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🔥 The caster opens with Firebolt, chosen precisely for the monster's fire weakness: spell damage ×1.5.
The line this delve would be retold by.
10 of 12 values met. A reading, not a grade — the score exists to sort logs, not to judge them.
| Value | What the log shows | |
|---|---|---|
| met | A delve should be about somebody. | Pico della Mirandola carries it (3 mentions against 3); 4/4 named |
| missed | Rooms should be in the order they are for a reason. | 1 of 9 rooms answer an earlier one (11%) |
| met | Something must go wrong, and it should be legible when it does. | 3 rooms cost the party something |
| met | If every room is a beat, no room is. | the loudest room runs 3.0× the median (peak 3, median 1) |
| met | A choice reads as a choice only when the alternatives are named. | 9 of 9 deliberations name a road not taken |
| n/a | A death is only worth reading if the dead had a line first. | nobody fell |
| met | Name the thing and state the number. | 8 of 9 resolutions state a number |
| met | The party should not argue in one voice. | 4 distinct voices across 9 deliberations |
| met | No sentence should appear twice in one delve, verbatim. | every effect line is said once |
| missed | The boss should get to be a boss. | the boss died without acting — the delve has no climax |
| met | A resolution should be readable in one breath. | every resolution inside its budget |
| met | The back half should cost more than the front half. | front half 0, back half 4 |
| met | The ending should answer the delve it ended. | the epitaph names somebody who went down |
A library. The party can study here to learn spells. A font holds water that has been still a long time and is somehow clean. A brazier burns in its bracket — nobody has been here to feed it, and it burns anyway.
They might have chosen to read the sealed texts, or study the shelves — John Dee made the case: "We are exactly where we are meant to be. Regrettably." The party chose to bless the font and drink.
⛲ The cleric says the words over a stone font of still water and the party drinks: 5 health healed.
A fire vent meets the cavern ice: a scalding steam blast fills the room. The party must brace together or scatter.
They might have chosen to pass a plan through the stone, or speak mind to mind — Cornelius Agrippa made the case: "The body is a temple. Mine's a fortress." The party chose to work the slab.
🔧 The counterweight is found, persuaded, and reversed. The slab goes back up, and a length of its chain comes away useful. +1 material, +24 score. 🎓 Everything this asks for, the party happens to have brought: +25 renown.
🛡️ Cornelius Agrippa walks in front, which is where the blows land first.
A connecting corridor. Nothing blocks the way; the party moves through.
They might have chosen to read the place itself, or reconstruct his rounds — Tycho Brahe made the case: "My shield has a saint on it. She's watching. Form up." The party chose to question the ghost gently.
🤝 Asked gently and given time, he remembers most of it — enough to save a march of oil, and to be a good deal calmer about the whole business. +22 score. 🎓 It is answered from three directions at once and stays answered: +25 renown.
A connecting corridor. Nothing blocks the way; the party moves through.
They might have chosen to read the correspondences, or read the metals — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "Magic is prayer with better handwriting." The party chose to work the planetary sequence.
🔭 Pressed in the order the planets actually stand tonight, the signs give. +15 gold, +30 score. 🎓 Three disciplines on one problem, none of them guessing: +25 renown.
A trap blocks the corridor. The party must disarm it, avoid it, or take the hit. Scorch marks fan out from a seam in the floor: a fire trap. A frost spell can blunt it. A pit takes up a third of the floor. The bottom is not visible.
They might have chosen to solve the progression, or read the dust — John Dee made the case: "The god counsels prudence. Loudly. Through me. Right now." The party chose to push through and take the hit.
💥 The party pushes through the trap, taking 6 damage. The Craven spotted the tripwire first: 1 less damage. ❄️ Frost Lance counters the flame jet: 2 less damage.
✚ Cornelius Agrippa takes a wound that will not close down here. Healing can bring them back to 12, no further, until town. The Devout tend what the dungeon opens: fewer blows leave a mark that stays.
A connecting corridor. Nothing blocks the way; the party moves through.
They might have chosen to sing the third harmony, or attune the resonances — Cornelius Agrippa made the case: "My shield works best with me behind it and everything else very far away." The party chose to endure the discord.
🔊 The discord tears at the ears and nerves, and the party comes out of it well apart, each of them having walked away from the sound in a different direction. 3 damage, and no line to speak of.
A shrine. Resting here heals the party; the gold leaf on the altar could be stripped instead. A brazier burns in its bracket — nobody has been here to feed it, and it burns anyway. A font holds water that has been still a long time and is somehow clean.
They might have chosen to rest and heal, or strip the gold leaf — Tycho Brahe made the case: "I'll guard the rear. Someone has to. Far back." The party chose to bless the font and drink.
⛲ The cleric says the words over a stone font of still water and the party drinks: 5 health healed.
A treasure chest sits in the room. It may hold gold; it may be a mimic. Somebody stacked supplies here and never came back for them. A silvered mirror leans against the wall, and it shows the room more honestly than the room does.
They might have chosen to appraise the three chests, or read the maker's mark — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "I asked permission for this spell. Twice." The party chose to leave it alone.
🚶 The party leaves the treasure untouched and moves on.
The boss chamber. The Glacier's Heart, half-melted and wholly furious waits at its center (attack 4, health 13); killing it clears the dungeon. Plate and chitin cover it: the party's blows do 2 less damage each round. It keeps clear of the torches: weak to fire (fire damage ×1.5). A sarcophagus stands against the wall with its lid slightly wrong. A bed of rusted spikes stands out of the floor, most of them still upright.
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or fall back — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "I did not survive the academy by standing in the open." The party chose to open with a combat spell.
🔥 The caster opens with Firebolt, chosen precisely for the monster's fire weakness: spell damage ×1.5. ⚔️ The Glacier's Heart, half-melted and wholly furious is dead before the party closes: it never gets a round. 📐 The party meets it standing as the last room left them. 🔪 Six knives arrive before the party does: 4 damage before the first round. 📜 Also in the hoard: a scroll of Hoarfrost, added to the grimoire. 🎒 5 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
the Ice Caverns of the Mad Pyromancer is cleared: the boss is dead and the party walks out. Survivors: John Dee, Cornelius Agrippa, Tycho Brahe, Pico della Mirandola. Rooms cleared: 9. Trophies carried out: 1 (latest: 💠 a splinter of the Heart).
Regenerate this exact delve:
npm run simulate -- --seed log-easy-0