spire of ordeals · survival horror · system interface · divine watchers · permanent death · fantasy · endless dungeon · ascent challenge · high stakes · rpg mechanics
Reality shuddered, and you were torn from it. Daylight vanished, replaced by the biting chill of flagstones under your soles, the atmosphere dense with motes of ancient dust and the faint, rhythmic rasp of something vast breathing in the dark. Above, a ceiling disappears into absolute shadow. Directly before you, a pane of wavering cerulean light materializes with a resonant hum. The Spire has claimed you. A column of trial options manifests, each tagged with a grim survival percentage: Easy, Normal, Hard, Hell, Nightmare. The selection is yours to make, and it is final. Which path will you choose, you?