Design post-slice Bonebound Frame hidden class spec

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Purpose

Design the post-slice Bonebound Frame hidden class after the vertical slice is stable.

Source Doc

• docs/design/84-post-slice-bonebound-frame-hidden-class-spec.md

Status

Design handoff exists. This is not approved for the first playable alpha route and must not become an alpha implementation task without a new split issue.

Scope

• Limited checkpoint reconstitution as a rare body anomaly, not a normal respawn.
• Fracture Anchor / fracture charges.
• Body-progress rollback and impaired post-fracture states.
• Gear, TIME, and SECOND loss rules.
• Memory scars and NPC reactions.
• Server-authoritative guardrails.
• Future test matrix for promotion after the main alpha loop exists.

Forbidden For Current Vertical Slice

• Unity implementation.
• Nakama implementation.
• Runtime payload migration.
• Playable hidden-class UI.
• Purchasable revive charges.
• Account-wide checkpointing.
• Wallet top-up bypass rules.
• Alpha hotbar skills.

Promotion Gate

Do not split Bonebound into implementation until these are already evidenced:

• Body death loop and reinhabitation.
• Gate outcome report with death, failure, and reward denial.
• Injury or body condition state.
• Server-authoritative lethal combat event.
• Ledger authority for body, reward, TIME, SECOND, memory, and denial reasons.
• Body Hall or clinic UI for unstable/recovery-gated bodies.
• Economy guardrails for recovery cost, TIME loss, gear custody, reward denial, and wallet non-bypass.
• Offline-agent policy that prevents anomaly farming.

Notes

Keep this as post-slice lore/design seed. Future implementation must split focused issues with server authority, economy, UI, and test ownership.

[JOY]

Refined the #264 Bonebound Frame hidden class spec in docs/design/84-post-slice-bonebound-frame-hidden-class-spec.md.

Added detail for:

• limited checkpoint reconstitution rules
• Fracture Charge ownership, restore, and spent-state rules
• TIME, SECOND, gear, body-progress, temporary loot, and reward loss boundaries
• memory scars and role-specific NPC reactions
• server test matrix for trigger, denial, duplicate, spent, gear custody, recovery, and offline-agent abuse cases
• companion links to body death, outcome report, and ledger authority docs

The design remains post-slice only and does not approve alpha implementation.

Verification run locally:

• tools/windows/check-backlog-sync.ps1: OK
• git diff --check -- docs ROADMAP.md: OK
• generated dash-character scan on touched Design post-slice Bonebound Frame hidden class spec #264 docs/tracking files: OK
• local markdown link check: OK

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Tracking clarification:

• docs/setup/alpha-open-issue-handoff-coverage.md now marks Design post-slice Bonebound Frame hidden class spec #264 as tracking-only and explicitly blocks direct implementation from this issue.
• ROADMAP.md now says Bonebound is post-slice tracking-only design, not alpha implementation.
• Required evidence before implementation split: basic body death, outcome report, injury state, and server-authoritative combat evidence.
• Future implementation should be split into smaller issues before any Unity/backend work starts.

[JOY]

Docs update for #264:

Added docs/design/84-post-slice-bonebound-frame-hidden-class-spec.md as the current Bonebound Frame design seed.

The spec locks Bonebound as post-slice only:

• rare Frame anomaly, not a normal class, respawn system, wallet benefit, or alpha requirement
• Fracture Anchor survives one validated lethal event only under strict server-owned conditions
• survival still costs TIME, body condition, gear risk, reward risk, memory scars, and recovery gates
• no purchasable revive charges, no account-wide checkpointing, no wallet top-up bypass, no alpha hotbar skills
• promotion gate requires body death/reinhabitation, outcome report, injury or condition state, server-authoritative combat, ledger authority, Body Hall or clinic UI, economy guardrails, and offline-agent caps first

Tracking updates:

• docs/SUMMARY.md now lists the Bonebound spec.
• docs/design/03-systems-index.md now references it in the level/stat progression lane.
• docs/setup/github-project-tracking.md now links Design post-slice Bonebound Frame hidden class spec #264 to the source doc.

Verification:

• tools/windows/check-backlog-sync.ps1 OK
• git diff --check OK for touched docs
• local markdown links OK for touched docs
• no generated em/en dash characters found in touched docs
• SUMMARY design-doc coverage OK for the current worktree

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Tracking update:

• ROADMAP now marks the Bonebound Frame hidden-class design spec as completed at the documentation/design level.
• Canonical source doc: docs/design/84-post-slice-bonebound-frame-hidden-class-spec.md.
• This does not mean implementation is done; it means the post-slice design handoff exists and future work should split into focused implementation/evidence issues when it becomes active.

Verification after the tracking pass:

• tools/windows/check-backlog-sync.ps1 passes.
• git diff --check passes.
• ROADMAP and systems-index local markdown links resolve.

[JOY]

Closed as completed at the design-handoff level. The canonical source is docs/design/84-post-slice-bonebound-frame-hidden-class-spec.md, expanded in PR #302 with core terms, mechanic, rollback/loss rules, server authority, UX, NPC memory hooks, promotion gates, future split map, and forbidden alpha scope. This does not approve Unity, Nakama, runtime, or alpha implementation. Future Bonebound work must split focused implementation/evidence issues after the promotion gates are met.