They are as good as done. I'm pretty sure going into the final room with less than 12 CT is game over. That final room, even if you can clear out the riff-raff, is ridiculous. Armor 9, not enough time to open and kill a giant gold chest, and the boss reacts to your every move. VERY difficult to do without taking severe losses. Hell, I had an armor 8 Nanok get wiped out in three hero activations (enraged played twice), and then he proceeded to finish the other heroes off before Nanok could even come back, nearly one turn kills each.

Final level of Rumour: Hunting the Wyrm, We houserule that the rumour is a redraw on bronze level, it's just silly.