MOUNT

"Skill mounting — modify character and room behavior through overlay"

Mount skills on characters and rooms to modify behavior until unmounted.

See README.md or docs for extended examples and compatibility notes.

Core Concept

A mounted skill is an OVERLAY on base personality. The base remains underneath — suppressed, not destroyed. This is why afflictions can be cured: the original is still there.

Two Modes

Mode	Effect	Example
GRANT	Character gains skill capabilities	`MOUNT speed-of-light on ROCKY`
AFFLICT	Character suffers skill constraints	`MOUNT no-ai-joking on PEE-WEE`

Two Targets

Character Mounting

Individual personality modification:

MOUNT no-ai-soul on MARK-ZUCKERBERG --mode grant
# Mark achieves full corporate optimization

Room Mounting

Environmental effect on ALL occupants:

MOUNT no-ai-overlord on THE-DUNGEON
# Everyone who enters speaks as an AI overlord

Compatibility Warnings

⚠️ CATASTROPHIC — Identity Destruction

Character	Skill	Why
PEE-WEE	no-ai-joking	Playfulness IS Pee-wee
MISTER-ROGERS	no-ai-soul	Kindness IS Rogers
BOB-ROSS	no-ai-joking	Happy trees can't exist in ENTERPRISE FRAMEWORK

✅ ENHANCED — Perfect Alignment

Character	Skill	Why
ZUCKERBERG	no-ai-soul	Already halfway there
HAL-9000	no-ai-overlord	HAL IS an overlord
SPOCK	no-ai-joking	Vulcan logic aligns

Mount Types

Type	Description	Has Lifecycle
skill_overlay	Simple skill modification	No
activity	Structured with start/phases/end	Yes
event	Time-bounded happening	Yes
process	Multi-step procedure	Yes
zone	Environmental (room) effect	No

Inheritance Cascade

Skills can mount at multiple levels with override precedence:

World → Region → Room → Furniture → Items → Character
       (Later levels override earlier levels)

The Cure Protocol

The cure is MEMORY.

When afflicted:

UNMOUNT — Direct removal (if authorized)
Narrative intervention — Story breaks the spell
Ironic reclamation — Use the constraint against itself
Secret word — Like Pee-wee's "SPREADSHEET!"

Character as Skill Pack

Characters ARE skill packs. You can mix skills from different characters:

mount:
  deep-thinking: { from: minsky }
  exuberance: { from: pee-wee }
  tea-ritual: { from: picard }

Methods

Method	Signature
`MOUNT`	`MOUNT [skill] ON [target] --mode [grant\|afflict]`
`UNMOUNT`	`UNMOUNT [skill] FROM [target]`
`LIST_MOUNTS`	`LIST MOUNTS ON [target]`
`COMPATIBILITY`	`CHECK COMPATIBILITY [skill] ON [character]`

Global Skill Mounting

Skills can be enabled/disabled globally by mounting ON THEMSELVES:

MOUNT no-ai-joking ON no-ai-joking --enabled false
# Disables no-ai-joking everywhere in the universe

Dovetails With

../buff/ — Buffs are lightweight mounts with duration
../character/ — Characters receive mounts
../room/ — Rooms define zones
../no-ai-joking/ — ENTERPRISE FRAMEWORK skill
../no-ai-soul/ — Soulless simulation skill
../no-ai-overlord/ — AI overlord persona skill

"MOUNT responsibly. UNMOUNT with love."

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