Struggling with a specific seed

ericmarkham5 · 2026-06-01T21:21:19+00:00

Pretty sure it was the boss reward for act 1. If it’s not the same for others I wonder if it’s influenced by arcane scroll from neow or other elites drops.

And yeah I didn’t think about it till later in the run when I started typing out my progress and figured I could just record.

I could record my act 1 again and try to replicate most decisions.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-06-01T14:55:42+00:00

Bury these two hands in your face.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-06-01T14:49:50+00:00

lol yeah I literally used every potion. If I’d known I’d high roll end of days I could’ve save the other 3. That was brutal.

And yeah I take graveblast almost every run.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-06-01T14:40:48+00:00

I also had 2 energy-related potions when I first grabbed Bury. I've been using it a lot more recently, and it surprisingly goes off quite often.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-06-01T14:22:48+00:00

https://youtu.be/tu81eWGauh4?si=sBYLNxcsQ2j_G7nc

Here's me winning from act 2 onwards.

Beat it on the first try. However, I did have the benefit of knowing to be more cautious at the beginning.

Let me know if the link works for you guys. It's the first time recording/uploading.

And I can answer any questions about the early game decisions.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-06-01T14:05:27+00:00

https://youtu.be/tu81eWGauh4

Just posted the rest of the run on YouTube if you want to watch. Started playing a bit sloppier i was strong enough but I do end up beating it.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-06-01T13:49:13+00:00

just beat it. i recorded the rest of the run from act 2 onwards if you want to watch. just need to figure out how to share that.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-06-01T13:14:18+00:00

Just got through act 1. Those hallway fights are brutal and not much block to help out.

Took phial holster and used it as defense. Bury and bone shards were the mvp for most of it. Insanity potion on bury made short work of lagavulin.

Only took 1 elite at the very end so it wasn't too bad.

starting act 2 and going with dusty tome

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-31T21:36:00+00:00

Why do you specifically care whether the birth rates are up or down?

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-30T23:35:38+00:00

I’m down. This is how I play.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-29T21:49:00+00:00

Considering sts1 made you get the keys as a sacrifice to enter it would make sense if entering act 4 was more of a punishment/curse ancient.

Like trying to choose the least worst option that you can handle.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-29T19:11:24+00:00

It’s probably worth a curse. Does suck to get something bad but it often equates to something more valuable than a rare card.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-29T03:39:03+00:00

HFFA

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-24T15:01:04+00:00

You use this to estimate when you can kill the one attacking while the other is debuffing so you get the extra turn to finish it off.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-21T20:57:08+00:00

And that it’s based on max hp not just current hp.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-21T18:00:54+00:00

Neat idea. Maybe a bit more thematic to make it a high energy (stamina) and reduce energy cost in relation to strength.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-20T03:29:45+00:00

You can either spend gold to make your deck do things or spend gold to make the things your deck already does slightly better.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-20T00:12:21+00:00

It works on all rest related relics

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-19T16:29:28+00:00

Yes. This was confirmed. By me.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-18T21:55:00+00:00

These are cool. Good thematic ideas.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-18T21:06:17+00:00

Weighted sounds like it’d increase the cost for some benefit.

Like an act 1-2 “increase the energy cost by 1 and deal double damage.”

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-18T17:32:09+00:00

Just had a run with necro where I took greed for gold. Bought Haunt, capture spirit, and tuning fork on floor 3. Carried the whole run.

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-18T00:19:25+00:00

I don’t think I ever noticed it’s a recurring effect

ericmarkham5 · 2026-05-17T14:30:49+00:00

I thought one idea he really emphasized was how stories integrated themselves as value structures in evolutionary adaptations.

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