diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_cmd.go b/internal/plugin/combat_cmd.go
index db00dc4..a19e0d9 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_cmd.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_cmd.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) handleCombatActionCmd(ctx MessageContext, action Playe
 // close-out block (terminal status). Shared by !attack/!flee, !cast, !consume.
 func (p *AdventurePlugin) renderRoundResult(userID id.UserID, sess *CombatSession, events []CombatEvent, playerName string, enemy Combatant) string {
 	var b strings.Builder
-	b.WriteString(renderCombatRound(events, playerName, enemy.Name))
+	b.WriteString(RenderTurnRound(events, playerName, enemy.Name))
 	if sess.IsActive() {
 		b.WriteString("\n\n")
 		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("You: **%d/%d**  ·  %s: **%d/%d**\n",
@@ -278,87 +278,6 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) finishCombatSession(userID id.UserID, sess *CombatSess
 	return b.String()
 }
 
-// ── rendering ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-// renderCombatRound turns one round's events into a compact play-by-play
-// block. Full TwinBee per-round narration is a later sub-phase; this is the
-// functional MVP renderer.
-func renderCombatRound(events []CombatEvent, playerName, enemyName string) string {
-	var lines []string
-	for _, ev := range events {
-		if line := renderCombatRoundEvent(ev, playerName, enemyName); line != "" {
-			lines = append(lines, line)
-		}
-	}
-	if len(lines) == 0 {
-		return "_The round passes without a clean blow landed._"
-	}
-	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
-}
-
-func renderCombatRoundEvent(ev CombatEvent, playerName, enemyName string) string {
-	switch ev.Actor {
-	case "player":
-		switch ev.Action {
-		case "hit":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("⚔️ %s lands a hit for **%d**.", playerName, ev.Damage)
-		case "crit":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("💥 %s **crits** for **%d**!", playerName, ev.Damage)
-		case "block":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("⚔️ %s pushes through the guard for **%d**.", playerName, ev.Damage)
-		case "miss":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("… %s swings and misses.", playerName)
-		case "stunned":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("😵 %s is stunned and loses the turn.", playerName)
-		case "rage":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("🔥 %s's blood is up — rage takes hold.", playerName)
-		case "death_save":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("✨ %s should be down — and isn't.", playerName)
-		case "flee":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("🏃 %s breaks off and runs.", playerName)
-		case "spell_cast":
-			if ev.Desc != "" {
-				return "✨ " + ev.Desc
-			}
-			return fmt.Sprintf("✨ %s casts a spell.", playerName)
-		case "use_consumable":
-			if ev.Desc != "" {
-				return "🧪 " + ev.Desc
-			}
-			return fmt.Sprintf("🧪 %s uses an item.", playerName)
-		}
-	case "enemy":
-		switch ev.Action {
-		case "hit":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("🩸 %s hits %s for **%d**.", enemyName, playerName, ev.Damage)
-		case "crit":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("🩸 %s **crits** %s for **%d**!", enemyName, playerName, ev.Damage)
-		case "miss":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("… %s attacks, but misses.", enemyName)
-		case "poison_tick":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("☠️ Poison saps **%d** from %s.", ev.Damage, playerName)
-		case "poison":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("☠️ %s's strike leaves a poison festering.", enemyName)
-		case "enrage":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("😡 %s flies into a rage.", enemyName)
-		case "armor_break":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("🛡️ %s cracks %s's armor.", enemyName, playerName)
-		case "stun":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("💫 %s lands a stunning blow.", enemyName)
-		case "lifesteal":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("🧛 %s drains life from the wound.", enemyName)
-		case "cleave":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("🪓 %s cleaves into %s for **%d**.", enemyName, playerName, ev.Damage)
-		case "spell_held":
-			return fmt.Sprintf("🌀 %s is held fast — no attack this round.", enemyName)
-		}
-	}
-	if ev.Damage > 0 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("• %s — %s (%d)", ev.Actor, ev.Action, ev.Damage)
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 // ── !cast (in-combat) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 //
 // handleDnDCastCmd routes here when the player has an active CombatSession:
diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_cmd_test.go b/internal/plugin/combat_cmd_test.go
index bfb872d..7539f42 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_cmd_test.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_cmd_test.go
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ func TestRunCombatRound_CastControlSkipsEnemyTurn(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// ── renderCombatRound ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// ── RenderTurnRound ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-func TestRenderCombatRound(t *testing.T) {
-	if got := renderCombatRound(nil, "Hero", "Goblin"); !strings.Contains(got, "without a clean blow") {
+func TestRenderTurnRound(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := RenderTurnRound(nil, "Hero", "Goblin"); !strings.Contains(got, "without a clean blow") {
 		t.Errorf("empty events render = %q", got)
 	}
 	events := []CombatEvent{
@@ -246,18 +246,28 @@ func TestRenderCombatRound(t *testing.T) {
 		{Actor: "enemy", Action: "miss"},
 		{Actor: "enemy", Action: "poison_tick", Damage: 3},
 	}
-	got := renderCombatRound(events, "Hero", "Goblin")
-	if !strings.Contains(got, "Hero") || !strings.Contains(got, "9") {
-		t.Errorf("player hit not rendered: %q", got)
+	got := RenderTurnRound(events, "Hero", "Goblin")
+	// One line per event (damage events interpolate their amount; the random
+	// pool choice is what varies, so assert structure + the damage numbers
+	// rather than specific flavor strings).
+	if lines := strings.Count(got, "\n"); lines != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 3 lines, got %d: %q", lines+1, got)
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(got, "misses") {
-		t.Errorf("enemy miss not rendered: %q", got)
+	if !strings.Contains(got, "9") {
+		t.Errorf("player hit damage not rendered: %q", got)
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(got, "Poison") {
-		t.Errorf("poison tick not rendered: %q", got)
+	if !strings.Contains(got, "3") {
+		t.Errorf("poison tick damage not rendered: %q", got)
 	}
-	// Unknown actor/action with no damage renders nothing (not a blank line).
-	if line := renderCombatRoundEvent(CombatEvent{Actor: "system", Action: "timeout"}, "Hero", "Goblin"); line != "" {
-		t.Errorf("unknown zero-damage event should render empty, got %q", line)
+	// Turn-specific actions get their own pools.
+	cast := RenderTurnRound([]CombatEvent{
+		{Actor: "player", Action: "spell_cast", Desc: "Fireball — 24 dmg", Damage: 24},
+	}, "Hero", "Goblin")
+	if !strings.Contains(cast, "Fireball — 24 dmg") {
+		t.Errorf("spell_cast label not rendered: %q", cast)
+	}
+	flee := RenderTurnRound([]CombatEvent{{Actor: "player", Action: "flee"}}, "Hero", "Goblin")
+	if flee == "" || strings.Contains(flee, "without a clean blow") {
+		t.Errorf("flee should render a line: %q", flee)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_narrative.go b/internal/plugin/combat_narrative.go
index 6bd1a3e..213b194 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_narrative.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_narrative.go
@@ -641,3 +641,84 @@ var narrativeCloseLoss = []string{
 	"You gave it everything. It wasn't quite sufficient. Sufficiency is the enemy's department today.",
 	"The enemy earned that one. So did you. Only one of you gets paid.",
 }
+
+// ── Turn-based per-round narration ───────────────────────────────────────────
+//
+// RenderTurnRound narrates one resolved round of a manual elite/boss fight.
+// Where RenderCombatLog (auto-resolve) groups a whole fight into phased,
+// multi-message blocks, a turn-based round is one message: the events from
+// player_turn → enemy_turn → round_end, in order. The shared hit/crit/miss/
+// ability events the turn engine emits through the same primitives as
+// auto-resolve fall through to renderEvent and reuse the full narrative pools,
+// so TwinBee's voice is identical across both engines. Only the four
+// turn-specific actions (flee, spell_cast, use_consumable, spell_held) get
+// their own pools here.
+//
+// A fresh actionPicker per round is intentional: a round emits at most a
+// handful of events, and across a long boss fight the picker resetting each
+// round reads as variety rather than staleness.
+func RenderTurnRound(events []CombatEvent, playerName, enemyName string) string {
+	picker := newActionPicker()
+	var lines []string
+	for _, e := range events {
+		line := renderTurnEvent(e, playerName, enemyName, picker)
+		if line == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if roll := rollAnnotation(e); roll != "" {
+			line += " " + roll
+		}
+		lines = append(lines, line)
+	}
+	if len(lines) == 0 {
+		return "_The round passes without a clean blow landed._"
+	}
+	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+}
+
+func renderTurnEvent(e CombatEvent, playerName, enemyName string, picker *actionPicker) string {
+	switch e.Action {
+	case "flee":
+		return pickRand(narrativeTurnFlee)
+	case "spell_held":
+		return pickRand(narrativeTurnSpellHeld)
+	case "spell_cast":
+		label := e.Desc
+		if label == "" {
+			label = "a spell"
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf(pickRand(narrativeTurnSpellCast), label)
+	case "use_consumable":
+		label := e.Desc
+		if label == "" {
+			label = "an item"
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf(pickRand(narrativeTurnConsumable), label)
+	}
+	return renderEvent(e, playerName, enemyName, CombatResult{}, picker)
+}
+
+var narrativeTurnFlee = []string{
+	"🏃 You break off and run. No shame in it — the dead don't get a sequel.",
+	"🏃 You decide this fight isn't yours to win and make for the exit. TwinBee respects the math.",
+	"🏃 You disengage and bolt. The enemy doesn't chase. The enemy didn't have to.",
+}
+
+var narrativeTurnSpellHeld = []string{
+	"🌀 The enemy strains against the spell and gets nowhere. No attack this round.",
+	"🌀 Held fast. The enemy's turn dissolves into furious, useless effort.",
+	"🌀 The control holds. The enemy spends the round being a statue with opinions.",
+}
+
+var narrativeTurnSpellCast = []string{
+	"✨ You loose the spell. **%s**.",
+	"✨ The weave answers. **%s**.",
+	"✨ Words, gesture, intent — **%s**.",
+	"✨ You spend the magic where it counts. **%s**.",
+}
+
+var narrativeTurnConsumable = []string{
+	"🧪 You crack it open mid-fight. **%s**.",
+	"🧪 No time to be precious about it. **%s**.",
+	"🧪 You burn a consumable on the spot. **%s**.",
+}