A human engineer and dryad warrior must find a cure for a sacred tree poisoned by unknown metal.
At a glance
- Genre
- Fantasy · Adventure · Action · Political · Steampunk
- Format
- Playable interactive novel — narrated live by an AI dungeon master
- Length
- 4 chapters
- Players
- Solo or 2–6 player multiplayer party (multiplayer hosting requires Library Pass)
- Difficulty
- Adaptive — survival mechanics tighten or relax based on your actions. Hardcore permadeath available.
- Access
- $12.00 (or free with Library Pass)
- Platforms
- Web (dovorite.com) and native iOS / Android apps
- Language
- English
What awaits you
The Ironwood Covenant unfolds across 4 chapters. Chapter titles only — the AI dungeon master narrates the rest in real time as you play.
- Chapter 1: Sacred Poison
- Chapter 2: Forbidden Territories
- Chapter 3: Truth of Poison
- Chapter 4: Cure and Covenant
How it plays
In The Ironwood Covenant, you create a character with a point-buy stat spread, then trade blows with the AI dungeon master through stat-modified dice rolls; steer conversations with Charisma rolls and watch relationships shift turn by turn; cast spells, wield enchanted gear, and shape the world with your choices. The AI dungeon master (GPT-4o, with Gemini 2.5 Flash as a fast fallback) narrates each scene, reacts to your typed or spoken actions, and calls for dice rolls when the outcome is uncertain.
Your inventory, gold, health, and 15 equipment slots update automatically from the narrative — pick up a sword in chapter one and the AI remembers you have it in chapter four. Food, rest, potions, and healing magic each affect survival in distinct ways, and difficulty adapts to how aggressively you play. In hardcore mode death is permanent; in standard mode you can rejoin the story through the Resurrection system.
What players say
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