Drift Rat

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "id": "drift-rat",
  "name": "Drift Rat",
  "aliases": [],
  "summary": "A pale river-rat variant that scavenges the seasonal mine's drains and abandoned meal pockets.",
  "details": [
    "Weeks without workers have made these rats bolder under the pit props; they retain the river rat's low, quick, close pressure rather than introducing a new combat verb."
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "supersededByRefs": [],
  "history": [
    {
      "id": "drift-rat-mine-design-created",
      "at": "2026-09-13T23:55:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Authored the mine's drain scavenger variant.",
      "reason": "The empty seasonal workings offer water, shelter and scraps; a known creature tests confined spacing without a new enemy language.",
      "confidence": "Designer interpretation for this level; exact combat tuning remains for prototype testing.",
      "mentions": [
        "ref:river-rat",
        "ref:wake-the-mine"
      ],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Codex run: mine level and Lamp Road cutting, 2026-09-13"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "drift-rat-catalog-art-2026-09-14",
      "at": "2026-09-14T19:40:00Z",
      "summary": "Added a generated illustration for the Atlas catalog and actor page.",
      "reason": "The owner requested artwork for entries without images. The illustration interprets the recorded identity and habitat; it does not establish additional anatomy, story facts, or engine-ready art.",
      "confidence": "Generated catalog concept. Surface detail is richer than the simplified gameplay target. Existing supersession and design history remain unchanged.",
      "mentions": [],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Homepage simplification and missing artwork, 2026-09-14"
      }
    }
  ],
  "kind": "actor",
  "scope": "variant",
  "prominence": "minor",
  "forms": [
    "animal"
  ],
  "roles": [
    "enemy"
  ],
  "locationRefs": [
    "ref:motherlode-mine"
  ],
  "image": "assets/actors/wrought-naturalism/drift-rat.webp",
  "lifeEvents": [],
  "archetypeRefs": [
    "ref:river-rat"
  ],
  "groupRefs": []
}