Epic: Devotee System #203

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opened 2026-03-16 01:35:56 +00:00 by freemo · 0 comments

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Field	Value
Epic	Devotee System
Legendary	#199 — Reputation & Social Standing
Priority	Medium
Type	Epic

Background and Context

This epic introduces the Devotee system — a feature that allows players with sufficient reputation to recruit NPCs as followers. Devotees are persistent companions that can be assigned tasks such as harvesting, guarding, trading, and crafting. They have their own loyalty and morale stats that fluctuate based on player actions and reputation.

The Devotee system ties directly into the reputation tier system: players must achieve at least Respected standing with an NPC's faction to recruit them, and the maximum number of devotees a player can maintain is capped by their highest reputation tier. This creates a meaningful progression reward for building reputation.

This epic depends on the Reputation Data Model & Storage epic (#201) for tier lookups and on the Reputation Mechanics epic (#202) for loyalty/morale interactions with reputation changes.

Child Issues

#219 — Implement DevoteeNPC data model — name, specialty, skill_level, assignment, loyalty, morale
#220 — Implement devotee player commands — followers, assign, dismiss, recruit
#221 — Implement devotee loyalty and morale mechanics with cap based on reputation tier

Acceptance Criteria

All child issues are completed and merged to master.
DevoteeNPC model supports all required fields and persists correctly.
Player commands for managing devotees work correctly.
Loyalty and morale mechanics function with proper reputation tier caps.
Devotees desert when loyalty or morale drops below threshold.

Definition of Done

This epic is complete when all child issues listed above are completed, reviewed, merged to master, and verified.

## Metadata | Field | Value | |-------|-------| | **Epic** | Devotee System | | **Legendary** | #199 — Reputation & Social Standing | | **Priority** | Medium | | **Type** | Epic | ## Background and Context This epic introduces the Devotee system — a feature that allows players with sufficient reputation to recruit NPCs as followers. Devotees are persistent companions that can be assigned tasks such as harvesting, guarding, trading, and crafting. They have their own loyalty and morale stats that fluctuate based on player actions and reputation. The Devotee system ties directly into the reputation tier system: players must achieve at least Respected standing with an NPC's faction to recruit them, and the maximum number of devotees a player can maintain is capped by their highest reputation tier. This creates a meaningful progression reward for building reputation. This epic depends on the Reputation Data Model & Storage epic (#201) for tier lookups and on the Reputation Mechanics epic (#202) for loyalty/morale interactions with reputation changes. ## Child Issues - [ ] #219 — Implement DevoteeNPC data model — name, specialty, skill_level, assignment, loyalty, morale - [ ] #220 — Implement devotee player commands — followers, assign, dismiss, recruit - [ ] #221 — Implement devotee loyalty and morale mechanics with cap based on reputation tier ## Acceptance Criteria - All child issues are completed and merged to `master`. - DevoteeNPC model supports all required fields and persists correctly. - Player commands for managing devotees work correctly. - Loyalty and morale mechanics function with proper reputation tier caps. - Devotees desert when loyalty or morale drops below threshold. ## Definition of Done This epic is complete when all child issues listed above are completed, reviewed, merged to `master`, and verified.