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[NUKE9.13]

Alchemy.

Alchemistry! Such wonders! In days of yore men sought to transmute lead into gold, or find some cure for death- a goal that still many pursue. But truly, to practice the art of Alchemistry is in itself a wondrous goal. With beakers and pestles and rods of elektrik we can turn water into fire. Kings who once sought gold and long life will now pay for a finer gunpowder or more powerful explosive from the labs of a skilled Alchemist.
Alchemistry is good for weapons; all kinds of explosive material can be made by the proper application of Alchemical Principals. Additionally, Alchemistry can be used to make materials for use in inventions; strong alloys, special crystals, ect. Note that Alchemistry is almost only practising at a low level- unless you already have access to cool chemicals. At mediumish levels you can make said chemicals yourself. At the highest levels, whole new chemicals are discovered almost every day!

[SirAaronIII]

Posting to watch for some of those old-timey s'es that looked like f's!

[NUKE9.13]

Posting to watch for some of those old-timey s'es that looked like f's!

((Not going to happen, good fir.
Those old-timey s'es may be entertaining, but they make shit hard to read!
Which is unfortunate. But when creating a forum game one must be mindful of ease of reading.))

[Armok]

Mechanics and Zoology.

[Firelordsky]

Mechanics and Zoology.

[NUKE9.13]

Mechanics and Zoology it is!
You-

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

SO SORRY, SO SORRY. JUST PASSING THROUGH, DON'T MIND ME.

-Er.
Right. Yes.
You retrieve your books on Mechanics and Zoology from a hollow bust of your great-grandfather, and place them in your lab, along with a set of metalworking tools, and a bug-catcher's net. It may not be much, but it's a start!

You end the-

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

RIGHT YES SORRY AGAIN. I BORROWED THESE GOGGLES, HOPE YOU DON'T MIND.
I THINK I'VE DONE THIS ONE BEFORE, INSPECTOR SHOULD BE AROUND IN A FEW WEEKS, DON'T BURN THE HOUSE DOWN. VILLAGERS SHOULD BE HELPFUL.
BYE NOW!

-Oh for crying out loud. Where was I?

You end the day upon a balcony, resting heavily on the ornate rail as you stare into the distance. Somewhere over yonder hills lies the cursèd Institute, who think to put boundaries on men of genius. As a storm brews overhead you curse their name, their rules, and the society that spawned them. By the very fabric of your existence you swear that you shall make every man who wronged you out of fear of the unknown pay for his ignorance. As you complete the last and most impressive of your complex taunts, lightning strikes in a most impressive fashion.
How fitting; you mourn your colleagues forced to curse the world in sunshine, or a light drizzle.

The next day you awaken early. There is vengeance to design.

Spoiler: Your Gentlemanly Holdings (click to show/hide)

One (1) dusty old family home in the country
Estates surrounding your dusty old family home (forests and hills)
£300 in cashe
£0 in banke account
Dingy Elektro-Medic Lab.
Hand-cranked Electro-staticizer.
Book of Mathematical Tables
The Encyclopaedia of Fysickal Principles
A collection of Anatomical Charts
The Big Booke of Ailments
Book on Mechanics
Book on Zoology
License to Science (Fysicks)(Not recognized by so-called Officials)

Spoiler: Your Various Things (click to show/hide)

A note on things: Unless otherwise noted, you have enough things to do all small-scale experiments and design prototypes.
Knick-knacks (interesting objects for use in Fysicks experiments)
Surgical tools
Needle and thread
Various ointments
Some metal-working tools.
Bug-catcher's net.
Empty jars (for holding bugs).
A further note on things: Many simple things can be found lying about the house. Your family did not throw things away.

Spoiler: Your Fine Inventions (click to show/hide)

None

Spoiler: Your Many Learnings (click to show/hide)

Fysicks (Lv3)
Medicine (Lv2)

A note on general gameplay: Unlike hypothetical peasant-science-men, you posses a modicum of wealth and power. Your daily needs (food and such) are handled by the inhabitants of a local village which lies upon your family land. Therefore you are free to pursue SCIENCE exclusively. However, rapid innovation is not exactly your thing. If you were to, say, design a simple steam engine (to pump water), this might take a week of design, then a further week of construction. As mentioned in 'Stuff', unless otherwise noted, you have enough to do small-scale experiments and make prototypes with it, and simple things (wooden frames, rope, coal, ect), can easily be procured.

...that's still fairly applicable. Get cracking.

[Inithis]

How advanced is knowledge at this time? Are things such as Thermodynamics established?

If so, attempt to build a sort of simple steam engine for use in further experiments. You will probably have to heavily rely on the book, but it's pretty basic stuff.

[Aklyon]

Ponder the possibilities of Mechanical Assistants of either the Steamwork or Clockwork sort in the future, possiby powerede by Harnessed Lightning.

[Grek]

Harnessed Lightning.

This is a wonderful idea. We should build a Lightning Harness immediately!

Obtain a Saddle.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

I'd say let's construct traps to catch some local wildlife. We need test subjects for medicine\zoology experiments

Also, we should collect some herbs around the house to make funny potions. Lack for alchemy will limit it's effectiveness,  but zoology and medicine should be enough to make something that we can use to upgrade our body to be equal to our brain

[crazysheep]

Fysicks, Medicine, Zoology and Mechanics. I sense that this gentlemanne will go far in the fields of Natural Philosophie. I propose that we observe any peculiarities about our body that cannot be explained by our Big Booke of Ailments.

[Wayward Device]

We muste send funds at once to London for the Purchasing of a Goril or Grey Backed Man Ape! With our knowledge of Zoology, surely suche an creactyre whil serve well as our  Non Human Butler, Personal Valet and Body Guard against Those Who Would Wrong Our Mighty Intellecte.

[crazysheep]

But surely with our vaste knowledge of the works of Aristotle in the field of Fysicks, allied to the knowledge of Boyle the Mechanic, we could build an automaton to do our bidding in the future, thus rendering the Goril rather pointeless?

[Criptfeind]

Best of best of both my friends. Terrifying cyborg (steamborg? clockborg?) lighting shooting Goril.

[NUKE9.13]

How advanced is knowledge at this time? Are things such as Thermodynamics established?

If so, attempt to build a sort of simple steam engine for use in further experiments. You will probably have to heavily rely on the book, but it's pretty basic stuff.

The Science of Steamworks is an established, cutting-edge Science. Alack, construction of these steel monstrosities requires a greater understanding of Mechanics than you posses. If you had the design already, you could probably build one- but designing one yourself is not (yet) possible.

Ponder the possibilities of Mechanical Assistants of either the Steamwork or Clockwork sort in the future, possiby powerede by Harnessed Lightning.

Well, you have always said that the human body is merely a complex machine. It would certainly be possible, in theory, to build a man of steel and clockwork. However, it would require advanced technology far beyond your current capabilities.

Harnessed Lightning.

This is a wonderful idea. We should build a Lightning Harness immediately!

Obtain a Saddle.

You posses a plethora of saddles.

I'd say let's construct traps to catch some local wildlife. We need test subjects for medicine\zoology experiments

Also, we should collect some herbs around the house to make funny potions. Lack for alchemy will limit it's effectiveness,  but zoology and medicine should be enough to make something that we can use to upgrade our body to be equal to our brain

It requires but a few hours to assemble some simple traps and deploy them throughout the grounds. They should yield a modest harvest in time.

Your gardens are overgrown with a variety of interesting herbs of medicinal natures. A few hours of perusing your tomes of knowledge provides the recipe for a simple 'potion of strength'. It requires:

-Some uncommon herbs (easily gathered from your garden)
-Some rare herbs: Ironflower, Bloodrose, Moonroot (you should have some growing somewhere- though not enough for large-scale production)
-Strong Alcohol (you have sub-basements full of the stuff)
-One hour preparation (Chopping and mixing)
-Twenty-four hours maturation (Leave in a cool, dark area overnight)

Fysicks, Medicine, Zoology and Mechanics. I sense that this gentlemanne will go far in the fields of Natural Philosophie. I propose that we observe any peculiarities about our body that cannot be explained by our Big Booke of Ailments.

The Institute was a terrible place, simply terrible. Their chefs refused to uphold your dietary needs, and as such, you have suffered great malnutrition at their hands. However, a quick self-examination reveals nothing that simple Medical Science will not heal in time.

We muste send funds at once to London for the Purchasing of a Goril or Grey Backed Man Ape! With our knowledge of Zoology, surely suche an creactyre whil serve well as our  Non Human Butler, Personal Valet and Body Guard against Those Who Would Wrong Our Mighty Intellecte.

A what now?
A perusal of your book of Zoology reveals that such a creature does not exist. The very idea!
Though, of course, new creatures are discovered every day, in the Colonies. This book is several years old, and could be quite outdated.