and 100% it.
I really like this game even though it can be frustrating especially on the last chapter. It took a lot of planning and analyzing on every choice I made to even get an okay end because I got a bad end on my first playthrough.
Romance is okay although I wish I got to spend more time with Niko who seems to always be busy.
Overall I like it and if there’s gonna be a book two, I’d buy it immediately.
100 percenting it was impossible the last time I played. Even with the code in front of me while playing, there were some achievements that weren’t possible. Can’t remember which ones but the thing is so many of the achievements and endings require a perfect list of choices and even one variance will mess it up.
hi, i haven’t completed the story yet because i really wanted to complete the trials and get into one of the secret societies but it seems like no matter what i do i keep getting rejected, does anyone have any advice?
i like high magic so i always pick it and i do all the high magic skill checks, but it never seems to work.
also does anyone have advice for the best skill to pick at the start- the one where it’s like “my eye for the essence of things” or “persuasion skills” etc.
i’m thinking of doing research skills and going to the library as much as possible because from what i’m reading it seems the books are the most important when it comes to the major plot points.
i’m pretty new to the choice games so i am struggling an embarrassing amount :,)