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“D&D.Sci: Serial Healers [Evaluation & Ruleset]” by abstractapplic


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This is a followup to the D&D.Sci post I made on the 6th; if you haven’t already read it, you should do so now before spoiling yourself.

Here is the web interactive I built to let you evaluate your solution; below is an explanation of the rules used to generate the dataset (my full generation code is available here, in case you’re curious about details I omitted). You’ll probably want to test your answer before reading any further.

Who Dunnit?

In rough order of ascending difficulty:

Nettie Silver

Nettie heals Smokesickness; all Smokesickness healing happens when she's in the area. (She's been caught multiple times, but she has friends in high places who scupper all such investigations.)

Zancro

Zancro heals Scraped Knees and Scraped Elbows; all healing of either malady happens when he's in the area. (He has no idea how Calderian culture works, and is pathologically shy; he [...]

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Outline:

(00:41) Who Dunnit?

(00:47) Nettie Silver

(01:03) Zancro

(01:23) Danny Nova

(01:52) Dankon Ground

(02:10) Moon Finder and Boltholopew

(02:33) Tehami Darke

(02:58) Lomerius Xardus

(03:19) Azeru (and Cayn)

(04:10) Averill

(04:28) Gouberi

(04:45) Leaderboardgrid

(05:14) Reflections

(06:21) Scheduling

The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:

September 22nd, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vu6ASJg7nQ9SpjBmD/d-and-d-sci-serial-healers-evaluation-and-ruleset

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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