Awesome follow-up, thanks for all of this!

Thanks for the updates Kinak!!

You're both very welcome :)

Back on Podcast 42 in 2015 you implied that there will someday be a skill tied to the blotted document, but that at the time you hadn’t implemented it. Did you ever wind up implementing it?

Still doesn't exist, although I might expand the vines a bit at some point (and they're likely to get more either way as we go through Downtown).

Cheers!
Kinak

While we're touching base on the last podcast, any chance you're willing to answer this question of mine that you skipped? (My bad, it was formatted almost exactly like the question before it, so it was easy to lose your place.) The question was:

Back on Podcast 42 in 2015 you implied that there will someday be a skill tied to the blotted document, but that at the time you hadn’t implemented it. Did you ever wind up implementing it?

While on the Slags Communication quest, I can't seem to get any drone antennas from hacking and crashing the delivery drones on the shoreline. Do those interact?

The questgiver specifically asks for Midgard helidrones, so it's not intended to interact.

Is it currently possible to gain another tome of binding technique from any earthly enemies we know of?

There is now.

It seems like your personal bug collection ought to interact somehow with the art museum's insect collection, but we haven't been able to find anything. Should we look harder?

You might want to now.

The description of the Unshielded Jumpjet from the Hammer says: "This used to be part of a cybernetic upgrade, but now it's just a rocket that some crazy person could attach to themselves". Can we craft or acquire that cyberware?

You can now.

No cheese omelette?

This glaring oversight has been rectified.

Cheers!
Kinak

Cheers!
AL

You said that Poltergeist Spark should interact with the Pile of Secrets - is that a particularly hidden interaction? I checked for that specifically last run and didn't see anything obvious over the course of a few fights, and nothing special about the desks I could see.

Poltergeist Spark should interact with the office properly now. Thanks for doublechecking!

Cheers!
Kinak

You said that Poltergeist Spark should interact with the Pile of Secrets - is that a particularly hidden interaction? I checked for that specifically last run and didn't see anything obvious over the course of a few fights, and nothing special about the desks I could see.

Thanks!
Al

Cheers!
Kinak

• We voted for you to relax and catch up a bit, but the latest Patreon poll had a number of interesting sounding things in it. Most of them would probably be spoilers to talk about, but can you share any thoughts about what the Pickpocketing skill would be?

• With the recipes from Introduction To Baking, are there some particular rules governing which recipes cost energy versus the ones that are free?

• It's come up a few times in the past, but do you think a player character's ability to keep coming back after being killed will have any future interactions with quests, or maybe events? The Fang boss, Shard and Saber come to mind for currently existing examples.

• Does code on paper require energy to use for balance reasons, or is it just a flavor thing to reflect the process of transcribing the code?

• With the new cooking recipes, are there any base ingredients that are brand new items we haven't been able to find yet?

• Any plans for us to be able to kill Maria in the Cellar Door, rather than allying with the Ghosts? Sounds like she might have some interesting stuff beyond just the Ghost skin.

• If Lo, Dr. Amundsen, David and Hel were to play D&D/Pathfinder, what classes would they pick?

Christmas followup! Any way to influence if we build tiny or huge snowmen from the hipsters?

For the dusty clipboard/orbital watch/hospital pants, you've said that most remaining undiscovered stuff comes from interactions between the three items. Is there anything there that needs to be done on the same day? Like, if you saved the princess today, then something different could happen in the clipboard? As opposed to the princess's blossom interacting with something in the clipboard.

I have a feeling there is a lot we are missing from the Classic Writing Desk. Trying various combinations of effects, I still keep getting "It feels too early to work on this. Either that or your well has run dry.". I believe only a single time Arkaim was able to get a different result and I did not have any success when I tried to replicate. Any vague hints?

The Speculative Fiction effect hints that neural bridges are a relatively new advancement in technology. What's the history there?

Is there a Barista skill? Can we hack the Lattes! Personal Latte database?

I've filled out nearly all the stats of my Opponents Stat Table except for Evasion Power, because that is a real pain to investigate. Are there any other techniques or methods to check opponent's Evasion Power?

While on the Slags Communication quest, I can't seem to get any drone antennas from hacking and crashing the delivery drones on the shoreline. Do those interact?

Thanks for the cooking update!

• What is your favourite breakfast?
• No cheese omelette?
• There seem to be classes of items that are all functionally equivalent - apples, fish, mushrooms, etc. Did you consider any alternative crafting interfaces here or was it just easier to make each recipe individually?

There are no known ways of learning opponent IDs and the alternative-forms of technique IDs. Was that just a by-product of how things were coded? Do you think there will ever be a way to learn those? (It would be a spader's dream, even if it were difficult to find!)

We've only found 4 "filler" techniques - are we missing a bunch more?

Does Poltergeist Spark interact with the Pile of Secrets or anything else in Oldtown or Downtown?

Judging by Demonslaying Blade, why does Matsuo think of robots as demons?

Is there anything special with the Annoying Headache effect? Can you get it from anywhere other than peacefully traversing the Fang hideout? It makes me suspicious of hidden things.

Brutality unopposed is known to enhance at least 3 other techniques. Is there a general class of "beating techniques" or is that special to unopposed Brutality?

The description of the Unshielded Jumpjet from the Hammer says: "This used to be part of a cybernetic upgrade, but now it's just a rocket that some crazy person could attach to themselves". Can we craft or acquire that cyberware?

At the start of last Christmas, the Manyheaded Snowman accidentally showed up in the Snow Goons encounter. Were we ever close to unlocking it for real?

Speaking of Christmas, we've fought the Abominable Remains only once on Christmas 2010 and the Snowmonstrosity from Christmas 2011 on. Would it be possible to get them to alternate, or to get some kind of choice encounter where people would be able to influence which one shows up?

Is there a way to learn the Crawling Mite's evasion tech? Maybe with a mite carapace equipped?

Anything hidden with the church candle?

Back when the bait worm's image was broken, it was briefly changed to what looked like a computer worm before getting its intended image. Was the computer worm undiscovered / cut content from the pre-Novos hacking system?

Is Demon Slayer the so-hidden-it's-almost-an-easter-egg skill, or is that one still waiting to hatch?

Either way, we have made some serious progress lately in the field of demonslaying. How much more cool Matsuo stuff is still out there?

Is it possible for those of us who missed the last few Halloweens to get a cane right now to chastise upstarts and riff-raff, or do we have to wait for a high-falutin' zone to roll out?

Regarding Eye for Bugs:

• Is there any reward for completing your bug display collection other than bragging rights?
• It seems like your personal bug collection ought to interact somehow with the art museum's insect collection, but we haven't been able to find anything. Should we look harder?

Are there any avatars that require player coordination/collusion, or would at least be much easier to get with it? I'm thinking maybe the Cyberbowl avatar might be unlocked by being all cyberbowl-y and fighting a pvp opponent who's similarly cyberbowl-y but with the other team's helmet and technique.

The random seed sample says the seeds "easily might still be viable". Is there a way to plant them?

Are there any entities that we could currently talk to about David's question that he haven't thought to ask or, to venture into mind blown meme territory here, haven't even found yet?

If you take the Ocean King's path in David's Exploration, you can get two skills: one of Blessed of the Seas/Vassal of the Seas and also Warrior of the Seas. But if you take the King of the Fae path you can only get one (either Warrior of the Seas or Subterranean Rhythm). Is there another Fae-aligned skill we can get from this quest, or do things balance out some other way?

There's a long and involved chain stretching from bad poetry to the programmatic satire and learning how to banish the Horrible Poet. In the middle of that chain there's a spur that branches off and yields the vicious poetry. But this item seems like a dead end; it doesn't seem to grant any techniques or enable any new choice encounter options. Is there more we can do with it?

We finally found the big hidden thing venomous angel does. Way back in 2010 you said that finding that "will send ripples out for other stuff that's pretty ignored.” Does that mean that there are other items that silently enhance certain techniques in ways we haven't noticed, or were you talking more specifically about techniques that leave poison?

Back in the day there were several podcasts where you talked about a big puzzle in the Hall of Paintings involving "cycles". Did we wind up solving that by finding Stellar Appreciation and/or Whispers from the Stars, or is the mystery still at large? If it is, can we have a hint to put us back on the trail?

Back on Podcast 35 in 2014 you said you should go back and add another thing we can put in the empty injector. Did you ever do that? (Last addition that we know of was the paint injector.)

Back on Podcast 42 in 2015 you implied that there will someday be a skill tied to the blotted document, but that at the time you hadn’t implemented it. Did you ever wind up implementing it?

You've said that Skill #88 is tied to an unearthly item. How many of the other unfound skills are tied to unearthly items (if any)?

Next season we'll get to vote on which legacy item to bring back to Zack's House of Coins. So that people can make informed choices in their voting, can we have a rundown on how much we still don't know about:

• Prototype Coat - I don't think there are any additional secrets hiding in its stylish billows, but I've been wrong before.

• Emerald Gift Scrapbook - We recently found what looks to be the 17th and last form of Channel Inspiration. Is there anything more to find in the Emerald Meditation skill and its derivatives?

• Holosight Rifle - This gun can potentially grant a ton of Ranged Power and has two techniques, an effect, and a special hologram associated with it. That seems like a solid two coins' worth of content, but is there still more?

• Midgard HGS prototype - Speaking of holograms, there's this bad boy. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think we might have this one figured out.

• Shifting Maze - I wasn't around for this one so I'm not as in tune with the twists and turns of the spading on it, but I'm not seeing any big loose ends. Did I/we miss something?

• Except for the OmniEyes, which are great for hacking, the rest of the Omnibody cyberware seems quite terrible for their price, or in the case of the arms and legs, a net negative. What's the design rationale behind the omnibody cyberware?

• Any hints on where to find new high-chain, earthly stealth techniques? I do love my Tesla Coil and I would like to find more friends for it :(

• How strong was the Vigilante? What was his secret to surviving this long against all sorts of crazy opponents? His Type E sidekick Hammer doesn't seem all that tough, yet our very mortal masked buddy could at least survive, if not defeat sewer mutants, Yakuza and sorcerors. Would it be correct to compare him to Officer Stone?

• The Third Eye seem blase about the player killing their men and working for the Families, even as a member of their own. On the other hand, the Fangs and the Families are quick to punish betrayal. Does the Eclipse keep the Third Eye super chill, or are that they big that slaughtering their dudes doesn't matter?

• Is there an actual band or song that inspired emerald gift?

• Are there any undiscovered hacking encounters right now? Any nudges or winks towards where to find any?

• Are there any skills mutually exclusive with Arsonist Training or Unwavering Attention? It would be a relief to know if I'm disqualified or not from spading other office document skills.

• I noticed that there were a few stunning, area of effect and double attack techniques (i.e. dancing blade and chemical mixture) created early on, but there's been nothing like them since. Is this a game balance thing? Will we see more of stunning, area of effect and double attacks?

• Is skill 46 gained from an item we've already found skills or techniques out of?

• Is it currently possible to learn the Solar Attendee's "letting his wings cut you" technique?

• Is it currently possible to gain another tome of binding technique from any earthly enemies we know of?

As always, post your questions here! Try to keep them short so I can read them smoothly and try not to answer each other's questions, because the cross-talk is confusing when I'm on the air.

Cheers!
Kinak

P.S.: Last time, folks asked about the search function in wikidot. I, and several other admins, raised that with wikidot support and they're apparently looking into it. Hassling will continue until search improves.