files -- Men of Letters Order ledger Men of Letters Path only. Carry an Order ledger in inventory to stamp classified cards -- file numbers, ward sketches, clearance. This is not a hunter book (help journal hunter): no kill-count damage bonus, no Winchester net. How you play 1. path men_of_letters the Path grants the ledger; Mick stocks extras in the bunker stacks 2. research <topic> at a library -- stamps a classified card 3. catalog <topic> / index archive work also closes files toward clearance 4. files table of contents + clearance rank 5. files take / report / abandon chapter file board (Library Stacks, War Room, or Lansing strategy) 6. files charter Mick signs your homestead as a listening post (not a second bunker) 7. files charter keyhole Aquarian Star keyhole -- Order scholars let themselves in, everyone else knocks 8. chapter report mint Aquarian Seals from endowment at an audit desk (help chapter) 9. files read <topic> classified card (tells / doctrine) 10. files study <name> investigation roll on prey in the room 11. files on <name> institution file on a face (never NCIC) 12. files clearance initiate / chronicler / preceptor from files closed How you play 1. Read help files for the verb card 2. This page is extra detail for that loop Recognition Filed types add [FILES] look lines -- classified, not hunter margin notes. Unfiled evil prowlers still get a soft gut-feel when you carry the ledger. Prep, not damage Clearance and known types help catalog / research DC and add brief duration. They do not add outgoing damage the way hunter field notes do. Mick and Ketch Mick Davies keeps the Library Stacks and copies of the chapter file board in the War Room and Lansing strategy room (files take). Arthur Ketch keeps the bunker Armory and a Lansing armory workplace. Bobby posts hunts in Sioux Falls (enter sioux falls). Chapter Seals Closed files raise endowment. Type chapter report at the stacks, War Room, Lansing strategy, or Telecom Closet. Seals are items, not a score line. Cash does not buy them (help chapter | help aquarian). See also: help chapter | help men of letters | help archivist lore