The challenge was simple, really: Honour Mode had told me exactly what I was in for before I started. One save, no backsies, no cheeky Alt+F4s to safety. If the active party wiped even once, even to something stupid, then I could only keep my save file with an asterisk—I'd be shamefully knocked down from the new, extra hard difficulty level I was trying to clear, the one that'd reward me with a shiny gold d20 if I beat it.
So I set off again. Nautiloid. Pick up my favourite little aberrant brain-cat Us. Meet Lae'zel. Free Shadowheart. Go to the helm. Beach. Thoughtlessly tread in a bit of flaming wreckage. Lose 3 HP.
