Did I just lock myself out of the main quest?

[Robo | TinyRick]

I'm at 98/100 xp for my next level.

I am on day 5 and have done everything I can (failed some white checks, but thought there's gonna be a way to unlock them again)... welp, one of those checks was a 97% with Titus. I had maxed out Rethoric before attempting it so as far as I understand it's impossible to unlock it now anyways.

After some googling it looks like the dice maker doesn't help me with this specific check (or any of the others I still have available). Also I could probably try to find the older save before I talked to Titus (not even sure when I failed the check on him), but honestly this kind of sucked all of the fun out of the game for me and I don't really want to replay everything I did after Titus...

So basically all I can do now is pass the time by spamming books until the game ends on its own I guess?

[Du-Vu]

What are some of the outstanding white checks you still have available? Some of them also refresh as days go by.

If all else fails, there's always save editing.

[Robo | TinyRick]

> What are some of the outstanding white checks you still have available?

As far as I can tell they are all from situations that I have solved otherwise (e.g. warded door). Do you have a list of the ones that refresh daily?

The only one I still had remaining and actually found in the world was the barbell/gym one ... I save scummed (with a 7% chance) until I passed it - hoping that it would earn me 5xp - but I got nothing for it ^^

> If all else fails, there's always save editing.
Sounds like a better solution than just waiting until the end. I'll look into it.

What's annoying to me isn't that I missed a critical 97% skill check. It's that the game is basically punishing you for maxing out a skill since you now can't retry certain checks anymore. Feels like I should've kept the skill points as "extra lives" so to speak instead.

[Du-Vu]

I don't have a list, unfortunately. Off the top of my head, things like the window in the Hardies' booth, the cargo container in the harbour, the wooden palette against the wall behind the Whirling (in the courtyard, east of Cuno and the body).

You can try talking to characters you've already met and rereading books you haven't looked at in a while. If your skills have gone up, sometimes you'll hit a passive you didn't get the last time. That could be your 5XP. And then... Well, I think you've earned the right to save scum again. And save often and in different slots.

I never really looked too deeply into the save editing, but giving yourself a few extra skill points shouldn't be too hard.