# Strategist Prop Audit

This audit keeps Zhuge Liang's large white feather fan as a unique signature prop.
It also keeps character-specific scholar traits intact: Ma Liang should read as the white-eyebrow civil official, not as another white-robed feather-fan strategist.
Detailed per-unit visual direction lives in `strategist-character-direction.md`.

## Prop Rule

- `unit-zhuge-liang` is the only unit allowed to use a large white feather fan silhouette.
- `unit-zhuge-liang` may keep the white-robed sage read; other strategists should not rely on white robes plus fan shapes for identity.
- `unit-ma-liang` may use bright white only for his famous eyebrows and small paper highlights. His robe silhouette should stay green/olive/tan and document-focused.
- Other strategist, civil-official, and shaman units should use bamboo slips, scrolls, maps, command tablets, brush cases, small folding fans, talismans, ritual staffs, or faction-specific tools.
- A fan is acceptable only when it does not read as Zhuge Liang's large white feather fan at 50px battle scale.

## Current Audit

| unit | current prop read | issue | action |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `unit-zhuge-liang` | large white feather fan | allowed signature prop | keep |
| `unit-ma-liang` | white eyebrows, bamboo slips, bound book, scroll case | white robe/fan read removed while preserving Ma Liang's white-eyebrow identity | fixed in follow-up |
| `unit-pang-tong` | dark wood slips, compact dark folded fan, scroll bundles | no white feather fan | fixed in batch 1 |
| `unit-sima-yi` | black command tablet, sealed military order, tally baton | fan removed | fixed in batch 1 |
| `unit-fa-zheng` | campaign map board, command slips, tally baton | fan removed | fixed in batch 1 |
| `unit-yi-ji` | letter, bamboo slips, scroll | distinct civil envoy | keep |
| `unit-huang-quan` | bamboo slips, map board, baton | distinct quartermaster official | keep |
| `unit-shu-strategist` | writing brush, bamboo slips, compact field map | white feather fan removed | fixed in batch 1 |
| `unit-shu-strategist-field` | field map / staff officer variant | must stay practical and green, not sage-white | later identity pass |
| `unit-shu-strategist-white` | muted jade civil aide, document bundle, brush case, bamboo-slip ledger | white robe/fan pairing removed; Shu administrative aide identity restored | fixed in representative pass |
| `unit-wei-strategist` | bronze command tablet, war ledger, compact map board | white feather fan removed; Wei court analyst identity restored | fixed in representative pass |
| `unit-wei-strategist-black` | dark strategist prop variant | acceptable if fan stays dark and compact | later identity pass |
| `unit-wei-strategist-blue` | blue records officer variant | acceptable if props are records/maps | later identity pass |
| `unit-wu-strategist` | naval chart, lacquer red baton, river map board | white feather fan removed; Wu river adviser identity restored | fixed in representative pass |
| `unit-wu-strategist-fire` | bronze fire tally, oil-map board, red command tablet, talisman strips | white fan read removed; fire-plan tactician identity restored | fixed in representative pass |
| `unit-wu-strategist-river` | white fan in river strategist poses | should become water chart / oar-like baton | later prop cleanup |
| `unit-nanman-shaman` | ritual staff / tribal ornaments | not a white feather fan | keep |
| `unit-nanman-shaman-ember` | ritual staff / ember ornaments | not a white feather fan | keep |
| `unit-nanman-shaman-storm` | ritual staff / storm ornaments | not a white feather fan | keep |

## Representative Fix Batch

The first correction batch changes:

- `unit-ma-liang`
- `unit-pang-tong`
- `unit-sima-yi`
- `unit-fa-zheng`
- `unit-shu-strategist`

Next representative cleanup order:

1. `unit-wu-strategist-river`
2. `unit-shu-strategist-field`
3. `unit-wei-strategist-black`

Later cleanup should remove white-feather-fan reads from remaining generic strategist variants after the representative fixes are verified.