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🔥 The caster opens with Radiant Lance, chosen precisely for the monster's holy weakness: spell damage ×1.5.
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. | Cornelius Agrippa carries it (8 mentions against 6); 4/4 named |
| met | Rooms should be in the order they are for a reason. | 3 of 16 rooms answer an earlier one (19%) |
| met | Something must go wrong, and it should be legible when it does. | 7 rooms cost the party something |
| missed | If every room is a beat, no room is. | flat: peak 3 against a median of 2 — no room stands out |
| met | A choice reads as a choice only when the alternatives are named. | 16 of 16 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 16 resolutions state a number |
| met | The party should not argue in one voice. | 4 distinct voices across 16 deliberations |
| missed | No sentence should appear twice in one delve, verbatim. | 2 effect lines 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 |
| met | The back half should cost more than the front half. | front half 3, back half 5 |
| 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. Somebody stacked supplies here and never came back for them.
They might have chosen to inspect it first, or leave it alone — Cornelius Agrippa made the case: "The sword's just how I open lockboxes." The party chose to loot the treasure.
💰 The party loots the chest: 39 gold.
A connecting corridor. Nothing blocks the way; the party moves through.
They might have chosen to read the correspondences, or work the planetary sequence — Michael Maier made the case: "Everything in this room fits in my satchel if I believe." The party chose to read the metals.
⚗️ Each sign is its metal, and the metals want touching in the order of their melting. +15 gold, +30 score. 🎓 Three disciplines on one problem, none of them guessing: +25 renown.
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. Pillars break the room into aisles — something to fight behind.
They might have chosen to rest and heal, or move on — Tycho Brahe made the case: "Danger pay. Emphasis on pay." The party chose to strip the gold leaf.
⛏️ The party strips 30 gold of leaf from the altar. The next disaster will hit harder for it.
🧭 The Covetous wanted the weapon rack: the party turns off into the barracks wing. Its rooms join the route.
A goblin toll-gang holds the room (attack 2, health 4). The party must decide how to get past it. A gargoyle spout drips something that is not water into a stained channel. 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 pay the toll — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "Overchannel? I call it generous casting." The party chose to fall back.
💨 The party gives ground, 2 damage on the way out, and the room keeps what it was holding.
🛡️ The order settles with Cornelius Agrippa at the head of it: whatever comes, comes to them.
The same room again. Whatever is in it has had time to think.
They might have chosen to fall back, or pay the toll — Cornelius Agrippa made the case: "Plan? I'm the plan." The party chose to stand and fight.
🪄 Cornelius Agrippa uses the Haunted Armor — The Ghost Objects: a summon adding 1 attack each round. ⚔️ The party kills a goblin toll-gang in 1 round, taking 0 damage. 🛡️ Aegis of Ash goes up before the first blow: 2 less damage every round. 💥 The Reckless finish the fight with style: +5 score. 🎒 3 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
A rattling skeleton patrol holds the room (attack 2, health 5). The party must decide how to get past it. It will not face the cleric: undead take holy damage ×1.5. Half the ceiling is on the floor, in pieces worth stepping around.
They might have chosen to stand and fight, or fall back — Pico della Mirandola 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 Radiant Lance, chosen precisely for the monster's holy weakness: spell damage ×1.5. ⚔️ The party kills a rattling skeleton patrol in 1 round, taking 0 damage. 🛡️ Aegis of Ash goes up before the first blow: 2 less damage every round. 💥 The Reckless finish the fight with style: +5 score. 🎒 4 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
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 sarcophagus stands against the wall with its lid slightly wrong.
They might have chosen to inspect it first, or leave it alone — Tycho Brahe made the case: "Everything down here is carrying something. I collect." The party chose to loot the treasure.
🦷 The chest is a mimic. It bites for 5 damage before the party kills it, recovering 23 gold.
✚ Cornelius Agrippa is opened up badly enough that the delve will keep it: 12 is as whole as they get 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 solve the progression, or read the dust — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "Transmutation started as a hobby. It's a livelihood now." 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. 🎓 Near enough to the discipline to try, not near enough to be paid for it: 10 renown short.
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 — Cornelius Agrippa made the case: "The sword's just how I open lockboxes." 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. 🎓 It is answered from three directions at once and stays answered: +25 renown.
A shrine. Resting here heals the party; the gold leaf on the altar could be stripped instead. Pillars break the room into aisles — something to fight behind.
They might have chosen to strip the gold leaf, or move on — Michael Maier made the case: "Gold in, gold out — that's the whole science." The party chose to rest and heal.
🕯️ The party rests at the shrine: 5 health healed per member.
A connecting corridor. Nothing blocks the way; the party moves through.
They might have chosen to sing the third harmony, or attune the resonances — Tycho Brahe made the case: "Last one in buys the ale!" 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.
🕯️ Someone checks the reservoir and does not like the answer: oil for 2 more marches.
✚ Cornelius Agrippa is wounded again — 2 scars now, and nothing can heal them past 10 before town.
A connecting corridor. Nothing blocks the way; the party moves through.
They might have chosen to repair the gears, or divine the unstable motion — Pico della Mirandola made the case: "Overchannel? I call it generous casting." The party chose to correct the orrery.
🔭 The planets are set right and the room settles. The corrected heavens counsel the party: the next fight begins under a favourable aspect. +20 score. 🎓 Everything this asks for, the party happens to have brought: +25 renown.
🕯️ Someone checks the reservoir and does not like the answer: oil for 1 more march.
A library. The party can study here to learn spells. Pillars break the room into aisles — something to fight behind. Shelves sag under books nobody has audited in a century.
They might have chosen to read the place itself, or reconstruct his rounds — Cornelius Agrippa made the case: "Plan? I'm the plan." The party chose to strip the shelves.
📚 The wizard strips sagging shelves: a scroll of Shelf-Found Working for the grimoire.
🕯️ The lantern dies with the party still under the hill. No more light to carry.
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 search the room methodically, or divine what is hidden here — Michael Maier made the case: "If it smokes, it works. If it screams, it works better." The party chose to observe every detail.
👁️ Hidden in plain sight: an alcove holding coin and small valuables, overlooked by a hundred hurrying parties. +15 gold, +18 score. 🎓 Three disciplines on one problem, none of them guessing: +25 renown.
🪶 No light, but no stumbling either — Feather Step carries them through blind and whole, 3 damage unpaid.
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. A brazier burns in its bracket — nobody has been here to feed it, and it burns anyway. 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: "The safety margin is where the good magic lives." The party chose to open with a combat spell.
🔥 Frost Lance 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 Cornelius Agrippa — 9 of the 12 taken. 📐 The party meets it standing as the last room left them. 🔭 The aspect is favourable and the party knows it: 1 less damage a round. 🪞 A tall silvered mirror shows the ethereal where it truly stands: weapons do full damage. 🧱 The party fights from behind a row of squat pillars: 1 less damage per round. 🎒 7 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
☠️ Cornelius Agrippa falls. The party's fighter is dead; the 3 still standing march on.
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. A brazier burns in its bracket — nobody has been here to feed it, and it burns anyway. 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: "The safety margin is where the good magic lives." The party chose to open with a combat spell.
🔥 Frost Lance 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 Cornelius Agrippa — 9 of the 12 taken. 📐 The party meets it standing as the last room left them. 🔭 The aspect is favourable and the party knows it: 1 less damage a round. 🪞 A tall silvered mirror shows the ethereal where it truly stands: weapons do full damage. 🧱 The party fights from behind a row of squat pillars: 1 less damage per round. 🎒 7 more preparations hold besides — the ledger keeps them.
☠️ Cornelius Agrippa falls. The party's fighter is dead; the 3 still standing march on.
the Old Delve is cleared: the boss is dead and the party walks out. Survivors: Michael Maier, Tycho Brahe, Pico della Mirandola. Rooms cleared: 14. Trophies carried out: 2 (latest: 🦴 a femur of surprising balance).
Regenerate this exact delve:
npm run simulate -- --seed log-easy-108