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Templar

Bishops may also move like knights.

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Piece
bishop
Rule
Your bishops gain knight-shaped destination movement.
Conflicts
Does not affect actual knights. Does not grant bishop teleport. Templar's leap is not blocked by intervening pieces.
Emblem
Mitre crossed with a knight's lance.
Image prompt
Simple circular badge showing a bishop mitre crossed with a knight lance, violet and steel vector style, no text.
Internal implementation notes

Adds knight-shaped MOVE/CAPTURE destinations to bishops. The v1 Templar move is a leap independent of N_LIGHT_CAVALRY because it is a bishop perk with its own identity. Legal actions are still filtered for self-check.

Test coverage from manifest
  • Bishop can move in an L shape to an empty square.
  • Bishop can still move diagonally normally.
  • Bishop can capture an enemy in an L shape.
  • Bishop's knight-like attack can give check.
  • Bishop cannot move to non-L square using this perk.
  • Bishop cannot capture friendly piece unless another rule allows it.
  • Move cannot leave own royal in check.
  • Applying the perk action and replaying the resulting event log reaches the same final state hash.
  • The public action description is regenerated consistently from the stored event.