Shadowdark Rule Manifest (Strict Quickstart v2)

This manifest is the canonical rules baseline for character creation in this repo.

Scope

• Source text: promts/shadowdark.md and promts/shadowdark_quickstart_extracted.md
• Product mode: Strict Quickstart
• Primary stat generation path: server offchain roll (POST /api/character/roll)
• Manual stat tuning path: disabled in UI by default (secondary path)

Canonical Constants

Character creation

• SD-CR-001 Stats: 3d6 per stat (STR/DEX/CON/INT/WIS/CHA)
• SD-CR-002 Optional reroll: if no stat is >= 14, reroll full set
• SD-CR-003 Stat bounds: each stat is 3..18
• SD-CR-004 Start gold: 2d6 * 5 gp
• SD-CR-005 Level at start: 1
• SD-CR-006 XP at start: 0

Class and ancestry profile constraints (project strict profile)

• SD-PROF-001 Fighter: STR min 12
• SD-PROF-002 Priest: WIS min 12
• SD-PROF-003 Thief: DEX min 12
• SD-PROF-004 Wizard: INT min 12
• SD-PROF-005 Dwarf: CON min 10, DEX max 14
• SD-PROF-006 Elf: DEX min 10, CON max 14
• SD-PROF-007 Goblin: STR max 12
• SD-PROF-008 Halfling: STR max 10
• SD-PROF-009 Half-Orc: STR min 10, INT max 14

Derived values at creation

• SD-DER-001 Base AC: 10 + DEX mod
• SD-DER-002 Level-1 HP: class hit die roll + CON mod, min 1, plus Dwarf +2 HP
• SD-DER-003 Gear slots: max(STR, 10) + Fighter positive CON mod
• SD-DER-004 Halfling has no slot penalty modifier (slots are attribute-derived)

Inventory and carry

• SD-INV-001 First 100 coins are free carry (0 slots)
• SD-INV-002 First backpack is free carry (0 slots)
• SD-INV-003 Most gear uses 1 slot unless explicitly different
• SD-INV-004 Starter kits are class-based with explicit quantity and slot overrides for class-kit items

Progression

• SD-PROG-001 Level-up threshold: current level * 10 XP
• SD-PROG-002 Post-adventure onchain progression update: level/xp/lore_score

Snapshot versioning

• snapshotVersion: hero-sbt-v2
• ruleset: Shadowdark-Quickstart-Strict-v2