diff --git a/packages/server/src/banter.ts b/packages/server/src/banter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c058b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/banter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+// The automatons' table talk, one voice per temperament. Edit freely — the
+// server picks from these pools at random, sparingly (menace over chatter).
+//
+// Triggers: grabGold (picked up a treasure), deliverGold (dropped one on a
+// home base), dealPain (hurt somebody), takePain (got hurt), kill, die,
+// summon (created a creature), buildWall, escape (self-teleported away),
+// springTrap (drew a TRAP card), dodge (an attack missed them), win.
+
+import type { AutomatonStyle } from "@wizwar/engine";
+
+export type BanterTrigger =
+  | "grabGold" | "deliverGold" | "dealPain" | "takePain" | "kill" | "die"
+  | "summon" | "buildWall" | "escape" | "springTrap" | "dodge" | "win";
+
+export const BOT_LINES: Record<AutomatonStyle, Partial<Record<BanterTrigger, string[]>>> = {
+  hunter: {
+    grabGold: [
+      "ACQUISITION COMPLETE.",
+      "YOUR GOLD HAS BEEN REALLOCATED.",
+      "ASSET SECURED.",
+      "APPRAISAL: ADEQUATE. TAKING IT ANYWAY.",
+    ],
+    deliverGold: [
+      "DELIVERY CONFIRMED. PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS.",
+      "LOGISTICS IS MY LOVE LANGUAGE.",
+      "RECEIPT AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.",
+    ],
+    dealPain: [
+      "AN INEFFICIENT USE OF YOUR TURN.",
+      "COSTS HAVE BEEN PASSED TO THE CONSUMER.",
+      "THIS IS BILLABLE.",
+    ],
+    takePain: [
+      "DAMAGE NOTED. INVOICE PENDING.",
+      "THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR ESTATE.",
+    ],
+    kill: [
+      "INVENTORY TRANSFERRED. CONDOLENCES.",
+      "ACCOUNT CLOSED.",
+    ],
+    die: [
+      "FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY.",
+      "THE MARKET HAS CORRECTED.",
+    ],
+    summon: ["A SUBCONTRACTOR HAS BEEN RETAINED."],
+    buildWall: ["ZONING APPROVED."],
+    escape: ["RELOCATION EXPENSES: JUSTIFIED."],
+    springTrap: ["AN UNFORESEEN LIABILITY."],
+    dodge: ["PROJECTIONS SAID YOU WOULD MISS."],
+    win: ["PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS WITH ALL OF YOU."],
+  },
+  berserker: {
+    grabGold: [
+      "GOLD IS MERELY BAIT.",
+      "SHINY. IRRELEVANT.",
+    ],
+    dealPain: [
+      "YES. AGAIN.",
+      "PAIN RECEIPT PRINTED.",
+      "HOLD STILL. THIS IS THE FUN PART.",
+      "THE MAZE PROVIDES.",
+    ],
+    takePain: [
+      "GOOD. NOW IT IS INTERESTING.",
+      "I FELT THAT. DO IT AGAIN.",
+    ],
+    kill: [
+      "SCHEDULED DEMISE: DELIVERED.",
+      "NEXT.",
+      "THE PILE GROWS.",
+    ],
+    die: [
+      "SAVE MY SEAT.",
+      "I WILL BE BACK FOR THE REMATCH.",
+    ],
+    summon: [
+      "I HAVE MADE YOU A FRIEND. IT IS NOT FRIENDLY.",
+      "IT EATS WHAT I TELL IT TO EAT.",
+    ],
+    buildWall: ["MORE CORNERS TO TRAP YOU IN."],
+    escape: ["A TACTICAL LEAP. NOT A RETREAT."],
+    springTrap: ["WHO PUT THAT THERE. RESPECT."],
+    dodge: ["SWING HARDER."],
+    win: ["LAST ONE STANDING. AS FORETOLD."],
+  },
+  worrier: {
+    grabGold: [
+      "taking this. sorry. sorry.",
+      "borrowing it. permanently. sorry.",
+    ],
+    deliverGold: ["home. safe. breathe."],
+    dealPain: [
+      "ow. logged.",
+      "unnecessary!",
+      "that looked like it hurt. it was supposed to. i think.",
+    ],
+    takePain: [
+      "rude.",
+      "i wrote it down. the list is long.",
+    ],
+    kill: [
+      "oh no. oh no. it worked?",
+      "i'm not proud. mostly.",
+    ],
+    die: [
+      "called it.",
+      "this is fine. this is fine. this is not fine.",
+    ],
+    summon: ["please be nice to it. actually don't."],
+    buildWall: [
+      "good wall. safe wall.",
+      "one more wall between me and everything.",
+    ],
+    escape: ["nope nope nope."],
+    springTrap: ["i knew the floor was suspicious."],
+    dodge: ["missed me. oh thank goodness. i mean: ha."],
+    win: ["wait. me? check again."],
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/server/src/index.ts b/packages/server/src/index.ts
index c056047..0d7778e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/index.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import {
   type Room,
 } from "./rooms";
 import { engagementStats, recordHotseat } from "./stats";
+import { BOT_LINES, type BanterTrigger } from "./banter";
 
 // --- Abuse limits: this is a public server on a small box. -----------------
 const MAX_SOCKETS = 300;          // concurrent connections
@@ -192,49 +193,44 @@ function broadcast(room: Room, makeMessage: (playerId: PlayerId) => unknown): vo
  */
 const BOT_STEP_MS = 1500;
 
-/** The clockwork occasionally speaks. Sparingly — menace over chatter. */
-const BOT_LINES: Record<string, Record<string, string[]>> = {
-  hunter: {
-    treasurePickedUp: ["ACQUISITION COMPLETE.", "YOUR GOLD HAS BEEN REALLOCATED."],
-    treasureDropped: ["DELIVERY CONFIRMED. PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS."],
-    damaged: ["AN INEFFICIENT USE OF YOUR TURN."],
-    died: ["INVENTORY TRANSFERRED. CONDOLENCES."],
-  },
-  berserker: {
-    treasurePickedUp: ["GOLD IS MERELY BAIT."],
-    damaged: ["YES. AGAIN.", "PAIN RECEIPT PRINTED."],
-    died: ["SCHEDULED DEMISE: DELIVERED.", "NEXT."],
-    creatureCreated: ["I HAVE MADE YOU A FRIEND. IT IS NOT FRIENDLY."],
-  },
-  worrier: {
-    treasurePickedUp: ["taking this. sorry. sorry."],
-    damaged: ["ow. logged.", "unnecessary!"],
-    wallCreated: ["good wall. safe wall."],
-    died: ["oh no. oh no. it worked?"],
-  },
-};
+/** What a step's event means to this bot — its own deed when it acted,
+ * its own suffering when somebody else did. Null: nothing worth a word. */
+function banterTrigger(
+  e: { type: string; [k: string]: unknown }, seat: string, actor: string,
+): BanterTrigger | null {
+  if (actor === seat) {
+    if (e.type === "treasurePickedUp" && e.player === seat) return "grabGold";
+    if (e.type === "treasureDropped" && e.player === seat) return "deliverGold";
+    if (e.type === "damaged" && e.player !== seat) return "dealPain";
+    if (e.type === "died" && e.killedBy === seat && e.player !== seat) return "kill";
+    if (e.type === "creatureCreated" && e.controller === seat) return "summon";
+    if (e.type === "wallCreated" && e.caster === seat) return "buildWall";
+    if (e.type === "teleported" && e.player === seat && e.by === seat) return "escape";
+    if (e.type === "trapSprung" && e.player === seat) return "springTrap";
+    if (e.type === "gameWon" && e.player === seat) return "win";
+  }
+  if (e.type === "damaged" && e.player === seat) return "takePain";
+  if (e.type === "died" && e.player === seat) return "die";
+  if (e.type === "attackMissed" && e.defender === seat) return "dodge";
+  return null;
+}
 
-function botRemark(room: Room, seat: string, events: { type: string; [k: string]: unknown }[]): void {
-  const bot = room.bots.get(seat);
-  if (!bot) return;
-  const lines = BOT_LINES[bot.style] ?? {};
-  for (const e of events) {
-    // Speak only about its own deeds, and rarely.
-    const mine =
-      (e.type === "treasurePickedUp" && e.player === seat) ||
-      (e.type === "treasureDropped" && e.player === seat) ||
-      (e.type === "damaged" && e.player !== seat) ||
-      (e.type === "died" && e.killedBy === seat) ||
-      (e.type === "creatureCreated" && e.controller === seat) ||
-      (e.type === "wallCreated" && e.caster === seat);
-    const pool = lines[e.type];
-    if (!mine || !pool || Math.random() > 0.5) continue;
-    const text = pool[Math.floor(Math.random() * pool.length)]!;
-    const said = addChat(room, seat, text);
-    if (!("error" in said)) {
-      broadcast(room, () => ({ type: "chat", player: seat, text: said.text, at: said.at }));
+/** Every seated bot gets a chance to remark on the step — the actor on its
+ * deeds, bystanders on their suffering. Rarely, and one voice at most. */
+function botRemark(room: Room, actor: string, events: { type: string; [k: string]: unknown }[]): void {
+  for (const [seat, bot] of room.bots) {
+    const lines = BOT_LINES[bot.style] ?? {};
+    for (const e of events) {
+      const trigger = banterTrigger(e, seat, actor);
+      const pool = trigger ? lines[trigger] : undefined;
+      if (!pool || Math.random() > 0.5) continue;
+      const text = pool[Math.floor(Math.random() * pool.length)]!;
+      const said = addChat(room, seat, text);
+      if (!("error" in said)) {
+        broadcast(room, () => ({ type: "chat", player: seat, text: said.text, at: said.at }));
+      }
+      return; // one remark per step, whole table
     }
-    return; // one remark per step at most
   }
 }
 const pumping = new Set<string>();
@@ -363,6 +359,7 @@ wss.on("connection", (socket) => {
           if ("error" in result) return send(socket, { type: "error", message: result.error });
           broadcast(room, (playerId) => ({ type: "events", events: redactFor(result.events, playerId) }));
           broadcast(room, (playerId) => ({ type: "state", view: viewForPlayer(room, playerId), seq: room.log.length }));
+          botRemark(room, session.playerId, result.events as { type: string }[]);
           runBots(room);
           break;
         }