heros_web/docs/strategist-prop-audit.md

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	pale civil-aide variant	high risk if it pairs white robe with fan	representative fix candidate
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	white feather fan in several poses	too close to Zhuge Liang	representative fix candidate
unit-wu-strategist-fire	white fan in fire strategist poses	should become fire tally / oil map / talisman	later prop cleanup
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
2. unit-shu-strategist-white
3. unit-wu-strategist-fire

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