Eric WagonerandClaude Fable 5
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An automaton answered DROP OBJECT with an Absorb, then a Blunt — two counters drained against a spell that carries no points. The brain's price table listed only the classic damage spells; anything unknown was guessed at 2 points, which tripped every damage-counter rung. Utility attacks (dropping, dragging, swapping, peeking) now route past those rungs entirely: the bot passes, or spends a full stop when the effect actually threatens something — a shield for the treasure it carries, a worrier's refusal to be dragged. Stone Dead, Butt Head, Heave-Ho, and Illusionary Attack join the price table while the hood is up. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>