diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_armed_ability_test.go b/internal/plugin/combat_armed_ability_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b143d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_armed_ability_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+package plugin
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"maunium.net/go/mautrix/id"
+)
+
+// An armed ability is consumed once, at fight start, and its id is parked on the
+// seat. Everything here defends that split.
+//
+// Before it existed, buildZoneCombatants consumed the ability itself — and the
+// turn-based engine calls that builder again on every !attack. So a Berserker
+// raged on round 1, the builder cleared their armed flag and saved, and round 2
+// rebuilt them with no rage at all. They paid stamina for one round of a buff
+// that is supposed to span the fight, and the close-out could not see the rage
+// it was supposed to charge exhaustion for.
+
+// ragingBerserker is a Fighter who has already `!arm`ed rage.
+func ragingBerserker(t *testing.T, uid id.UserID) *DnDCharacter {
+	t.Helper()
+	if err := createAdvCharacter(uid, string(uid)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	c := &DnDCharacter{
+		UserID: uid, Race: RaceHuman, Class: ClassFighter, Subclass: SubclassBerserker, Level: 5,
+		STR: 16, DEX: 12, CON: 14, INT: 10, WIS: 10, CHA: 10,
+		HPMax: 40, HPCurrent: 40, ArmorClass: 15,
+		ArmedAbility: "rage",
+	}
+	if err := SaveDnDCharacter(c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+// ── the split ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// consumeArmedAbility disarms and reports; applyAbilityByID applies and does not
+// disarm. Calling the second one twice must be indistinguishable from once.
+func TestApplyAbilityByID_IsPureAndRepeatable(t *testing.T) {
+	setupEmptyTestDB(t)
+	c := ragingBerserker(t, "@pure:example.org")
+
+	armed := consumeArmedAbility(c)
+	if armed != "rage" {
+		t.Fatalf("consumeArmedAbility = %q, want rage", armed)
+	}
+	if c.ArmedAbility != "" {
+		t.Errorf("character still armed after consume: %q", c.ArmedAbility)
+	}
+	if again := consumeArmedAbility(c); again != "" {
+		t.Errorf("second consume returned %q, want \"\" — the ability is spent", again)
+	}
+
+	// Same id, applied to two independent mod sets, yields the same rage.
+	for i, want := range []bool{true, true} {
+		var mods CombatModifiers
+		name, fired := applyAbilityByID(c, armed, &mods)
+		if !fired || name != "Rage" {
+			t.Fatalf("apply #%d: fired=%v name=%q", i+1, fired, name)
+		}
+		if mods.BerserkerRage != want {
+			t.Errorf("apply #%d: BerserkerRage = %v, want %v", i+1, mods.BerserkerRage, want)
+		}
+		if mods.RageMeleeDmg != 2 || !mods.PhysicalResistRage {
+			t.Errorf("apply #%d: rage did not carry its full mod set: %+v", i+1, mods)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// And it never writes back to the sheet.
+	got, _ := LoadDnDCharacter(c.UserID)
+	if got.ArmedAbility != "" {
+		t.Errorf("applyAbilityByID re-armed the sheet: %q", got.ArmedAbility)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestApplyAbilityByID_UnknownAndEmptyAreNoOps(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &DnDCharacter{Class: ClassFighter}
+	for _, id := range []string{"", "no_such_ability"} {
+		var mods CombatModifiers
+		if _, fired := applyAbilityByID(c, id, &mods); fired {
+			t.Errorf("applyAbilityByID(%q) fired", id)
+		}
+		if mods.BerserkerRage {
+			t.Errorf("applyAbilityByID(%q) set rage", id)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// ── the fight-start seat ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// The seat carries the id forward, and the sheet is disarmed exactly once.
+func TestBuildFightSeats_ConsumesTheAbilityOnceAndCarriesItOnTheSeat(t *testing.T) {
+	setupEmptyTestDB(t)
+	uid := id.UserID("@berserk:example.org")
+	ragingBerserker(t, uid)
+
+	seats, _, _, refusal := (&AdventurePlugin{}).buildFightSeats(
+		uid, []id.UserID{uid}, dndBestiary["goblin"], 1, 0)
+	if refusal != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("fight refused: %s", refusal)
+	}
+	if len(seats) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("seats = %d, want 1", len(seats))
+	}
+	if seats[0].ArmedAbility != "rage" {
+		t.Errorf("seat.ArmedAbility = %q, want rage", seats[0].ArmedAbility)
+	}
+	if !seats[0].Mods.BerserkerRage {
+		t.Error("seat built without rage in its mods")
+	}
+	got, _ := LoadDnDCharacter(uid)
+	if got.ArmedAbility != "" {
+		t.Errorf("sheet still armed after fight start: %q", got.ArmedAbility)
+	}
+}
+
+// The regression itself: rebuilding the combatant — what every !attack does —
+// must reproduce the rage from the persisted id, not from the (now cleared)
+// sheet. Two rebuilds in a row, both raging.
+func TestBuildZoneCombatants_RebuildKeepsTheRageForTheWholeFight(t *testing.T) {
+	setupEmptyTestDB(t)
+	uid := id.UserID("@rebuild:example.org")
+	ragingBerserker(t, uid)
+	p := &AdventurePlugin{}
+
+	seats, _, _, refusal := p.buildFightSeats(uid, []id.UserID{uid}, dndBestiary["goblin"], 1, 0)
+	if refusal != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("fight refused: %s", refusal)
+	}
+	armed := seats[0].ArmedAbility
+
+	for round := 2; round <= 3; round++ {
+		player, _, _, err := p.buildZoneCombatants(uid, dndBestiary["goblin"], 1, 0, armed)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("round %d rebuild: %v", round, err)
+		}
+		if !player.Mods.BerserkerRage {
+			t.Errorf("round %d: rage evaporated on rebuild", round)
+		}
+		if player.Mods.RageMeleeDmg != 2 {
+			t.Errorf("round %d: RageMeleeDmg = %d, want 2", round, player.Mods.RageMeleeDmg)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// A seat that armed nothing rebuilds without rage — the id is the only source.
+	player, _, _, err := p.buildZoneCombatants(uid, dndBestiary["goblin"], 1, 0, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if player.Mods.BerserkerRage {
+		t.Error("unarmed rebuild raged anyway")
+	}
+}
+
+// A member who is down sits the fight out. They must not be charged the ability
+// they had readied for it — the refusal is checked before the arm.
+func TestBuildFightSeats_SatOutMemberKeepsTheirArmedAbility(t *testing.T) {
+	setupEmptyTestDB(t)
+	leader := id.UserID("@lead:example.org")
+	downed := id.UserID("@downed:example.org")
+	fightTestChar(t, leader, 30)
+	ragingBerserker(t, downed)
+
+	// Drop the member to 0 HP with rage still armed.
+	c, _ := LoadDnDCharacter(downed)
+	c.HPCurrent = 0
+	if err := SaveDnDCharacter(c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	seats, _, _, refusal := (&AdventurePlugin{}).buildFightSeats(
+		leader, []id.UserID{leader, downed}, dndBestiary["goblin"], 1, 0)
+	if refusal != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("fight refused: %s", refusal)
+	}
+	if len(seats) != 1 || seats[0].UserID != leader {
+		t.Fatalf("seats = %+v, want the leader alone", seats)
+	}
+	got, _ := LoadDnDCharacter(downed)
+	if got.ArmedAbility != "rage" {
+		t.Errorf("downed member was disarmed for a fight they never joined: %q", got.ArmedAbility)
+	}
+}
+
+// ── the close-out ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func TestSeatFightStartMods_ReadsTheRageOffTheSeatsStatuses(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &DnDCharacter{Class: ClassFighter, Subclass: SubclassBerserker, Level: 5}
+
+	raging := &CombatSession{}
+	raging.Statuses.ArmedAbility = "rage"
+	if !seatFightStartMods(raging, 0, c).BerserkerRage {
+		t.Error("seat 0 armed rage, mods say otherwise")
+	}
+
+	// Seat 1 reads its own statuses, not the leader's.
+	party := &CombatSession{Participants: []CombatParticipant{{Seat: 1}}}
+	party.Statuses.ArmedAbility = "rage"
+	if seatFightStartMods(party, 1, c).BerserkerRage {
+		t.Error("a member inherited the leader's rage")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSeatCombatResult_ReadsWinAndNearDeathOffTheSession(t *testing.T) {
+	sess := &CombatSession{
+		Status: CombatStatusWon, Round: 4, PlayerHP: 5, PlayerHPMax: 40, EnemyHP: 0,
+		TurnLog: []CombatEvent{
+			{Action: "attack", Seat: 0},
+			{Action: "use_consumable", Seat: 1},
+		},
+	}
+	got := seatCombatResult(sess, 0)
+	if !got.PlayerWon {
+		t.Error("PlayerWon = false on a won session")
+	}
+	if !got.NearDeath {
+		t.Error("5/40 HP is under the 15% near-death line")
+	}
+	if len(got.Events) != 1 || got.Events[0].Action != "attack" {
+		t.Errorf("seat 0 got seat 1's events: %+v", got.Events)
+	}
+
+	sess.PlayerHP = 30
+	if seatCombatResult(sess, 0).NearDeath {
+		t.Error("30/40 HP is not near death")
+	}
+	sess.Status = CombatStatusLost
+	sess.PlayerHP = 0
+	if seatCombatResult(sess, 0).PlayerWon {
+		t.Error("PlayerWon = true on a lost session")
+	}
+}
+
+// Item A: the manual kill now costs the Berserker their exhaustion, exactly as
+// the auto-resolved one always has.
+func TestPostCombatBookkeepingForSeat_RageCostsExhaustionOnTheTurnBasedPath(t *testing.T) {
+	setupEmptyTestDB(t)
+	uid := id.UserID("@exhausted:example.org")
+	ragingBerserker(t, uid)
+
+	sess := &CombatSession{
+		UserID: string(uid), Status: CombatStatusWon, Round: 3,
+		PlayerHP: 12, PlayerHPMax: 40,
+	}
+	sess.Statuses.ArmedAbility = "rage"
+
+	(&AdventurePlugin{}).postCombatBookkeepingForSeat(sess, 0)
+
+	got, _ := LoadDnDCharacter(uid)
+	if got.Exhaustion != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Exhaustion = %d after a raging win, want 1", got.Exhaustion)
+	}
+}
+
+// A fight nobody raged in leaves the sheet alone.
+func TestPostCombatBookkeepingForSeat_NoRageNoExhaustion(t *testing.T) {
+	setupEmptyTestDB(t)
+	uid := id.UserID("@calm:example.org")
+	fightTestChar(t, uid, 30)
+
+	sess := &CombatSession{
+		UserID: string(uid), Status: CombatStatusWon, Round: 2,
+		PlayerHP: 20, PlayerHPMax: 30,
+	}
+	(&AdventurePlugin{}).postCombatBookkeepingForSeat(sess, 0)
+
+	got, _ := LoadDnDCharacter(uid)
+	if got.Exhaustion != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Exhaustion = %d with no rage, want 0", got.Exhaustion)
+	}
+}
+
+// Losing while raging still exhausts you — the close-out runs on every terminal
+// status, not just the win. This is the half the turn-based path used to skip.
+func TestPostCombatBookkeepingForSeat_RageCostsExhaustionOnALoss(t *testing.T) {
+	setupEmptyTestDB(t)
+	uid := id.UserID("@dead:example.org")
+	ragingBerserker(t, uid)
+
+	sess := &CombatSession{
+		UserID: string(uid), Status: CombatStatusLost, Round: 6,
+		PlayerHP: 0, PlayerHPMax: 40,
+	}
+	sess.Statuses.ArmedAbility = "rage"
+
+	(&AdventurePlugin{}).postCombatBookkeepingForSeat(sess, 0)
+
+	got, _ := LoadDnDCharacter(uid)
+	if got.Exhaustion != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Exhaustion = %d after a raging loss, want 1", got.Exhaustion)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_bridge.go b/internal/plugin/combat_bridge.go
index 537fc3f..a1422bc 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_bridge.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_bridge.go
@@ -10,6 +10,30 @@ import (
 	"maunium.net/go/mautrix/id"
 )
 
+// postCombatBookkeeping is the close-out every fight owes its character,
+// whatever surface it was fought on: achievements, and the subclass state that
+// outlives the fight (Berserker exhaustion, Grim Harvest's kill-heal).
+//
+// It exists because there are four close-outs — two auto-resolve
+// (runDungeonCombat, runZoneCombatRoster) and two turn-based
+// (finishCombatSession, finishPartyCombatSession) — and for a long time only
+// the auto-resolve pair ran any of this. The same Elite kill therefore paid out
+// differently depending on whether the player let it auto-resolve or fought it
+// a round at a time. Route all four through here and the divergence cannot
+// silently reopen.
+//
+// raged is whether the character's Berserker rage was active for this fight;
+// mods carries the fight-start modifiers Grim Harvest reads. HP persistence is
+// NOT done here — the turn-based paths already own their own HP writes.
+func (p *AdventurePlugin) postCombatBookkeeping(
+	userID id.UserID, dndChar *DnDCharacter, raged bool, result CombatResult, mods CombatModifiers,
+) {
+	p.grantCombatAchievements(userID, result)
+	if err := persistDnDPostCombatSubclass(dndChar, raged, result, mods); err != nil {
+		slog.Error("dnd: post-combat subclass persist", "user", userID, "err", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // grantCombatAchievements checks combat results for achievement-worthy moments.
 func (p *AdventurePlugin) grantCombatAchievements(userID id.UserID, result CombatResult) {
 	if p.achievements == nil {
@@ -87,7 +111,7 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) runDungeonCombat(
 	applySubclassPassives(&playerStats, &playerMods, dndChar)
 	applyMagicItemEffects(&playerStats, &playerMods, userID)
 	trySimAutoArm(dndChar)
-	if firedName, fired := applyArmedAbility(dndChar, &playerMods); fired {
+	if firedName, fired := armAbilityForFight(dndChar, &playerMods); fired {
 		slog.Info("dnd: armed ability fired", "user", userID, "ability", firedName)
 	}
 	applyDnDDungeonMonsterLayer(&enemyStats, loc.Tier)
@@ -129,12 +153,8 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) runDungeonCombat(
 	// until a player-driven use command lands.
 	consumeFiredHealingItems(userID, countHealEventsFired(result))
 
-	p.grantCombatAchievements(userID, result)
-
 	persistDnDHPAfterCombat(userID, result.PlayerEndHP)
-	if err := persistDnDPostCombatSubclass(dndChar, playerMods.BerserkerRage, result, playerMods); err != nil {
-		slog.Error("dnd: post-combat subclass persist (dungeon)", "user", userID, "err", err)
-	}
+	p.postCombatBookkeeping(userID, dndChar, playerMods.BerserkerRage, result, playerMods)
 
 	if xp := dungeonCombatXP(result, loc.Tier); xp > 0 {
 		if _, err := p.grantDnDXP(userID, xp); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_cmd.go b/internal/plugin/combat_cmd.go
index a900636..f0b59e0 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_cmd.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_cmd.go
@@ -332,6 +332,10 @@ func continueHint(userID id.UserID) string {
 // the room's manual combat is done, and a fresh !zone advance clears the room.
 func (p *AdventurePlugin) finishCombatSession(userID id.UserID, sess *CombatSession, enemy Combatant) string {
 	persistDnDHPAfterCombat(userID, sess.PlayerHP)
+	// Achievements and post-combat subclass state are owed on every terminal
+	// status, not just a win — a Berserker who rages and loses still comes out
+	// of it exhausted. The auto-resolve close-outs have always done this.
+	p.postCombatBookkeepingForSeat(sess, 0)
 
 	run, _ := getZoneRun(sess.RunID)
 	var zone ZoneDefinition
diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_party_finish.go b/internal/plugin/combat_party_finish.go
index 86104f9..22c5528 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_party_finish.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_party_finish.go
@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) finishPartyCombatSession(ct *combatTurn) []string {
 	// nat20/nat1 mood deltas from the whole fight's event log — the run's, so once.
 	scanMoodEventsFromEvents(sess.RunID, sess.TurnLog)
 
-	// Every seat's HP lands on their sheet regardless of how the fight ended.
+	// Every seat's HP lands on their sheet regardless of how the fight ended, and
+	// so does the bookkeeping that outlives the fight — a Berserker who raged and
+	// lost is still exhausted. Both fan out; neither is the owner's alone.
 	for seat := range sess.RosterSize() {
 		persistDnDHPAfterCombat(id.UserID(sess.seatUserID(seat)), sess.seatHP(seat))
+		p.postCombatBookkeepingForSeat(sess, seat)
 	}
 
 	switch sess.Status {
diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_party_start.go b/internal/plugin/combat_party_start.go
index 97ed3ae..c2f715a 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_party_start.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_party_start.go
@@ -58,19 +58,10 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) buildFightSeats(
 	}
 	for i, uid := range roster {
 		leader := i == 0
-		player, e, _, err := p.buildZoneCombatants(uid, monster, tier, dmMood)
-		if err != nil {
-			if leader {
-				return nil, nil, "", "Couldn't set up the fight: " + err.Error()
-			}
-			slog.Warn("combat: party member left out of fight", "user", uid, "err", err)
-			skip(uid, "Couldn't bring you into the fight: "+err.Error())
-			continue
-		}
-		if leader {
-			enemy = &e
-		}
 
+		// Both refusals below are cheap and neither needs the build, so they run
+		// before it: consuming a seat's armed ability and *then* sitting them out
+		// would spend their rage on a fight they never joined.
 		hp, hpMax := dndHPSnapshot(uid)
 		if hp <= 0 {
 			if leader {
@@ -96,7 +87,32 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) buildFightSeats(
 			continue
 		}
 
-		seats = append(seats, CombatSeatSetup{UserID: uid, HP: hp, HPMax: hpMax, Mods: player.Mods, C: &player})
+		// Consumed exactly once for the fight, here. Every later rebuild
+		// re-applies this id off the seat's statuses rather than re-arming.
+		armed := ""
+		if c, cerr := LoadDnDCharacter(uid); cerr == nil && c != nil {
+			trySimAutoArm(c)
+			armed = consumeArmedAbility(c)
+		}
+		player, e, _, err := p.buildZoneCombatants(uid, monster, tier, dmMood, armed)
+		if err != nil {
+			if leader {
+				return nil, nil, "", "Couldn't set up the fight: " + err.Error()
+			}
+			slog.Warn("combat: party member left out of fight", "user", uid, "err", err)
+			skip(uid, "Couldn't bring you into the fight: "+err.Error())
+			continue
+		}
+		if leader {
+			enemy = &e
+		}
+		if armed != "" {
+			slog.Info("combat: armed ability fired (turn-based start)", "user", uid, "ability", armed)
+		}
+
+		seats = append(seats, CombatSeatSetup{
+			UserID: uid, HP: hp, HPMax: hpMax, Mods: player.Mods, C: &player, ArmedAbility: armed,
+		})
 	}
 	return seats, enemy, senderSkip, ""
 }
diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_session.go b/internal/plugin/combat_session.go
index 75784e5..049f8b0 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_session.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_session.go
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ type ActorStatuses struct {
 	// and druids with no sustained DPS once their burst landed.
 	ConcentrationDmg int `json:"concentration_dmg,omitempty"`
 
+	// ArmedAbility is the id of the active ability this character armed and
+	// spent entering the fight (rage, second_wind, …). The resource is already
+	// debited and the character disarmed; this is the record that lets every
+	// rebuild of an in-flight fight re-apply the ability's mods, and lets the
+	// close-out know a rage fired. Empty when nothing was armed.
+	ArmedAbility string `json:"armed_ability,omitempty"`
+
 	// Once-per-fight class/race/subclass one-shots: the "already used" flags.
 	// Without persistence these reset every round on resume, letting a Halfling
 	// reroll a nat 1 or an Orc rage every single round of a turn-based fight.
@@ -221,23 +228,26 @@ func (s *ActorStatuses) applyBuffDelta(d turnBuffDelta) {
 // the Abjuration Arcane Ward is normally non-zero at fight start — the
 // turn-based build deliberately omits pre-combat consumables and queued casts —
 // but the full set is seeded for robustness. Returns true if anything was set.
-func seedCombatSessionOneShots(s *CombatSession, playerMods CombatModifiers) bool {
-	return seedActorOneShots(&s.Statuses.ActorStatuses, playerMods)
+func seedCombatSessionOneShots(s *CombatSession, seat CombatSeatSetup) bool {
+	return seedActorOneShots(&s.Statuses.ActorStatuses, seat)
 }
 
 // seedActorOneShots copies one character's fight-start one-shot resources onto
 // their persisted statuses. Seat 0's live on the session row; a party member's
 // live on their participant row, and each seat reads its own combatant's mods —
 // a party Abjurer brings their own Arcane Ward, not the leader's.
-func seedActorOneShots(st *ActorStatuses, playerMods CombatModifiers) bool {
+func seedActorOneShots(st *ActorStatuses, seat CombatSeatSetup) bool {
+	playerMods := seat.Mods
 	st.WardCharges = playerMods.WardCharges
 	st.SporeRounds = playerMods.SporeCloud
 	st.ReflectFrac = playerMods.ReflectNext
 	st.AutoCritFirst = playerMods.AutoCritFirst
 	st.ArcaneWardHP = playerMods.ArcaneWardHP
 	st.HealChargesLeft = playerMods.HealItemCharges
+	st.ArmedAbility = seat.ArmedAbility
 	return st.WardCharges != 0 || st.SporeRounds != 0 || st.ReflectFrac != 0 ||
-		st.AutoCritFirst || st.ArcaneWardHP != 0 || st.HealChargesLeft != 0
+		st.AutoCritFirst || st.ArcaneWardHP != 0 || st.HealChargesLeft != 0 ||
+		st.ArmedAbility != ""
 }
 
 // CombatParticipant is one party member's seat in a fight, from seat 1 up.
@@ -477,13 +487,13 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) startPartyCombatSession(
 
 	// Seat 0's one-shots live on the session row; seeding them is a mutation of
 	// sess.Statuses that the save below flushes along with the participants.
-	dirty := seedCombatSessionOneShots(sess, owner.Mods)
+	dirty := seedCombatSessionOneShots(sess, owner)
 
 	if len(seats) > 1 {
 		ps := make([]CombatParticipant, 0, len(seats)-1)
 		for i, s := range seats[1:] {
 			var st ActorStatuses
-			seedActorOneShots(&st, s.Mods)
+			seedActorOneShots(&st, s)
 			ps = append(ps, CombatParticipant{
 				Seat: i + 1, UserID: string(s.UserID), HP: s.HP, HPMax: s.HPMax, Statuses: st,
 			})
@@ -525,6 +535,10 @@ type CombatSeatSetup struct {
 	HPMax  int
 	Mods   CombatModifiers
 	C      *Combatant
+	// ArmedAbility is the ability id this seat consumed entering the fight, ""
+	// if they armed nothing. It is persisted onto the seat's statuses so every
+	// later rebuild can re-apply the ability without re-spending it.
+	ArmedAbility string
 }
 
 // getActiveCombatSession returns the player's in-flight fight, or (nil, nil).
diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_session_build.go b/internal/plugin/combat_session_build.go
index 3cd8357..025ad0d 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_session_build.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_session_build.go
@@ -33,11 +33,18 @@ import (
 // + armed ability) and the monster's bestiary stat block with tier scaling and
 // the DM-mood combat tilt folded in. The returned dndChar is handed back so
 // callers can run post-combat subclass persistence without reloading it.
+//
+// armed is the ability id already consumed for this fight (consumeArmedAbility,
+// or armAbilityForFight's return on the auto-resolve paths); "" means none. The
+// build re-applies it rather than consuming, because the turn-based path calls
+// this once per player command and a consuming build would spend the ability on
+// round 1 and drop it for the rest of the fight.
 func (p *AdventurePlugin) buildZoneCombatants(
 	userID id.UserID,
 	monster DnDMonsterTemplate,
 	tier int,
 	dmMood int,
+	armed string,
 ) (player Combatant, enemy Combatant, dndChar *DnDCharacter, err error) {
 	tilt := dmMoodCombatTilt(dmMood)
 	char, err := loadAdvCharacter(userID)
@@ -64,10 +71,7 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) buildZoneCombatants(
 	applyRacePassives(&playerStats, &playerMods, dndChar)
 	applySubclassPassives(&playerStats, &playerMods, dndChar)
 	applyMagicItemEffects(&playerStats, &playerMods, userID)
-	trySimAutoArm(dndChar)
-	if firedName, fired := applyArmedAbility(dndChar, &playerMods); fired {
-		slog.Info("dnd: armed ability fired (turn-based build)", "user", userID, "ability", firedName)
-	}
+	applyAbilityByID(dndChar, armed, &playerMods)
 
 	enemyStats, enemyMods := monster.toCombatStats()
 	// Tier scaling mirrors runZoneCombat: only raise AC/AttackBonus to a
@@ -152,7 +156,11 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) partyCombatantsForSession(sess *CombatSession) ([]*Com
 	players := make([]*Combatant, len(seats))
 	var enemy Combatant
 	for seat, uid := range seats {
-		player, e, _, err := p.buildZoneCombatants(id.UserID(uid), monster, int(zone.Tier), run.DMMood)
+		// The ability this seat armed was consumed once, at fight start, and its
+		// id parked on their statuses. Re-applying it here — not re-consuming —
+		// is what makes a rage last the whole fight instead of one round.
+		st := sess.actorStatusesForSeat(seat)
+		player, e, _, err := p.buildZoneCombatants(id.UserID(uid), monster, int(zone.Tier), run.DMMood, st.ArmedAbility)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("seat %d (%s): %w", seat, uid, err)
 		}
@@ -161,7 +169,7 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) partyCombatantsForSession(sess *CombatSession) ([]*Com
 		// one-shots (ward/spore/…) live on their persisted statuses and flow
 		// through the turn engine's resume/commit cycle, so only the persistent
 		// stat deltas are applied here — and only that seat's own.
-		applySessionBuffs(&player, sess.actorStatusesForSeat(seat))
+		applySessionBuffs(&player, st)
 		players[seat] = &player
 		if seat == 0 {
 			// The enemy build reads only (monster, tier, dmMood): every seat
@@ -173,6 +181,64 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) partyCombatantsForSession(sess *CombatSession) ([]*Com
 	return players, &enemy, nil
 }
 
+// seatFightStartMods re-derives the fight-start modifiers a finished fight's
+// close-out still needs — today only the Berserker's rage flag, which decides
+// whether the character owes a point of exhaustion.
+//
+// It re-applies the seat's armed ability to an empty mod set rather than
+// rebuilding the whole combatant: no Apply writes to the character (they read
+// level and HP and write only mods), so this is pure, and the passive/equipment
+// layers a full build would add are not read by any post-combat hook.
+//
+// GrimHarvestSlot stays zero here, and that is not an oversight: the turn-based
+// path never runs applyPendingCast, so a Necromancy Mage's spell is never
+// stashed and Grim Harvest cannot fire on this surface at all. Wiring the mage
+// spell hooks into the turn-based `!cast` is a separate change.
+func seatFightStartMods(sess *CombatSession, seat int, c *DnDCharacter) CombatModifiers {
+	var mods CombatModifiers
+	applyAbilityByID(c, sess.actorStatusesForSeat(seat).ArmedAbility, &mods)
+	return mods
+}
+
+// seatCombatResult reconstructs, for one seat of a finished turn-based fight,
+// the slice of CombatResult that the post-combat hooks actually read. The turn
+// engine never builds a CombatResult — it persists a session and a shared event
+// log — so the close-out has to assemble one.
+//
+// SniperKilled and MistyHealed stay false because the turn engine has no Arina
+// or Misty proc to set them: those two live only in the auto-resolve engine.
+// NearDeath mirrors the auto-resolve engine's win threshold (below 15% of max);
+// its loss-side meaning is unused here, since the only hook that reads it gates
+// on PlayerWon.
+func seatCombatResult(sess *CombatSession, seat int) CombatResult {
+	hp, hpMax := sess.seatHP(seat), sess.seatHPMax(seat)
+	won := sess.Status == CombatStatusWon
+	return CombatResult{
+		PlayerWon:   won,
+		Events:      eventsForSeat(sess.TurnLog, seat),
+		PlayerEndHP: hp,
+		EnemyEndHP:  sess.EnemyHP,
+		TotalRounds: sess.Round,
+		NearDeath:   won && hp > 0 && float64(hp) < float64(max(1, hpMax))*0.15,
+	}
+}
+
+// postCombatBookkeepingForSeat is postCombatBookkeeping for one seat of a
+// terminal turn-based session — the bridge between what the turn engine
+// persisted and what the shared close-out expects.
+func (p *AdventurePlugin) postCombatBookkeepingForSeat(sess *CombatSession, seat int) {
+	uid := id.UserID(sess.seatUserID(seat))
+	// Loaded after the caller's persistDnDHPAfterCombat, so a Grim-Harvest-style
+	// hook that heals off HPCurrent reads the fight's real ending HP.
+	c, err := LoadDnDCharacter(uid)
+	if err != nil || c == nil {
+		slog.Error("combat: post-combat bookkeeping skipped, no sheet", "user", uid, "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+	mods := seatFightStartMods(sess, seat, c)
+	p.postCombatBookkeeping(uid, c, mods.BerserkerRage, seatCombatResult(sess, seat), mods)
+}
+
 // applySessionBuffs re-derives the persistent stat effect of every mid-fight
 // buff onto one rebuilt character. The buffs are stored as accumulated deltas
 // (diffTurnBuff produced them against that character's state at cast time), so
diff --git a/internal/plugin/combat_session_test.go b/internal/plugin/combat_session_test.go
index 5cf19df..a8b8f90 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/combat_session_test.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/combat_session_test.go
@@ -454,15 +454,23 @@ func TestApplySessionBuffs(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSeedCombatSessionOneShots(t *testing.T) {
 	// Arcane Ward is the one resource normally live at fight start.
 	s := &CombatSession{}
-	if !seedCombatSessionOneShots(s, CombatModifiers{ArcaneWardHP: 15}) {
+	if !seedCombatSessionOneShots(s, CombatSeatSetup{Mods: CombatModifiers{ArcaneWardHP: 15}}) {
 		t.Error("seed should report true when Arcane Ward is present")
 	}
 	if s.Statuses.ArcaneWardHP != 15 {
 		t.Errorf("ArcaneWardHP = %d, want 15", s.Statuses.ArcaneWardHP)
 	}
+	// The armed ability rides along, so a rebuild mid-fight can re-apply it.
+	armed := &CombatSession{}
+	if !seedCombatSessionOneShots(armed, CombatSeatSetup{ArmedAbility: "rage"}) {
+		t.Error("seed should report true when an ability was armed")
+	}
+	if armed.Statuses.ArmedAbility != "rage" {
+		t.Errorf("ArmedAbility = %q, want rage", armed.Statuses.ArmedAbility)
+	}
 	// Nothing to seed → false, statuses untouched.
 	empty := &CombatSession{}
-	if seedCombatSessionOneShots(empty, CombatModifiers{}) {
+	if seedCombatSessionOneShots(empty, CombatSeatSetup{}) {
 		t.Error("seed should report false with no fight-start resources")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_abilities.go b/internal/plugin/dnd_abilities.go
index 4b3a6b4..6b54a15 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/dnd_abilities.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/dnd_abilities.go
@@ -410,22 +410,52 @@ func trySimAutoArm(c *DnDCharacter) string {
 	return ab.Name
 }
 
-// applyArmedAbility checks for a pre-armed ability on the character and
-// applies its effect to the player's CombatModifiers, then clears the armed
-// flag. Called from combat_bridge.go before SimulateCombat.
-func applyArmedAbility(c *DnDCharacter, mods *CombatModifiers) (string, bool) {
+// consumeArmedAbility disarms the character, returning the ability id that was
+// armed. It is the *mutating* half of arming: the flag is cleared and saved, so
+// it must run exactly once per fight, at fight start.
+//
+// It is split from applyAbilityByID because a turn-based fight rebuilds its
+// combatants from the DB on every player command. A rebuild that consumed would
+// fire the ability on round 1, clear the flag, and then hand every later round a
+// character with no ability at all — the player pays the resource for one round
+// of a buff that is supposed to span the fight. So the fight consumes once and
+// persists the id on the session; each rebuild re-applies it from there.
+//
+// An id that is no longer in the ability table is disarmed and reported as "".
+func consumeArmedAbility(c *DnDCharacter) string {
 	if c == nil || c.ArmedAbility == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	armed := c.ArmedAbility
+	c.ArmedAbility = ""
+	_ = SaveDnDCharacter(c)
+	if _, ok := dndActiveAbilities[armed]; !ok {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return armed
+}
+
+// applyAbilityByID folds an ability's effect into a freshly-derived set of
+// CombatModifiers. It is pure with respect to persistence — no DB write, no
+// disarm — so it is safe to call on every rebuild of an in-flight fight.
+//
+// abilityID is what consumeArmedAbility returned at fight start. Empty (nobody
+// armed anything) and unknown ids are both no-ops.
+func applyAbilityByID(c *DnDCharacter, abilityID string, mods *CombatModifiers) (string, bool) {
+	if c == nil || abilityID == "" {
 		return "", false
 	}
-	ab, ok := dndActiveAbilities[c.ArmedAbility]
+	ab, ok := dndActiveAbilities[abilityID]
 	if !ok {
-		c.ArmedAbility = ""
-		_ = SaveDnDCharacter(c)
 		return "", false
 	}
 	ab.Apply(c, mods)
-	firedName := ab.Name
-	c.ArmedAbility = ""
-	_ = SaveDnDCharacter(c)
-	return firedName, true
+	return ab.Name, true
+}
+
+// armAbilityForFight consumes whatever the character armed and applies it in one
+// step, for the auto-resolve callers that build a combatant and immediately
+// fight with it. A turn-based fight must not use this — see consumeArmedAbility.
+func armAbilityForFight(c *DnDCharacter, mods *CombatModifiers) (string, bool) {
+	return applyAbilityByID(c, consumeArmedAbility(c), mods)
 }
diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_abilities_test.go b/internal/plugin/dnd_abilities_test.go
index f7d5245..386183d 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/dnd_abilities_test.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/dnd_abilities_test.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func TestSpendAndRefreshResource(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestApplyArmedAbility_FighterSecondWind(t *testing.T) {
+func TestArmAbilityForFight_FighterSecondWind(t *testing.T) {
 	setupAbilitiesTestDB(t)
 	uid := id.UserID("@arm_fighter:example")
 	c := &DnDCharacter{
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func TestApplyArmedAbility_FighterSecondWind(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	mods := CombatModifiers{}
-	name, fired := applyArmedAbility(c, &mods)
+	name, fired := armAbilityForFight(c, &mods)
 	if !fired {
 		t.Fatal("ability did not fire")
 	}
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func TestApplyArmedAbility_FighterSecondWind(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestApplyArmedAbility_MageMagicMissile(t *testing.T) {
+func TestArmAbilityForFight_MageMagicMissile(t *testing.T) {
 	setupAbilitiesTestDB(t)
 	uid := id.UserID("@arm_mage:example")
 	c := &DnDCharacter{
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func TestApplyArmedAbility_MageMagicMissile(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	mods := CombatModifiers{}
-	_, fired := applyArmedAbility(c, &mods)
+	_, fired := armAbilityForFight(c, &mods)
 	if !fired {
 		t.Fatal("magic missile did not fire")
 	}
@@ -202,10 +202,10 @@ func TestApplyArmedAbility_MageMagicMissile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestApplyArmedAbility_NoArm(t *testing.T) {
+func TestArmAbilityForFight_NoArm(t *testing.T) {
 	c := &DnDCharacter{Class: ClassFighter, ArmedAbility: ""}
 	mods := CombatModifiers{}
-	_, fired := applyArmedAbility(c, &mods)
+	_, fired := armAbilityForFight(c, &mods)
 	if fired {
 		t.Error("fired with no armed ability")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_class_balance.go b/internal/plugin/dnd_class_balance.go
index e6b5395..72dc255 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/dnd_class_balance.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/dnd_class_balance.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 //
 // Bypassed deliberately (Phase 0 simplifying constraints, doc §2):
 //
-//   - DB-touching layers: applyMagicItemEffects, applyArmedAbility, and
+//   - DB-touching layers: applyMagicItemEffects, armAbilityForFight, and
 //     the SaveDnDCharacter inside applyPendingCast. The harness is pure
 //     Go; tests run without a sqlite instance.
 //   - Race passives beyond Human (+1 all): neutral baseline, again per §2.
diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition.go b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition.go
index 5b9298b..12b6fea 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition.go
@@ -321,6 +321,42 @@ func updateSupplies(expID string, s ExpeditionSupplies) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// withExpeditionSupplies serializes one read-modify-write of the shared supply
+// pool. updateSupplies rewrites supplies_json wholesale, so a caller that folds
+// its delta onto an *Expedition it read earlier silently discards anything that
+// landed in between — a member's pooled packs, another writer's spend. Handlers
+// run one goroutine per event, so those writers genuinely interleave.
+//
+// fn is handed a freshly-read expedition under the pool's own lock and returns
+// the supplies to persist. Callers that keep using their own *Expedition
+// afterwards must copy the returned pool back onto it.
+//
+// advUserLock cannot stand in here: it is keyed by sender, so two members
+// racing the same expedition row take two different mutexes and exclude nobody.
+func (p *AdventurePlugin) withExpeditionSupplies(
+	expID string, fn func(fresh *Expedition) (ExpeditionSupplies, error),
+) (ExpeditionSupplies, error) {
+	mu := p.advExpeditionLock(expID)
+	mu.Lock()
+	defer mu.Unlock()
+
+	fresh, err := getExpedition(expID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ExpeditionSupplies{}, err
+	}
+	if fresh == nil {
+		return ExpeditionSupplies{}, fmt.Errorf("expedition %s not found", expID)
+	}
+	next, err := fn(fresh)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ExpeditionSupplies{}, err
+	}
+	if err := updateSupplies(expID, next); err != nil {
+		return ExpeditionSupplies{}, err
+	}
+	return next, nil
+}
+
 // updateCamp persists camp state. Pass nil to break camp.
 func updateCamp(expID string, c *CampState) error {
 	var arg any
diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_camp.go b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_camp.go
index 23e3972..47b38e3 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_camp.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_camp.go
@@ -190,10 +190,18 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) campPitch(ctx MessageContext, exp *Expedition, kind st
 		}
 	}
 
-	exp.Supplies.Current -= cost
-	if err := updateSupplies(exp.ID, exp.Supplies); err != nil {
+	// The affordability check above ran against `exp` as it was read, and
+	// nightRolloverBurn may have moved the pool since. Deduct against the pool
+	// as it stands — the same arithmetic, just not onto a stale snapshot.
+	pooled, err := p.withExpeditionSupplies(exp.ID, func(fresh *Expedition) (ExpeditionSupplies, error) {
+		next := fresh.Supplies
+		next.Current -= cost
+		return next, nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
 		return p.SendDM(ctx.Sender, "Couldn't deduct supplies: "+err.Error())
 	}
+	exp.Supplies = pooled
 	camp := &CampState{
 		Active:        true,
 		Type:          kind,
diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_cycle.go b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_cycle.go
index e4cec93..48c2b03 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_cycle.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_cycle.go
@@ -82,34 +82,39 @@ type nightRolloverResult struct {
 // to finish the rollover; legacy deliverBriefing interleaves processOvernightCamp
 // between the two so a fortified camp's −5 lands before drift's +3.
 func (p *AdventurePlugin) nightRolloverBurn(e *Expedition) (float32, error) {
-	// D5-c: Ranger forage runs before the daily burn so the +SU lands on
-	// today's supplies, not tomorrow's. Logged so the end-of-day digest
-	// can surface the gain; pure no-op for non-Ranger characters.
-	if c, err := LoadDnDCharacter(id.UserID(e.UserID)); err == nil && c != nil {
-		if gain := applyRangerForage(e, c, nil); gain > 0 {
-			_ = appendExpeditionLog(e.ID, e.CurrentDay, "forage",
-				fmt.Sprintf("ranger forage +%g SU", gain),
-				flavor.Pick(flavor.HarvestForageSuccess))
-		}
-	}
-	burnOverride := applyZoneTemporalPreBurn(e, e.CurrentDay+1)
-	var newSupplies ExpeditionSupplies
 	var burn float32
-	if burnOverride.Multiplier > 0 {
-		// The temporal override replaces the harsh/siege multiplier, not the
-		// roster's: a party still eats N × 0.8 rations inside a time-warped zone.
-		burn = e.Supplies.DailyBurn * burnOverride.Multiplier * float32(expeditionBurnRatePct(e.ID)) / 100
-		newSupplies = e.Supplies
-		newSupplies.Current -= burn
-		if newSupplies.Current < 0 {
-			newSupplies.Current = 0
+	// Forage and burn land in one write, so they resolve together against the
+	// pool as it stands now — not as `e` last saw it.
+	newSupplies, err := p.withExpeditionSupplies(e.ID, func(fresh *Expedition) (ExpeditionSupplies, error) {
+		// D5-c: Ranger forage runs before the daily burn so the +SU lands on
+		// today's supplies, not tomorrow's. Logged so the end-of-day digest
+		// can surface the gain; pure no-op for non-Ranger characters.
+		if c, cerr := LoadDnDCharacter(id.UserID(fresh.UserID)); cerr == nil && c != nil {
+			if gain := applyRangerForage(fresh, c, nil); gain > 0 {
+				_ = appendExpeditionLog(fresh.ID, fresh.CurrentDay, "forage",
+					fmt.Sprintf("ranger forage +%g SU", gain),
+					flavor.Pick(flavor.HarvestForageSuccess))
+			}
 		}
-		newSupplies.ForagedToday = false
-	} else {
-		harsh := e.ThreatLevel > 60 || zoneTemporalHarsh(e)
-		newSupplies, burn = applyExpeditionDailyBurn(e, harsh, e.SiegeMode)
-	}
-	if err := updateSupplies(e.ID, newSupplies); err != nil {
+		burnOverride := applyZoneTemporalPreBurn(fresh, fresh.CurrentDay+1)
+		if burnOverride.Multiplier > 0 {
+			// The temporal override replaces the harsh/siege multiplier, not the
+			// roster's: a party still eats N × 0.8 rations inside a time-warped zone.
+			burn = fresh.Supplies.DailyBurn * burnOverride.Multiplier * float32(expeditionBurnRatePct(fresh.ID)) / 100
+			next := fresh.Supplies
+			next.Current -= burn
+			if next.Current < 0 {
+				next.Current = 0
+			}
+			next.ForagedToday = false
+			return next, nil
+		}
+		harsh := fresh.ThreatLevel > 60 || zoneTemporalHarsh(fresh)
+		next, b := applyExpeditionDailyBurn(fresh, harsh, fresh.SiegeMode)
+		burn = b
+		return next, nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 	if err := advanceExpeditionDay(e.ID); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_milestone.go b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_milestone.go
index 2b20bcc..45bf6b1 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_milestone.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_milestone.go
@@ -176,20 +176,30 @@ const twoWeeksCacheSize = 3
 func (p *AdventurePlugin) grantTwoWeeksCache(e *Expedition) string {
 	var lines []string
 
-	if s := e.Supplies; s.DailyBurn > 0 {
-		s.Current += twoWeeksRestockDays * s.DailyBurn
-		if s.Max > 0 && s.Current > s.Max {
-			s.Current = s.Max
-		}
-		if s.Current > e.Supplies.Current {
-			if err := updateSupplies(e.ID, s); err != nil {
-				slog.Error("milestone: two weeks restock failed",
-					"expedition", e.ID, "err", err)
-			} else {
-				lines = append(lines, fmt.Sprintf(
-					"📦 Supplies restocked — %.1f of %.1f.", s.Current, s.Max))
-				e.Supplies = s
+	if e.Supplies.DailyBurn > 0 {
+		var restocked bool
+		pooled, err := p.withExpeditionSupplies(e.ID, func(fresh *Expedition) (ExpeditionSupplies, error) {
+			s := fresh.Supplies
+			if s.DailyBurn <= 0 {
+				return s, nil
 			}
+			s.Current += twoWeeksRestockDays * s.DailyBurn
+			if s.Max > 0 && s.Current > s.Max {
+				s.Current = s.Max
+			}
+			restocked = s.Current > fresh.Supplies.Current
+			return s, nil
+		})
+		switch {
+		case err != nil:
+			slog.Error("milestone: two weeks restock failed",
+				"expedition", e.ID, "err", err)
+		case restocked:
+			lines = append(lines, fmt.Sprintf(
+				"📦 Supplies restocked — %.1f of %.1f.", pooled.Current, pooled.Max))
+			e.Supplies = pooled
+		default:
+			e.Supplies = pooled
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_region_cmd.go b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_region_cmd.go
index fe67b76..6ebe9a3 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_region_cmd.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_region_cmd.go
@@ -143,13 +143,17 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) regionCmdTravel(ctx MessageContext, exp *Expedition) e
 // on both paths.
 func (p *AdventurePlugin) advanceToNextRegion(userID id.UserID, exp *Expedition, cur, next ExpeditionRegion) (string, error) {
 	// Burn one day of supplies (transit day).
-	siege := exp.SiegeMode
-	harsh := exp.ThreatLevel > 60 || zoneTemporalHarsh(exp)
-	newSupplies, burned := applyExpeditionDailyBurn(exp, harsh, siege)
-	exp.Supplies = newSupplies
-	if err := updateSupplies(exp.ID, exp.Supplies); err != nil {
+	var burned float32
+	newSupplies, err := p.withExpeditionSupplies(exp.ID, func(fresh *Expedition) (ExpeditionSupplies, error) {
+		harsh := fresh.ThreatLevel > 60 || zoneTemporalHarsh(fresh)
+		next, b := applyExpeditionDailyBurn(fresh, harsh, fresh.SiegeMode)
+		burned = b
+		return next, nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("apply transit supply burn: %w", err)
 	}
+	exp.Supplies = newSupplies
 	if err := advanceExpeditionDay(exp.ID); err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("advance expedition day: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/plugin/expedition_ambient.go b/internal/plugin/expedition_ambient.go
index aa0c656..2101921 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/expedition_ambient.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/expedition_ambient.go
@@ -349,12 +349,14 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) applyAmbientEffect(e *Expedition, ev ambientEvent) str
 		return "Something out there is paying attention now."
 	case "pack_rat":
 		drain := float32(0.2) + float32(rng.IntN(2))*float32(0.1) // 0.2 or 0.3
-		ns := e.Supplies
-		ns.Current -= drain
-		if ns.Current < 0 {
-			ns.Current = 0
-		}
-		if err := updateSupplies(e.ID, ns); err != nil {
+		if _, err := p.withExpeditionSupplies(e.ID, func(fresh *Expedition) (ExpeditionSupplies, error) {
+			ns := fresh.Supplies
+			ns.Current -= drain
+			if ns.Current < 0 {
+				ns.Current = 0
+			}
+			return ns, nil
+		}); err != nil {
 			slog.Warn("expedition: ambient supply drain", "expedition", e.ID, "err", err)
 			return ""
 		}
diff --git a/internal/plugin/expedition_autocamp.go b/internal/plugin/expedition_autocamp.go
index 55c6f67..bb0e159 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/expedition_autocamp.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/expedition_autocamp.go
@@ -250,10 +250,15 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) pitchAutopilotCamp(exp *Expedition, d autoCampDecision
 	if exp.Supplies.Current < cost {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("insufficient supplies (have %.1f, need %.1f)", exp.Supplies.Current, cost)
 	}
-	exp.Supplies.Current -= cost
-	if err := updateSupplies(exp.ID, exp.Supplies); err != nil {
+	pooled, err := p.withExpeditionSupplies(exp.ID, func(fresh *Expedition) (ExpeditionSupplies, error) {
+		next := fresh.Supplies
+		next.Current -= cost
+		return next, nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
+	exp.Supplies = pooled
 	camp := &CampState{
 		Active:        true,
 		Type:          d.Kind,
diff --git a/internal/plugin/expedition_party_cmd.go b/internal/plugin/expedition_party_cmd.go
index 3bd7955..01ee72b 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/expedition_party_cmd.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/expedition_party_cmd.go
@@ -178,21 +178,13 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) expeditionCmdAccept(ctx MessageContext, c *DnDCharacte
 	if isHol, _ := isHolidayToday(); isHol {
 		suppliesPurchase.StandardPacks++
 	}
-	// updateSupplies overwrites supplies_json wholesale, so the pool has to be
-	// re-read under the expedition's own lock: `exp` was fetched before the coin
-	// debit, and a second invitee accepting — or the leader's day-burn tick —
-	// may have rewritten the row since. Folding onto that stale snapshot would
-	// silently drop their packs or resurrect spent SU.
-	expMu := p.advExpeditionLock(exp.ID)
-	expMu.Lock()
-	fresh, err := getExpedition(exp.ID)
-	if err != nil || fresh == nil {
-		expMu.Unlock()
-		return p.SendDM(ctx.Sender, "You're in, but your supplies didn't reach the pool.")
-	}
-	pooled := addSupplyPurchase(fresh.Supplies, suppliesPurchase)
-	err = updateSupplies(exp.ID, pooled)
-	expMu.Unlock()
+	// `exp` was fetched before the coin debit, and a second invitee accepting —
+	// or the leader's day-burn tick — may have rewritten the row since. Folding
+	// onto that stale snapshot would silently drop their packs or resurrect
+	// spent SU, so the fold happens against a fresh read under the pool's lock.
+	pooled, err := p.withExpeditionSupplies(exp.ID, func(fresh *Expedition) (ExpeditionSupplies, error) {
+		return addSupplyPurchase(fresh.Supplies, suppliesPurchase), nil
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return p.SendDM(ctx.Sender, "You're in, but your supplies didn't reach the pool: "+err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/internal/plugin/zone_combat_party.go b/internal/plugin/zone_combat_party.go
index 4a16643..4875019 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/zone_combat_party.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/zone_combat_party.go
@@ -86,7 +86,24 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) runZoneCombatRoster(
 			continue
 		}
 
-		player, e, dndChar, err := p.buildZoneCombatants(uid, monster, tier, dmMood)
+		// A downed member sits it out. They own no close-out claim — and the
+		// check runs before the arm, so sitting out doesn't cost them the
+		// ability they had readied.
+		if !leader {
+			if hp, _ := dndHPSnapshot(uid); hp <= 0 {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Auto-resolve builds and fights in one breath, so this seat can arm and
+		// apply together. The turn-based path has to split the two — see
+		// consumeArmedAbility.
+		armed := ""
+		if c, cerr := LoadDnDCharacter(uid); cerr == nil && c != nil {
+			trySimAutoArm(c)
+			armed = consumeArmedAbility(c)
+		}
+		player, e, dndChar, err := p.buildZoneCombatants(uid, monster, tier, dmMood, armed)
 		if err != nil {
 			if leader {
 				return bail(err)
@@ -96,9 +113,6 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) runZoneCombatRoster(
 		}
 		if leader {
 			enemy = e
-		} else if hp, _ := dndHPSnapshot(uid); hp <= 0 {
-			// A downed member sits it out. They own no close-out claim.
-			continue
 		}
 
 		// Pre-combat one-shots that the turn-based path does NOT share: a queued
@@ -136,11 +150,8 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) runZoneCombatRoster(
 			}
 		}
 
-		p.grantCombatAchievements(b.uid, seatRes)
 		persistDnDHPAfterCombat(b.uid, seatRes.PlayerEndHP)
-		if err := persistDnDPostCombatSubclass(b.dndChar, b.mods.BerserkerRage, seatRes, b.mods); err != nil {
-			slog.Error("dnd: post-combat subclass persist (zone)", "user", b.uid, "err", err)
-		}
+		p.postCombatBookkeeping(b.uid, b.dndChar, b.mods.BerserkerRage, seatRes, b.mods)
 
 		if xp := zoneCombatXP(seatRes, monster.CR, tier); xp > 0 {
 			if _, err := p.grantDnDXP(b.uid, xp); err != nil {