systems/KIT_BE_0010.md
CANON SUBORDINATION — this document is PROPOSAL-TIER: it serves canon and never outranks it.
The canon: the CVD · the T1 foundation docs · the T0 registries (registries/) · the spine
(docs/spine/CH_*.md) · the region pages (_source/02_Tier_2_Region_Pages/). Authority order:docs/DOC_MAP.md§ 0.
Canon served (structural — the registries this kit's canon rows live in, plus its chapter's spine node):
T0_Boss_Encounter_Registry·docs/spine/CH_10.md
READ THAT CANON FIRST — open it and derive from it before you build anything from this document.
If this document disagrees with canon, CANON WINS and this document is the defect — fix the
document, never the canon. Nothing here is applied until it is ratified into canon.
PROPOSAL-TIER. This kit serves canon and never outranks it. It writes no registry row.
The law it obeys: docs/proposals/combat/KIT_SCALING_TABLE.md. The intelligence scale:
docs/proposals/combat/INTELLIGENCE_TIERS.md. The body it fights with is the bestiarylane's: docs/proposals/bestiary/BESTIARY_ELEVATION_DOCTRINE.md and its sheets. This file
describes the FIGHT; it never restates the BODY. Authors no magnitude -- no damage, no
health, no timing, no coefficient. Those are Phase-5M's behind the tuning firewall.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| band | B5 (APEX / TIER-A / TIER-C) |
| kit class | ELEVATED |
| intelligence tier | sorcerous (evidence rule A2) |
| canon rows | BE_0010 |
| chapter | CH_10 |
| canon verbs | perceive / attune |
| authored abilities | 0 physical + 28 non-ordinary = 28 (band floor 28, ceiling 40) |
| phases | 4 (canon: 4 phases (BE_0010 -- an escalating stack of held steps: perception, then vril-management, then restraint, then purgation, each layered onto the held previous step)) |
| counter classes | any, cover, dodge_only, neutralize, trigger_interrupt, weak_point |
Silhouette read. A panel that is dimmer than it was, and something standing between it and the light that is not standing anywhere.
Opener (MHM-G10, the cheap lesson first). THE FIRST MISREAD -- the player reads the panel, gets it wrong, and is given a free re-perceive. The row itself guarantees this: 'a misread echo grants a free re-perceive'. It is the cheapest lesson in the game and it is a promise -- this encounter will not punish you for looking.
| phase | name | what it PUSHES (nothing pops) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | perception | telling the genuine echo from the grief aping it. Nothing else is possible yet and nothing can be damaged. |
| 2 | vril-management | LAYERED ON TOP of a perception that must keep being held. The inner heat rises and holding it steady is a second simultaneous job. |
| 3 | restraint | layered again. The violent impulse arrives and refusing it is the ability. Phases 1 and 2 are still running. |
| 4 | purgation | the last layer. Driving the //gauwasi's shadow back off the panel, with all three prior holds still live. Nothing has popped at any transition. |
| # | ability | phase | kind | body origin | tell shape | counter | element | lore ground + mechanism | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The First Misread | 1 | non-ordinary | the panel, read wrongly | the reading comes back and does not settle | any | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010's own counters cell, verbatim -- 'a misread echo grants a free re-perceive'. MECHANISM: the encounter is a protocol, so a wrong step is a step to retake rather than a hit taken. Element none; nothing elemental is claimed and the tradition names none. | MHM-G10's cheap lesson, and it is a guarantee rather than a move. |
| 2 | The Entoptic Register | 1 | non-ordinary | the panel's own geometric forms | a pattern that belongs to the panel and one that does not | weak_point | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010's counter -- 'genuine-vs-//gauwasi-shadow cross-readable two ways (entoptic-pattern read or vril-state sense)'. MECHANISM: the entoptic forms are the panel's own vocabulary; the shadow cannot produce them correctly. Element none. | CROSS-READABLE: this and ability 3 are two independent answers to the same question, which is the no-dead-end guarantee written into the row. |
| 3 | The Vril-State Sense | 1 | non-ordinary | the reader's own state, applied to the panel | the trace comes back cold where it should come back still | neutralize | none | LORE GROUND: same counters cell on BE_0010. MECHANISM: the second of the two independent reads. Element none. Neophyte-tier: a state, never a signature. | |
| 4 | The Grief Aping It | 1 | non-ordinary | something that is not the echo, wearing its shape | a form that is correct and arrives a beat after the panel changes | neutralize | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010 phase_breakdown_object -- 'Perception (genuine echo vs the grief aping it)'. MECHANISM: the imitation is downstream of the real thing and lags it. Element none. | |
| 5 | The Feeding-Tell | 1 | non-ordinary | the shadow, drawing off the panel | the panel dims, twice, before anything else happens | any | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010's counter -- 'the feeding-tell telegraphs TWICE before consequence'. MECHANISM: the encounter announces every cost two beats early, by design and by row. Element none. | The row guarantees the double telegraph. This kit does not tighten it. |
| 6 | The Dimming | 1 | non-ordinary | the main panel, losing register | a figure that was legible is no longer legible | cover | none | LORE GROUND: EG_0147's own name -- The Dimming Main Panel and its Sickness-Shadow Encroachment. MECHANISM: the loss is the stake; cover means putting the reader's own body and light between the shadow and the surface. Element none. | THE ONLY THING AT RISK IN THIS ENCOUNTER IS THE PANEL, and it is never damaged by the player -- see the care read. |
| 7 | The Role-Title | 1 | non-ordinary | the revered echo, answering to what it is rather than to who | the echo responds to a title and not to a name | any | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010's own row text -- 'the revered echo takes a ROLE-TITLE, NEVER A PERSONAL NAME'. MECHANISM: naming is how everything else in this game binds, and here it is forbidden, so the protocol proceeds by role. Element none. | A care constraint authored as a mechanic rather than as an omission. |
| 8 | The Inner Heat | 2 | non-ordinary | the reader's own body, under a held perception | the heat rises and the perception is still required | trigger_interrupt | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010 composure_nodes = vril_management=inner_heat_boil, and the protocol's second step. MECHANISM: the vril-management layer arrives WHILE the perception hold continues, which is what 'stack-hold' means. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC (B5). The first true simultaneity in the encounter. |
| 9 | The Rising Boil | 2 | non-ordinary | the same heat, unmanaged | the heat stops rising in steps and starts rising continuously | neutralize | none | LORE GROUND: same composure node on BE_0010. MECHANISM: mismanagement compounds rather than damages. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. |
| 10 | The Slipping Read | 2 | non-ordinary | phase 1's perception, decaying under the new load | a reading you had settled starts drifting | weak_point | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010's 'each layered onto the HELD previous step'. MECHANISM: the earlier step is not banked -- it is HELD, and this is the ability that makes that literal. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC, and the clearest expression of the stack-hold in the whole kit. |
| 11 | The Shadow's Second Position | 2 | non-ordinary | the //gauwasi-shadow, moved along the panel | the encroachment is on a part of the surface it has not touched | cover | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010 display_name -- 'the //gauwasi, the dead who shoot sickness' -- the tradition's own sickness-arrow dead. MECHANISM: it works the panel positionally. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. |
| 12 | The Cold Draw | 2 | non-ordinary | the shadow, taking from the reader instead of the panel | your own reserve drops while the panel holds steady | neutralize | none | LORE GROUND: the //gauwasi account carried on BE_0010 target_type. MECHANISM: it can take from a person, and this is the moment the encounter stops being purely about the wall. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. |
| 13 | The Doubled Feeding-Tell | 2 | non-ordinary | two dimmings at once, on different panels | two surfaces dim twice, out of phase with each other | any | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010's double-telegraph guarantee, applied to two targets. MECHANISM: the guarantee is per-tell, so two tells means two double-telegraphs and the problem is attention, not reaction. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC, and PATTERN COUNTER: the read is the phase relationship between two sequences. |
| 14 | The Violent Impulse | 3 | non-ordinary | the reader's own hands | the correct move, offered, and it is to strike the panel | trigger_interrupt | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010 composure_nodes = environmental=violent_impulse_restraint, the protocol's third step. MECHANISM: the encounter's hardest input is NOT acting, and the interrupt is the refusal held through a window. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. The restraint layer, and the reason care_tier = high. |
| 15 | The Reasonable Reason | 3 | non-ordinary | the impulse, supplying a justification | a good argument for damaging the surface | neutralize | none | LORE GROUND: the same restraint node on BE_0010. MECHANISM: the impulse is not blind -- it reasons, which is what makes it a tier-5 opponent rather than a status effect. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. |
| 16 | The Companion's Hand | 3 | non-ordinary | someone else, reaching for the panel | an ally moves toward the surface | trigger_interrupt | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010 character_engagement_node = phase=P3;verb=weigh;integrity_routed=true. MECHANISM: the restraint step is not only the player's, and stopping someone else is a different and harder input. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. |
| 17 | The Third Layer's Cost | 3 | non-ordinary | all three holds at once | the heat, the read and the refusal all demand at the same beat | weak_point | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010's stack-hold structure. MECHANISM: the weak point is scheduling -- the three demands are not simultaneous every cycle, and finding the beat where two are slack is the skill. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. |
| 18 | The Shadow Presses the Register | 3 | non-ordinary | the encroachment reaching the oldest marks | the serpent-mark register starts losing legibility | cover | none | LORE GROUND: EG_0149 The Oldest Serpent-Mark Register, hard_blocked, and BE_0010's threads = T13;T01;T12. MECHANISM: the encounter escalates by threatening MORE of the site, never by threatening the player harder. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. |
| 19 | The Held Stack | 3 | non-ordinary | the three steps, held together for a full cycle | nothing slips for one complete rotation | any | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010's 'escalating stack of held steps'. MECHANISM: the transition to purgation is EARNED by a clean cycle rather than triggered by a meter. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. The phase gate, and it is a performance. |
| 20 | The Drive-Back | 4 | non-ordinary | the reader, pushing the shadow off the surface | the shadow gives ground on the panel | any | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010 composure_nodes = environmental=gauwasi_driveback, the protocol's fourth step. MECHANISM: purgation is a push, not a strike; the panel is never touched. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. |
| 21 | The Shadow's Return | 4 | non-ordinary | the encroachment, retaking ground | the surface you cleared dims again behind you | cover | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010's same driveback node. MECHANISM: purgation is not monotonic and holding the cleared ground is part of it. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. |
| 22 | The Sickness-Arrow | 4 | non-ordinary | the //gauwasi, shooting | the cold arrives at a point rather than across a surface | dodge_only | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010 display_name -- 'the dead who shoot sickness', the tradition's own account of the //gauwasi. MECHANISM: it is an arrow of illness, so it is dodged rather than blocked, and it is the only ability in the kit that is aimed. Element none -- the tradition names sickness, not an element, and supplying one would be invention. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. DAMAGE IS STILL IMPOSSIBLE: a hit costs a held step, not health. |
| 23 | The Four Demands | 4 | non-ordinary | all four layers at once | the read, the heat, the refusal and the push all move on the same beat | weak_point | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010's full stack. MECHANISM: the apex of the encounter, and the weak point is still scheduling rather than a target. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. |
| 24 | The Withdrawal Clock | 4 | non-ordinary | the shadow, spending itself to hold ground | its returns get shorter and its reach gets shorter with them | any | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010 -- 'damage impossible by design'. MECHANISM: the ENRAGE obligation expressed as MHM-G6's Withdrawal clock and INVERTED: the longer the protocol is held correctly, the less the shadow has. There is no enrage that threatens the player because there is nothing it could threaten them with. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. B5's enrage obligation, honestly re-expressed for a damage-impossible fight. |
| 25 | The Panel Answers | 4 | non-ordinary | the surface itself, returning legibility | a figure that was lost comes back | any | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010 win_condition = PERCEIVE;PURGE. MECHANISM: the win readout is the site recovering. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. The only progress bar the encounter has, and it is diegetic. |
| 26 | The Role-Title Held | 4 | non-ordinary | the echo, addressed correctly through the whole purgation | the echo stays present and stays unnamed | neutralize | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010's own constraint -- role-title, never a personal name. MECHANISM: the constraint holds through the hardest phase, and slipping into a name is a failure of the protocol rather than of the fight. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. |
| 27 | The Last Encroachment | 4 | non-ordinary | the shadow's final position, at the panel's edge | it holds one corner and stops moving | cover | none | LORE GROUND: the driveback node on BE_0010. MECHANISM: the end is a hold rather than a kill. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. |
| 28 | The Clean Wall | 4 | non-ordinary | the panel, whole | the dimming stops | any | none | LORE GROUND: BE_0010 win_condition = PERCEIVE;PURGE, care_tier = high. MECHANISM: nothing died, nothing broke, and a wall that was being lost is not being lost. Element none. | PHASE-SPECIFIC. The end. |
ELEVATED, AND NOT ELEMENTAL BY DEFAULT (KIT_SCALING_TABLE 3.1b). 28 of the 28 moves
above are non-ordinary and each names its element family, its lore ground and its
mechanism. The rest are a body doing physical things, and they are marked physical rather
than dressed up. An elevated kit is one that CONTAINS the non-ordinary; it is not one in
which everything glows.
| part | moveset subtraction on break | legibility gain | material the economy wants |
|---|---|---|---|
| the perception hold (protocol step 1) | once held clean through a full cycle, The Grief Aping It (4) and The Slipping Read (10) leave the live set permanently | the panel's genuine register stops being ambiguous, which is visible on the wall | NOTHING HARVESTED. The part economy of this encounter pays no material at all, on purpose: the site is hard_blocked and taking anything from it is not available |
| the vril-management hold (protocol step 2) | The Rising Boil (9) and The Cold Draw (12) leave the live set | the reader's own state stops being a variable and the encounter narrows to the wall | nothing harvested |
| the restraint hold (protocol step 3) | The Violent Impulse (14), The Reasonable Reason (15) and The Companion's Hand (16) leave the live set | the offered strike stops being offered -- the single most legible subtraction in the kit | nothing harvested |
| the purgation hold (protocol step 4) | The Shadow's Return (21) and The Last Encroachment (27) stop recurring | the cleared surface stays cleared | nothing harvested |
| the shadow's reach along the panel | The Shadow's Second Position (11) and The Shadow Presses the Register (18) lose their range once the driveback has taken two panel-lengths | the encroachment's edge stops advancing between cycles | nothing harvested |
EG_0147 The Dimming Main Panel and its Sickness-Shadow Encroachment -- CARE-BOUND, GEOMETRY ONLY: hard_blocked, HL_0001;HL_0002;HL_0003;HL_0004;HL_0005;HL_0007;HL_0121, enemy_usable = FALSE, attack_verbs = none. The panel is the encounter's subject and its stake, and NOTHING in this kit damages, touches, cleans, traces or reproduces it. Ability 14 exists specifically so that the game can refuse the player the option.EG_0146 /Xam Entoptic-Pattern Panel Face -- CARE-BOUND, REFERENCED AND NEVER REPRODUCED: hard_blocked, enemy_usable = FALSE. The row's own note says referenced, never reproduced, and ability 2 reads a register without the game depicting one.EG_0149 The Oldest Serpent-Mark Register -- CARE-BOUND, GEOMETRY ONLY: hard_blocked, HL_0001;HL_0002;HL_0005;HL_0007. What ability 18 threatens, and what the encounter is defending.EG_0150 Rock-Shelter Apron and Patinated Overhang -- CARE-BOUND, GEOMETRY ONLY: hard_blocked, HL_0001;HL_0004;HL_0007. The ground the reader stands on.| channel | what the player sees or hears |
|---|---|
| posture | the shadow has no body and the kit gives it none. The channel is the PANEL: the dimming's edge acquires a direction at each transition |
| breath | the reader's own, which is also the vril-management instrument -- when the encounter escalates, their own breathing is the first thing that changes |
| vocal | the shelter's echo stops returning sound from the panel's direction |
| opener | The First Misread stops being free at phase 3; the re-perceive still arrives, and it now costs a beat of the heat hold |
IT ENTERS as an encroachment already in progress. IT RELOCATES along the panel and never away from it. IT LEAVES driven back. WHAT IT DOES TO THE ARENA: it is TAKING the arena, slowly, and that is the entire stake -- the only thing this encounter can lose is a wall.
care_tier = high, and the row's own text carries the constraints this kit implements. THE REVERED ECHO TAKES A ROLE-TITLE AND NEVER A PERSONAL NAME -- abilities 7 and 26 make that a mechanic rather than an omission, and slipping into a name is a protocol failure. THE SHADOW IS THE TRADITION'S OWN SICKNESS-ARROW DEAD, the //gauwasi, rendered as the tradition describes them and not as a monster. DAMAGE IS IMPOSSIBLE BY DESIGN and the kit holds it: there is no attack, no health bar, no kill, and the one aimed ability (22) costs a held step rather than health. THE PANEL IS NEVER TOUCHED -- ability 14 offers the player the strike precisely so the game can make refusing it the skill. The entoptic material is REFERENCED AND NEVER REPRODUCED per EG_0146's own note. HL_0121 and the full stack on EG_0147 bind.
This kit is authored ONCE, at Fading. The five modulators of KIT_SCALING_TABLE section 4
express it across the ladder: active_ability_set grows upward through reserved follow-ups
on roots the player already learned, window_class tightens, answer_tree_depth prunes
toward the single true answer, hazard_concurrency rises with the arena rows above, and
phase_overlap interleaves the phase cycles. No second kit exists and no number here changes
with the tier.