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💚 Purify the Font closes Pico della Mirandola's wounds mid-fight: 12 healed in round 2, then 6 a round while it holds.
The line this delve would be retold by.
11 of 13 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 (17 mentions against 5); 4/4 named |
| met | Rooms should be in the order they are for a reason. | 3 of 17 rooms answer an earlier one (18%) |
| met | Something must go wrong, and it should be legible when it does. | 12 rooms cost the party something |
| met | If every room is a beat, no room is. | the loudest room runs 2.0× the median (peak 4, median 2) |
| met | A choice reads as a choice only when the alternatives are named. | 17 of 17 deliberations name a road not taken |
| met | A death is only worth reading if the dead had a line first. | 2 deaths, each of somebody the reader had met |
| met | Name the thing and state the number. | 15 of 17 resolutions state a number |
| met | The party should not argue in one voice. | 4 distinct voices across 17 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 11, back half 6 |
| met | The ending should answer the delve it ended. | the epitaph names somebody who went down |
A treasure chest sits in the room. It may hold gold; it may be a mimic. A sarcophagus stands against the wall with its lid slightly wrong.
They might have chosen to open it with Knock, or loot the treasure — Robert Fludd made the case: "I disarm faster when it's already ticking." The party chose to leave it alone.
🚶 The party leaves the treasure untouched and moves on.
A connecting corridor. Nothing blocks the way; the party moves through. 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 — Giordano Bruno made the case: "Overchannel? I call it generous casting." The party chose to just walk it.
💥 It is a floor for about six paces. 4 damage out of the ceiling, and the party finishes the crossing at a scattered run.
✚ Robert Fludd takes a wound that will not close down here. Healing can bring them back to 9, no further, until town. The Reckless do not stop to bind anything, and more of it stays with them.
A connecting corridor. Nothing blocks the way; the party moves through.
They might have chosen to accept the duel, or negotiate the terms — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "Why duel what you can outwit?" The party chose to push past him.
💨 He does not stop them, exactly. He simply takes a toll on the way past, one at a time, and the party is still strung out single file when the passage opens. 5 damage.
✚ 2 wounds on Robert Fludd, and the ceiling with them: 7, and no more.
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 brazier burns in its bracket — nobody has been here to feed it, and it burns anyway. Half the ceiling is on the floor, in pieces worth stepping around.
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or sneak past — Giordano Bruno made the case: "There's a cheaper way to do this. There always is." The party chose to fall back.
💨 The party gives ground, 2 damage on the way out, and the room keeps what it was holding.
🛡️ Robert Fludd walks in front, which is where the blows land first.
☠️ Robert Fludd falls. The party's rogue is dead; the 3 still standing march on.
Back through the same door, for the second time. Nothing here has forgotten them. 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).
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or sneak past — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "The safety margin is where the good magic lives." The party chose to fall back.
💨 Out through the same door a second time, 4 damage the toll. There is no third.
🛡️ Giordano Bruno steps into the gap Robert Fludd left, and the party re-forms behind them.
✚ Giordano Bruno is opened up badly enough that the delve will keep it: 10 is as whole as they get until town. The Reckless do not stop to bind anything, and more of it stays with them.
They are back, and there is no backing out this time: a gelatinous horror is between them and the door. 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).
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or sneak past — Giordano Bruno made the case: "The safety margin is where the good magic lives." 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 Reckless finish the fight with style: +5 score. 🎒 10 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
🕳️ Kenelm Digby finds a hidden door into the flooded wing. Behind it: a floor that slopes down into standing water. Its rooms join the route.
A trap blocks the corridor. The party must disarm it, avoid it, or take the hit. A pit takes up a third of the floor. The bottom is not visible.
They might have chosen to disarm the trap, or search for a way around — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "Overchannel? I call it generous casting." The party chose to push through and take the hit.
💥 The party pushes through the trap, taking 7 damage.
☠️ Giordano Bruno falls. The party's wizard is dead; the 2 still standing march on.
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 — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "Why duel what you can outwit?" 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 Reckless finish the fight with style: +5 score. 🎒 7 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
🛡️ With Giordano Bruno down, Pico della Mirandola takes the front. The next thing through the door meets them first.
The dungeon itself turns hostile. The party must brace together or scatter. A crack runs the width of the room, wide enough to matter and too wide to jump twice. A boulder sits at the top of a slope, held by a wedge of rotten timber.
They might have chosen to brace together — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "There's a cheaper way to do this. There always is." The party chose to scatter and regroup.
🌋 The party scatters; 2 members guessed wrong and took 3 damage each.
✚ Pico della Mirandola is opened up badly enough that the delve will keep it: 11 is as whole as they get until town. The Reckless do not stop to bind anything, and more of it stays with them.
✚ Kenelm Digby is opened up badly enough that the delve will keep it: 10 is as whole as they get until town. The Reckless do not stop to bind anything, and more of it stays with them.
A hidden vault, stacked with treasure. Vaults always hold something beyond coin. A portcullis hangs raised above the passage, on a chain that still turns.
They might have chosen to open it with Knock, or loot the treasure — Kenelm Digby made the case: "Traps are just puzzles with stakes." The party chose to leave it alone.
🚶 The party leaves the treasure untouched and moves on.
🕯️ The wick is well down the oil. 2 more marches of light, then none.
A library. The party can study here to learn spells. Shelves sag under books nobody has audited in a century. 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 move on — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "The safety margin is where the good magic lives." The party chose to study the shelves.
📚 The party studies the shelves and learns 1 spell.
🕯️ The lantern is burning low: oil for 1 more march.
A shrine. Resting here heals the party; the gold leaf on the altar could be stripped instead.
They might have chosen to strip the gold leaf, or move on — Kenelm Digby made the case: "Doors, guards, promises — all pickable." The party chose to rest and heal.
🕯️ The party rests at the shrine: 5 health healed per member.
🕯️ The last of the oil goes. From here the party walks in the dark.
A cold-eyed wraith holds the room (attack 3, health 4). The party must decide how to get past it. It is ethereal: weapons do only 60% damage unless a cleric blesses the blades. It will not face the cleric: undead take holy damage ×1.5. A bed of rusted spikes stands out of the floor, most of them still upright. A crack runs the width of the room, wide enough to matter and too wide to jump twice.
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or fall back — Kenelm Digby made the case: "Every door is a suggestion." The party chose to sneak past.
🗡️ The rogue leads the party past a cold-eyed wraith unseen. No damage taken; +15 score.
👁️ Eyes of the Mouse makes the dark no trouble: the party walks on, 3 damage unpaid.
A goblin toll-gang holds the room (attack 2, health 4). The party must decide how to get past it. Somebody stacked supplies here and never came back for them. A crack runs the width of the room, wide enough to matter and too wide to jump twice.
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or fall back — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "There's a cheaper way to do this. There always is." The party chose to open with a combat spell.
🔥 Chain Lightning opens the fight, softening the monster before the first blow. ⚔️ The party kills a goblin toll-gang 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. 🎒 4 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
A connecting corridor. Nothing blocks the way; the party moves through.
They might have chosen to speak with whatever wears the armour, or name the armour by its heraldry — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "Overchannel? I call it generous casting." The party chose to read its movement and walk around it.
🎯 Eleven paces, a turn, eleven paces back. The party crosses in the gap and comes out the far side abreast and unhurried. +18 score. 🎓 Three disciplines on one problem, none of them guessing: +25 renown.
The boss chamber. The Ogre King Under the Stair waits at its center (attack 5, health 13); killing it clears the dungeon. Plate and chitin cover it: the party's blows do 2 less damage each round. Pillars break the room into aisles — something to fight behind. A sarcophagus stands against the wall with its lid slightly wrong.
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or fall back — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "Why duel what you can outwit?" The party chose to open with a combat spell.
🔥 Chain Lightning opens the fight, softening the monster before the first blow. ☠️ Even softened, the Ogre King Under the Stair beats the party down. 🩸 Most of that lands on Pico della Mirandola — 8 of the 36 taken. 📐 The party meets it standing as the last room left them. 💚 Purify the Font closes Pico della Mirandola's wounds mid-fight: 12 healed in round 2, then 6 a round while it holds. 💚 Balm of Hours closes Pico della Mirandola's wounds mid-fight: 14 healed in round 3, then 7 a round while it holds. 🎒 7 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
✚ Pico della Mirandola is wounded again — 4 scars now, and nothing can heal them past 5 before town.
The boss chamber. The Ogre King Under the Stair waits at its center (attack 5, health 13); killing it clears the dungeon. Plate and chitin cover it: the party's blows do 2 less damage each round. Pillars break the room into aisles — something to fight behind. A sarcophagus stands against the wall with its lid slightly wrong.
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or fall back — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "Why duel what you can outwit?" The party chose to open with a combat spell.
🔥 Chain Lightning opens the fight, softening the monster before the first blow. ☠️ Even softened, the Ogre King Under the Stair beats the party down. 🩸 Most of that lands on Pico della Mirandola — 8 of the 36 taken. 📐 The party meets it standing as the last room left them. 💚 Purify the Font closes Pico della Mirandola's wounds mid-fight: 12 healed in round 2, then 6 a round while it holds. 💚 Balm of Hours closes Pico della Mirandola's wounds mid-fight: 14 healed in round 3, then 7 a round while it holds. 🎒 7 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
✚ Pico della Mirandola is wounded again — 4 scars now, and nothing can heal them past 5 before town.
the Old Delve is cleared: the boss is dead and the party walks out. Survivors: Pico della Mirandola, Kenelm Digby. Rooms cleared: 15. Trophies carried out: 3 (latest: 💰 the toll-purse).
Regenerate this exact delve:
npm run simulate -- --seed log-easy-84