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The Deck

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What is The Deck?

The Deck is a calendar boss with a base health of 1000 and 3 phases. It appears on The Ivory Tower. If it is still standing at the next booking, it leaves without paying out. Its health grows with the clock, the floor and your difficulty.

"Slide 47 of 47. Questions?"

A projector screen that rains slides. The last says Questions? and it can't be hurt while nobody answers; the real rightsizing number is on slide 44, which nobody reaches.

What does it do in each phase?

The Deck changes phase as its health falls, using each phase's moves in turn. The telegraphed attacks mark the ground first, so watch the markings and step out rather than trying to outrun everything. Moves come faster in later phases. It also books itself nearer if you run too far away.

HealthPhaseMovesAnnouncement
100%Executive Summary
  • Marks circles around you, then each one lands hard.
  • Marks a wedge in front of it, then hits everything inside.
  • Calls 1 Pre-Read.
The deck!! Executive summary!! Forty-six more slides!!
50%Appendix
  • Calls 2 Pre-Read.
  • Marks a lane across the floor, then fires down it.
  • Marks circles around you, then each one lands hard.
Appendix!! The appendix is longer than the deck!! The real number is on slide 44!!
15%Questions?
  • Marks a ring around itself, then sets it off.
  • Can't be hurt for 5 seconds: "Questions? No? Great.".
Questions? No? Great.

Where and when does it appear?

The Deck is booked 1 time across the building. The table gives each floor and the time on the clock. Floors open one at a time, for one department, by winning the one before. Boss health is multiplied by the time it arrives, so a late booking is a tougher fight than the same boss early on.

FloorClockSlot
The Ivory Tower3:45Calendar 1