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💚 Purify the Font closes Michael Sendivogius's wounds mid-fight: 9 healed in round 6, then 5 a round while it holds.
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. | Michael Sendivogius carries it (8 mentions against 5); 4/4 named |
| met | Rooms should be in the order they are for a reason. | 2 of 14 rooms answer an earlier one (14%) |
| met | Something must go wrong, and it should be legible when it does. | 8 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. | 14 of 14 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. | 13 of 14 resolutions state a number |
| met | The party should not argue in one voice. | 4 distinct voices across 14 deliberations |
| missed | No sentence should appear twice in one delve, verbatim. | 1 effect line printed verbatim more than once (worst ×2) |
| met | The boss should get to be a boss. | the throne room ran an unstated number of rounds |
| met | A resolution should be readable in one breath. | every resolution inside its budget |
| missed | The back half should cost more than the front half. | front half 4, back half 3 |
| met | The ending should answer the delve it ended. | the epitaph names somebody who went down |
A goblin toll-gang holds the room (attack 2, health 4). The party must decide how to get past it. A sarcophagus stands against the wall with its lid slightly wrong. A font holds water that has been still a long time and is somehow clean.
They might have chosen to speak with whatever wears the armour, or name the armour by its heraldry — Isabella Cortese made the case: "Peer review can wait. The flask can't." The party chose to put the armour down.
⚔️ Empty armour does dent like full armour, and hits back like it too. 4 damage, a great deal of noise, and the party comes out of it spread across the passage.
🛡️ The order settles with Michael Sendivogius at the head of it: whatever comes, comes to them. 🕳️ Johannes Trithemius finds a hidden door into the flooded wing. Behind it: a floor that slopes down into standing water. Its rooms join the route.
✚ Michael Sendivogius is opened up badly enough that the delve will keep it: 11 is as whole as they get until town. The Devout tend what the dungeon opens: fewer blows leave a mark that stays. The Reckless do not stop to bind anything, and more of it stays with them.
A gelatinous horror holds the room (attack 2, health 6). The party must decide how to get past it. Plate and chitin cover it: the party's blows do 2 less damage each round. It flinches from the cold: weak to frost (frost damage ×1.5). Somebody stacked supplies here and never came back for them. A brazier burns in its bracket — nobody has been here to feed it, and it burns anyway.
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or fall back — Marsilio Ficino made the case: "Grace favors the well-prepared." The party chose to open with a combat spell.
🔥 The caster opens with Frost Lance, chosen precisely for the monster's frost weakness: spell damage ×1.5. ⚔️ The party kills a gelatinous horror in 1 round, taking 0 damage. 📐 The party meets it standing as the last room left them. 💢 Sunder reminds the plate it was ore: it stops turning blows for the rest of the fight. ✨ The working holds: +8 damage every round while the fight lasts. 🎒 5 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
A hidden vault, stacked with treasure. Vaults always hold something beyond coin. A sarcophagus stands against the wall with its lid slightly wrong.
They might have chosen to open it with Knock, or inspect it first — Johannes Trithemius made the case: "Even locks answer to providence. I just expedite." The party chose to loot the treasure.
💰 The party loots the chest: 153 gold. 💰 Also in the hoard: a purse nobody came back for, 15 gold.
A gelatinous horror holds the room (attack 2, health 6). The party must decide how to get past it. Plate and chitin cover it: the party's blows do 2 less damage each round. It flinches from the cold: weak to frost (frost damage ×1.5). Pillars break the room into aisles — something to fight behind. 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 — Michael Sendivogius made the case: "My shield has a saint on it. She's watching. Form up." The party chose to open with a combat spell.
🔥 The caster opens with Frost Lance, chosen precisely for the monster's frost weakness: spell damage ×1.5. ⚔️ The party kills a gelatinous horror in 1 round, taking 0 damage. 💢 Sunder reminds the plate it was ore: it stops turning blows for the rest of the fight. ✨ The working holds: +8 damage every round while the fight lasts. 🎒 4 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
A library. The party can study here to learn spells. 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 study the shelves, or move on — Isabella Cortese made the case: "Shake it and see." The party chose to strip the shelves.
📚 The wizard strips sagging shelves: a scroll of Shelf-Found Working for the grimoire.
A chittering rat swarm holds the room (attack 1, health 4). The party must decide how to get past it. It is a swarm: spell openings hit it ×1.5. It keeps clear of the torches: weak to fire (fire damage ×1.5). Somebody stacked supplies here and never came back for them. A font holds water that has been still a long time and is somehow clean.
They might have chosen to fall back, or sneak past — Michael Sendivogius made the case: "I read a treatise on this maneuver. Chapter three. Brace." The party chose to stand and fight.
🪄 Michael Sendivogius uses the Haunted Armor — The Ghost Objects: a summon adding 1 attack each round. ⚔️ The party kills a chittering rat swarm in 1 round, taking 0 damage. 🧱 The party fights from behind stacked crates and barrels: 1 less damage per round. 💥 The Reckless finish the fight with style: +5 score. 🎒 3 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
A connecting corridor. Nothing blocks the way; the party moves through.
They might have chosen to solve the progression, or read the dust — Johannes Trithemius made the case: "The lock's a three-pin Herrengrave. The book was wrong about them. I'm not." The party chose to cross in order.
🎯 One at a time, weight where the weight has already been tested. Slow, sound, and the party is in single file at the far end. +18 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 negotiate with it, or answer it in its own tongue — Michael Sendivogius made the case: "The body is a temple. Mine's a fortress." The party chose to investigate its claim.
📖 The claim checks out in every particular, which it did not expect anyone to bother doing. It steps out of the way. +20 score. 🎓 Three disciplines on one problem, none of them guessing: +25 renown.
A connecting corridor. Nothing blocks the way; the party moves through.
They might have chosen to repair the gears, or correct the orrery — Isabella Cortese made the case: "If it smokes, it works. If it screams, it works better." The party chose to hurry through the turning room.
💫 The floor turns underfoot mid-crossing: 2 damage, and the party comes out of it in no order at all.
A shrine. Resting here heals the party; the gold leaf on the altar could be stripped instead. A font holds water that has been still a long time and is somehow clean. Pillars break the room into aisles — something to fight behind.
They might have chosen to sing the third harmony, or attune the resonances — Marsilio Ficino made the case: "The liturgy has a verse for this. Several, actually." 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: 12 health healed.
A connecting corridor. Nothing blocks the way; the party moves through.
They might have chosen to accept the duel, or negotiate the terms — Johannes Trithemius made the case: "Traps are just puzzles with stakes." The party chose to recognize his school.
📖 The guard is Bolognese, the counter to it is on a page somebody in the party has read, and the bout lasts four seconds. He takes it well, and mentions what is waiting further down. +26 score, and the next snare is known. 🎓 It is answered from three directions at once and stays answered: +25 renown.
A gelatinous horror holds the room (attack 2, health 6). The party must decide how to get past it. Plate and chitin cover it: the party's blows do 2 less damage each round. It flinches from the cold: weak to frost (frost damage ×1.5). A portcullis hangs raised above the passage, on a chain that still turns. Pillars break the room into aisles — something to fight behind.
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or fall back — Michael Sendivogius made the case: "A fight you skip counts double." The party chose to open with a combat spell.
🔥 The caster opens with Frost Lance, chosen precisely for the monster's frost weakness: spell damage ×1.5. ⚔️ The party kills a gelatinous horror in 1 round, taking 0 damage. 📐 The party meets it standing as the last room left them. 💢 Sunder reminds the plate it was ore: it stops turning blows for the rest of the fight. ✨ The working holds: +8 damage every round while the fight lasts. 🎒 5 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
The boss chamber. The Dragon Whelp of the Deep Vault waits at its center (attack 4, health 12); killing it clears the dungeon. It flinches from the cold: weak to frost (frost damage ×1.5). A brazier burns in its bracket — nobody has been here to feed it, and it burns anyway. A pit takes up a third of the floor. The bottom is not visible.
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or fall back — Isabella Cortese made the case: "Peer review can wait. The flask can't." The party chose to shove it into the pit.
🕳️ The party shoves the monster into an open pit: 11 damage, and it has to climb back out. ☠️ Even so, the Dragon Whelp of the Deep Vault beats the party down. 🛡️ Shields lock along the front rank and the party stops trying to win quickly. 💚 Purify the Font closes Michael Sendivogius's wounds mid-fight: 9 healed in round 6, then 5 a round while it holds.
The boss chamber. The Dragon Whelp of the Deep Vault waits at its center (attack 4, health 12); killing it clears the dungeon. It flinches from the cold: weak to frost (frost damage ×1.5). A brazier burns in its bracket — nobody has been here to feed it, and it burns anyway. A pit takes up a third of the floor. The bottom is not visible.
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or fall back — Isabella Cortese made the case: "Peer review can wait. The flask can't." The party chose to shove it into the pit.
🕳️ The party shoves the monster into an open pit: 11 damage, and it has to climb back out. ☠️ Even so, the Dragon Whelp of the Deep Vault beats the party down. 🛡️ Shields lock along the front rank and the party stops trying to win quickly. 💚 Purify the Font closes Michael Sendivogius's wounds mid-fight: 9 healed in round 6, then 5 a round while it holds.
the Old Delve is cleared: the boss is dead and the party walks out. Survivors: Isabella Cortese, Marsilio Ficino, Johannes Trithemius, Michael Sendivogius. Rooms cleared: 12. Trophies carried out: 4 (latest: 🫙 a jar of restorative ooze).
Regenerate this exact delve:
npm run simulate -- --seed log-easy-48