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The Bardmaid's Tale — Player Guide

Welcome to the Tavern! This guide covers everything you need to know.

Getting Started

When you first arrive, The Innkeeper greets you. He's your hub for everything — adventures, shopping, and introductions to the other NPCs. Say "menu" or "help" to see what he can do.

Upload Your Collection

Click Collection at the top of the page to upload your Hearthstone card collection JSON. This lets the advisors build decks from cards you actually own. You can get your collection using DeckManager for macOS.

The Advisors

Click "Talk to Someone Else" to visit the advisors page and choose who to chat with.

Adventures

Tell the Innkeeper "adventure" to see available jobs. Three difficulty tiers:

DifficultyChallengesRetriesXPRetry Cost
Easy31 (free)50 / 25Free
Medium51250 / 12510 gold
Difficult102500 / 25050 gold each

Each challenge gives you 3 choices, each tied to a different stat. Pick your approach — your choices shape your character's growth. The stat being tested is not shown; read the description carefully to guess which attribute each option leans on.

Option 4 is always "Return to the Inn" — you can flee safely anytime.

Using a retry halves your XP reward if you win.

Your Character

Your character sheet is at the bottom-left of the screen.

Stats

STR, DEX, INT, WIS, LUCK — all start at 1. Increase them by:

When any stat reaches 5, The Witch will offer you a Player Class based on that stat.

Health

You have 100 HP. Failed adventure challenges deal damage. At 0 HP:

Heal by visiting Seraph (1 gold per HP) or wait for midnight regeneration (30% of missing HP restored daily).

Leveling

LevelXP NeededRewards
2100+1 stat point, 100g, 1 item
3200+1 stat point, 150g, 1 item
4300+1 stat point, 200g, 1 item
5400+1 stat point, 250g, 1 item
6-10500-4000+1 stat point, gold, scaled item

Gold

Earn gold from adventures, daily login, and selling items. Spend it on healing, items, stat points, and coin purse upgrades.

Equipment

Items have 5 quality tiers:

QualityStat BonusBreak ChanceSell Price
Low+120%1-3g
Average+215%4-10g
Good+310%15-35g
Amazing+45%50-100g
Godly+61%100-200g

Equip slots: Weapon, Shield, Armor, Helmet, Boots, Ring (×2), Amulet

Shields reduce incoming damage. Rings/Amulets may have defensive or special effects like Cancel Death.

To equip an item from your Stash, click the Wear button next to it. Any item already in that slot moves to the Stash. You can also ask the Innkeeper to "equip best loadout" and he'll automatically swap in the strongest gear from your Stash.

The Witch's Quests

The Witch only builds Neutral decks by default. To unlock each Hearthstone class:

  1. Ask The Witch about a locked class (e.g., "Mage decks")
  2. She sends you to the class advisor (Ember for Mage)
  3. The advisor challenges you (trivia, riddle, or gold payment)
  4. Bring the ingredient back to The Witch

Don't lie about having ingredients — The Witch checks your inventory. Liars are banned for the day.

Audio

Open Settings to adjust Music and Effects volume. Tavern music plays in the Inn, adventure music during quests, and fire ambience crackles in the background. Music uses a shuffle-bag system — all tracks play before any repeats.

When a sound effect fires (gold gained, magic cast, etc.) a small italic annotation appears in the chat bubble so you know what triggered it.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Enter — Send message. Shift+Enter — New line.