Phillip Tarrant
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Applies the seven-campaign saga direction spec (021c248) to the docs it
was written to protect. No new milestone, no new content, no BOM line.
docs/roadmap.md — a "Guarded direction" section, and a ⛨ saga note on the
four milestones that would otherwise foreclose the shape:
M3 don't hardcode the title flow so a saga entry path can't be added
M4 keep construct()'s `creation` a plain Dictionary; the scene must not
become its only producer
M5 the level curve is no longer open — L20 across 7 tiers; enemy stat
blocks carry tier; no scaling multiplier, ever
M9 the save is two objects (Saga + Campaign); humiliations move to the
Saga or they die with the campaign
races-and-classes spec — the deferred "XP curve → M5" line now inherits the
ceiling rather than choosing one.
canon-roadmap — what the saga asks of content: a tier field when the
item/quest namespaces land, and a fixed-vs-variable mark on each BOM line
when the BOM is written. Tiers 2-7 and the other six kings go to the
Backlog.
Content build --check green; no generated content touched.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Canon Roadmap
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The world's answer to `docs/roadmap.md`: what is authored vs pending, and the
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order the Margreave is being written. Source of truth is `content/lore/*.md`;
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`content/world` + `content/server` are BUILT from it (`python -m content_build`).
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## Authored (status: canon)
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- **cosmology.md** — the overarching theme: the Warden (distant good god), the
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Sent (his angels), the Seven (demonic host), and the two economies +
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possession (`rule.the-pact`, `rule.blood-price`, `rule.possession`). The
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backdrop every future piece of content reconciles against.
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- **the-seven.md** — the seven demon kings, one `person.*` each: Kareth (Red
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King), Vael (Quiet Knife), Morren (Grey Mother), Ghaul (the Yoke), Ishri (Open
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Mouth), Nuun (Hollow Choir), Draeth (Crowned Worm).
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- **FTH-axis callings** (folded into the cosmology, from the races/classes
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spec): the Bonesetter channels the Warden, the **Bloodsworn** (resolves the
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warlock's former `[CANON-TBD]` name) pacts one of the Seven. Applying `Bloodsworn` to calling
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data and a Bloodsworn's patron choice are M4; any Luck effect is an M5/
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Improviser reconcile.
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- **mechanics.md** — hosts `rule.disposition-ladder` (the required-once gate
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vocabulary), reparented out of the retired Duncarrow scaffolding.
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- **specimen.md** — a synthetic `status: candidate` disposition-gate specimen
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(validated by `--check`, emitted nowhere); the world-building skill's structure
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example. Not game canon. The Duncarrow scaffolding (Crell chain, Mera Fenn) is
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deleted.
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## Lesson from the Duncarrow purge
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Generated content under `content/world/` has a client-side consumer:
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`client/scripts/content/content_db.gd` (loaded via `client/scripts/harness/npc_harness.gd`)
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and its GUT tests in `client/tests/unit/test_content_db.gd`. Deleting generated
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content — a whole namespace of topics/npcs/canon — is a **client change**, not
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just a content change; check `client/` before purging.
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## The seven-campaign saga — what it asks of content
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The saga direction spec
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([`docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-12-character-reuse-seven-arc-design.md`](../../docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-12-character-reuse-seven-arc-design.md))
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authors **no content** and adds **no BOM line**. It asks two things of the content
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track, both of which land inside work already sequenced:
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- **`tier: 1..7` on the entry envelope**, validated by the build tool — added at the
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moment the `item` and `quest` namespaces land (already an M7/M8 prerequisite in the
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content-track design). Schema, not content.
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- **When the Bill of Materials is written, mark each line fixed vs variable.**
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*Fixed substrate* (identical in every campaign): currency, the price table,
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abilities, callings, the cosmology, the Seven, the disposition ladder.
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*Per-campaign variable*: the town, its NPCs, their gated knowledge, the quest
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chain, the king. This tells you which BOM lines town #2 reuses verbatim — useful
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now, and the exact split v2 generation will need.
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Pleasant accident: **the Greywater slice is already campaign 1** — tier 1, patron
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Ghaul the Yoke. Nothing in the content-track design changes.
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## Pending (not yet authored)
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- Per-town knowledge that grounds the cosmology: possessed NPCs, blood-harvest
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sites, shrine fronts — authored as gated `rumor`/`fact`/`secret`.
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- The Barbarian ⚔ calling name (`[CANON-TBD]`); the Bloodsworn's patron-choice
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detail (M4). Regions/towns of the Margreave beyond the scaffolding.
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- **Backlog (saga, tiers 2–7):** the other six kings as campaign patrons; tiered
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enemy families; the three story-shapes (cult cell → cult that owns a city → the
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king). Parked, not lost.
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