Let captured Leader Skill owners revive other leaders

User ruling 13 October 2026: the original faction keeps its existing Skill
assignment while its trained leader is captured. Reviving a different eligible
own leader is legal and simply draws no replacement card while that assignment
exists (selected reading of authorized supplied Advanced physical p21 "if you
have no Leader Skill Card"). Not a new publisher ruling; captor lower-band use,
card movement and death-return unchanged.

Remove the replacement-question veto that suppressed the entire ordinary/Ghola
revival: leaderSkillRevivalBlocked/requireLeaderSkillRevival, the gholaLeaders
early return, the view revival.leaders: [] filter and the beginRevival/Ghola/
Emperor-special-Karama call sites are gone. offerRevivedLeaderSkill is
unchanged and still suppresses a second assignment or draw.

Rewrote the two committed rejection assertions
(tests/advanced-native-skills.test.ts, tests/leader-skills-capture.test.ts) and
added native regressions covering ordinary paid, held-Ghola and Emperor special
Karama revival from a genuinely captured skilled state: exact cost, no draw or
offer, retained captive/card/controller and a conserved all14 deck.

Docs: RULE_DECISIONS, LEADER_SKILLS_CAPTURE, LEADER_SKILLS_RULES,
LEADER_SKILLS_RUNTIME, NEXUS_CARD_RULES, CURRENT_STATUS, IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS
and the game/reference.ts leader-skills topic.

game/engine.ts

@@ -8623,17 +8623,6 @@ function actBureaucratPayment(g: Game,action:Action) {
   }
   else getPlayer(g,pending.source.payee).bribes += pending.source.amount-redirected;
 }
-function leaderSkillRevivalBlocked(g: Game, owner: string): boolean {
-  return !!g.leaderSkills?.assignments.some(
-    (a) => a.owner === owner && leaderSkillController(g, a) !== owner,
-  );
-}
-function requireLeaderSkillRevival(g: Game, owner: string) {
-  requireRule(
-    !leaderSkillRevivalBlocked(g, owner),
-    'Reviving another leader while your Leader Skill is captured awaits the replacement-skill ruling.',
-  );
-}
 function finishLeaderSkillCustody(g: Game, before?: Game) {
   if (!g.leaderSkills) return;
   const result = skillRule(() =>
@@ -8664,7 +8653,6 @@ function finishLeaderSkillCustody(g: Game, before?: Game) {
             .find((p) => p.id === player.id)
             ?.leaders.find((l) => l.id === leader.id)?.dead
         ) {
-          requireLeaderSkillRevival(g, player.id);
           g.leaderSkills = skillRule(() =>
             offerRevivedLeaderSkill(
               g.leaderSkills!,
@@ -20362,7 +20350,6 @@ function normalizeBattle(g: Game) {
 /** Ghola follows current control for ordinary leaders, but Duke's printed
  * revival right belongs exclusively to Ecaz, regardless of temporary custody. */
 function gholaLeaders(g: Game, p: Player) {
-  if (leaderSkillRevivalBlocked(g, p.id)) return [];
   const native = controlledLeaders(g, p).filter(
     (l) => l.id !== DUKE_VIDAL_ID && l.dead && !l.capturedBy,
   );
@@ -20556,7 +20543,6 @@ function applyGholaEffect(g: Game, p: Player, action: Action, cardId?: string) {
       `${p.name} revived Kwisatz Haderach with Ghola for use again this turn. No spice or normal leader-revival allowance was spent.`,
     );
   } else if (action.leader) {
-    requireLeaderSkillRevival(g,p.id);
     requireRule(
       action.leader !== DUKE_VIDAL_ID || p.faction === 'ecaz',
       'Only Ecaz may revive Duke Vidal, including with Ghola.',
@@ -23809,7 +23795,6 @@ function finishRevival(
       // Automatic Karama response chains may commit after the action's before/after
       if (revival.kind === 'leader' && g.leaderSkills && !isAuditorLeader(leader) &&
           !leader.capturedBy && p.leaders.some(own => own.id === leader.id)) {
-        requireLeaderSkillRevival(g, p.id);
         g.leaderSkills = skillRule(() => offerRevivedLeaderSkill(
           g.leaderSkills!, p.id, leader.id, crypto.randomUUID()));
       }
@@ -23837,7 +23822,6 @@ function finishRevival(
   }
 }
 function beginRevival(g: Game, revival: PendingRevival) {
-  if (revival.kind === 'leader') requireLeaderSkillRevival(g,revival.player);
   requireRule(
     !revivalPrevented(g, revival.player),
     'Tleilaxu prevented this faction’s normal revivals for this turn.',
@@ -27528,7 +27512,6 @@ export function prepareSpecialKaramaIntent(
       'The Emperor special Karama is used during Revival.',
     );
     if (action.leader) {
-      requireLeaderSkillRevival(g,p.id);
       const l = p.leaders.find((l) => l.id === action.leader);
       requireRule(
         l?.dead && !l.capturedBy && !l.gholaBy,
@@ -33269,7 +33252,7 @@ export function viewGame(state: Game, id: string) {
         g.decision?.kind === 'revivalStop'
           ? homeworldRevivalKaramaBlock(g, g.decision.recipient)
           : null,
-      leaders: leaderSkillRevivalBlocked(g, id) ? [] : leaderRevivals.leaders,
+      leaders: leaderRevivals.leaders,
       kwisatz: leaderRevivals.kwisatz,
       cycleBlock: leaderRevivals.cycleBlock,
       ...(leaderRevivals.auditorCyclePolicy ? { auditorCyclePolicy: leaderRevivals.auditorCyclePolicy } : {}),

game/leader-skills.ts

@@ -234,7 +234,10 @@ export function returnDeadLeaderSkills(
   );
   return { state: next, returned };
 }
-/** The capture/replacement question stays guarded while an original skill exists. */
+/**
+ * One assignment per owner: while the original Skill exists (including while
+ * its trained leader is captured) a revived leader draws no replacement card.
+ */
 export function offerRevivedLeaderSkill(
   state: LeaderSkillsState,
   owner: string,

game/reference.ts

@@ -4791,7 +4791,7 @@ export const RULE_TOPICS: RuleTopic[] = [
       'Before Battle Plans, leave the skilled leader face up to keep its normal effect, or move it behind the shield for possible use. A face-up leader cannot be selected for the plan. Concealing it while choosing another leader gives neither effect. A leader that must be used because no alternative remains moves behind the shield automatically.',
       'Warmaster, Master of Assassins, Swordmaster of Ginaz, Killer Medic and Prana-Bindu Adept are connected. They give another leader +1 for the matching physical card role, or the surviving assigned leader +3. These bonuses do not stack to +4. They change battle strength, not the printed disc value or leader bounty.',
       'The assigned leader keeps its skill through capture and returns with it if it survives its captive battle. The known skill identifies that captured leader; Harkonnen receives only its lower battle effect. Normal effects remain unavailable to both the captor and original faction while it is captured. A killed skilled leader returns its card to the shuffled skill deck.',
-      'When reviving an own leader without an assigned skill, decide whether to draw before seeing two private cards. Once drawn, keep one and assign it to that revived leader. Replacement while an earlier skill is captured remains a separate unresolved case.',
+      'When reviving an own leader while you have no Skill Card, decide whether to draw before seeing two private cards. Once drawn, keep one and assign it to that revived leader. Under the 13 October 2026 ruling the original faction keeps its assignment while its trained leader is captured, so reviving a different own leader is legal but draws no replacement while that card exists.',
       'Planetologist chooses either one extra movement range (maximum three) or forces from two territories to one destination at normal range. These alternatives do not stack. The actual skilled leader can use an eligible green Special in the weapon slot for +2 if it survives; discard that Special after battle without activating its ordinary effect. Mixed advisor/fighter entry into an enemy-only territory and combined expansion modules remain unfinished.',
       'Suk Graduate returns one selected casualty to reserves while its leader stays face up, or lets its surviving battle leader save up to three: one stays in its original sector and the rest return to reserves. The effects do not stack. Rescued counters still count toward Advanced Atreides’ seven battle losses for Kwisatz Haderach; combined modules remain unfinished.',
       'In the supported classic Nexus/Skills composition, Emperor Cunning counts five actual ordinary counters as temporary Sardaukar. Normal or trained Suk rescue still saves physical ordinary casualties. The original casualty allocation remains pending while the rescue choice is open; physical counters move only when rescue settles. Original support is already paid and is not refunded or charged twice. A normal save returns one to reserves; a trained save keeps one and returns the rest. Actual starred reserves and Tanks remain unchanged.',
@@ -4814,8 +4814,8 @@ export const RULE_TOPICS: RuleTopic[] = [
       { area:'Implementation',status:'Partial',detail:'Exact fourteen-card custody, source-ordered setup, public capture, concealment, death and own revival connect five role bonuses, Planetologist movement/Special substitution and Suk Graduate casualty rescue. Rihani inspection/exchange and lower Mentat/Bureaucrat/Sandmaster effects are connected. Smuggler shipping, No-Field accompaniment and unmodified battle collection, plus Sandmaster ground, worm, physical Ambassador and native HMS allocation are connected. Normal Mentat private questions and historical observations use the user-approved uniform step in new supported battles without an extra opt-in. Spice Banker lower spending and native Diplomat printed-defense copying are connected; trained retreat transfers undialed forces before losing casualties. Normal Banker income remains a separate profile; other combined interactions stay open. Bureaucrat redirects supported third-party payments with saved once-per-phase use, while user-classified gifts stay outside payment handling.',evidence:['game/leader-skill-cards.ts','game/leader-skills.ts','game/leader-skill-combat.ts','game/suk-graduate.ts','game/rihani-decipherer.ts','game/mentat-question.ts','game/bureaucrat-payment.ts','game/leader-skill-battle-board.ts','game/smuggler-shipment.ts','game/smuggler-no-field.ts','game/smuggler-battle.ts','game/spice-banker.ts','game/spice-banker-income.ts','game/sandmaster-movement.ts','game/sandmaster-worm.ts','game/fremen-ambassador.ts','game/diplomat-defense.ts','game/diplomat-retreat.ts','game/engine.ts'] },
       { area:'Player controls',status:'Partial',detail:'Private card/leader selection, readable inspectors, public battle posture and revival draw/decline, Planetologist range/gather controls, Special weapon selection and Suk Graduate physical rescue choices are connected. Rihani has private history and separate keep-new/reveal-old controls; automatic battle effects need no confirmation. Smuggler has explicit ordinary shipping opt-out and No-Field companion opt-in with physical-versus-priced force counts, plus surviving-leader battle collection with reveal-time guidance and owned multi-pile allocations. Banker exposes separate sealed spending and authorized inspection. Sandmaster exposes explicit legal routes, per-territory collection choices, optional worm/physical Ambassador destination checkboxes and direct victory-pile placement when several piles remain. Diplomat offers a named committed Worthless choice or decline after public reveal, and a separate surviving-loser destination/normal/elite retreat or decline. Bureaucrat offers redirect or full payment with explicit recipient amounts and deferred bribe custody. Remaining effect controls are missing.',evidence:['components/leader-skills.tsx','components/planetologist-movement.tsx','components/suk-graduate.tsx','components/rihani-decipherer.tsx','components/mentat-question.tsx','components/bureaucrat-payment.tsx','components/leader-skill-battle-guide.tsx','components/smuggler-shipment.tsx','components/smuggler-battle-collection.tsx','components/spice-banker.tsx','components/sandmaster-movement.tsx','components/sandmaster-worm.tsx','components/sandmaster-victory-spice.tsx','components/ambassador-movement.tsx','components/diplomat-defense.tsx','components/diplomat-retreat.tsx','components/game-table.tsx'] },
       { area:'AI',status:'Partial',detail:'All four profiles use private offers, legal visibility/revival actions and Planetologist movement/battle candidates and legal Suk Graduate rescues, Rihani exchanges, shared battle scoring, Smuggler reserve/owned No-Field shipments and unmodified collection plans, exact multi-pile Smuggler allocations, Sandmaster route, worm, physical Ambassador destination collection and victory-pile placement, funded Banker commitments and optional Diplomat copying from public revealed defenses or choosing legal losing-battle retreat. Bureaucrat uses the public payee alliance to redirect enemy income or preserve allied income. These are legal prototype paths; complete skill strategy and difficulty calibration remain unfinished.',evidence:['game/bots.ts'] },
-      { area:'Documentation',status:'Partial',detail:'All fourteen faces and common rules are recorded. Skilled capture follows public physical-card custody; replacement entitlement and other material timing interpretations remain explicit.',evidence:['docs/LEADER_SKILLS_RULES.md','docs/LEADER_SKILLS_CAPTURE.md','docs/LEADER_SKILLS_RUNTIME.md','docs/PLANETOLOGIST_RULES.md','docs/SUK_GRADUATE_RULES.md','docs/LEADER_BATTLE_EFFECTS.md','docs/MENTAT_QUESTION.md','docs/BUREAUCRAT_PAYMENTS.md','docs/SMUGGLER_SHIPMENT.md','docs/SPICE_BANKER_RUNTIME.md','docs/SANDMASTER_WORM.md','docs/DIPLOMAT_DEFENSE.md'] },
-      { area:'Verification',status:'Partial',detail:'Classic Homeworld Nexus optional modules add13 meaningful cases; affected242/242, types/lint/build pass. Twenty-two original six-seat games across15 families finish14233/14233 actions with375 JSON on one unchanged source tree. Human390px original typed invasion/zero-Suk and exact-three native return retain Kaitain14/Salusa5/visitor1; actual random Shrine entry, typed Maker ride and both-pile closing Moritani draw retain original armies. Native35-case and earlier source-qualified evidence remains in canonical logs. Native compositions, pending effects, full rules/combinations and deployed acceptance remain open.',evidence:['tests/homeworld-classic-nexus-skills-runtime.test.ts','tests/homeworld-classic-discovery-nexus-runtime.test.ts','tests/homeworld-native-e1e2-modules-runtime.test.ts','tests/homeworld-native-e3-modules-runtime.test.ts','tests/homeworld-classic-skills-runtime.test.ts','tests/homeworld-skills-discovery-runtime.test.ts','tests/homeworld-optional-modules-runtime.test.ts','tests/leader-skills-engine.test.ts','tests/leader-skills-capture.test.ts','tests/leader-battle-effects.test.ts','tests/suk-graduate.test.ts','tests/mentat-question.test.ts','tests/bureaucrat-payment.test.ts','tests/smuggler-battle.test.ts','tests/spice-banker.test.ts','tests/advanced-native-skills.test.ts','tests/fixture-advanced-native-skills.ts','tests/skills-tech-payments-runtime.test.ts','tests/skills-tech-battle-runtime.test.ts','tests/ix-choam-skills-tech-runtime.test.ts','tests/tleilaxu-skills-tech-runtime.test.ts','tests/richese-skills-tech-runtime.test.ts','tests/classic-skills-stronghold-runtime.test.ts','tests/native-skills-stronghold-runtime.test.ts','tests/ecaz-skills-modules-runtime.test.ts','tests/moritani-skills-modules-runtime.test.ts','docs/LEADER_SKILLS_RUNTIME.md','docs/HOMEWORLD_RUNTIME_IMPLEMENTATION.md'] },
+      { area:'Documentation',status:'Partial',detail:'All fourteen faces and common rules are recorded. Skilled capture follows public physical-card custody. The 13 October 2026 ruling resolves the captured-card replacement question: the original assignment is retained and no replacement is drawn while it exists; other material timing interpretations remain explicit.',evidence:['docs/LEADER_SKILLS_RULES.md','docs/LEADER_SKILLS_CAPTURE.md','docs/LEADER_SKILLS_RUNTIME.md','docs/PLANETOLOGIST_RULES.md','docs/SUK_GRADUATE_RULES.md','docs/LEADER_BATTLE_EFFECTS.md','docs/MENTAT_QUESTION.md','docs/BUREAUCRAT_PAYMENTS.md','docs/SMUGGLER_SHIPMENT.md','docs/SPICE_BANKER_RUNTIME.md','docs/SANDMASTER_WORM.md','docs/DIPLOMAT_DEFENSE.md'] },
+      { area:'Verification',status:'Partial',detail:'Classic Homeworld Nexus optional modules add13 meaningful cases; affected242/242, types/lint/build pass. Twenty-two original six-seat games across15 families finish14233/14233 actions with375 JSON on one unchanged source tree. Human390px original typed invasion/zero-Suk and exact-three native return retain Kaitain14/Salusa5/visitor1; actual random Shrine entry, typed Maker ride and both-pile closing Moritani draw retain original armies. Native35-case and earlier source-qualified evidence remains in canonical logs. Native compositions, pending effects, full rules/combinations and deployed acceptance remain open.',evidence:['tests/homeworld-classic-nexus-skills-runtime.test.ts','tests/homeworld-classic-discovery-nexus-runtime.test.ts','tests/homeworld-native-e1e2-modules-runtime.test.ts','tests/homeworld-native-e3-modules-runtime.test.ts','tests/homeworld-classic-skills-runtime.test.ts','tests/homeworld-skills-discovery-runtime.test.ts','tests/homeworld-optional-modules-runtime.test.ts','tests/leader-skills-engine.test.ts','tests/leader-skills-capture.test.ts','tests/captured-skill-revival.test.ts','tests/fixture-captured-skill-revival.ts','tests/captured-skill-special-revival.test.ts','tests/fixture-captured-skill-special-revival.ts','tests/leader-battle-effects.test.ts','tests/suk-graduate.test.ts','tests/mentat-question.test.ts','tests/bureaucrat-payment.test.ts','tests/smuggler-battle.test.ts','tests/spice-banker.test.ts','tests/advanced-native-skills.test.ts','tests/fixture-advanced-native-skills.ts','tests/skills-tech-payments-runtime.test.ts','tests/skills-tech-battle-runtime.test.ts','tests/ix-choam-skills-tech-runtime.test.ts','tests/tleilaxu-skills-tech-runtime.test.ts','tests/richese-skills-tech-runtime.test.ts','tests/classic-skills-stronghold-runtime.test.ts','tests/native-skills-stronghold-runtime.test.ts','tests/ecaz-skills-modules-runtime.test.ts','tests/moritani-skills-modules-runtime.test.ts','docs/LEADER_SKILLS_RUNTIME.md','docs/HOMEWORLD_RUNTIME_IMPLEMENTATION.md'] },
     ],
   },
   {