feat(vigilante): add followers and combat scaling

design/log.md

@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ description: Chronological record of material decisions affecting the Spigot Tyr
 
 # Spigot Tyrant Design Log
 
+## 2026-08-14 — Vigilante and Followers completed
+
+- Completed US-008 with `/vigilante` invitation, acceptance, dismissal, and leave flows while preserving independent Tyrant-side class assignments.
+- Added Tyrant/Vigilante combat tracking and continuously refreshed Strength and Resistance based on living same-world Followers within the configurable 50-block range, capped at Strength V and Resistance IV by default.
+- Every Vigilante death now awards progression only to the Tyrant killer, clears Followers, and applies normal recently-active replacement with previous-holder fallback.
+- Verified membership, dual alignment, scaling and caps, role maintenance, command metadata, and death/progression components with the Gradle suite.
+
+## 2026-08-14 — Vigilante and Follower implementation started
+
+- US-008 begins with test-first invitation membership, death reroll and Tyrant reward integration, combat tracking, and proximity-scaled capped effects.
+
 ## 2026-08-14 — Participation completed
 
 - Completed US-011 with `/tyrant status`, `optout`, `optin`, and confirmed `relinquish` flows plus comprehensive join messages for lifecycle, roles, classes, abilities, and cooldowns.

design/user-stories/us-008-support-vigilante-and-followers.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 type: User Story
 title: "US-008: Support the Vigilante and Followers"
 description: Give the Vigilante a replaceable role and combat strength derived from nearby Followers.
-status: backlog
+status: done
 ---
 
 # US-008: Support the Vigilante and Followers
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ As the **Vigilante**, I want nearby living Followers to strengthen me against th
 
 ## Acceptance criteria
 
-- [ ] Exactly one active Vigilante exists while the game is running whenever an eligible player is available.
-- [ ] The Vigilante can invite eligible opted-in players to become Followers, and recruitment requires acceptance.
-- [ ] The Vigilante can dismiss Followers and Followers can leave voluntarily.
-- [ ] While actively fighting the Tyrant, the Vigilante gains one potion level each of Strength and Resistance per living Follower in the same world within 50 blocks.
-- [ ] Offline, dead, opted-out, dismissed, or out-of-range Followers do not count.
-- [ ] A Vigilante or Follower may simultaneously hold one Tyrant-side class without losing Vigilante-side membership.
-- [ ] Effect levels update promptly as combat starts or ends and as Followers move, die, respawn, disconnect, or change assignment.
-- [ ] Scaling is capped by validated configuration, defaulting to Strength V and Resistance IV.
-- [ ] Every Vigilante death ends the assignment and triggers random replacement regardless of cause.
-- [ ] The deceased Vigilante is excluded when another eligible non-Tyrant candidate exists and is reused only when no such candidate exists.
-- [ ] Followers are cleared rather than transferred when their Vigilante dies or loses the position.
-- [ ] The Tyrant is never eligible to be selected as Vigilante.
+- [x] Exactly one active Vigilante exists while the game is running whenever an eligible player is available.
+- [x] The Vigilante can invite eligible opted-in players to become Followers, and recruitment requires acceptance.
+- [x] The Vigilante can dismiss Followers and Followers can leave voluntarily.
+- [x] While actively fighting the Tyrant, the Vigilante gains one potion level each of Strength and Resistance per living Follower in the same world within 50 blocks.
+- [x] Offline, dead, opted-out, dismissed, or out-of-range Followers do not count.
+- [x] A Vigilante or Follower may simultaneously hold one Tyrant-side class without losing Vigilante-side membership.
+- [x] Effect levels update promptly as combat starts or ends and as Followers move, die, respawn, disconnect, or change assignment.
+- [x] Scaling is capped by validated configuration, defaulting to Strength V and Resistance IV.
+- [x] Every Vigilante death ends the assignment and triggers random replacement regardless of cause.
+- [x] The deceased Vigilante is excluded when another eligible non-Tyrant candidate exists and is reused only when no such candidate exists.
+- [x] Followers are cleared rather than transferred when their Vigilante dies or loses the position.
+- [x] The Tyrant is never eligible to be selected as Vigilante.
 
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