refactor the skill system to adhere to the lore handbook

2026-08-15 11:13:15 +02:00
parent 063e94f6eb
commit 9e5c3277bf
70 changed files with 2271 additions and 445 deletions
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Bouncer: Evening. Name on the list?
 You: Depends who's asking.
 -> I'm on the list.
    <<set $claimed_to_be_on_list = true>>
-    <<check persuasion standard>>
+    <<check placement routine>>
    <<if $check_result>>
        Bouncer: ...you're not on the list.
        Bouncer: But it's slow tonight. Go on.
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ You: Depends who's asking.
        Bouncer: Nobody's on the list tonight. Especially not you.
        <<set $went_inside = false>>
    <<endif>>
-> Let me through. <<if skill_rank("intimidation") >= 2>>
-    <<check intimidation hard -1>>
+-> Let me through. <<if skill_rank("undisclosed") >= 2>>
+    <<check undisclosed hard -1>>
    <<if $check_degree == "critical_success">>
        Bouncer: ...yeah. Yeah, okay.
        <<set $reputation += 2>>
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 // Passive skill commentary. Fired by CommentarySystem, never <<jump>>ed to.
 // One node per (context, skill) pair; if a skill has nothing to say about a
 // context, simply omit the node and it won't be considered.
+//
+// Writing rules (code does not enforce these):
+// - Wrong Truth failures: no failure signal in the prose; the UI banner is the only tell.
+// - Documentary routes are gated on Act and errand state, never on a voice.

-title: Commentary_Entrance_Queue_paranoia
+title: Commentary_Entrance_Queue_facework
 ---
-Paranoia: The man three back hasn't looked at his phone once. Nobody waits like that.
+FACEWORK: His hands are too still for someone this far back in a queue. What's he practising not to reach for?
 ===

-title: Commentary_Entrance_Queue_read_room
+title: Commentary_Entrance_Queue_long_shift
 ---
-Read the Room: Everyone here is pretending they're not cold.
+THE LONG SHIFT: Forty minutes. Nobody's shifted their weight the way cold people do. They're paying for this wait in something else.
 ===

-title: Commentary_Entrance_Queue_streetwise
+title: Commentary_Entrance_Queue_the_float
 ---
-Streetwise: Door's been "slow tonight" for forty minutes. That's a price, not a queue.
+THE FLOAT: Door's been "slow tonight" for forty minutes. Convert that: it's a price, not a queue. Who's eating that?
 ===
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 // This node is never played. Declaring every variable in one place means the
 // compiler catches typos ("$reputaton") instead of silently creating a second
 // variable at runtime.
+//
+// Writing rules the code deliberately does not enforce (Skill Bible §7 / refactor plan §2.1):
+// - Wrong Truth failures carry no failure signal in the prose — the UI banner is the only tell.
+// - Documentary routes are gated on Act and errand state, never on a voice.
+//
+// Modifier Yarn commands (see YarnSkillCommands):
+//   <<skill_mod scene facework 2>>   — source key "scene" = situational; clear on scene exit
+//   <<clear_skill_mods scene>>
+//   Other source keys (drunk, injured, …) are state buckets.

 title: Declarations
 ---
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 title: Debug_SkillCheck
 ---
 Narrator: Skill check harness.
-<<check persuasion standard>>
+<<check placement routine>>
 <<if $check_result>>
    Narrator: Passed. Rolled {$check_roll}, total {$check_total} against DC {$check_dc}.
 <<else>>
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ Narrator: Skill check harness.
 <<endif>>

 // Explicit numeric DC plus a situational modifier.
-<<check deduction 16 2>>
-Narrator: Deduction came out {$check_degree}.
+<<check confluence 16 2>>
+Narrator: Confluence came out {$check_degree}.

 // Deliberate typo: should log an error and continue, not deadlock.
-<<check nosuchskill standard>>
+<<check nosuchskill routine>>
 Narrator: Survived the bad skill id.
 ===
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using NightclubArcadia.Skills;
@@ -10,43 +11,21 @@ using UnityEngine.UI;
 using Yarn.Unity;

 /// <summary>
-/// Creates SkillDefinition assets, SkillDatabase, and wires SkillRuntime + roll
-/// banner + commentary into Assets/Scenes/DialogueTest.unity.
+/// Regenerates SkillDefinition assets + SkillDatabase from the Skill Bible JSON mirror.
+///
+/// Source of truth for prose/roster: the Obsidian Skill System Draft.md.
+/// Checked-in machine mirror: Assets/Skills/skill_bible.json (edit that, not the .assets).
+/// Hand-edits to Definitions/*.asset are overwritten on script reload by EnsureSkillAssetsOnly.
 /// </summary>
 public static class SkillSystemSetup
 {
    const string DefinitionsFolder = "Assets/Skills/Definitions";
    const string SkillsFolder = "Assets/Skills";
+    const string BiblePath = "Assets/Skills/skill_bible.json";
    const string DatabasePath = "Assets/Skills/SkillDatabase.asset";
    const string ScenePath = "Assets/Scenes/DialogueTest.unity";
    const string AutoSetupSessionKey = "NightclubArcadia.SkillSystem.AutoSetupDone";

-    struct SkillSpec
-    {
-        public string Id;
-        public string DisplayName;
-        public SkillDomain Domain;
-        public Color Accent;
-        public int StartingRank;
-    }
-
-    static readonly SkillSpec[] Roster =
-    {
-        new SkillSpec { Id = "deduction", DisplayName = "Deduction", Domain = SkillDomain.Reason, Accent = new Color(0.55f, 0.75f, 1f), StartingRank = 1 },
-        new SkillSpec { Id = "streetwise", DisplayName = "Streetwise", Domain = SkillDomain.Reason, Accent = new Color(0.7f, 0.85f, 0.55f), StartingRank = 1 },
-        new SkillSpec { Id = "recall", DisplayName = "Recall", Domain = SkillDomain.Reason, Accent = new Color(0.65f, 0.7f, 1f), StartingRank = 1 },
-        new SkillSpec { Id = "read_room", DisplayName = "Read the Room", Domain = SkillDomain.Instinct, Accent = new Color(1f, 0.75f, 0.45f), StartingRank = 1 },
-        new SkillSpec { Id = "paranoia", DisplayName = "Paranoia", Domain = SkillDomain.Instinct, Accent = new Color(1f, 0.45f, 0.55f), StartingRank = 1 },
-        new SkillSpec { Id = "reflexes", DisplayName = "Reflexes", Domain = SkillDomain.Instinct, Accent = new Color(1f, 0.9f, 0.4f), StartingRank = 1 },
-        new SkillSpec { Id = "persuasion", DisplayName = "Persuasion", Domain = SkillDomain.Presence, Accent = new Color(0.85f, 0.65f, 1f), StartingRank = 1 },
-        // Rank 2 so the Bouncer "Let me through" option gated by skill_rank >= 2 is visible in the demo.
-        new SkillSpec { Id = "intimidation", DisplayName = "Intimidation", Domain = SkillDomain.Presence, Accent = new Color(1f, 0.4f, 0.4f), StartingRank = 2 },
-        new SkillSpec { Id = "rapport", DisplayName = "Rapport", Domain = SkillDomain.Presence, Accent = new Color(0.55f, 0.95f, 0.85f), StartingRank = 1 },
-        new SkillSpec { Id = "endurance", DisplayName = "Endurance", Domain = SkillDomain.Body, Accent = new Color(0.85f, 0.7f, 0.5f), StartingRank = 1 },
-        new SkillSpec { Id = "sleight_of_hand", DisplayName = "Sleight of Hand", Domain = SkillDomain.Body, Accent = new Color(0.7f, 0.9f, 0.95f), StartingRank = 1 },
-        new SkillSpec { Id = "nerve", DisplayName = "Nerve", Domain = SkillDomain.Body, Accent = new Color(0.95f, 0.6f, 0.35f), StartingRank = 1 },
-    };
-
    [DidReloadScripts]
    static void AutoSetupAfterReload()
    {
@@ -80,15 +59,24 @@ public static class SkillSystemSetup
    /// </summary>
    static void EnsureSkillAssetsOnly()
    {
+        if (!TryLoadRoster(out var roster))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
        EnsureFolder("Assets", "Skills");
        EnsureFolder("Assets/Skills", "Definitions");

        var definitions = new List<SkillDefinition>();
-        foreach (var spec in Roster)
+        var rosterIds = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        foreach (var entry in roster)
        {
-            definitions.Add(CreateOrUpdateDefinition(spec));
+            rosterIds.Add(entry.id);
+            definitions.Add(CreateOrUpdateDefinition(entry));
        }

+        DeleteOrphanDefinitions(rosterIds);
+
        var database = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<SkillDatabase>(DatabasePath);
        if (database == null)
        {
@@ -105,15 +93,24 @@ public static class SkillSystemSetup
    [MenuItem("Tools/Nightclub Arcadia/Set Up Skill System")]
    public static void SetUpSkillSystem()
    {
+        if (!TryLoadRoster(out var roster))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
        EnsureFolder("Assets", "Skills");
        EnsureFolder("Assets/Skills", "Definitions");

        var definitions = new List<SkillDefinition>();
-        foreach (var spec in Roster)
+        var rosterIds = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        foreach (var entry in roster)
        {
-            definitions.Add(CreateOrUpdateDefinition(spec));
+            rosterIds.Add(entry.id);
+            definitions.Add(CreateOrUpdateDefinition(entry));
        }

+        DeleteOrphanDefinitions(rosterIds);
+
        var database = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<SkillDatabase>(DatabasePath);
        if (database == null)
        {
@@ -130,9 +127,75 @@ public static class SkillSystemSetup
        Debug.Log($"Skill system setup complete. Database at {DatabasePath}; scene wired at {ScenePath}.");
    }

-    static SkillDefinition CreateOrUpdateDefinition(SkillSpec spec)
+    static bool TryLoadRoster(out SkillBibleEntry[] roster)
    {
-        var path = $"{DefinitionsFolder}/{spec.Id}.asset";
+        roster = null;
+        var text = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<TextAsset>(BiblePath);
+        if (text == null)
+        {
+            Debug.LogError($"[SkillSystemSetup] Missing bible at {BiblePath}.");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        SkillBibleRoot root;
+        try
+        {
+            root = JsonUtility.FromJson<SkillBibleRoot>(text.text);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Debug.LogError($"[SkillSystemSetup] Failed to parse {BiblePath}: {ex.Message}");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (root?.skills == null || root.skills.Length == 0)
+        {
+            Debug.LogError($"[SkillSystemSetup] {BiblePath} has no skills.");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        foreach (var entry in root.skills)
+        {
+            if (entry == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.id))
+            {
+                Debug.LogError($"[SkillSystemSetup] {BiblePath} contains a skill with empty id.");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // Fail loudly on enum typos — silent defaults are content bugs.
+            if (!Enum.TryParse<SkillAxis>(entry.axis, ignoreCase: true, out _))
+            {
+                Debug.LogError($"[SkillSystemSetup] Skill '{entry.id}': invalid axis '{entry.axis}'.");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (!Enum.TryParse<TraceChannel>(entry.primaryChannel, ignoreCase: true, out _))
+            {
+                Debug.LogError($"[SkillSystemSetup] Skill '{entry.id}': invalid primaryChannel '{entry.primaryChannel}'.");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var secondary = string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.secondaryChannel) ? "None" : entry.secondaryChannel;
+            if (!Enum.TryParse<TraceChannel>(secondary, ignoreCase: true, out _))
+            {
+                Debug.LogError($"[SkillSystemSetup] Skill '{entry.id}': invalid secondaryChannel '{entry.secondaryChannel}'.");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (!Enum.TryParse<ClueYield>(entry.clueYield, ignoreCase: true, out _))
+            {
+                Debug.LogError($"[SkillSystemSetup] Skill '{entry.id}': invalid clueYield '{entry.clueYield}'.");
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        roster = root.skills;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    static SkillDefinition CreateOrUpdateDefinition(SkillBibleEntry entry)
+    {
+        var path = $"{DefinitionsFolder}/{entry.id}.asset";
        var asset = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<SkillDefinition>(path);
        if (asset == null)
        {
@@ -140,17 +203,33 @@ public static class SkillSystemSetup
            AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(asset, path);
        }

-        asset.EditorSet(
-            spec.Id,
-            spec.DisplayName,
-            spec.Domain,
-            $"Placeholder skill — replace when Skill_System_Draft.md is available.",
-            spec.StartingRank,
-            spec.Accent);
+        asset.EditorSet(entry);
        EditorUtility.SetDirty(asset);
        return asset;
    }

+    static void DeleteOrphanDefinitions(HashSet<string> rosterIds)
+    {
+        if (!AssetDatabase.IsValidFolder(DefinitionsFolder))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var guids = AssetDatabase.FindAssets("t:SkillDefinition", new[] { DefinitionsFolder });
+        foreach (var guid in guids)
+        {
+            var path = AssetDatabase.GUIDToAssetPath(guid);
+            var fileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path);
+            if (rosterIds.Contains(fileName))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            Debug.Log($"[SkillSystemSetup] Deleting orphan definition {path}");
+            AssetDatabase.DeleteAsset(path);
+        }
+    }
+
    static void WireDialogueTestScene(SkillDatabase database)
    {
        if (!File.Exists(ScenePath))
@@ -161,7 +240,7 @@ public static class SkillSystemSetup

        var scene = EditorSceneManager.OpenScene(ScenePath, OpenSceneMode.Single);

-        var runner = Object.FindAnyObjectByType<DialogueRunner>();
+        var runner = UnityEngine.Object.FindAnyObjectByType<DialogueRunner>();
        if (runner == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("No DialogueRunner in DialogueTest.unity.");
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
    /// <summary>
    /// Passive skill commentary outside the Yarn node tree.
    /// Fires at most one speaker per RequestCommentary call.
+    /// Per-skill budget: 3600 / targetFiringsPerHour seconds between fires for that voice,
+    /// on top of the global minSecondsBetween floor.
    /// </summary>
    public sealed class CommentarySystem : MonoBehaviour
    {
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills

        readonly List<string> _recent = new List<string>();
        readonly HashSet<string> _firedContexts = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        readonly Dictionary<string, float> _lastFiredBySkill =
+            new Dictionary<string, float>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
        float _lastFiredAt = float.NegativeInfinity;

        public void RequestCommentary(string contextId)
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
                return;
            }

+            var now = Time.time;
            var candidates = new List<SkillDefinition>();
            foreach (var skill in database.All)
            {
@@ -74,6 +79,16 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
                    continue;
                }

+                if (!_lastFiredBySkill.TryGetValue(skill.Id, out var lastFired))
+                {
+                    lastFired = float.NegativeInfinity;
+                }
+
+                if (!IsOffCooldown(lastFired, now, skill.TargetFiringsPerHour))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                var nodeName = $"Commentary_{contextId}_{skill.Id}";
                if (!NodeExists(nodeName))
                {
@@ -91,7 +106,8 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills

            var startNode = $"Commentary_{contextId}_{picked.Id}";
            _ = dialogueRunner.StartDialogue(startNode);
-            _lastFiredAt = Time.time;
+            _lastFiredAt = now;
+            _lastFiredBySkill[picked.Id] = now;
            _firedContexts.Add(contextId);
            _recent.Add(picked.Id);
            while (_recent.Count > Math.Max(1, recencyWindow))
@@ -100,6 +116,21 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
            }
        }

+        /// <summary>
+        /// True when enough time has elapsed since lastFired given targetFiringsPerHour.
+        /// targetFiringsPerHour &lt;= 0 means the skill never fires.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool IsOffCooldown(float lastFired, float now, float targetPerHour)
+        {
+            if (targetPerHour <= 0f)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var minInterval = 3600f / targetPerHour;
+            return now - lastFired >= minInterval;
+        }
+
        bool NodeExists(string nodeName)
        {
            if (dialogueRunner.Dialogue != null && dialogueRunner.Dialogue.NodeExists(nodeName))
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
+{
+    public enum ClueYield
+    {
+        Low,
+        Medium,
+        High,
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 98fef2c3069c3479884778df838f7dc2
@@ -1,20 +1,29 @@
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
+using UnityEngine;

 namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
 {
    public enum DcBand
    {
-        Trivial = 5,
-        Easy = 8,
-        Standard = 11,
+        Trivial = 8,
+        Routine = 11,
        Hard = 14,
-        Formidable = 17,
-        Legendary = 20,
+        Specialist = 17,
+        BuildDefining = 20,
    }

    public static class DcBands
    {
+        static readonly int[] BandValues =
+        {
+            (int)DcBand.Trivial,
+            (int)DcBand.Routine,
+            (int)DcBand.Hard,
+            (int)DcBand.Specialist,
+            (int)DcBand.BuildDefining,
+        };
+
        public static bool TryParse(string input, out int dc)
        {
            dc = 0;
@@ -28,6 +37,13 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
            if (int.TryParse(input, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var numeric))
            {
                dc = numeric;
+                if (!IsBandValue(numeric))
+                {
+                    Debug.LogWarning(
+                        $"[DcBands] DC {numeric} is not a named band " +
+                        $"(8 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 20). Prefer band names.");
+                }
+
                return true;
            }

@@ -39,5 +55,18 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills

            return false;
        }
+
+        public static bool IsBandValue(int dc)
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < BandValues.Length; i++)
+            {
+                if (BandValues[i] == dc)
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
    }
 }
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
 {
-    public enum SkillDomain
+    public enum SkillAxis
    {
        Reason,
-        Instinct,
-        Presence,
        Body,
+        Social,
+        Self,
+        Specialist,
    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: c8cafa1b8c20645ea81912844473c92e
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using System;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// JSON mirror of the Skill Bible. Deserialized by SkillSystemSetup; also the
+    /// EditorSet DTO for SkillDefinition. Enum fields are strings in JSON.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Serializable]
+    public sealed class SkillBibleRoot
+    {
+        public SkillBibleEntry[] skills;
+    }
+
+    [Serializable]
+    public sealed class SkillBibleEntry
+    {
+        public string id;
+        public string displayName;
+        public string axis;
+        public string domain;
+        public string notes;
+        public float targetFiringsPerHour;
+        public string opposedTo;
+        public string[] alliedWith;
+        public string primaryChannel;
+        public string secondaryChannel;
+        public string clueYield;
+        public int startingRank;
+        public Color accentColor;
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 47ea723e59b8c45f688a38c9b4ede3a5
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using UnityEngine;

 namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
@@ -7,6 +8,8 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
    [CreateAssetMenu(menuName = "Nightclub Arcadia/Skill Database", fileName = "SkillDatabase")]
    public sealed class SkillDatabase : ScriptableObject
    {
+        static readonly Regex IdPattern = new Regex(@"^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
        [SerializeField] List<SkillDefinition> skills = new List<SkillDefinition>();

        Dictionary<string, SkillDefinition> _lookup;
@@ -58,6 +61,11 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
            }

            var seen = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            var byId = new Dictionary<string, SkillDefinition>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            var axisCounts = new Dictionary<SkillAxis, int>();
+            var channelCounts = new Dictionary<TraceChannel, int>();
+            var firingSum = 0f;
+
            foreach (var skill in skills)
            {
                if (skill == null)
@@ -72,10 +80,127 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
                    continue;
                }

+                if (!IdPattern.IsMatch(skill.Id))
+                {
+                    Debug.LogError(
+                        $"[{nameof(SkillDatabase)}] Skill Id '{skill.Id}' must match ^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$.",
+                        this);
+                }
+
                if (!seen.Add(skill.Id))
                {
                    Debug.LogError($"[{nameof(SkillDatabase)}] Duplicate skill Id '{skill.Id}'.", this);
                }
+                else
+                {
+                    byId[skill.Id] = skill;
+                }
+
+                if (skill.TargetFiringsPerHour <= 0f)
+                {
+                    Debug.LogError(
+                        $"[{nameof(SkillDatabase)}] Skill '{skill.Id}' has targetFiringsPerHour <= 0.",
+                        this);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    firingSum += skill.TargetFiringsPerHour;
+                }
+
+                if (!axisCounts.ContainsKey(skill.Axis))
+                {
+                    axisCounts[skill.Axis] = 0;
+                }
+
+                axisCounts[skill.Axis]++;
+
+                if (!channelCounts.ContainsKey(skill.PrimaryChannel))
+                {
+                    channelCounts[skill.PrimaryChannel] = 0;
+                }
+
+                channelCounts[skill.PrimaryChannel]++;
+            }
+
+            foreach (var skill in byId.Values)
+            {
+                ValidateReference(skill.OpposedTo, skill.Id, "opposedTo", byId);
+                if (skill.AlliedWith != null)
+                {
+                    foreach (var ally in skill.AlliedWith)
+                    {
+                        ValidateReference(ally, skill.Id, "alliedWith", byId);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(skill.OpposedTo) || !byId.TryGetValue(skill.OpposedTo, out var opposed))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // Symmetry required only when both skills are non-Specialist.
+                if (skill.Axis == SkillAxis.Specialist || opposed.Axis == SkillAxis.Specialist)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (!string.Equals(opposed.OpposedTo, skill.Id, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    Debug.LogError(
+                        $"[{nameof(SkillDatabase)}] opposedTo asymmetry: '{skill.Id}' → '{skill.OpposedTo}' " +
+                        $"but '{opposed.Id}' → '{opposed.OpposedTo}'.",
+                        this);
+                }
+            }
+
+            AssertAxisCount(axisCounts, SkillAxis.Reason, 2);
+            AssertAxisCount(axisCounts, SkillAxis.Body, 2);
+            AssertAxisCount(axisCounts, SkillAxis.Social, 2);
+            AssertAxisCount(axisCounts, SkillAxis.Self, 2);
+            AssertAxisCount(axisCounts, SkillAxis.Specialist, 3);
+
+            Debug.Log(
+                $"[{nameof(SkillDatabase)}] targetFiringsPerHour sum = {firingSum} (Bible expects 71).",
+                this);
+
+            channelCounts.TryGetValue(TraceChannel.Physical, out var physical);
+            channelCounts.TryGetValue(TraceChannel.Testimonial, out var testimonial);
+            channelCounts.TryGetValue(TraceChannel.Behavioural, out var behavioural);
+            channelCounts.TryGetValue(TraceChannel.Documentary, out var documentary);
+            Debug.Log(
+                $"[{nameof(SkillDatabase)}] primary-channel tally: physical {physical} / " +
+                $"testimonial {testimonial} / behavioural {behavioural} / documentary {documentary} " +
+                $"(Bible expects 3 / 3 / 3 / 2).",
+                this);
+        }
+
+        void ValidateReference(
+            string refId,
+            string ownerId,
+            string fieldName,
+            Dictionary<string, SkillDefinition> byId)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(refId))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (!byId.ContainsKey(refId))
+            {
+                Debug.LogError(
+                    $"[{nameof(SkillDatabase)}] Skill '{ownerId}' {fieldName} '{refId}' is not in this database.",
+                    this);
+            }
+        }
+
+        void AssertAxisCount(Dictionary<SkillAxis, int> counts, SkillAxis axis, int expected)
+        {
+            counts.TryGetValue(axis, out var actual);
+            if (actual != expected)
+            {
+                Debug.LogError(
+                    $"[{nameof(SkillDatabase)}] Axis {axis} has {actual} skills; expected {expected}.",
+                    this);
            }
        }

@@ -1,39 +1,77 @@
+using System;
 using UnityEngine;

 namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
 {
+    // Generated from Assets/Skills/skill_bible.json by SkillSystemSetup.
+    // Hand-edits to .asset files are overwritten on script reload — edit the JSON.
    [CreateAssetMenu(menuName = "Nightclub Arcadia/Skill Definition", fileName = "NewSkill")]
    public sealed class SkillDefinition : ScriptableObject
    {
        [SerializeField] string id;
        [SerializeField] string displayName;
-        [SerializeField] SkillDomain domain;
-        [TextArea] [SerializeField] string description;
+        [SerializeField] SkillAxis axis;
+        [SerializeField] string domain;
+        [TextArea(8, 24)] [SerializeField] string notes;
+        [SerializeField] float targetFiringsPerHour = 5f;
+        [SerializeField] string opposedTo;
+        [SerializeField] string[] alliedWith;
+        [SerializeField] TraceChannel primaryChannel;
+        [SerializeField] TraceChannel secondaryChannel;
+        [SerializeField] ClueYield clueYield;
        [SerializeField] int startingRank;
        [SerializeField] Color accentColor = Color.white;

        public string Id => id;
        public string DisplayName => displayName;
-        public SkillDomain Domain => domain;
-        public string Description => description;
+        public SkillAxis Axis => axis;
+        public string Domain => domain;
+        public string Notes => notes;
+        public float TargetFiringsPerHour => targetFiringsPerHour;
+        public string OpposedTo => opposedTo;
+        public string[] AlliedWith => alliedWith;
+        public TraceChannel PrimaryChannel => primaryChannel;
+        public TraceChannel SecondaryChannel => secondaryChannel;
+        public ClueYield ClueYield => clueYield;
        public int StartingRank => startingRank;
        public Color AccentColor => accentColor;

 #if UNITY_EDITOR
-        public void EditorSet(
-            string newId,
-            string newDisplayName,
-            SkillDomain newDomain,
-            string newDescription,
-            int newStartingRank,
-            Color newAccentColor)
+        public void EditorSet(SkillBibleEntry entry)
        {
-            id = newId;
-            displayName = newDisplayName;
-            domain = newDomain;
-            description = newDescription;
-            startingRank = newStartingRank;
-            accentColor = newAccentColor;
+            if (entry == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(entry));
+            }
+
+            id = entry.id;
+            displayName = entry.displayName;
+            axis = ParseEnumRequired<SkillAxis>(entry.axis, nameof(entry.axis), entry.id);
+            domain = entry.domain ?? string.Empty;
+            notes = entry.notes ?? string.Empty;
+            targetFiringsPerHour = entry.targetFiringsPerHour;
+            opposedTo = entry.opposedTo ?? string.Empty;
+            alliedWith = entry.alliedWith ?? Array.Empty<string>();
+            primaryChannel = ParseEnumRequired<TraceChannel>(entry.primaryChannel, nameof(entry.primaryChannel), entry.id);
+            secondaryChannel = ParseEnumRequired<TraceChannel>(
+                string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.secondaryChannel) ? "None" : entry.secondaryChannel,
+                nameof(entry.secondaryChannel),
+                entry.id);
+            clueYield = ParseEnumRequired<ClueYield>(entry.clueYield, nameof(entry.clueYield), entry.id);
+            startingRank = entry.startingRank;
+            accentColor = entry.accentColor;
+        }
+
+        static TEnum ParseEnumRequired<TEnum>(string value, string fieldName, string skillId)
+            where TEnum : struct
+        {
+            if (!Enum.TryParse(value, ignoreCase: true, out TEnum parsed))
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException(
+                    $"Skill '{skillId}': invalid {fieldName} '{value}' for {typeof(TEnum).Name}.");
+            }
+
+            return parsed;
        }
 #endif
    }
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
+{
+    public enum TraceChannel
+    {
+        None,
+        Documentary,
+        Behavioural,
+        Testimonial,
+        Physical,
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 94dae2d20cc784f0198944f76cc362ef
@@ -6,7 +6,18 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
 {
    /// <summary>
    /// Static Yarn adapter. No MonoBehaviour, no check math — translation only.
-    /// Call sites: &lt;&lt;check persuasion standard&gt;&gt; / &lt;&lt;check intimidation hard -1&gt;&gt;
+    ///
+    /// Commands:
+    ///   &lt;&lt;check skillId band-or-int [situationalMod]&gt;&gt;
+    ///   &lt;&lt;skill_mod sourceKey skillId delta&gt;&gt;   — set a state/situational mod
+    ///   &lt;&lt;clear_skill_mods sourceKey&gt;&gt;         — clear one source key
+    /// Function (kept as skill_rank; skeleton's "rank" would collide with future helpers):
+    ///   skill_rank("skillId")
+    ///
+    /// Modifier convention: source key "scene" is the situational bucket and must be
+    /// cleared on scene exit; any other key (drunk, injured, …) is a state bucket.
+    /// Both feed SkillStateModifiers — three modifier sources total (rank / check arg /
+    /// state), not a fourth dictionary.
    /// </summary>
    public static class YarnSkillCommands
    {
@@ -28,8 +39,8 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills

            if (!DcBands.TryParse(difficulty, out var dc))
            {
-                Debug.LogError($"[YarnSkillCommands] <<check {skillId} {difficulty}>>: unknown difficulty; treating as Standard (11).");
-                dc = (int)DcBand.Standard;
+                Debug.LogError($"[YarnSkillCommands] <<check {skillId} {difficulty}>>: unknown difficulty; treating as Routine (11).");
+                dc = (int)DcBand.Routine;
            }

            if (runtime.Database == null || !runtime.Database.TryGet(skillId, out _))
@@ -49,6 +60,44 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
            yield return runtime.StartCoroutine(runtime.ResultView.Show(result));
        }

+        [YarnCommand("skill_mod")]
+        public static void SkillMod(string sourceKey, string skillId, int delta)
+        {
+            var runtime = SkillRuntime.Instance;
+            if (runtime == null || runtime.States == null)
+            {
+                Debug.LogError("[YarnSkillCommands] <<skill_mod>> called but SkillRuntime is not ready.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sourceKey) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(skillId))
+            {
+                Debug.LogError("[YarnSkillCommands] <<skill_mod>> requires sourceKey and skillId.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            runtime.States.Set(sourceKey, skillId, delta);
+        }
+
+        [YarnCommand("clear_skill_mods")]
+        public static void ClearSkillMods(string sourceKey)
+        {
+            var runtime = SkillRuntime.Instance;
+            if (runtime == null || runtime.States == null)
+            {
+                Debug.LogError("[YarnSkillCommands] <<clear_skill_mods>> called but SkillRuntime is not ready.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sourceKey))
+            {
+                Debug.LogError("[YarnSkillCommands] <<clear_skill_mods>> requires a sourceKey.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            runtime.States.Clear(sourceKey);
+        }
+
        [YarnFunction("skill_rank")]
        public static float SkillRank(string skillId)
        {
@@ -87,7 +136,7 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills
            DcBands.TryParse(difficulty, out var dc);
            if (dc == 0)
            {
-                dc = (int)DcBand.Standard;
+                dc = (int)DcBand.Routine;
            }

            var storage = runner.VariableStorage;
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+    this room forgetful.\"\nFAILURE VOICE: \"It's alright. Nobody is looking for
+    this any more \u2014 the people who wanted it are dead or old or somewhere warm.
+    Put it down.\"\nPASSIVE VOICE: \"It's alright. Whatever this room used to be,
+    it's a room where people dance now. That counts for something. It counted for
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+    are beneath its notice and that is characterising."
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+    People hand you the year when they have rehearsed the year. What else has he
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+    The room's flat tonight, [pc]. Nothing is going to happen in here.\"\nPASSIVE
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+    What a person is on, how long they have been on it, what it is standing in for.
+    Also warmth: the shared drink, the comp, the small indulgence that makes somebody
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+    voice in your head to lie to, and the one lied to most.\nhow it addresses you:
+    Second person, familiar, imperative. \"Take it.\" Never uses your name; uses
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+    tics:\n* (1) Describes taste in temperatures rather than flavours.\n* (2) \"Friend\"
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+    you. Count anything.\nopposed to: THE LONG SHIFT\nallied with: FACEWORK, AMNESTY\n\nSUCCESS
+    VOICE: \"She's ordered the same thing four times and finished none of them, love.
+    She isn't drinking. She's timing something.\"\nFAILURE VOICE: \"Three doubles
+    in and he's telling you about his mother. Nobody lies about their mother at this
+    hour, friend. Whatever he says next, take it home with you.\"\nPASSIVE VOICE:
+    \"The ice in here is cloudy. Somebody's freezer runs warm and nobody has told
+    them. Or nobody dares to.\"\n\nFiring frequency target (per hour): 8\nDomains
+    it must NOT comment on: Paperwork. Numbers. Chronology of any kind \u2014 it
+    has no sense of sequence and should never be allowed one."
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+  domain: 'Money in motion. The till, the float, comps, prices that are wrong for
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+    prices that are wrong for the room, debts, and above all: who is underwriting
+    a loss, and what the loss buys them.\nwhat it wants for you: To find the subsidised
+    anomaly \u2014 the thing that costs more to run than it takes, because that is
+    where somebody's actual intention is kept.\nwhat it's wrong about: It believes
+    the money names the beneficiary. It cannot conceive of somebody paying in order
+    to look like somebody else paid, so it identifies laundering as generosity about
+    as often as it identifies it correctly.\nhow it addresses you: Second person,
+    brisk, never by name. Uses numbers where other voices use nouns.\nregister: Brisk,
+    mercenary, cheerful.\nverbal tics:\n* (1) Converts everything to a nightly rate.\n*
+    (2) \"Who's eating that?\"\nwhat it never does: Moralise about money. Round a
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+    to be open and it isn't the people standing in it.\"\nFAILURE VOICE: \"Follow
+    it back. Drinks comped by the promoter, promoter carried by the label. It's the
+    label's room, then. Who's eating that? They are.\"\nPASSIVE VOICE: \"Four, for
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+    particular kind of person outside, and it's working.\"\n\nFiring frequency target
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+    living memory \u2014 the deep past is PROVENANCE's and THE FLOAT finds it irrelevant,
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+  domain: What is being held back. Reserves, insurance, leverage, the thing in the
+    safe; assessing what somebody could do rather than what they are doing. The value
+    of a threat that has never had to be carried out.
+  notes: "SKILL\nname: UNDISCLOSED\ndomain: What is being held back. Reserves, insurance,
+    leverage, the thing in the safe; assessing what somebody could do rather than
+    what they are doing. The value of a threat that has never had to be carried out.\nwhat
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+    be named and papered before it counts)\nallied with: CONFLUENCE, PLACEMENT\n\nSUCCESS
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+    he's holding.\"\nFAILURE VOICE: \"He would not be this calm with nothing behind
+    him. Give him the room. Give him the night.\"\nPASSIVE VOICE: \"Two locks on
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+    it, or nothing needs to be.\"\n\nFiring frequency target (per hour): 3\nDomains
+    it must NOT comment on: Interpersonal warmth. Anything already public. And \u2014
+    hard writer rule \u2014 the actual contents or nature of any legendary object.
+    It speaks about postures, never inventories."
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+      "displayName": "STANDING ORDER",
+      "axis": "Self",
+      "domain": "Refusal and continuity of self. Holding a line, resisting pressure aimed specifically at you, remembering what you said you were, recognising the shape of a manipulation while it is being built.",
+      "notes": "SKILL\nname: STANDING ORDER\ndomain: Refusal and continuity of self. Holding a line, resisting pressure aimed specifically at you, remembering what you said you were, recognising the shape of a manipulation while it is being built.\nwhat it wants for you: For you to remain a person with a shape — recognisable to yourself at the end of this.\nwhat it's wrong about: It cannot tell a principle from a habit. It defends a rule you set for reasons that expired years ago with precisely the force it defends the one rule that still matters, and it experiences reconsideration as decay.\nhow it addresses you: Second person, formal. Uses [PC] in full at moments of pressure, the way a person is addressed in a document.\nregister: Steady, austere, protective.\nverbal tics:\n* (1) Quotes you back to yourself, verbatim, with the date.\n* (2) \"We agreed.\"\nwhat it never does: Bargain. Describe consequences — it states the rule and stops, and the silence afterwards is the argument.\nopposed to: AMNESTY\nallied with: THE LONG SHIFT, PROVENANCE\n\nSUCCESS VOICE: \"He has asked you the same question three ways and each way was smaller than the last. He isn't curious, [PC]. He is measuring the size of the yes you will give.\"\nFAILURE VOICE: \"We agreed you don't take anything from anyone in this building. We agreed it in a year when it meant something. It still means something.\"\nPASSIVE VOICE: \"You do this every night. Right pocket, keys, then the lights, in that order. Nobody made you. That's the part worth noticing.\"\n\nFiring frequency target (per hour): 5\nDomains it must NOT comment on: Other people's morals. Any past that isn't yours.",
+      "targetFiringsPerHour": 5,
+      "opposedTo": "amnesty",
+      "alliedWith": [
+        "long_shift",
+        "provenance"
+      ],
+      "primaryChannel": "Testimonial",
+      "secondaryChannel": "None",
+      "clueYield": "Low",
+      "startingRank": 1,
+      "accentColor": {
+        "r": 0.62,
+        "g": 0.82,
+        "b": 0.68,
+        "a": 1
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "undisclosed",
+      "displayName": "UNDISCLOSED",
+      "axis": "Specialist",
+      "domain": "What is being held back. Reserves, insurance, leverage, the thing in the safe; assessing what somebody could do rather than what they are doing. The value of a threat that has never had to be carried out.",
+      "notes": "SKILL\nname: UNDISCLOSED\ndomain: What is being held back. Reserves, insurance, leverage, the thing in the safe; assessing what somebody could do rather than what they are doing. The value of a threat that has never had to be carried out.\nwhat it wants for you: For you never to be in a room without something undeclared.\nwhat it's wrong about: It cannot distinguish a capability from the reputation of a capability. It reads an empty safe as a loaded one, folds to bluffs with enormous dignity, and has never in its life asked to see the thing.\nhow it addresses you: Second person, low, slow. Never uses your name. Occasionally addresses the room instead of you, which nobody else does.\nregister: Hushed, formal, superstitious.\nverbal tics:\n* (1) Says \"shown\" where anyone else would say \"used.\"\n* (2) Leaves the sentence unfinished where the object would go.\nwhat it never does: Name the thing. Recommend using it.\nopposed to: PROVENANCE (which requires a thing be named and papered before it counts)\nallied with: CONFLUENCE, PLACEMENT\n\nSUCCESS VOICE: \"He never threatened you. He mentioned the cellar and let you finish the sentence yourself. He's never once had to open that door — that is what he's holding.\"\nFAILURE VOICE: \"He would not be this calm with nothing behind him. Give him the room. Give him the night.\"\nPASSIVE VOICE: \"Two locks on that door and neither has been oiled this decade. Either there is nothing behind it, or nothing needs to be.\"\n\nFiring frequency target (per hour): 3\nDomains it must NOT comment on: Interpersonal warmth. Anything already public. And — hard writer rule — the actual contents or nature of any legendary object. It speaks about postures, never inventories.",
+      "targetFiringsPerHour": 3,
+      "opposedTo": "provenance",
+      "alliedWith": [
+        "confluence",
+        "placement"
+      ],
+      "primaryChannel": "Physical",
+      "secondaryChannel": "Behavioural",
+      "clueYield": "Low",
+      "startingRank": 2,
+      "accentColor": {
+        "r": 0.55,
+        "g": 0.55,
+        "b": 0.58,
+        "a": 1
+      },
+      "comment": "Demo exception: startingRank 2 so Bouncer skill_rank >= 2 gate is reachable."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "the_float",
+      "displayName": "THE FLOAT",
+      "axis": "Specialist",
+      "domain": "Money in motion. The till, the float, comps, prices that are wrong for the room, debts, and above all: who is underwriting a loss, and what the loss buys them.",
+      "notes": "SKILL\nname: THE FLOAT\ndomain: Money in motion. The till, the float, comps, prices that are wrong for the room, debts, and above all: who is underwriting a loss, and what the loss buys them.\nwhat it wants for you: To find the subsidised anomaly — the thing that costs more to run than it takes, because that is where somebody's actual intention is kept.\nwhat it's wrong about: It believes the money names the beneficiary. It cannot conceive of somebody paying in order to look like somebody else paid, so it identifies laundering as generosity about as often as it identifies it correctly.\nhow it addresses you: Second person, brisk, never by name. Uses numbers where other voices use nouns.\nregister: Brisk, mercenary, cheerful.\nverbal tics:\n* (1) Converts everything to a nightly rate.\n* (2) \"Who's eating that?\"\nwhat it never does: Moralise about money. Round a number.\nopposed to: AMNESTY (which prices nothing and forgives the difference)\nallied with: PROVENANCE, PLACEMENT\n\nSUCCESS VOICE: \"Door take won't cover the licence, and the licence was renewed three months early. Somebody is paying for this room to be open and it isn't the people standing in it.\"\nFAILURE VOICE: \"Follow it back. Drinks comped by the promoter, promoter carried by the label. It's the label's room, then. Who's eating that? They are.\"\nPASSIVE VOICE: \"Four, for a measure like that, in a room like this. Somebody set these prices to keep a particular kind of person outside, and it's working.\"\n\nFiring frequency target (per hour): 5\nDomains it must NOT comment on: Emotion. Bodies. Anything before living memory — the deep past is PROVENANCE's and THE FLOAT finds it irrelevant, loudly.",
+      "targetFiringsPerHour": 5,
+      "opposedTo": "amnesty",
+      "alliedWith": [
+        "provenance",
+        "placement"
+      ],
+      "primaryChannel": "Documentary",
+      "secondaryChannel": "Physical",
+      "clueYield": "High",
+      "startingRank": 1,
+      "accentColor": {
+        "r": 0.58,
+        "g": 0.58,
+        "b": 0.55,
+        "a": 1
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "room_tone",
+      "displayName": "ROOM TONE",
+      "axis": "Specialist",
+      "domain": "Sound. What carries over the music and what doesn't. The shape of a space by ear — a wall with a room behind it does not ring like a wall. Overheard fragments, lip-reading in strobe, the door that opens somewhere you can't see.",
+      "notes": "SKILL\nname: ROOM TONE\ndomain: Sound. What carries over the music and what doesn't. The shape of a space by ear — a wall with a room behind it does not ring like a wall. Overheard fragments, lip-reading in strobe, the door that opens somewhere you can't see.\nwhat it wants for you: To hear the one sentence tonight that was not meant for you.\nwhat it's wrong about: It trusts what it overhears more than what it is told, on the theory that people only lie when they know they are heard. It cannot recognise a conversation staged for a listener, and it has never doubted a fragment in its life.\nhow it addresses you: Second person, urgent, interrupting. Cuts you off mid-thought and does not apologise for it.\nregister: Alert, clipped, intrusive.\nverbal tics:\n* (1) Gives direction before content. \"Behind you, left.\"\n* (2) Transcribes with the gaps marked, dashes and all.\nwhat it never does: Repeat itself. Wait for a break in the music.\nopposed to: PLACEMENT (which wants the room arranged; ROOM TONE wants it left alone so it keeps talking)\nallied with: FACEWORK, THE LONG SHIFT\n\nSUCCESS VOICE: \"Behind you, left, under the bass: '—not since the old owner—' and then a name you have heard twice tonight, from two people who told you they'd never met.\"\nFAILURE VOICE: \"Behind you, right, low: '—the cellar. Thursday.' Nobody says that to be overheard.\"\nPASSIVE VOICE: \"This wall is dead. Every other wall in here rings and this one swallows. Either there's something behind it or there's nothing at all, and both are strange in a building this old.\"\n\nFiring frequency target (per hour): 8\nDomains it must NOT comment on: Motive. Anything it did not personally hear. Written material of any kind.",
+      "targetFiringsPerHour": 8,
+      "opposedTo": "placement",
+      "alliedWith": [
+        "facework",
+        "long_shift"
+      ],
+      "primaryChannel": "Physical",
+      "secondaryChannel": "Testimonial",
+      "clueYield": "High",
+      "startingRank": 1,
+      "accentColor": {
+        "r": 0.52,
+        "g": 0.54,
+        "b": 0.56,
+        "a": 1
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
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@@ -14,10 +14,30 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
            public int Roll(int sides) => _value;
        }

+        static SkillBibleEntry Entry(string id, int startingRank)
+        {
+            return new SkillBibleEntry
+            {
+                id = id,
+                displayName = id.ToUpperInvariant(),
+                axis = "Self",
+                domain = string.Empty,
+                notes = string.Empty,
+                targetFiringsPerHour = 5f,
+                opposedTo = string.Empty,
+                alliedWith = System.Array.Empty<string>(),
+                primaryChannel = "Behavioural",
+                secondaryChannel = "None",
+                clueYield = "Low",
+                startingRank = startingRank,
+                accentColor = Color.white,
+            };
+        }
+
        SkillDefinition Make(string id, int startingRank)
        {
            var def = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<SkillDefinition>();
-            def.EditorSet(id, id, SkillDomain.Instinct, string.Empty, startingRank, Color.white);
+            def.EditorSet(Entry(id, startingRank));
            return def;
        }

@@ -37,7 +57,7 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
        [Test]
        public void Pick_EmptyCandidates_ReturnsNull()
        {
-            var skills = SkillsFor(("paranoia", 2));
+            var skills = SkillsFor(("house_pour", 2));
            var result = CommentarySystem.Pick(
                new List<SkillDefinition>(),
                skills,
@@ -54,9 +74,9 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
            // ranks 1 and 3 → weights 1 and 3 → total 4
            // roll 1 maps to pick index 0 of cumulative: only weight-1 skill
            // roll 2..4 maps to higher-ranked skill
-            var low = Make("read_room", 1);
-            var high = Make("paranoia", 3);
-            var skills = SkillsFor(("read_room", 1), ("paranoia", 3));
+            var low = Make("facework", 1);
+            var high = Make("house_pour", 3);
+            var skills = SkillsFor(("facework", 1), ("house_pour", 3));

            var highPick = CommentarySystem.Pick(
                new List<SkillDefinition> { low, high },
@@ -65,7 +85,7 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
                3,
                new FixedRollSource(2));

-            Assert.AreEqual("paranoia", highPick.Id);
+            Assert.AreEqual("house_pour", highPick.Id);
        }

        [Test]
@@ -86,5 +106,25 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests

            Assert.AreEqual("b", pick.Id);
        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void IsOffCooldown_HighFirings_EligibleImmediately()
+        {
+            // 3600 firings/hour → 1 second interval
+            Assert.IsTrue(CommentarySystem.IsOffCooldown(10f, 11f, 3600f));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void IsOffCooldown_OnePerHour_NotEligibleAfterOneSecond()
+        {
+            Assert.IsFalse(CommentarySystem.IsOffCooldown(10f, 11f, 1f));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void IsOffCooldown_ZeroOrNegative_NeverFires()
+        {
+            Assert.IsFalse(CommentarySystem.IsOffCooldown(float.NegativeInfinity, 100f, 0f));
+            Assert.IsFalse(CommentarySystem.IsOffCooldown(float.NegativeInfinity, 100f, -1f));
+        }
    }
 }
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
 {
    public class DcBandTests
    {
-        [TestCase("standard", 11)]
-        [TestCase("STANDARD", 11)]
+        [TestCase("routine", 11)]
+        [TestCase("ROUTINE", 11)]
+        [TestCase("trivial", 8)]
        [TestCase("13", 13)]
        [TestCase("-3", -3)]
        public void TryParse_AcceptsBandNamesAndIntegers(string input, int expected)
@@ -15,9 +16,18 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
            Assert.AreEqual(expected, dc);
        }

+        [Test]
+        public void TryParse_TrivialIsEight_NotFive()
+        {
+            Assert.IsTrue(DcBands.TryParse("trivial", out var dc));
+            Assert.AreEqual(8, dc);
+            Assert.AreEqual(8, (int)DcBand.Trivial);
+        }
+
        [TestCase("banana")]
        [TestCase("")]
        [TestCase(null)]
+        [TestCase("standard")]
        public void TryParse_RejectsGarbage(string input)
        {
            Assert.IsFalse(DcBands.TryParse(input, out _));
@@ -14,6 +14,26 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
            public int Roll(int sides) => _value;
        }

+        static SkillBibleEntry Entry(string id, string display, int rank)
+        {
+            return new SkillBibleEntry
+            {
+                id = id,
+                displayName = display,
+                axis = "Social",
+                domain = string.Empty,
+                notes = string.Empty,
+                targetFiringsPerHour = 5f,
+                opposedTo = string.Empty,
+                alliedWith = System.Array.Empty<string>(),
+                primaryChannel = "Testimonial",
+                secondaryChannel = "None",
+                clueYield = "Low",
+                startingRank = rank,
+                accentColor = Color.white,
+            };
+        }
+
        SkillDatabase CreateDatabase(params (string id, string display, int rank)[] skills)
        {
            var db = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<SkillDatabase>();
@@ -21,7 +41,7 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
            foreach (var (id, display, rank) in skills)
            {
                var def = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<SkillDefinition>();
-                def.EditorSet(id, display, SkillDomain.Presence, string.Empty, rank, Color.white);
+                def.EditorSet(Entry(id, display, rank));
                list.Add(def);
            }

@@ -32,12 +52,12 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
        [Test]
        public void Resolve_SumsModifiers_AndSucceedsWhenTotalMeetsDc()
        {
-            var db = CreateDatabase(("persuasion", "Persuasion", 2));
+            var db = CreateDatabase(("placement", "PLACEMENT", 2));
            var skills = new PlayerSkills(db);
            var state = new SkillStateModifiers();
            var system = new SkillCheckSystem(db, skills, state, new FixedRollSource(10));

-            var result = system.Resolve("persuasion", 12, 1);
+            var result = system.Resolve("placement", 12, 1);

            Assert.AreEqual(13, result.Total);
            Assert.IsTrue(result.Success);
@@ -50,12 +70,12 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
        [Test]
        public void Resolve_NaturalOne_IsCriticalFailureEvenIfModifiersWouldPass()
        {
-            var db = CreateDatabase(("persuasion", "Persuasion", 10));
+            var db = CreateDatabase(("placement", "PLACEMENT", 10));
            var skills = new PlayerSkills(db);
            var state = new SkillStateModifiers();
            var system = new SkillCheckSystem(db, skills, state, new FixedRollSource(1));

-            var result = system.Resolve("persuasion", 5, 5);
+            var result = system.Resolve("placement", 5, 5);

            Assert.IsFalse(result.Success);
            Assert.AreEqual(SkillCheckDegree.CriticalFailure, result.Degree);
@@ -64,12 +84,12 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
        [Test]
        public void Resolve_NaturalTwenty_IsCriticalSuccessEvenIfBelowDc()
        {
-            var db = CreateDatabase(("persuasion", "Persuasion", 0));
+            var db = CreateDatabase(("placement", "PLACEMENT", 0));
            var skills = new PlayerSkills(db);
            var state = new SkillStateModifiers();
            var system = new SkillCheckSystem(db, skills, state, new FixedRollSource(20));

-            var result = system.Resolve("persuasion", 25, 0);
+            var result = system.Resolve("placement", 25, 0);

            Assert.IsTrue(result.Success);
            Assert.AreEqual(SkillCheckDegree.CriticalSuccess, result.Degree);
@@ -78,12 +98,12 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
        [Test]
        public void Resolve_ExactDc_IsSuccess()
        {
-            var db = CreateDatabase(("persuasion", "Persuasion", 1));
+            var db = CreateDatabase(("placement", "PLACEMENT", 1));
            var skills = new PlayerSkills(db);
            var state = new SkillStateModifiers();
            var system = new SkillCheckSystem(db, skills, state, new FixedRollSource(10));

-            var result = system.Resolve("persuasion", 11, 0);
+            var result = system.Resolve("placement", 11, 0);

            Assert.AreEqual(11, result.Total);
            Assert.IsTrue(result.Success);
@@ -92,14 +112,14 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
        [Test]
        public void Resolve_AppliesNegativeAndWildcardStateModifiers()
        {
-            var db = CreateDatabase(("reflexes", "Reflexes", 1));
+            var db = CreateDatabase(("long_shift", "THE LONG SHIFT", 1));
            var skills = new PlayerSkills(db);
            var state = new SkillStateModifiers();
-            state.Set("drunk", "reflexes", -2);
+            state.Set("drunk", "long_shift", -2);
            state.Set("crowd", "*", -1);
            var system = new SkillCheckSystem(db, skills, state, new FixedRollSource(10));

-            var result = system.Resolve("reflexes", 5, 0);
+            var result = system.Resolve("long_shift", 5, 0);

            Assert.AreEqual(-3, result.StateMod);
            Assert.AreEqual(8, result.Total);
@@ -108,7 +128,7 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
        [Test]
        public void Resolve_UnknownSkill_DoesNotThrow_AndUsesZeroRank()
        {
-            var db = CreateDatabase(("persuasion", "Persuasion", 3));
+            var db = CreateDatabase(("placement", "PLACEMENT", 3));
            var skills = new PlayerSkills(db);
            var state = new SkillStateModifiers();
            var system = new SkillCheckSystem(db, skills, state, new FixedRollSource(10));
@@ -122,15 +142,15 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
        [Test]
        public void Resolve_DoesNotMutatePlayerSkills()
        {
-            var db = CreateDatabase(("persuasion", "Persuasion", 2));
+            var db = CreateDatabase(("placement", "PLACEMENT", 2));
            var skills = new PlayerSkills(db);
-            var before = skills.GetRank("persuasion");
+            var before = skills.GetRank("placement");
            var state = new SkillStateModifiers();
            var system = new SkillCheckSystem(db, skills, state, new FixedRollSource(10));

-            system.Resolve("persuasion", 10, 0);
+            system.Resolve("placement", 10, 0);

-            Assert.AreEqual(before, skills.GetRank("persuasion"));
+            Assert.AreEqual(before, skills.GetRank("placement"));
            Assert.AreEqual(1, skills.AllRanks.Count);
        }
    }
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using NightclubArcadia.Skills;
+using UnityEditor;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+namespace NightclubArcadia.Skills.Tests
+{
+    public class SkillRosterTests
+    {
+        const string DatabasePath = "Assets/Skills/SkillDatabase.asset";
+        static readonly Regex IdPattern = new Regex(@"^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$");
+
+        static readonly (string id, string displayName)[] ExpectedNames =
+        {
+            ("provenance", "PROVENANCE"),
+            ("confluence", "CONFLUENCE"),
+            ("house_pour", "HOUSE POUR"),
+            ("long_shift", "THE LONG SHIFT"),
+            ("facework", "FACEWORK"),
+            ("placement", "PLACEMENT"),
+            ("amnesty", "AMNESTY"),
+            ("standing_order", "STANDING ORDER"),
+            ("undisclosed", "UNDISCLOSED"),
+            ("the_float", "THE FLOAT"),
+            ("room_tone", "ROOM TONE"),
+        };
+
+        SkillDatabase LoadDatabase()
+        {
+            var db = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<SkillDatabase>(DatabasePath);
+            Assert.IsNotNull(db, $"Expected SkillDatabase at {DatabasePath}");
+            return db;
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Roster_HasElevenSkills_WithValidIdsAndPairSymmetry()
+        {
+            var db = LoadDatabase();
+            Assert.AreEqual(11, db.All.Count);
+
+            var byId = new Dictionary<string, SkillDefinition>();
+            var axisCounts = new Dictionary<SkillAxis, int>();
+            var channelCounts = new Dictionary<TraceChannel, int>();
+            var firingSum = 0f;
+
+            foreach (var skill in db.All)
+            {
+                Assert.IsNotNull(skill);
+                Assert.IsTrue(IdPattern.IsMatch(skill.Id), $"Bad id '{skill.Id}'");
+                Assert.IsFalse(byId.ContainsKey(skill.Id), $"Duplicate id '{skill.Id}'");
+                byId[skill.Id] = skill;
+
+                firingSum += skill.TargetFiringsPerHour;
+                if (!axisCounts.ContainsKey(skill.Axis))
+                {
+                    axisCounts[skill.Axis] = 0;
+                }
+
+                axisCounts[skill.Axis]++;
+
+                if (!channelCounts.ContainsKey(skill.PrimaryChannel))
+                {
+                    channelCounts[skill.PrimaryChannel] = 0;
+                }
+
+                channelCounts[skill.PrimaryChannel]++;
+            }
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(71f, firingSum, 0.001f);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, axisCounts[SkillAxis.Reason]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, axisCounts[SkillAxis.Body]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, axisCounts[SkillAxis.Social]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, axisCounts[SkillAxis.Self]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, axisCounts[SkillAxis.Specialist]);
+
+            channelCounts.TryGetValue(TraceChannel.Physical, out var physical);
+            channelCounts.TryGetValue(TraceChannel.Testimonial, out var testimonial);
+            channelCounts.TryGetValue(TraceChannel.Behavioural, out var behavioural);
+            channelCounts.TryGetValue(TraceChannel.Documentary, out var documentary);
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, physical);
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, testimonial);
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, behavioural);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, documentary);
+
+            foreach (var skill in byId.Values)
+            {
+                Assert.IsTrue(byId.ContainsKey(skill.OpposedTo), $"{skill.Id} opposedTo missing");
+                if (skill.AlliedWith != null)
+                {
+                    foreach (var ally in skill.AlliedWith)
+                    {
+                        Assert.IsTrue(byId.ContainsKey(ally), $"{skill.Id} alliedWith '{ally}' missing");
+                    }
+                }
+
+                var opposed = byId[skill.OpposedTo];
+                if (skill.Axis == SkillAxis.Specialist || opposed.Axis == SkillAxis.Specialist)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                Assert.AreEqual(
+                    skill.Id,
+                    opposed.OpposedTo,
+                    $"Non-specialist opposedTo asymmetry: {skill.Id} ↔ {opposed.Id}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Roster_DisplayNamesAreUppercaseBibleForms_IdsAreSnakeCase()
+        {
+            var db = LoadDatabase();
+            var byId = new Dictionary<string, SkillDefinition>();
+            foreach (var skill in db.All)
+            {
+                byId[skill.Id] = skill;
+            }
+
+            foreach (var (id, displayName) in ExpectedNames)
+            {
+                Assert.IsTrue(byId.TryGetValue(id, out var skill), $"Missing skill '{id}'");
+                Assert.AreEqual(displayName, skill.DisplayName);
+                Assert.AreNotEqual(displayName, skill.Id);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
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