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Common foe

The Ash-Sifter

The Ash-Sifter portrait

A stooped shade that sorts the hall's ash for anything still worth keeping. It does not want a fight. It wants you to hold still while it works.

Common foe 42 HP hits for up to 10 3 damage per turn on average
Its move kitNumbers re-derived from the engine, not the authored text.
MoveTypeValueApplies
flings a handful of grave-ash for 5attack5—
the ash settles into your lungs (Rot 1: it bites at the end of every turn, Guard will not stop it and it never fades)debuff1Rot
picks a scrap of itself back out of the sieve (+5 HP)heal5—
swings the loaded sieve for 10attack10—
sweeps the ash out from under your heels (Unmooring 2)debuff2Un-Mooring
How it scalesFloors 3–5, the band its biome owns.

On the shallowest floor it appears on it has 67 HP and its attacks carry +1. On the deepest, 83 HP and +2. The printed move text never changes — the number does.

Keywords on this page
🦠 Rot
Deals that much damage at the end of each turn. Ignores Guard and never fades — it only grows as more is applied.
🛡 Guard
Absorbs incoming damage. Resets at the start of its turn.
⚓ Un-Mooring
Strips that much Guard at the end of your turn, never below 0. One stack fades each turn.
Where you meet it
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