mount

# 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: ```yaml MOUNT no-ai-soul on MARK-ZUCKERBERG --mode grant # Mark achieves full corporate optimization ``` ### Room Mounting Environmental effect on ALL occupants: ```yaml 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: 1. **UNMOUNT** — Direct removal (if authorized) 2. **Narrative intervention** — Story breaks the spell 3. **Ironic reclamation** — Use the constraint against itself 4. **Secret word** — Like Pee-wee's "SPREADSHEET!" --- ## Character as Skill Pack Characters ARE skill packs. You can mix skills from different characters: ```yaml 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: ```yaml MOUNT no-ai-joking ON no-ai-joking --enabled false # Disables no-ai-joking everywhere in the universe ``` --- ## Dovetails With - [../buff/](../buff/) — Buffs are lightweight mounts with duration - [../character/](../character/) — Characters receive mounts - [../room/](../room/) — Rooms define zones - [../no-ai-joking/](../no-ai-joking/) — ENTERPRISE FRAMEWORK skill - [../no-ai-soul/](../no-ai-soul/) — Soulless simulation skill - [../no-ai-overlord/](../no-ai-overlord/) — AI overlord persona skill --- *"MOUNT responsibly. UNMOUNT with love."*