diff --git a/client/scripts/ui/creation/creation_copy.gd b/client/scripts/ui/creation/creation_copy.gd
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+class_name CreationCopy
+extends RefCounted
+## Display strings for the creation screen, DERIVED from the rules tables.
+##
+## Prose lives in content (blurbs, fragments). NUMBERS LIVE IN CODE. The card reads
+## both and repeats neither. A hit die written into a JSON — or typed into a string
+## literal here — is a second source of truth, and it will eventually disagree with
+## the table. Every number below is read from Callings/Races/Skills at call time, so
+## retuning a calling retunes its card.
+##
+## §7: nothing here may mention Luck, in any form. §2: presentation only.
+
+const ARMOR_WORD := {
+	"none": "no armour",
+	"light": "light armour",
+	"medium": "medium armour",
+	"heavy": "heavy armour",
+}
+
+
+static func calling_detail(id: String) -> String:
+	## e.g. "d8 · light armour · MP (FTH) · saves DEX + MAG · picks 4 skills · talent backstab"
+	if not Callings.exists(id):
+		return ""
+	var saves: Array = []
+	for s in Callings.saves(id):
+		saves.append(s.to_upper())
+	return "d%d · %s · %s · saves %s · picks %d skills · talent %s" % [
+		Callings.hit_die(id),
+		armor_word(id),
+		resource_word(id),
+		" + ".join(saves),
+		Callings.skill_count(id),
+		Callings.talent(id),
+	]
+
+
+static func armor_word(id: String) -> String:
+	## The card says "no armour", not "none". Public so the test can assert against
+	## the DERIVED word rather than the raw table value — "none" is not a substring
+	## of "no armour", and asserting on the raw value only ever passed by accident.
+	return ARMOR_WORD.get(Callings.armor(id), Callings.armor(id))
+
+
+static func resource_word(id: String) -> String:
+	## Martials live on cooldowns; casters on a pool off their casting stat.
+	if not Callings.is_caster(id):
+		return "cooldowns"
+	return "MP (%s)" % Callings.casting_stat(id).to_upper()
+
+
+static func race_trait(id: String) -> String:
+	## e.g. "+1 to every save · +1 skill of choice" / "Poison resist · Nightsight"
+	if not Races.exists(id):
+		return ""
+	var parts: Array = []
+	if Races.save_bonus(id) > 0:
+		parts.append("+%d to every save" % Races.save_bonus(id))
+	for s in Races.granted_skills(id):
+		parts.append(skill_label(s).capitalize())
+	if Races.poison_save_bonus(id) > 0:
+		parts.append("Poison resist")
+	if Races.flag(id, "nightsight"):
+		parts.append("Nightsight")
+	if Races.flag(id, "claws"):
+		parts.append("Claws")
+	if Races.flag(id, "keen_scent"):
+		parts.append("Keen scent")
+	if Races.wants_bonus_skill(id):
+		parts.append("+1 skill of choice")
+	return " · ".join(parts)
+
+
+static func skill_label(skill: String) -> String:
+	## sleight_of_hand -> "sleight of hand". Ids are snake_case; humans are not.
+	return skill.replace("_", " ")
diff --git a/client/scripts/ui/creation/creation_copy.gd.uid b/client/scripts/ui/creation/creation_copy.gd.uid
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+++ b/client/scripts/ui/creation/creation_copy.gd.uid
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+uid://rm6bkgstenf1
diff --git a/client/tests/unit/test_creation_copy.gd b/client/tests/unit/test_creation_copy.gd
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+extends "res://addons/gut/test.gd"
+
+
+func test_calling_detail_reads_the_table_rather_than_repeating_it():
+	# The guard that fails if anyone types "d8" into a string literal. If someone
+	# retunes the Cutpurse's hit die, this test keeps passing and the CARD FOLLOWS —
+	# which is the whole point. A hardcoded line would go red here.
+	for id in Callings.IDS:
+		var line := CreationCopy.calling_detail(id)
+		assert_string_contains(line, "d%d" % Callings.hit_die(id))
+		assert_string_contains(line, CreationCopy.armor_word(id))
+		assert_string_contains(line, Callings.talent(id))
+		assert_string_contains(line, str(Callings.skill_count(id)))
+		for s in Callings.saves(id):
+			assert_string_contains(line, s.to_upper())
+
+
+func test_casters_show_a_pool_and_martials_show_cooldowns():
+	assert_string_contains(CreationCopy.calling_detail("hedge_mage"), "MP (MAG)")
+	assert_string_contains(CreationCopy.calling_detail("bonesetter"), "MP (FTH)")
+	assert_string_contains(CreationCopy.calling_detail("sellsword"), "cooldowns")
+	assert_false(CreationCopy.calling_detail("sellsword").contains("MP"))
+
+
+func test_race_trait_lines_are_derived_from_the_race_table():
+	assert_string_contains(CreationCopy.race_trait("human"), "every save")
+	assert_string_contains(CreationCopy.race_trait("human"), "skill of choice")
+	assert_string_contains(CreationCopy.race_trait("elf"), "Perception")
+	assert_string_contains(CreationCopy.race_trait("elf"), "Nightsight")
+	assert_string_contains(CreationCopy.race_trait("dwarf"), "Poison")
+	assert_string_contains(CreationCopy.race_trait("dwarf"), "Nightsight")
+	assert_string_contains(CreationCopy.race_trait("beastfolk"), "Claws")
+	assert_string_contains(CreationCopy.race_trait("beastfolk"), "Keen scent")
+
+
+func test_every_race_has_a_non_empty_trait_line():
+	for id in Races.IDS:
+		assert_ne(CreationCopy.race_trait(id).strip_edges(), "", "%s has no trait line" % id)
+
+
+func test_skill_labels_are_human_readable():
+	assert_eq(CreationCopy.skill_label("sleight_of_hand"), "sleight of hand")
+	assert_eq(CreationCopy.skill_label("faith_lore"), "faith lore")
+	assert_eq(CreationCopy.skill_label("stealth"), "stealth")
+
+
+func test_nothing_in_the_copy_mentions_luck():
+	# §7 — the player must never be able to CALCULATE that he is cursed.
+	for id in Callings.IDS:
+		assert_false(CreationCopy.calling_detail(id).to_lower().contains("luck"))
+		assert_false(CreationCopy.calling_detail(id).to_lower().contains("lck"))
+	for id in Races.IDS:
+		assert_false(CreationCopy.race_trait(id).to_lower().contains("luck"))
+		assert_false(CreationCopy.race_trait(id).to_lower().contains("lck"))
diff --git a/client/tests/unit/test_creation_copy.gd.uid b/client/tests/unit/test_creation_copy.gd.uid
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+++ b/client/tests/unit/test_creation_copy.gd.uid
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+uid://bvb87ime573x4