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Repentance · Room damage and protection
Time Book of Belial, check the end of its room bonus and understand Birthright before replacing the active item.
Understand the system
Judas starts with one Red Heart and Book of Belial. The higher starting damage does not protect the health bar. The ordinary book activation does not grant a shield, heal, or let him pass safely through enemies like Tainted Judas's Dark Arts.
A normal first Book of Belial activation adds a room-long damage bonus and uses a three-room base charge. A room exit ends that activation's bonus. Holding the book also helps deal-room chance, but does not guarantee a Devil or Angel Room.
With optional Birthright, Book of Belial can be kept beneath another active like Book of Virtues. The associated damage or special interaction depends on that active. Do not assume replacing the book without Birthright will preserve the same behavior.
Book of Belial is the starting active. Birthright is optional. Yum Heart is a hypothetical replacement find used to explain the Birthright combination, not a Judas starting heal.
Practice the decision
These are fixed teaching examples with stated conditions. Choose an action and compare what you have before and after it.
Judas
Before
Judas; 1 Red Heart; book ready; first use in this room; no Birthright or damage modifiers
After
Belial room damage bonus active; health still 1 Red Heart; charge spent
The activation adds damage but provides no ordinary heal or invulnerability. The displayed damage depends on the build's multipliers.
Check before acting: Keep a dodge route while using the stronger attack.
Book of Belial is the starting active. Birthright is optional. Yum Heart is a hypothetical replacement find used to explain the Birthright combination, not a Judas starting heal.
This reference does not read your save, calculate a crafting recipe or simulate an arbitrary inventory, health bar, queue or combat state.
