Character · from book 3
Herot
Author of the Cookbook's 16th edition, whose long essay at the back of the book — the 'Worn Path Method' — argues that quests and puzzles go easier when you deliberately break the fourth wall and wake the NPCs.
First appears: Book 3
Series arc
Through book 4
Carl slogs through the essay; Herot's warning that the NPCs who know they are in a dungeon are the more dangerous kind frames his reading of the changelings who want to reach the sixth floor (B4 ch. 10).
Through book 3
Carl finds Herot's long essay at the back of the Cookbook and its 'Worn Path Method' — break the NPCs out of their reverie, be kind but firm — and has read only its first paragraphs (B3 ch. 17).
In the Cookbook
Author of the 16th edition, known from the narration at B3 ch. 17; no note of theirs has appeared in the text through book 4. The register of every edition is on the Cookbook.
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook | 1/35 | Ch. 17 · the book's own page |
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 1/35 | Ch. 10 · the book's own page |
By book
Herot in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Carl finds Herot's long essay at the back of the Cookbook and its 'Worn Path Method' — break the NPCs out of their reverie, be kind but firm — and has read only its first paragraphs (ch. 17).
Herot in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
Carl slogs through the essay; Herot's warning that the NPCs who know they are in a dungeon are the more dangerous kind frames his reading of the changelings who want to reach the sixth floor (ch. 10).