INGEST_ABILITIES_WEAPONS.md

systems/INGEST_ABILITIES_WEAPONS.md

INGEST — Ability Tree + Weapons (Brute/Trickery) — per-item reconciliation

Provenance: three Josh-authored pre-Claude originals (April 2026), machine-extracted to

docs/original_predclaude/extracted/: Ability_Tree.md, Weapons_Brute.md, Weapons_Trickery.md.

Josh's delivery rule (verbatim): *"lots of info has been superseded or already enhanced or ditched."*

So each substantive item is classified per-item, not per-doc.

Cross-reference — do NOT duplicate: docs/original_predclaude/ELEMENTS_MATRIX_RECOVERED.md

(sibling recovery) already owns the effectiveness grid, the 10×10 chakra strength/weakness matrix,

the non-chakra element matrix, the seat↔element↔equipment mapping, the (B)rute/(T)rickery *element*

axis tags, the Engulf/trade ladders, the status-effect list, and the turn→real-time / chakra→vril-seat

supersessions. This report covers only the abilities and weapons rosters and their mechanics;

where the two overlap (combo matrix, element axes, equipment slots) it points there.

Compared against: T1_Ability_Tree [ACTIVE v1.4] (§9 eight-element, §10 vril-seat, §12 21-combo

catalog), T0_Ability_Tree_Registry [ACTIVE v0.1] (185 LOCKED rows), T0_Weapon_Registry [DRAFT v0.1]

(72 LOCKED rows), T1_Combat_System_Spec [ACTIVE v1.0] (§5 Rage/Brute, §6 Stamina/Trickery, Parry §L415-425).

Classification legend: RECOVERED-NEW (detail not in current canon; abilities absent from the 185

are candidates for Josh, never auto-added — the count is LOCKED) · ALREADY-PRESENT (cite) ·

SUPERSEDED (name successor) · JOSH-FORK (genuine conflict with the locked 185/72 counts or naming canon).

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1. Per-doc summary counts

Headline: every one of the 76 named abilities and 67 of the 68 original weapons survive into current

canon under identical names. The current 185 abilities and 72 weapons are a faithful *expansion* of

the authored ~160 / 68 — not a departure. There are zero genuine JOSH-FORK items (reasoning in §5).

The recovery value is the rich mechanical detail (4 abilities + mastery + legendary + quest per weapon;

per-ability descriptions; the biography-influence matrix) that the LOCKED rows carry only as stubs.

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2. Ability Tree — per-element classification (all 76 → ALREADY-PRESENT)

Original abilities map 1:1 by exact name to registry rows. No ability renames. No original ability is

absent from the 185 → zero candidates for Josh. Registry-only additions (Earth Pillar, Earth Surf,

Stoneshape, Phoenix Strike, the L3 "-balance" and Adeptus-Minor "-sense" passives, etc.) are the

post-original expansion — noted for context, not recovered from these docs.

Combo matrix (21 pairs): original "each of the 21 combos" (Metal, Mud/Clay, Sand/Dust, Steam/Plasma,

Storm/Mist, Magnetism, Toxic Soil, Living Earth, Conductor, Acid, Swamp, Thunder Arc, Combustion,

Ash/Smoke, Plasma Field, Toxic Cloud, Pollen Storm, Galvanic, Bloomrot…) = ALREADY-PRESENT as the

registry's 48 Layer-B rows under T1_Ability_Tree §12.1-§12.3 (6 base-pair + 12 seat×trade + 3

trade×trade = 21 pairs). Effectiveness values live in ELEMENTS_MATRIX_RECOVERED — not duplicated here.

2a. Ability-tree SUPERSEDED system rules (4)

Also note: the original's "five combat archetypes" (the ability TYPE column: Brute / Sorcery /

Trickery / Healing / Ether) is SUPERSEDED — abilities are now classed by element+layer+ability_class,

and the Brute-vs-Trickery axis was relocated to the weapon weapon_class trait (see §3). The

per-element (B)rute/(T)rickery tag survives only in ELEMENTS_MATRIX (effectiveness seed), not the ability rows.

2b. Ability-tree RECOVERED-NEW (candidate — do not auto-add)

• Biography × ability passive-enhancement matrix — a named mechanic not carried in the ability

registry: High-Good+High-Wealth → +25% healing range, +2 animal-comm in populated areas; High-Good+

Low-Wealth → "Poverty of Spirit" +20% vril efficiency; High-Evil+High-Wealth → +30% Trickery vs

weaker NPCs; High-Evil+High-Faction → false-command social ability; Neutral → +10% all elements;

Neutral+Faction+Wealth → "Grand Negotiator" hidden 5th dialogue option. RECOVERED-NEW: grounds a

biography×ability passive layer if Josh wants it wired (the biography system itself is canon; these

specific bonuses/state-names are the recoverable detail). Candidate for Josh, not an ability-count change.

• Per-ability prose descriptions (fuller than the registry's description_brief) — enrichment for

already-present rows; harvest at authoring time, not a new row.

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3. Weapons — the rename/mapping table (68 original → 72 LOCKED)

The original document header says "All 68 Weapons — 34 Brute | 34 Trickery." Current registry = 72.

Reconciliation: 67 originals carried 1:1 under identical names, 1 renamed/replaced, **4 net-new

registry weapons** added post-original (Josh-confirmed 2026-07-08, not present in these docs).

3a. The one rename/replacement (SUPERSEDED)

3b. Registry weapons NOT in the originals (post-original additions — context only)

3c. The 67 that carried 1:1 (ALREADY-PRESENT — spot map)

All match by exact name. Brute WPN_001-019,021-034 = Knuckles, Gauntlet, Cestus, Axe(1H), Cutlass,

Scimitar, Hook Swords, Rapier, Axe(2H), Katana, Long Sword, Great Sword, Sickle(2H), Twin Sabre, Spear,

Club, Mace(2H), Hammer(1H), Hammer(2H), Throwing Axe, Javelin, Shotgun, Machine Gun, Carbine, Rifle,

Assault Rifle, Long Bow, Cross Bow, Rocket Launcher, Missile Launcher, Xiphos, Shield, Great Shield.

Trickery WPN_037-070 = Magic Knuckles, Claws, Dagger, Chakram, Sickle(1H), Madu, Sword(1H), Scepter,

Nunchuks, Mace(1H), Whip, Flail, Staff, Shuriken, Throwing Knives, Boomerang, Woven Cloth, Fan(1H),

Sling, Slingshot, Light Bow, Handgun, Sub-Machine Gun, Fan(2H), Hand Cannon, Sniper Rifle, Talisman

Cards, Wand, Dragon Column, Bell, Harp, Flute, Orb, Tomb. No renames in this set.

3d. Weapon mechanics — ALREADY-PRESENT vs SUPERSEDED

• Resource axis (Rage / Stamina / Stamina+Vril / Runes) → ALREADY-PRESENT, T1_Combat_System_Spec §5

(Rage=Brute), §6 (Stamina=Trickery; Stamina+Vril hybrids; Runes for Orb/Tomb Sorcery) — verbatim match

to the originals' Balance Framework.

• Parry primitive → the originals are the *named source*: Combat_Spec §Parry (L415-425) cites

"per pre-restructure source: Rapier Parry, Cutlass Parry Riposte, Madu Horn Catch (only Trickery

dedicated parry weapon), Sword(1H) Riposte." So the parry mechanic being built draws directly from these

docs — ALREADY-PRESENT / recovered detail for the parry build.

• "Planting uses full turn" (Dragon Column Ability 2) → SUPERSEDED to real-time (ELEMENTS_MATRIX §5

turn→GAS rule).

• Per-weapon 4-abilities + mastery + legendary + legendary-ability + legendary-quest + balance note →

the registry rows are stubs (id/name/class/subclass only). This is the docs' primary RECOVERED value:

a full authored spec for all 68 weapons ready to populate the weapon detail layer at build time.

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4. CARE tags (§17.1 represent-with-care; care = weight/reframe, never scrub)

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5. JOSH-FORK: none — reasoning

No item in the three docs conflicts with a LOCKED count or naming-canon fact:

• Weapon count 68 → 72: the originals' 68 is the *authored ancestor*; 72 is the deliberate Josh-confirmed

expansion (+Shotel, +Macuahuitl, +Reindeer-Antler Knife, +Woomera; Hammer Sword→Falchion). Expansion,

not conflict → SUPERSEDED, already ruled 2026-07-08.

• Ability count ~160 → 185: the original states "approximately 160" (an estimate spanning all

tiers/combos); 185 is the full enumeration (111 Layer-A + 26 Layer-C + 48 Layer-B). Every *named* ability

survives; the delta is registry-added utility/passive/L3 rows. Approximation vs exact count → no fork.

• Naming: all 76 abilities and 67 carried weapons match the registry by exact name. The only weapon

name change (Hammer Sword→Falchion) is a Josh-ruled supersession, not an open fork.

If Josh later wants the biography×ability passive matrix (§2b) or the Boomerang→Woomera care merge

(§4) formalized, those are creative-within-vision decisions for the deep-dive+adversarial method — not

cardinal forks requiring his ruling.

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6. Consumers / next actions

• Weapon detail layer (T0_Weapon_Registry columns beyond id/name/class + a T-doc weapon detail spec):

populate from these docs — 68 weapons' 4-abilities/mastery/legendary/quest/balance are authored and ready.

• Ability enrichment: harvest the fuller per-ability prose into description_brief/build packs; no new rows.
• Parry build: Combat_Spec §Parry already sources Madu/Rapier/Cutlass/Sword(1H) from here — feed the

puzzle-boss PARRY primitive from the recovered ability text.

• Biography×ability passives: queue the §2b matrix as a creative-within-vision proposal if the bio layer

gets wired.

• Care: apply the Boomerang→Woomera reframe (§4) when the Australia/Aboriginal weapon content is authored.
• Index this report in docs/DOC_MAP.md; it is the abilities/weapons twin of ELEMENTS_MATRIX_RECOVERED.

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