Tablet of Truth (event)/images/game/screenshot-05.jpgChoices and outcomes for Tablet of Truth in Act 1 - Overgrowth.
Choices
Choice
Cost or outcome
Decipher
Lose 3 Max HP. Upgrade a random card.
Smash
Heal 20 HP.
Later choices
These options belong to subsequent event states; they are not all offered together.
decipher
Choice
Cost or outcome
Give Up
Stop reading the text and leave.
decipher 1
Choice
Cost or outcome
Continue Deciphering
Lose 6 Max HP. Upgrade a random card.
decipher 2
Choice
Cost or outcome
Keep Deciphering
Lose 12 Max HP. Upgrade a random card.
decipher 3
Choice
Cost or outcome
KEEP DECIPHERING
Lose 24 Max HP. Upgrade a random card.
decipher 4
Choice
Cost or outcome
Lose Everything
Set Max HP to 1. Upgrade ALL cards.
The fixed Tablet costs come before the one-HP choice
Start with 80 Max HP. No other effects change Max HP. Complete each Decipher step, then choose Lose Everything.
1Before Decipher80 Max HPThis example starts above the 45 Max HP total spent on the four fixed choices.
2Pay 3, 6, 12 and 2435 Max HPThe four costs total 45. Each payment must be survived before the final choice.
3Choose Lose Everything1 Max HPThis final choice sets Max HP to one and upgrades all cards currently in the deck.
4Finish the winning runStill 1 Max HPA later Max HP gain can invalidate the Badge even when the run is won.
Minimum starting Max HP for the fixed paymentsWithout other modifiers, 46 − 45 leaves one; 45 − 45 does not.46
The final set-to-one effect is distinct from the earlier losses and from later Max HP costs. It supplies no general protection against losing Max HP.Sources
