Herodotus, The Histories
The Father of History — and, his critics said, of a few good stories too.
Every stat is a checkable fact about the actual book, not a designer's mood. Bars are drawn against the highest value any book reaches.
By levelling up. A book that develops keeps what it knew and learns the rest on its new schedule.
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Father of History | History | Argument | 50 | 100% | 20 |
| 1 | Fictional Story | Allegory | Story | — | 100% | 20 |
| 8 | Question the Premise | Rationality | Type shift | — | — | 10 |
| 50 | Speak Greek | History | Status | — | 100% | 5 |
How to read these. In Scholar’s Dream, books argue with each other. Each thing a book can do in a debate is a move, and most moves carry a real quotation — the words the book puts on the table when it uses that move.
Strong against lists the opposing books and arguments a move was written to answer. Used against one of them, it hits much harder than usual: ×2 means twice the normal force, ×4 four times. It is the game’s way of saying: this is the sentence that answers that argument. Open an entry to read why.
Herodotus published his researches “in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the remembrance of what men have done.”
Herodotus, Histories 1, proem (trans. Rawlinson, public domain).public domain
In the gameInquiry — historia — so that great deeds not be forgotten.
“He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.”
Proverbs 18:17 (WEB).
In the gameChallenge the foundation of an argument before it can be pressed. Lowers the foe’s Contend.