A Crack in the Slab

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• A Crack in the Slab

  A strange ritual was performed three years ago in Aramis Stilton’s Manor, involving Delilah Copperspoon and her followers. Once inside, find out what you can about Delilah’s secrets.

• A Crack in the Slab

  A strange ritual was performed three years ago in Aramis Stilton’s Manor, involving Delilah Copperspoon and her followers. Once inside, find out what you can about Delilah’s secrets.

• A Crack in the Slab

  Now that you’ve learned Delilah’s secret, make your way back to Anton Sokolov, waiting aboard the skiff.

• Mines

  These weapons can be attached to any surface, even flesh. Turn rats into living, moving traps.

• Finding Bonecharms

  Use the Heart to locate bonecharms, which grant small benefits when equipped.

• Blocking & Parrying

  Blocking is a critical part of combat. Timed right, you can put an enemy off-balance, making them vulnerable to counter-attacks.

• Falling Damage

  A successful Drop Assassination cushions you against falling damage and makes no sound.

• Bloodflies

  Since bloodflies lay eggs in corpses, a higher body count leads to more infestations across Karnaca.

• Bloodfly Nests

  Bloodflies will attack when agitated, or when anyone gets close to their nests. Move past slowly in Stealth Mode.

• Military Officers

  Officers are highly-trained swordsmen and sharpshooters. Engage with caution.

• Magnification

  Zoom in on targets for better aim, especially with the crossbow.

• Combat and Stealth

  Fight and kill your enemies, or adopt a stealthier approach and avoid them.

• Improvisation

  Improvise your way out of tricky situations — distract enemies; experiment with powers; and explore for alternate paths.

• Reading Notes

  Written notes often contain useful information or clues.

• Health and Mana

  From the Quick-access Wheel, you can consume elixirs that restore Health or Mana.

• Auto-crouch

  Hide under low tables and within other small spaces by entering Stealth Mode and moving forward into the space.

• Stilton Manor

  The Timepiece will allow you to solve odd puzzles within Stilton Manor, but can also be used to trick or bypass enemies.

• The Timepiece

  Using the Outsider’s Timepiece, you cannot carry bodies through time.

• Warped Magic

  Deprived of your supernatural powers and enhancement, you’ll have to rely on the Outsider’s Timepiece and your wits.

• Past & Present

  Aramis Stilton’s Manor was more dangerous before it fell into ruin, back during the years that security was still in place.

• Past Actions

  Armed with the Outsider’s Timepiece, take care. What you change in the past will have ramifications in the present.

• Time Obstacles

  If there’s no way forward in the present, look for one in the past, and vice versa.

• The Duke

  After old Duke Theodanis Abele died, his unprincipled son, Luca, took over as Duke of Serkonos.

• The Timepiece

  Unfold the Timepiece lenses to see into the alternate timeline.

• Time and Space

  If there’s an object or person blocking your intended “arrival” point, you won’t be able to switch time periods.

• Supernatural Powers

  Equip the Heart to hunt for Runes, then spend them to acquire or upgrade powers.

• Gathering Resources

  Steal belt items from unaware enemies, or loot their bodies if they are unconscious or dead.

• Rewiring

  Using Rewire Tools, most security systems can be rewired, reversing their effects.

• Sneaking & Listening

  Eavesdropping sometimes reveals useful info.

• Bonecharms

  Read about each bonecharm you find in the Journal, and decide which bonecharms to equip and activate.

• Bonecharms & Runes

  Runes and Bonecharms emit a faint “singing” sound.

• Play Your Way

  There’s no “best” way to play: Focus on combat or stealth, play brutally or ghostlike — the world will react.

• Quicker Movement

  You move slightly faster with your weapons sheathed.

• Sprinting

  Sprint to elude enemies or build up speed for jumps.

• Stow Weapons

  HoldUse/Sheathe Weapons (hold)to put away your weapons. This allows you to move slightly faster.

• The Heart

  Direct the Heart at a person to hear their secrets and get a sense of their morality.

• Bend Time

  When time is stopped, nobody can see or hear you, enabling you to sneak past enemies without alerting them.

• Dark Vision

  This supernatural power allows you to observe enemies through walls while hidden behind cover.

• Domino

  Use Domino to link an enemy with a hapless civilian in order to take out the enemy.

• Possession

  Survive difficult combat situations by possessing an enemy and “hiding” inside them as you make your escape.

• Rats and Bodies

  Rats summoned with Devouring Swarm will devour corpses and (sometimes) sleeping enemies, leaving no trace.

• Shadow Walk

  Shadow Walk makes you silent and harder to see. But enemies will still perceive a moving shadow if you get close.

• Vertical Exploration

  Agility allows you to jump higher and explore higher places. Combine Agility and Blink or Far Reach for extra distance.

• Howling Bolts

  The Howler gang uses customized pyrotechnic crossbow bolts to stun and intimidate enemies.

• Heretical Artifacts

  Collecting Runes and Bonecharms is considered heresy by the Overseers.

• Avoiding Combat

  Use stealth and mobility to your advantage. Evade your enemies!

• Combat Basics

  Keep moving in combat and don’t get surrounded.

• Special Bottles

  Some bottles contain flammable alcohol and will explode if thrown. Others contain ether and will render anyone hit unconscious.

• Public Space

  Unless you act aggressively, civilians won’t call for guards when they see you out in the streets, even if your weapons are drawn.

• Bloodflies

  Bloodflies will prioritize laying eggs in a corpse over attacking a living person. Use this to your advantage to distract swarms.

• Overseers and Panic

  Overseers are zealous fanatics who never panic or retreat.

• Overseer Masks

  The metallic masks worn by the Overseers protect their heads against frontal ranged attacks.

• Blueprints

  Weapons and gear can be upgraded at black market shops, using blueprints found across the city.

• Higher Ground

  Ascend to the rooftops to avoid enemies and locate alternate pathways.

• Quick-slots

  From the Quick-access Wheel, you can assign weapons and/or powers to Quick-slots for rapid access.

• Rat Tunnels

  Possessing rats, fish, and bloodflies will sometimes reveal alternative pathways.

• Grand Guard Patrols

  The Grand Serkonan Guard patrol outside the Royal Conservatory, but are not inside.

• Heart Whispers

  The Heart will reveal secrets about people or places. Most others cannot see the Heart.

• Upgrading Powers

  Runes can be used to gain or upgrade supernatural powers.

• Possession

  Possessing people allows you to bypass security devices like the Wall of Light, if your host is authorized to pass.

• Stopped Time

  If you stop time, you can attach a Sticky Grenade, Mine or Springrazor to an enemy. When time resumes, the device triggers.

• Electrified Systems

  The Wall of Light and Arc Pylon will not harm those recently attuned to them, such as on-duty Grand Guard personnel.

• Leaning

  Leaning out from behind cover enables you to watch enemies and eavesdrop undetected.

• Windbreaks

  Windbreaks have been erected to protect those living in the Dust District from the intense dust storms.

• Howlers Attacks

  Howlers use dust made from plant toxins and industrial chemicals to disorient enemies.

• Protective Armor

  Helmets, chest armor and Overseer masks protect the wearer against projectiles.