From abd612c15799f604e671e83dc7c410ed2b44185f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: historia <[not public]>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:40:48 -0400
Subject: slop refactor

---
 building_guide/hidden_objects.md | 13 +++++++------
 building_guide/rooms.md          | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

(limited to 'building_guide')

diff --git a/building_guide/hidden_objects.md b/building_guide/hidden_objects.md
index 65940d6..0adb7d9 100644
--- a/building_guide/hidden_objects.md
+++ b/building_guide/hidden_objects.md
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ specific enough to avoid overlap between objects in the same room.
 
 ### Descriptions that react to flags
 
-An object can show different `look` text depending on the looking player's flags,
-using a `descriptions` list (first matching condition wins). This is the simplest
-way to fake per-player scenery — a crowd that becomes a queue, an NPC that
-"appears" partway through a scene — without spawning real objects or mobs.
+An object's `description` can be a plain string or a list of conditional variants
+(first matching condition wins). This is the simplest way to fake per-player
+scenery — a crowd that becomes a queue, an NPC that "appears" partway through a
+scene — without spawning real objects or mobs.
 
 **If none of the variants match, the object is treated as absent for that
 player** — `look <it>` reports nothing is there. Combined with `hidden: true`, the
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ an intro) and vanish on return visits.
 name: crowd of people
 aliases: [people, crowd, passengers]
 hidden: true
-descriptions:
+description:
   - condition:                       # after the pilot arrives
       all_of:
         - player_flag: boarded
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ descriptions:
   # once `boarded` is set, no variant matches -> the crowd is gone
 ```
 
-A plain `description:` (with no `descriptions:` list) is always present, as before.
+A bare string in `description:` maps to a single unconditional entry, so a plain
+object is always present as before.
 
 ### Safespot Objects
 
diff --git a/building_guide/rooms.md b/building_guide/rooms.md
index e1408c5..7028393 100644
--- a/building_guide/rooms.md
+++ b/building_guide/rooms.md
@@ -171,17 +171,17 @@ Notes:
 
 ### Conditional room descriptions
 
-A room can show a different description depending on the looking player's flags.
-`descriptions` are checked top-to-bottom; the first whose condition passes wins,
-otherwise the base `description` is used.
+A room's `description` can be a plain string or a list of conditional variants.
+Entries are checked top-to-bottom; the first whose condition passes wins. An
+entry with no condition always matches — put it last as the fallback.
 
 ```yaml
-description: "A large, empty concrete pad in the middle of the ocean."
-descriptions:
+description:
   - condition:
       player_flag: boarded
       not: true
     text: "A concrete pad swarming with a couple dozen anxious passengers."
+  - text: "A large, empty concrete pad in the middle of the ocean."
 ```
 
 ### Hazardous rooms — environmental danger
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