lords-of-ash/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

[Unreleased]

Added

• Gender doctrine system planned for M3: male preference (Steel Ministry), equal (Survivorism, Terris), with full female participation in politics, council, and Allomancy
• Gender preference on government types planned for M4: male preference under Imperial rule, equal post-rebellion
• Custom education system (5 tracks mapped to lifestyles, 20 traits, snapping during Allomantic Training) planned for M3
• Dynasty legacies (5 universal × 5 tiers + 10 house-specific × 3 tiers) planned for M3
• Custom death reasons (12) and character nicknames (~15) planned for M3
• Custom government types (Imperial Appointment, Theocratic Ministry, Post-Rebellion Elective) planned for M4
• Custom factions (Skaa Rebellion, Ministry Loyalist, Noble Reform, Keeper Underground, Cult of Ruin) planned for M4
• Custom vassal contracts (6 Mistborn-specific terms including Atium Tithe and Inquisition Access) planned for M4
• Custom secret types (8) and hooks (3) planned for M4
• Custom court types (Noble Keep, Ministry Canton, Underground Hideout) planned for M4
• Portrait modifier system (10 triggers for M8 art) planned for M4
• Testing protocol document (docs/TESTING.md) with debug decisions, log analysis, validation scripts, and Claude Code testing workflow
• Testing protocol cross-reference added to all milestone docs (M1-M8)
• ck3-tiger static analysis via Makefile (make setup, make lint) with auto-download of platform binary
• Pre-commit lint step in commit skill
• Custom religion system planned for M3: 12 custom tenets, 2 custom doctrine groups (Allomantic Stance, Caste Doctrine), expanded and faith-differentiated holy sites with conditional activation
• Steel Inquisitor holy order and individual Inquisitor request mechanic planned for M3
• Keeper Network secret society with progression, coppermind sharing, and Ministry discovery risk planned for M3
• Full council retheme (5 positions, 10 custom tasks) and 7 court positions (Royal Court) planned for M4
• Caste law system (Strict/Relaxed/Abolished) with cross-caste consequence events planned for M4
• Cultural innovation system (Age of the Lord Ruler + Age of Liberation) planned for M4
• Band council with 7 crew roles, vacancy penalties, and role-specific events planned for M5
• Advanced council interaction events (kandra replacement, Smoker vs Seeker, Obligator betrayal, Keeper reveal) planned for M7
• Post-endgame choice: seize the Lord Ruler's throne or release the kingdoms planned for M7
• Legend system suppression added to M4 vanilla suppression pass
• Detailed milestone implementation documents (M1-M8) with tasks, acceptance criteria, and testing checkpoints
• Milestone document template for consistent structure
• Metal supply and scarcity system planned for M2
• Royal Court artifact system (9 core types) planned for M3
• 5 custom Mistborn lifestyles replacing vanilla planned for M5
• 8 Mistborn-specific activities and rethemed vanilla activities planned for M5/M7
• Orient skill (/orient) for lightweight context bootstrapping in new sessions
• Project README.md as a lean entry point for orientation
• "The End of an Empire" bookmark scenario with event planning
• Province history for all Scadrian provinces
• Bookmark localization
• CK3 game install skill for log analysis and vanilla comparison
• Commit skill for structured commit messages
• Project masterplan and design ideas documents

Fixed

• Removed invalid index fields from all trait files (CK3 1.18 auto-assigns indices)
• Fixed opposite → opposites keyword on allomantic strength traits
• Fixed decision picture to use reference block syntax
• Changed deprecated beautiful trait to beauty_good_3 on characters
• Removed redundant male = yes from character history (CK3 defaults to male)
• Game crash on load caused by @# comment prefix in mod files
• Game crash caused by missing ethnicities block on all three cultures
• Cultures not appearing in-game due to empty pillar definitions (heritage and language missing required type, is_shown, and ai_will_do fields)
• Stray province errors from map cleaner due to invalid province IDs

Changed

• Expanded MASTERPLAN scope: added education, legacies, governments, factions, vassal contracts, secrets, court types, and portrait modifiers
• Expanded MASTERPLAN scope: added council, religion, caste, innovation, and holy order systems
• Standardized post-endgame flag to lord_ruler_fallen across all milestone docs
• Expanded MASTERPLAN scope: added metal supply, artifacts, lifestyles, and activities across milestones
• Added Royal Court DLC as a dependency
• Bumped supported CK3 version from 1.12 to 1.18 (Crane)
• Added Roads to Power DLC as a mod dependency
• Added commit skill instructions to CLAUDE.md
• Renamed mod directory from mistborn_final_empire to lords_of_ash and mod descriptor to lords-of-ash.mod
• Province IDs remapped from placeholders (1-105) to vanilla CK3 provinces centered on Switzerland (Kredik Shaw = Bern)
• Updated review notes to reflect current mod status
• Added missing modifier definitions