Found any fun secrets? [SPOILERS]

[asylumsweetie]

I thought it would be fun to start a little thread to share interesting bits of dialogue or whatever you've run into that not everyone might have found.

Like, for example: You can feed the boiled peanuts to the goat in the greenhouse in chapter 5, which I'm sure will absolutely never come back to bite you in the ass lmao.

Or a thing in chapter 1 I didn't find for a while because I didn't do my first playthrough with Keen Eye and wasn't as thorough in subsequent runs: If you have Keen Eye when you search the pantry, you can find a cookbook with a note that says jellied calf brains are "Teddy's favorite." Who tf is Teddy? Your guess is as good as mine!

I'd also love to hear about anything people have found regarding things that change depending on whether you've drunk Sybil's tea or not. I got a fascinating scene in ch5 with the mystical trait when I *had* drunk the tea in chapter one and tried to choose *not* to drink the tea in chapter five. You've probably discovered that if you drink the tea in ch1 the option *not* to drink the tea in ch5 doesn't appear. If you have the mystical trait and exhaust most of the explore options, you'll get a mystical dialogue option asking why you can't choose not to drink the tea. You can then repeat that question three times verbatim with Sybil dismissing you and saying you must be confused, until only the option to drink the tea remains. So much hinging on such an innocuous subtle choice in ch1 is really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ delightful and I'm going wild over it.

[stone.fire.smoke]

destroying Stella's cryptid theory by proving to Stella that mountain lions are still in the area after reviewing the video of the ditchlings at the diner. requires keen eye if I recall correctly.

[iamcrystalqueer]

Originally posted by stone.fire.smoke:

destroying Stella's cryptid theory by proving to Stella that mountain lions are still in the area after reviewing the video of the ditchlings at the diner. requires keen eye if I recall correctly.

It requires both keen eye and talk to animals if I recall correctly.

Also, if you have both keen eye and talk to animals and choose to go see Kaneeka after the tea with Sybil you will be able to look at the tank she has in her room and see that she has a wandering stick (dunno the actual English word I’m sorry) and Kaneeka will ask what it knows about her but quickly backtrack because it freaks her out

[Spuds]

The Teddy in the cookbook is Theodore Scarlet, who is the PC's great great uncle and brother to Enoch (Your great great grandfather). he is also the injured man talking to Enoch in the vision in chapter 4.

[Dezdanna]

If you have animal speaking The Ditchlings' whispering in chapter 1 is actually real words "leave and never return" "get away from here" "get out while you can" "this place is cursed"

[Mngwa]

Originally posted by Dezdanna:

If you have animal speaking The Ditchlings' whispering in chapter 1 is actually real words "leave and never return" "get away from here" "get out while you can" "this place is cursed"

I think you have to have combination of Animal Talk and Mystic for that.

[Zarok]

If you have animal speaking you can find out that the priest and his child can also talk to animals. You also discover the mayor is not a good mayor and others prefer scraps and scraps wants to do something about what's going on.

[NightingaleMuse]

Originally posted by iamcrystalqueer:

Originally posted by stone.fire.smoke:

destroying Stella's cryptid theory by proving to Stella that mountain lions are still in the area after reviewing the video of the ditchlings at the diner. requires keen eye if I recall correctly.

It requires both keen eye and talk to animals if I recall correctly.

Close. It requires Keen Eye and making sure Gretchen is alive and you saw the 'nest'. Stella is too distraught to record the footage otherwise.

To add on to the tea mentioned by op: Kaneeka will try to join you to go to Reese's house if you have a good enough relationship to get in her room. Sybil will stop her and depending on your character traits, you'll come to the conclusion that Kaneeka should be left behind because of the tea you drank. If you're Mystical, you'll realize those aren't your own thoughts and will be able to call Sybil out on it. You will not get those thoughts if you did not drink the tea and will be able to comment on how suspicious Sybil has been acting. Mystical also gets an extra scene in visions in general and will have it's own exclusive extra scene in visions if you drink the tea.

If you have Keen Eye and Street Smart, you'll be able to:
Find the goat in the greenhouse without Talking to Animals if you eavesdrop on Tabitha and Sybil's conversation beforehand
Find Dr. Kelly's notebook yourself in Episode 4

If you have Book Smart in Episode 2: You will have extra books that won't be available to other traits to read in regards to Appalachian Folklore Monsters. There's been enough episodes to notice that each of those books may be correlating with current monsters and future ones. The real interesting one to me is the Bell Witch and what the pastor reveals if you have Talk to Animals in Episode 4.

[gruedragon]

In Episode 4 when you visit Pastor Daniel, Wayne is hiding on the on the right side of the church.

[asylumsweetie]

Originally posted by gruedragon:

In Episode 4 when you visit Pastor Daniel, Wayne is hiding on the on the right side of the church.

Oh, I didn't spot him there!! Excellent catch!

[asylumsweetie]

Originally posted by NightingaleMuse:

Originally posted by iamcrystalqueer:

It requires both keen eye and talk to animals if I recall correctly.

Close. It requires Keen Eye and making sure Gretchen is alive and you saw the 'nest'. Stella is too distraught to record the footage otherwise.

To add on to the tea mentioned by op: Kaneeka will try to join you to go to Reese's house if you have a good enough relationship to get in her room. Sybil will stop her and depending on your character traits, you'll come to the conclusion that Kaneeka should be left behind because of the tea you drank. If you're Mystical, you'll realize those aren't your own thoughts and will be able to call Sybil out on it. You will not get those thoughts if you did not drink the tea and will be able to comment on how suspicious Sybil has been acting. Mystical also gets an extra scene in visions in general and will have it's own exclusive extra scene in visions if you drink the tea.

If you have Keen Eye and Street Smart, you'll be able to:
Find the goat in the greenhouse without Talking to Animals if you eavesdrop on Tabitha and Sybil's conversation beforehand
Find Dr. Kelly's notebook yourself in Episode 4

If you have Book Smart in Episode 2: You will have extra books that won't be available to other traits to read in regards to Appalachian Folklore Monsters. There's been enough episodes to notice that each of those books may be correlating with current monsters and future ones. The real interesting one to me is the Bell Witch and what the pastor reveals if you have Talk to Animals in Episode 4.

I'm also super intrigued about the Bell Witch. Right now I'm assuming it refers to Sybil lol. Also the thing with the pastor is SO funny. I had played through the section where you meet him several times before I decided to tell him the mayor was a jerk just for kicks, expecting to be brushed off, only for him to go "YOU TOO?!" I lost my ♥♥♥♥ lmao. Very intrigued to find out what's in his walls... It could be ditchlings, but it sounds a bit more ominous than that. It's been a hot minute since I've played, but I seem to recall thinking they might be something mentioned in the folklore book you only see with booksmarts, like the bell witch and the jersey devil, but I can't remember what it was at the moment.

EDIT: Went and checked because I had nothing better to do. The creatures mentioned in the book are the Mothman, the Jersey Devil, The Bell Witch, the Wampus Cat,the Tommyknockers, the Tailypo, the Hopkinsville Goblins, and the Ginseng Babies. Jersey Devil is Reese, obvs. Bell Witch is probably Sybil. We met the Tommyknockers. Willing to bet the Wampus Cat is a lead up to a mountain lion fake out lmao. That leaves Mothman, Tailypo, the Goblins, and the Ginseng Babies. My guess for the things in the pastor's basement are either the Goblins or the Tailypo, and I think we're saving the Tailypo for something big. Or maybe it's something else entirely! Could be just actually rats, but I don't get the impression the pastor's daughter actually has the gift, since he hasn't noticed any signs of it *except* this. That implies to me that this is something else.

[NightingaleMuse]

Originally posted by asylumsweetie:

EDIT: Went and checked because I had nothing better to do. The creatures mentioned in the book are the Mothman, the Jersey Devil, The Bell Witch, the Wampus Cat,the Tommyknockers, the Tailypo, the Hopkinsville Goblins, and the Ginseng Babies. Jersey Devil is Reese, obvs. Bell Witch is probably Sybil. We met the Tommyknockers. Willing to bet the Wampus Cat is a lead up to a mountain lion fake out lmao. That leaves Mothman, Tailypo, the Goblins, and the Ginseng Babies. My guess for the things in the pastor's basement are either the Goblins or the Tailypo, and I think we're saving the Tailypo for something big. Or maybe it's something else entirely! Could be just actually rats, but I don't get the impression the pastor's daughter actually has the gift, since he hasn't noticed any signs of it *except* this. That implies to me that this is something else.

Actually I was thinking the Bell Witch IS whatever noises are being made in the church. The entry mentions it starts with strange noises which then escalates to physical abuse to the family with the primary target being the daughter. You know, like Tulip. Would be interesting if rumors start spreading around town that the daughter is being abused by the creepy pastor in future episodes. As the Jersey Devil shows, it's not a one to one correlation, so I think the Bell Witch entry is referencing the pastor's situation.

That being said, Sybil could also be the one causing it (thus making her the bell witch) if it turns out she's actually connected to all the seals and weirdness and has nefarious plans in the works. Maybe depending on if you drink the tea, you'll catch a glimpse and will see a shadowy figure but without tea, you'll notice it looks like Sybil.

[asylumsweetie]

Originally posted by NightingaleMuse:

Actually I was thinking the Bell Witch IS whatever noises are being made in the church. The entry mentions it starts with strange noises which then escalates to physical abuse to the family with the primary target being the daughter. You know, like Tulip. Would be interesting if rumors start spreading around town that the daughter is being abused by the creepy pastor in future episodes. As the Jersey Devil shows, it's not a one to one correlation, so I think the Bell Witch entry is referencing the pastor's situation.

That being said, Sybil could also be the one causing it (thus making her the bell witch) if it turns out she's actually connected to all the seals and weirdness and has nefarious plans in the works. Maybe depending on if you drink the tea, you'll catch a glimpse and will see a shadowy figure but without tea, you'll notice it looks like Sybil.

Ooh, that is an extremely good point! Yeah I think you've convinced me there. It could be we were supposed to assume that referred to Sybil as a kind of red herring. I'm absolutely sure she's connected to the seals some how, just because of the witch character that Kaneeka plays during the library ghost haunting. I don't think it was a coincidence that Kaneeka was given that role. I haven't decided whether that actually was Sybil herself or an ancestor, or if the Witch does a body hopping type thing and that's part of why she wants to keep Kaneeka around (I think it's entirely possible Sybil is purely using her for free labor tbh but it wouldn't be surprising if there's more to it). But the witch in the library ghost vision is specifically trying to get what's his name to do something with the seals, so if we assume Sybil and the Witch are connected, which I think is a safe bet, then she's definitely got some involvement there.

[dorego99]

If you have book smart and street smart, in episode 4 when you're searching for the axe with Reese, you can find out that Dr. Kelly is making a specific poison, and is being supplied the ingredients by Sybill.

[Kurozora Konoi]

I think my favorite thing that, I believe (?) is exclusive to strong MCs is that In the last episode's monster fight, you can use the axe to try and help either monster against the other. It's not really successful, but I like the fact we can actually try and help someone instead of standing idle. It's also quite interesting just how much Wayne brushes off the fact the MC attacked him with a freaking axe as if it was nothing and only cares about "you're too attached to Reese".
That aside, while unrelated to MC traits, I like the fact in that chapter you can just go to the room the doc holed herself in WITHOUT taking the tranqs instead of being forced to take them and then refusing to give them to her. Like the different flavor text. Though it's also interesting that at the end of the chapter, if you tell Stella about it, she still assumed MC actively "helped" Reese to off his mother, which makes me wonder how clearly or not MC recounted the story and if we'll have an opportunity later to clarify stuff.