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Common foe

The Lychgate

The Lychgate portrait

A gate for the dead that has opinions about who is finished living.

Common foe 155 HP hits for up to 14 2.3 damage per turn on average
Its move kitNumbers re-derived from the engine, not the authored text.
MoveTypeValueApplies
the lychgate slams to for 14attack14—
the bar drops (+10 Guard)defend10—
reads your name off the coffin-rest for the Warden's ledger (Shatter 7: the next hits you take land harder)debuff7Shatter
its hinges set like mortar (+8 Guard)defend8—
cracks seal themselves with grave-mortar (+4 HP)heal4—
stone does not flinch (Shrug 2)shrug2—
How it scalesFloors 6–7, the band its biome owns.

On the shallowest floor it appears on it has 336 HP and its attacks carry +3. On the deepest, 367 HP and +3. The printed move text never changes — the number does.

Keywords on this page
🛡 Guard
Absorbs incoming damage. Resets at the start of its turn.
💜 Shatter
The next hits on this target each deal +3 bonus damage — one stack is spent per hit.
Where you meet it
Others behind the same doors
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