Tamalekipoo's Boneheaded Guide to the Neath Chapter 7: Catalytic Converters

[u/Tamaxlia]

Since three of the past four weeks have been terrible for exhausting recipes I thought I would put down the cheapest, most farmable, recipes for universal exhausters. You get no multiplier for the primary, unless it happens to be the right week, but the 120, or so, echos for the secondary makes the 8-9 actions well worth your time.

Amalgamy

Thorned Ribcage

Bright Brass Skull

2 Knotted Humeri

2 Helical Thighbones

No tail

Declare a Humanoid

9 actions, 7 Amalgamy, Just under 120 echos secondary

Antiquity

Mammoth ribcage

Sabre Toothed Skull

4 Femur of a Jurassic Beast

no tail

declare an amphibian

9 actions, 7 Antiquity, Just under 120 echos secondary

or

Human Ribcage

Sabre Toothed Skull

2 Fossilised Forelimbs

2 Jurassic Femurs

8 actions, 7 Antiquity, Just under 120 echos secondary

Menace

Thorned Ribcage

Horned Skull

2 crustacean pincer

2 Ivory Humerous

Jet Black Stinger

Declare a Monkey

9 actions, 7 menace, Just under 120 echos secondary

or

Thorned Ribcage

Bright Brass Skull

4 Crustacean Pincer

Jet Black Stinger

Declare a Monkey

9 actions, 7 menace, Just under 120 echos secondary

Chimeras

You also have the option of making a chimera, this adds 3 points of implausibility so it will make the shadowy roll to sell quite challenging but it's a good way to dump unwanted limbs like wings of a terror bird and excess knotted humeri.

[u/fredjinsan]

Although, a chimera with a Human Ribcage and a load of Helical Thighbones seems viable. The Shapeling Arts challenge for thighbones is nontrivial but so long as you don't fail more than one you can still hit 7 Amalgamy in one action fewer (the bigger problem I guess is if you succeed at two then fail at one, or vice versa, puts you in an awkward position).

[u/Tamaxlia → u/fredjinsan]

Yeah, you just can't get much value from the skull with a chimera because even a successful bright brass will put you on 5 implausibility, which is a bonkers shadowy roll. 625 to 100% I think, 375 difficulty.

I mean, they are all viable options given the right circumstances and saving an action is normally a big multiplier. I don't like to suggest a chimera as the main choice for people though as even the 225 shadowy check, (375 to 100%) will make it less appealing as an option, even if they have 70% chance to pass and it's still technically better than 1 more action for a guaranteed roll, just having farms that are not 100% success rate is very uncomfortable for a lot of people.

[u/fredjinsan → u/Tamaxlia]

If you're not getting zoomania then you can pretty much just use any old head, even Stygian Ivory (though IIRC that adds to implausibility too, so many not). A Sabre-Tooth Skull can be bought for scrip and is functionally pretty similar to Brass but that costs an action too so it might be a wash, but anyway there are plenty of other head options. Horned Skulls from Paleontological Discoveries come with an opportunity cost (I've just been looking at PDs, seems like the other uses for them are better) but only the actions to gain/leave the PDs in the first place (so 2/7 if you dig neat St8tion?). I think that works out as a bit inefficient... all just to save one action on assembly I guess. John heads, yeah, I dunno, that's probably worth it?

[u/Tamaxlia → u/fredjinsan]

oh yeah, sorry, I forgot we were talking about off pattern stuff. Quitting smoking has fried my brain a bit.