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A Czechoslovak animated short film by Jan Švankmajer. It was the first of many films by Švankmajer. An excerpt from “The Last Trick”, a play that depicts two mime-like magicians named Mr. Edgar and Mr. Schwarzwald, trying to outdo each other by performing various stage tricks for the pleasure of an unseen audience. After each act, the two performers congratulate each other with a handshake. However, as tensions rise, the handshakes become less and less friendly. Full video available on YouTube.

Czech surrealist dark fantasy film written and directed by Jan Švankmajer. A loose adaptation of Lewis Carroll's first Alice book. The film combines live-action with stop-motion animation, and is distinguished by its dark production-design about a girl who chases a white bunny into a bizarre fantasy land The director had been disappointed by other adaptations of Carroll's book, which interpret it as a fairy tale. His aim was instead to make the story play out like an amoral dream.

He sent me to Troskovice to steal a scroll. So I went there at night, wearing dark clothes, sneaked in, and stole it.

And since I was already there, I thought, well, while I'm at it, I might as well steal a few more things. One thing led to another, and before I knew it, I'd ended up stealing half the town.

But apparently, half a town wasn't enough, because the next day I went back for the other half.

In just two days, I ended up with twice as many groschen as I had earned during my previous three weeks of in-game time, on top of a ridiculous amount of clothing, equipment and other valuable items.

I admit that I did all of this by saving and reloading several times along the way. And honestly, it made me realize just how much stealing can trivialize the game by making progression ridiculously easy.

So I've decided that, if I steal again, I'll impose a personal rule on myself: once I steal the first item, I can't save or reload until I get back to my bed.

At least that way, it feels a little fairer.

I just realized I could spend my perk points. I had 44 💀

Edit: I thought the stats increased automatically by doing certain activities. Then today I noticed that the top-right corner also showed that I had earned perk points. Clearly, I need glasses.

I have 6 strength, but I see numbers like 50+ next to the icon. What does that number represent?

Edit: Thanks for your replies, I understand now!