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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: done
---

# US-008: Support the Vigilante and Followers

As the **Vigilante**, I want nearby living Followers to strengthen me against the Tyrant so that coordinated resistance is rewarded.

## Acceptance criteria

- [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.
- [x] The Vigilante can review, invite, and dismiss Followers through the Vigilante control panel.
- [x] Control-panel and command-based Follower actions enforce identical eligibility and membership rules.
- [x] The control panel communicates the current nearby-Follower combat contribution and configured effect caps.
- [x] Relinquishing through the control panel follows normal Vigilante succession and Follower cleanup.

## Related

- [Role and class model](../concepts/role-and-class-model.md)
- [Handle inactivity and pending selections](us-010-handle-inactivity-and-selection.md)
- [Manage Followers through the Vigilante control panel](us-016-manage-vigilante-control-panel.md)