The field: a track across the Ember Wastes, and twelve things the war left by it

A worn track runs from the arrival portal to Ashminster and out from it to
each landmark and west toward the witches' ring, with fingerposts at the
forks and waymarker stones along it. Twelve things lie beside it (fallen
standards, barrows, siege trenches, a field chapel, the Order's burnt
baggage, a cracked bell, a witch-bottle, rowan and red thread), each
searched once a day for a little coin and a piece of the war's story.
Finding all twelve is walking the field: a purse, a title and a daybook line.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014upby61fMmizgg2cMkKvqW

Author: claude

client/ember-scene.js

@@ -83,6 +83,32 @@ const ASH_SPOTS = {
   marks:     { x: TX - 525, y: TY + 440, name: 'marks cut in the stone', icon: '✴️', hint: 'look at the marks cut by the breach' },
   frith:     { x: TX + 70, y: TY + 1710, name: 'the south frith cross', icon: '✝️', hint: 'read the frith cross' },
 };
+// The field (data/emberField.js; test/ember-field.test.js keeps this copy in
+// step): the worn track and its forks, and the twelve things the war left by it.
+const FIELD_TRACK = [[[10000,18350],[9900,16800],[10100,15200],[10000,14400]],[[10000,9300],[10200,7500],[9800,5600],[10000,4300]],[[8300,10900],[7200,9600],[6200,7900],[5800,7300]],[[11700,10800],[12900,9900],[13900,8900]],[[10500,18250],[12800,17600],[14700,16700],[15300,16300]],[[8300,11200],[6500,12100],[4800,12800],[3950,13200]]];
+const FIELD_POSTS = [{"x":10260,"y":18200,"arms":["Ashminster ↑","Emberfall ↗"]},{"x":10180,"y":14420,"arms":["Ashminster ↑","the portal ↓"]},{"x":8250,"y":11050,"arms":["Charhold ↖","the witches' ring ←"]},{"x":10180,"y":9250,"arms":["the Cinder Bazaar ↑"]},{"x":11750,"y":10950,"arms":["the Great Ossuary ↗"]}];
+const FIELD_FINDS = [
+  {"id":"standard_south","name":"A fallen standard","icon":"🚩","model":"em_standard","x":9720,"y":16150,"size":200,"turn":0.4,"hint":"search the fallen standard"},
+  {"id":"bell","name":"A cracked bell","icon":"🔔","model":"em_bell","x":10260,"y":15150,"size":90,"turn":0.5,"hint":"look at the cracked bell"},
+  {"id":"barrow_north","name":"A knight's barrow","icon":"⚱️","model":"em_barrow","x":9600,"y":5000,"size":280,"turn":1.2,"hint":"kneel at the barrow"},
+  {"id":"trench_north","name":"A siege trench","icon":"⛏️","model":"em_trench","x":10350,"y":6650,"size":330,"turn":-0.2,"hint":"climb down into the trench"},
+  {"id":"barrow_west","name":"A knight's barrow","icon":"⚱️","model":"em_barrow","x":6950,"y":9150,"size":280,"turn":-0.6,"hint":"kneel at the barrow"},
+  {"id":"stakes_west","name":"The last line of stakes","icon":"⛏️","model":"em_trench","x":5950,"y":7650,"size":330,"turn":0.9,"hint":"walk the line of stakes"},
+  {"id":"standard_east","name":"A fallen standard","icon":"🚩","model":"em_standard","x":12650,"y":10300,"size":200,"turn":-1.1,"hint":"search the fallen standard"},
+  {"id":"long_grave","name":"The long grave","icon":"🪦","model":"em_barrow","x":13550,"y":9350,"size":520,"turn":0.6,"hint":"stand at the long grave"},
+  {"id":"chapel","name":"The field chapel","icon":"⛪","model":"em_chapel","x":13350,"y":17450,"size":380,"turn":0.3,"hint":"go into the field chapel"},
+  {"id":"wagons","name":"The Order's baggage","icon":"🛞","model":"em_barricade","x":14350,"y":16850,"size":380,"turn":1.8,"hint":"search the burnt wagons"},
+  {"id":"bottle","name":"A witch-bottle at the crossroads","icon":"🏺","model":"em_bottle","x":6050,"y":12350,"size":160,"turn":2.2,"hint":"look at the witch-bottle"},
+  {"id":"rowan","name":"Rowan and red thread","icon":"🧶","model":"em_rowan","x":4650,"y":12980,"size":130,"turn":0.2,"hint":"look at what is tied to the post"},
+];
+function nearTrack(x, z, r) {
+  for (const run of FIELD_TRACK) for (let i = 0; i < run.length - 1; i++) {
+    const [ax, ay] = run[i], [bx, by] = run[i + 1], L2 = (bx - ax) ** 2 + (by - ay) ** 2;
+    const u = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, ((x - ax) * (bx - ax) + (z - ay) * (by - ay)) / L2));
+    if (Math.hypot(x - (ax + (bx - ax) * u), z - (ay + (by - ay) * u)) < r) return true;
+  }
+  return FIELD_FINDS.some((f) => Math.hypot(x - f.x, z - f.y) < r + 120) || FIELD_POSTS.some((p) => Math.hypot(x - p.x, z - p.y) < r);
+}
 // How much of each piece is solid: a square about its middle, as a share of its size (a house is walked round, not into).
 const ASH_SOLID = { em_house_a: 0.4, em_house_b: 0.42, em_house_c: 0.36, em_ash_cross: 0.36, prop_well: 0.42, em_frith_cross: 0.18, em_barricade: 0 };
 // What of the minster is solid, in the model's own plan (x along the nave,
@@ -227,7 +253,8 @@ function buildEmberScene() {
     ['rock1', 90, 'fit'], ['rock2', 110, 'fit'], ['rock3', 100, 'fit']
   ];
   // nothing scattered stands in the minster or its yard
-  const inTown = (x, z) => ASH_GROUND.some((g) => Math.hypot(x - g.x, z - g.y) < g.r);
+  // the town, and the track and what lies by it, are kept clear of the scatter
+  const inTown = (x, z) => ASH_GROUND.some((g) => Math.hypot(x - g.x, z - g.y) < g.r) || nearTrack(x, z, 240);
   for (let i = spots.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) if (inTown(spots[i][0], spots[i][1])) spots.splice(i, 1);
   const canKK = KK && KK.staticInstance;
   if (canKK) {
@@ -503,8 +530,65 @@ function buildEmberScene() {
     const pit = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.CircleGeometry(r * 0.7, 16), new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({ color: 0x0a0504 }));
     pit.rotation.x = -Math.PI / 2; pit.position.set(TX + dx, 2.6, TY + dy); scene.add(pit);
   }
+  // ── the field: the worn track out from the portal and from Ashminster, a
+  // fingerpost at each fork, waymarker stones along it, and the twelve things
+  // the war left beside it (data/emberField.js)
+  const trackMat = new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({ color: 0x3a1c13, polygonOffset: true, polygonOffsetFactor: -2, polygonOffsetUnits: -2 });
+  const rutMat = new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({ color: 0x24100b, polygonOffset: true, polygonOffsetFactor: -3, polygonOffsetUnits: -3 });
+  const strip = (ax, ay, bx, by, w, mat, y) => {
+    const len = Math.hypot(bx - ax, by - ay);
+    const m = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.PlaneGeometry(len + w * 0.6, w), mat);
+    m.rotation.x = -Math.PI / 2; m.rotation.z = -Math.atan2(by - ay, bx - ax);
+    m.position.set((ax + bx) / 2, y, (ay + by) / 2);
+    scene.add(m);
+  };
+  const markerSpots = [];
+  for (const run of FIELD_TRACK) {
+    let carry = 700;
+    for (let i = 0; i < run.length - 1; i++) {
+      const [ax, ay] = run[i], [bx, by] = run[i + 1];
+      strip(ax, ay, bx, by, 210, trackMat, 2.6);
+      const len = Math.hypot(bx - ax, by - ay), ux = (bx - ax) / len, uy = (by - ay) / len;
+      for (const side of [-1, 1]) strip(ax - uy * side * 38, ay + ux * side * 38, bx - uy * side * 38, by + ux * side * 38, 16, rutMat, 2.8);   // cart ruts
+      for (let d = carry; d < len; d += 1400) { const side = markerSpots.length % 2 ? 1 : -1; markerSpots.push([ax + ux * d - uy * side * 135, ay + uy * d + ux * side * 135]); }
+      carry = (carry - len) % 1400; if (carry < 0) carry += 1400;
+    }
+  }
+  const fieldKiosks = [];
+  const fieldPlaced = new Set();
+  const buildField = () => {
+    if (!(KK && KK.has && KK.staticInstance)) return;
+    markerSpots.forEach(([x, y], i) => {
+      const k = 'm' + i; if (fieldPlaced.has(k) || !KK.has('wl_waymarker')) return;
+      const g = KK.staticInstance('wl_waymarker', 110, 'height'); if (!g) return;
+      fieldPlaced.add(k); scorch(g, 0.12); g.rotation.y = i * 1.7; g.position.set(x, 0, y); scene.add(g);
+    });
+    FIELD_POSTS.forEach((p, i) => {
+      const k = 'p' + i; if (fieldPlaced.has(k) || !KK.has('em_fingerpost')) return;
+      const g = KK.staticInstance('em_fingerpost', 175, 'height'); if (!g) return;
+      fieldPlaced.add(k); g.rotation.y = i * 0.9; g.position.set(p.x, 0, p.y); scene.add(g);
+    });
+    FIELD_FINDS.forEach((f) => {
+      if (fieldPlaced.has(f.id) || !KK.has(f.model)) return;
+      const g = KK.staticInstance(f.model, f.size, 'fit'); if (!g) return;
+      fieldPlaced.add(f.id);
+      if (f.model === 'em_barricade' || f.model === 'em_chapel') scorch(g, 0.1);
+      g.rotation.y = f.turn; g.position.set(f.x, 0, f.y); scene.add(g);
+    });
+  };
+  for (const p of FIELD_POSTS) if (typeof makeNpcNameSprite === 'function') { const l = makeNpcNameSprite('🪧 ' + p.arms.join('  ·  ')); l.position.set(p.x, 215, p.y); scene.add(l); }
+  for (const f of FIELD_FINDS) {
+    fieldKiosks.push({ x: f.x, z: f.y, npc: 'field', fieldId: f.id, hint: f.hint, radius: 150 });
+    if (/barrow|chapel/.test(f.model)) { const h = f.size * 0.32; scene.userData.walls.push({ x: f.x - h, y: f.y - h, w: h * 2, h: h * 2 }); }
+    if (typeof makeNpcNameSprite === 'function') { const l = makeNpcNameSprite(`${f.icon} ${f.name}`); l.position.set(f.x, Math.max(130, f.size * 0.55), f.y); scene.add(l); }
+  }
+  buildField();
+  if (KK && fieldPlaced.size < markerSpots.length + FIELD_POSTS.length + FIELD_FINDS.length) {
+    if (KK.promise && typeof KK.promise.then === 'function') KK.promise.then(buildField).catch(() => {});
+    if (KK.onAssetLoad) KK.onAssetLoad(buildField);
+  }
   // what can be stood at and used, each with its name over it
-  const ashKiosks = [];
+  const ashKiosks = [...fieldKiosks];
   for (const id in ASH_SPOTS) {
     const sp = ASH_SPOTS[id];
     ashKiosks.push({ x: sp.x, z: sp.y, npc: 'ash', ashId: id, hint: sp.hint, radius: 130 });

client/main.js

@@ -470,6 +470,9 @@ const KK = (() => {
     em_minster: 'kk/home/minster.glb', // Ashminster, in the Ember Wastes (data/emberTown.js)
     em_house_a: 'kk/home/ash_house_a.glb', em_house_b: 'kk/home/ash_house_b.glb', em_house_c: 'kk/home/ash_house_c.glb',
     em_ash_cross: 'kk/home/ash_cross.glb', em_barricade: 'kk/home/ash_barricade.glb', em_frith_cross: 'kk/home/frith_cross.glb',
+    // the field along the Wastes' track (data/emberField.js)
+    em_standard: 'kk/home/field_standard.glb', em_barrow: 'kk/home/field_barrow.glb', em_trench: 'kk/home/field_trench.glb', em_chapel: 'kk/home/field_chapel.glb',
+    em_bottle: 'kk/home/field_bottle.glb', em_bell: 'kk/home/field_bell.glb', em_rowan: 'kk/home/rowan_post.glb', em_fingerpost: 'kk/home/fingerpost.glb',
     wd_kshelf: 'kk/home/keep_shelf.glb', wd_kbone: 'kk/home/keep_bone.glb', wd_krope: 'kk/home/keep_bellrope.glb', wd_kcobalt: 'kk/home/keep_cobalt.glb', wd_kclaw: 'kk/home/keep_claw.glb',
     wd_besom: 'kk/home/besom.glb', wd_cream: 'kk/home/cream_bowl.glb', tw_skep: 'kk/home/bee_skep.glb',
     wd_kern: 'kk/home/kern_baby.glb', wd_sheaf: 'kk/home/sheaf_hung.glb',
@@ -3148,6 +3151,7 @@ function onWsMessage(ev) {
   if (msg.type === 'whisper') { receiveWhisper(msg); return; }
   if (msg.type === 'whisper_error') { setUnlockToast(msg.message, { level: 'important' }); return; }
   if (msg.type === 'ash_quest') { openQuestDialogue(msg.npcId, msg.npcName); return; } // the anchoress, once she has said her piece (lib/ashminster.js)
+  if (msg.type === 'field_state') { fieldDone = new Set(msg.done || []); return; }
   if (msg.type === 'ash_state') { ashSanctuaryUntil = msg.sanctuaryUntil || 0; return; }
   if (msg.type === 'village_ward') { wardState = msg; applyVillageWard(msg); return; }
   if (msg.type === 'candle_state') { setCorpseCandle(msg); return; }
@@ -3276,6 +3280,7 @@ function onWsMessage(ev) {
 
   if (msg.type === 'ember_wastes_entered') {
     emberLandmarks = msg.landmarks || [];
+    if (ws && ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'field_state' }));
     emberDiscovered = {};
     if (me) { me.room = 'ember_wastes'; me.x = msg.spawn.x; me.y = msg.spawn.y; }
     swapToEmberMap();
@@ -4293,6 +4298,7 @@ let msPacksCatalog = null;    // packId -> { ms, cents, name } from init
 // ── Session L state ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 let rareRoomCatalog = {};         // kind -> { icon, name, how, tier, lore, source, note } (data/rareRooms.js)
 let lastRareRoom = null;          // the rare room of the dungeon or Delve floor you are in, from the last dungeon_finds
+let fieldDone = new Set(); // the field's finds searched today (lib/emberField.js)
 let ashSanctuaryUntil = 0; // sanctuary at Ashminster, till when (lib/ashminster.js)
 let wardState = { lit: [], warded: false }; // the village's bound fires tonight (lib/villageWard.js)
 let waysideDone = new Set();      // which of the road's three you have used today (data/wayside.js)
@@ -19350,6 +19356,7 @@ function tryInteract() {
   if (kiosk && kiosk.npc === 'wayside') { if (ws && ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'wayside_use', id: kiosk.waysideId })); return; }
   if (kiosk && kiosk.npc === 'wardstone') { if (ws && ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'ward_use', id: kiosk.wardId })); return; }
   if (kiosk && kiosk.npc === 'ash') { if (ws && ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'ash_use', id: kiosk.ashId })); return; }
+  if (kiosk && kiosk.npc === 'field') { if (ws && ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'field_use', id: kiosk.fieldId })); return; }
   if (kiosk && kiosk.npc === 'packman') { if (ws && ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'npc_shop_open', npcId: 'npc_packman' })); return; }
   if (kiosk && kiosk.npc === 'quest') { openQuestDialogue(kiosk.npcId, kiosk.npcName); return; }
   if (kiosk && kiosk.npc === 'hint') { openNpcHintTalk(kiosk.npcId); return; }
@@ -19673,6 +19680,12 @@ function updateInteractHint() {
     document.getElementById('interactHintText').textContent = `${interactVerb()} read the plaque`;
     return;
   }
+  if (kiosk && kiosk.npc === 'field') {
+    // the field (data/emberField.js): once a day, and then it is read again
+    hint.classList.remove('hidden');
+    document.getElementById('interactHintText').textContent = `${interactVerb()} ${fieldDone.has(kiosk.fieldId) ? 'read it again' : kiosk.hint}`;
+    return;
+  }
   if (kiosk && kiosk.npc === 'ash') {
     // Ashminster, in the Ember Wastes (data/emberTown.js): the knocker, the squint, the marks, a frith cross
     hint.classList.remove('hidden');