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Feb 7, 2026 - Character System Complete

Session 7: Character sheet structure, two-sheet system, all 6 characters designed

Session 7 (Part 2): Character Documents Complete - All 6 characters designed

Focus: Completing all character specialist documents

What We Did

  • Updated Chef.md with full character sheet structure and how-to-play guidance
  • Updated all 5 specialist documents: Forager, Butcher, Host, Pastry Chef, Food Scientist

Dual-Specialist System Designed

Focused Specialists (+2 one stat):

  • Forager: +2 Foraging
  • Butcher: +2 Combat
  • Host: +2 Social

Hybrid Specialists (+1 two stats):

  • Pastry Chef: +1 Foraging, +1 Social
  • Food Scientist: +1 Combat, +1 Foraging

Character Document Structure

All characters include:

  • Identity
  • Exploration stats
  • Example builds
  • Cooking section (TBD)
  • How to play
  • Strengths/weaknesses
  • Tips
  • Example characters

Documentation Updates

  • Updated Character Mechanics.md to document dual-specialist structure

Progress Update

  • Character System Priority 1 tasks now 90% complete
  • Only cooking specialties remain (blocked by cooking mechanics design)
  • Ready to design Cooking Phase mechanics next

Session 7 (Part 1): Character Sheet Structure - Two-sheet system design

Focus: Designing character and restaurant sheet structure

What We Created

  • Created Character Sheet Design.md defining individual character sheet contents
  • Created Restaurant Sheet Design.md defining shared party resource sheet

Two-Sheet System

Character Sheet (Individual):

  • Personal stats
  • Wages
  • Individual reputation

Restaurant Sheet (Shared):

  • Inventory
  • Restaurant fund
  • Equipment
  • Restaurant star rating

Dual Reputation System

  • Individual reputation (personal)
  • Restaurant star rating (shared)

Key Decisions

  • System works for solo (1 char + restaurant) and group (multiple chars + 1 restaurant)
  • Cooking stats section marked as TBD (blocked by cooking mechanics design)

Progress Update

  • Ready to create Chef character document next