Tonsorial Tricks

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Tonsorial Tricks are a set of scripted shaving devices that interact with one another and allow characters with beards set as their Distinguishing Mark to shave and style them. This results in a temporary 4-hour change to the Distinguishing Mark feature. The temporary style can also be shaved off to have a clean-shaven face for the remainder of the 4-hour duration. They only work for characters that already have facial hair.

Tonsorial Tricks shaving implements were first sold in Shaver Me Timers at the 2015 Spitfire. The shop was described as offering shaving supplies, specialty scented soaps, and fine-quality razors. The shop also several different bowls, unscripted containers, small mirrors suitable for inclusion with a shaving kit, and a ten different scented soaps. Shaving implements have been sold at a variety of festivals since. These razors were most recently sold at Ebon Gate in Quinton Manse.

Shaving Bowl

Analyze

You analyze the glass shaving bowl and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item type should not change."

The creator has also provided the following information:
A white glass shaving bowl appears to be a shaving bowl used for holding shaving soap.
Closer inspection reveals that you can PUT or DROP soap IN the bowl.
Once filled and wetted down with water, a wet brush can be DIPPED or DROPPED IN the bowl to create shaving lather.

Usage

Verb Target First Third
DIP / DROP Shaving Brush This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
DROP / PUT Shaving Soap This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
POUR Water This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!

Shaving Brush

Analyze

You analyze the shaving brush and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item type should not change."

The creator has also provided the following information:
A tufty shaving brush appears to be a shaving brush to be used with a filled shaving bowl.
Closer inspection reveals that you can DIP the brush in water to wet it and in a wet filled soap bowl to load the bristles with lather.
CLEANing the brush while holding some water should remove any dry lather.

Usage

Verb Target First Third
DIP Bowl This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
Water This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
CLEAN Water This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!

Shaving Cloth

Analyze

You analyze the nubby cloth and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item type should not change."

The creator has also provided the following information:
A nubby cloth appears to be a cloth used for shaving.
Closer inspection reveals that you can RUB the cloth on your face to remove shaving cream.
CLEANing a razor while holding the cloth would be a handy way to remove built-up crud.

Usage

Verb Target First Third
CLEAN Shaving Razor This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
RUB Face You wipe at your face with your nubby cloth. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!

Shaving Razor

Tier 1

Analyze

You analyze the steel straight razor and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

This is a Tonsorial Tricks item and as such will temporarily change your Distinguishing Mark Feature to have a groomed goatee.
The change will last for four hours, but if you don't like the style then you can shave it off and the rest of the time your face will be clean shaven.

It is currently One (OTS) out of Four Tiers, and has access to one style.
Additionally, it has access to the following verbs: Close, Nudge, Open, Pull**, Rub*
Lastly, your steel straight razor is currently set to create the following style: pencil-thin, melanite black goatee

*Indicates grooming action.
**Indicates clean shaven action.

You may alter this freely provided it still looks and functions like a normal straight razor.

You get no sense of whether or not the razor may be further lightened.

Usage

Verb Target First Third
CLEAN Shaving Cloth With care for your fingers, you gently buff the folding shaving razor's blade with your nubby cloth.
Roundtime: 5 sec.
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CLOSE After depressing the blade lock, you snap the folding shaving razor's blade back into the handle with a practiced flick of your wrist. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
NUDGE This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
OPEN You unfold your folding shaving razor with a flick of your wrist, the handle in your palm balanced perfectly with the extended blade. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
PULL Face This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
RUB This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!

Tier 2

Usage

Verb First Third
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Tier 3

Usage

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Tier 4

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Usage

Verb First Third
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Shaving Soap

See the list of soap scents below.

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Usage

Verb First Third
SMELL You sniff at the blue shaving soap, and detect the faint scent of soap scent. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!

Shaving Strop

Analyze

You analyze the leather strop and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions, but the creator has stated that "The item type should not change."

The creator has also provided the following information:
A leather strop appears to be a strop used for sharpening shaving razors.
Closer inspection reveals that you can PUT the strop ON something like a barrel to tether it.
RUBbing a razor ON the strop would probably give the razor a nice sharp edge.

Usage

Verb Target First Third
PUT Barrel This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
RUB Razor This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!

Additional Information

Only characters with beards can use Tonsorial Tricks razors. The beard must be in the Distinguishing Mark field in order for it to work with these razors.

Characters who do not have a beard but want one can get one in several ways.

Soap Scents

Each soap is a brick housed in its own small stamped box. The soap must be held in hand for SMELL to return its scent. Soap scents include the following, which were sold at Shaver Me Timbers:

Box Color Stamp Soap Scent
green a snow-frosted green apple a brick of green shaving soap You sniff at the green shaving soap, and detect the faint scent of clean, crisp green apples and freshly crushed mint leaves.
black the full moons of Elanith a brick of black shaving soap You sniff at the black shaving soap, and detect the faint scent of aromatic sage, eucalyptus, and spearmint.
blue rose petals and lovage leaves a brick of blue shaving soap You sniff at the blue shaving soap, and detect the faint scent of lovage and roses.
simple white (unstamped) a brick of white shaving soap You sniff at the white shaving soap, and detect the faint scent of clean crispness.
amber a large silver coin a brick of amber shaving soap You sniff at the amber shaving soap, and detect the faint scent of musk, parchment, and ink.
stormy grey a blue lightning bolt a brick of pale blue shaving soap You sniff at the blue shaving soap, and detect the faint scent of wet grass and ozone.
sea green white-capped surf waves a brick of sea green soap You sniff at the sea green soap, and detect the faint scent of a sea breeze mingled with the musky, woodsy scent of freshly cut timber.
purple a pair of plump black cherries a brick of purple shaving soap You sniff at the purple shaving soap, and detect the faint scent of black cherry and sweet cream.
red a fiery golden phoenix a brick of red shaving soap You sniff at the red shaving soap, and detect the faint scent of spicy cinnamon notes paired with a subtle chocolate undertone.
teal a silver knotwork design a brick of teal shaving soap You sniff at the teal shaving soap, and detect the faint scent of spring rain and spearmint.

Original Release

The original shop for the collection's release, Shaver Me Timbers, sold a full set of items that included the following descriptions:

In the shaving kit:
Containers [10]: a small teal box stamped with a silver knotwork design, a small red box stamped with a fiery golden phoenix, a small purple box stamped with a pair of plump black cherries, a small sea green box stamped with white-capped surf waves, a small stormy grey box stamped with a blue lightning bolt, a small amber box stamped with a large silver coin, a small simple white box, a small blue box stamped with rose petals and lovage leaves, a small black box stamped with the full moons of Elanith, a small green box stamped with a snow-frosted green apple
Special [7]: a compact platinum mirror, a nubby cloth, a leather strop, a folding shaving razor, a tufty shaving brush, a white glass shaving bowl (2)
Total items: 17

See Also

Tonsorial Tricks Information
Type Fluff
Feature altering
Item Classification Miscellaneous
Item(s) Applied to Shaving Bowl
Shaving Brush
Shaving Cloth
Shaving Razor
Shaving Soap
Shaving Strop
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep
Feature(s) Altered Distinguishing Mark - Beard
Original Release Venue Spitfire
Original Release Year 2015
Tiered Yes
Number of Tiers 4
How to Unlock Certificate
Restrictions Item type cannot change.
Item Verbs
CLEAN CLOSE DIP DROP
NUDGE OPEN POUR PULL
PUT RUB SMELL