Ribbit Rogue Run Planner

Read this with a chest, a forge, or a Depth toggle on screen. Each block is a yes/no gate. If you fail a gate, do not take the greedy node. Pair with builds if you need the sentence behind the boxes.

0. Before the first fight

• Character is the Hero unless you already won area one. See the Hero.
• You know Shift inspect and right-click reroll (controls).
• Swamp Depth is off.

If any box is no, stop. The swamp is not a tutorial skip.

1. The ten-die jobs

Your pool must be able to say these jobs out loud. Stars do not count.

• Kill: one cube owns the big numbers.
• Block: one cube can answer the modal telegraph.
• Heal or refund: a face, Medkit, or the Hero’s post-battle heal for the map (not for the boss).
• Engine (optional until node 8): Twin, blanks-as-damage, or crit-on-block.
• Garbage (required): one die is allowed to hold blanks until you cut it.

Chest rule: take the die that fills a missing job. If all three options miss, Skip (+20G).

2. Forge script

At every anvil (forging):

1. Move blanks onto the garbage die.
2. Move Twin / big attacks onto the kill die.
3. Spend the three points on kill or block, never on garbage.
4. Each face, max three upgrades. Do not sprinkle.
5. Cancel if you walked in without a target face.

Blacksmith Hammer in the relic row means campsites are anvils. Use them.

3. Relic pick

At every three-card level-up (relic tiers):

• If the pool is still dirty → Hammer or Fine Cutlery.
• If you sequence Quick/Slow → Pocket Watch or Empty Hourglass.
• If you keep blanks on purpose → Spirit Jar.
• If you die to 17s → Medkit or a shield relic, not Cracked Sword.
• If nothing matches → Hand Lens reroll, else take insurance.

Never take two insurance relics before you have a kill job.

4. Map gate

Before a node (map events):

• Elite only if block job exists.
• Shop if gold ≥ one 40G die and a job is missing.
• Forge if two or more blanks sit on non-garbage dice.
• Campsite if HP < half and a boss icon is visible.
• Three-die path roll (11+ / 10−) only if both outcomes are acceptable.

5. Boss exam

The node before a boss:

• Kill die is concentrated.
• Block answers a 15+ telegraph.
• You have a mid-fight heal or you accept the risk.
• You can name your reroll relic’s rule (Amulet is turn one; Floppy Disk is a bank).
• You have a plan for two bodies (cleave, Jar, or a second target face).

Fail two boxes → rest or shop. Do not “see the art.”

6. Swamp Depth gate

Turn Depth on only if:

• You have a base-difficulty win on this character.
• You can follow blocks 1–5 without this page open.
• You are ready to Skip more chests because gold is taxed.

If you failed a Depth run to economy, the next run buys block at Herc instead of a four-star souvenir.

7. Mid-run sentence

Write one line in your head:

• “Twin copies the 15.”
• “Blanks feed Spirit Jar.”
• “Crit doubles the 18 shield.”

If you cannot write the line, you do not have a build. Play more fights. Do not invent a fourth sentence from a guitar die.

After the run

Win or loss, name the job that was missing. Next run, the first chest exists to fill that job. That is the planner closing the loop. It is not a tracker of 120 relics. It is a way to stop lying to yourself when a Claymore looks like a personality.

Keep this page in a second window. Close it when the four dice are in the air. The HUD is the real tool. This is the hat.