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+++ b/assets/gamedata/peggle/powers.md
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Peggle Powers
+
+Every power lives in the `POWERS` map in `src/games/peggle/PeggleLogic.js`
+(id, display name, trigger type, player-facing description, and tuning
+`params`). A level grants a power by setting `powerId` on its entry in
+`levels.json`; hitting a green peg charges/fires it. Any friend can be paired
+with any power — the mapping below is the intended one.
+
+**Trigger types:**
+- **instant** — fires the moment the green peg is hit
+- **next ball** — banks a charge; applied to your next launched ball
+- **current ball** — applied to the ball in flight when the green peg is hit
+- **charge** — banks a lasting effect (multiple shots, or "next time X happens")
+
+## Live powers (levels 1–25)
+
+| Friend | Power (`powerId`) | Trigger | What it does |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Ethel | Super Guide (`superguide`) | next 3 balls | The aim guide extends through extra bounces, showing where the ball goes after it hits pegs |
+| Kona | Multiball (`multiball`) | instant | Kona fetches a second ball — it spawns at the current ball's position with mirrored direction |
+| Zanthor | Space Blast (`spaceblast`) | instant | The green peg explodes, instantly lighting and scoring every peg within 150px |
+| Fireball | Fireball (`fireball`) | next ball | The ball blazes straight through pegs without bouncing, lighting everything it touches |
+| Victor | Zen Ball (`zenball`) | next ball | The shot is silently nudged to the best-scoring angle within ±6° of your aim |
+
+## Powers awaiting their friends
+
+| Friend | Power (`powerId`) | Trigger | What it does |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| The Smasher | Body Slam (`bodyslam`) | next ball | The ball becomes a massive slam ball (×1.6 size) that barely slows down when it hits pegs |
+| DV-8-2303 | Laser Sweep (`lasergrid`) | instant | The green peg fires a horizontal laser across the board, lighting every peg in its row |
+| Steve | Beam Up (`beamup`) | current ball | If the ball falls off the bottom, a beam catches it and drops it back in from the top at the same spot (once per charge) |
+| Terry | Meteor Strike (`meteor`) | instant | A meteor crashes down through the green peg, lighting every peg in its column |
+| Nicole | Overclock (`overclock`) | instant | The system is hacked — every peg scores DOUBLE for the rest of the shot |
+| Gerome | Extreme Ball (`extremeball`) | next ball | Launches at ×1.45 speed, and walls never absorb any of its speed |
+| Blackwind | Cannonball (`cannonball`) | current ball | The ball turns to iron and plows straight through the next 3 pegs it strikes |
+| Maurice | Beaver Dam (`beaverdam`) | 3 shots | The free-ball bucket is dammed up to nearly double width (×1.9) for the next 3 shots |
+| Kage | Shadow Slash (`shadowslash`) | instant | A blade of shadow slashes an X through the green peg, lighting pegs along both diagonals |
+| Schooner | Tailwind (`tailwind`) | next ball | The ball rides the sea breeze at ~half gravity — long, floaty, controllable arcs |
+| Aiko | Cosmic Bloom (`cosmicbloom`) | instant | Alien spores drift out — 2 random blue pegs bloom into new GREEN power pegs (hitting those charges the power again) |
+| Nadia | Rewind (`rewind`) | charge | The next ball that drains without being caught is rewound back into your reserve |
+
+## Adding a new power
+
+1. Add an entry to `POWERS` in `src/games/peggle/PeggleLogic.js` (put tuning
+   values in `params`) and implement its behavior in `applyPower` (and, if it
+   changes ball physics, via per-ball flags set in `launchBall`/`substep`).
+2. Add its banner/FX/sound to `onPowerFired` (and an event case if it has a
+   custom effect) in `src/games/peggle/PeggleGame.js`, plus a status line in
+   `updatePowerHud` if it banks charges.
+3. Add a check-cluster to `tools/verifyPeggle.js`.
+4. Reference it from a level's `powerId` — the editor's power dropdown picks
+   it up automatically.
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diff --git a/src/games/peggle/PeggleGame.js b/src/games/peggle/PeggleGame.js
index 18b4b5d..d13cfee 100644
--- a/src/games/peggle/PeggleGame.js
+++ b/src/games/peggle/PeggleGame.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { enqueue as enqueueSpeech } from '../../ui/SpeechQueue.js';
 import { api } from '../../services/api.js';
 import {
   TUNING, SCORING, POWERS,
-  createRound, launchBall, stepSim, simulatePreview, bucketX, multiplierFor, clampAim,
+  createRound, launchBall, stepSim, simulatePreview, bucketX, bucketWidth, multiplierFor, clampAim,
 } from './PeggleLogic.js';
 
 // Screen placement of the 1200×900 logical board (canvas is 1920×1080).
@@ -446,6 +446,9 @@ export default class PeggleGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   }
 
   startLevel(entry, layout) {
+    // Whatever click got us here (Try Again, Replay, Next Level, a level
+    // tile, the intro's Continue…) must not also fire the cannon.
+    this.inputHoldUntil = this.time.now + 350;
     this.view = 'play';
     this.entry = entry;
     this.master = this.masterFor(entry);
@@ -557,18 +560,20 @@ export default class PeggleGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   }
 
   drawBucket() {
+    const width = this.state ? bucketWidth(this.state) : TUNING.BUCKET_W;
+    this.bucketDrawnW = width;
     const c = this.add.container(0, this.sy(TUNING.BUCKET_Y)).setDepth(D.bucket);
     const g = this.add.graphics();
-    const half = TUNING.BUCKET_W / 2;
+    const half = width / 2;
     const rimW = TUNING.BUCKET_RIM_W;
     const rimH = TUNING.BUCKET_RIM_H;
     g.fillStyle(0xc9a44a, 1);
     g.fillRect(-half - rimW, 0, rimW, rimH);
     g.fillRect(half, 0, rimW, rimH);
     g.fillStyle(0x8a6f2f, 1);
-    g.fillRect(-half - rimW, rimH, TUNING.BUCKET_W + rimW * 2, 12);
+    g.fillRect(-half - rimW, rimH, width + rimW * 2, 12);
     g.fillStyle(0x5c4a1f, 1);
-    g.fillRect(-half, 6, TUNING.BUCKET_W, rimH - 6);
+    g.fillRect(-half, 6, width, rimH - 6);
     c.add(g);
     const label = this.add.text(0, 22, 'FREE BALL', {
       fontFamily: 'Righteous', fontSize: '13px', color: '#ffe9b0',
@@ -809,11 +814,17 @@ export default class PeggleGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   updatePowerHud() {
     if (!this.powerStatus || !this.state) return;
     const st = this.state;
-    let txt = '';
-    if (st.superGuideShots > 0) txt = `Super Guide: ${st.superGuideShots} shots`;
-    else if (st.fireballNext > 0) txt = `Fireball ready ×${st.fireballNext}`;
-    else if (st.zenNext > 0) txt = `Zen Ball ready ×${st.zenNext}`;
-    this.powerStatus.setText(txt);
+    const lines = [];
+    if (st.superGuideShots > 0) lines.push(`Super Guide: ${st.superGuideShots} shots`);
+    if (st.fireballNext > 0) lines.push(`Fireball ready ×${st.fireballNext}`);
+    if (st.zenNext > 0) lines.push(`Zen Ball ready ×${st.zenNext}`);
+    if (st.heavyNext > 0) lines.push(`Slam Ball ready ×${st.heavyNext}`);
+    if (st.extremeNext > 0) lines.push(`Extreme Ball ready ×${st.extremeNext}`);
+    if (st.floatyNext > 0) lines.push(`Tailwind ready ×${st.floatyNext}`);
+    if (st.rewindCharges > 0) lines.push(`Rewind ready ×${st.rewindCharges}`);
+    if (st.wideBucketShots > 0) lines.push(`Beaver Dam: ${st.wideBucketShots} shots`);
+    if (st.overclockShot) lines.push('OVERCLOCK ×2 active!');
+    this.powerStatus.setText(lines.join('\n'));
   }
 
   // ── Input ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -863,7 +874,13 @@ export default class PeggleGame extends Phaser.Scene {
       // Keep the round clock ticking between shots so the free-ball bucket
       // patrols while the player aims (stepSim only advances time in 'aim').
       stepSim(st, delta / 1000);
-      if (this.bucketC && !this.feverBuckets) this.bucketC.x = this.sx(bucketX(st));
+      if (this.bucketC && !this.feverBuckets) {
+        if (bucketWidth(st) !== this.bucketDrawnW) {
+          this.bucketC.destroy();
+          this.drawBucket();
+        }
+        this.bucketC.x = this.sx(bucketX(st));
+      }
       return;
     }
     if (st.phase !== 'flight' && st.phase !== 'fever') return;
@@ -889,10 +906,21 @@ export default class PeggleGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     }
     while (this.ballImages.length > st.balls.length) this.ballImages.pop().destroy();
     for (let i = 0; i < st.balls.length; i++) {
-      this.ballImages[i].setPosition(this.sx(st.balls[i].x), this.sy(st.balls[i].y));
+      const ball = st.balls[i];
+      const img = this.ballImages[i];
+      img.setPosition(this.sx(ball.x), this.sy(ball.y));
+      // Body Slam launches an oversized ball.
+      const r = ball.r ?? TUNING.BALL_R;
+      if (img._r !== r) { img._r = r; img.setDisplaySize(r * 2, r * 2); }
+    }
+    // Bucket (Beaver Dam widens it; rebuild when the opening changes).
+    if (this.bucketC && !this.feverBuckets) {
+      if (bucketWidth(st) !== this.bucketDrawnW) {
+        this.bucketC.destroy();
+        this.drawBucket();
+      }
+      this.bucketC.x = this.sx(bucketX(st));
     }
-    // Bucket
-    if (this.bucketC && !this.feverBuckets) this.bucketC.x = this.sx(bucketX(st));
     // Fever camera follows the falling ball.
     if (st.phase === 'fever' && st.balls.length && this.feverZoomed) {
       const b = st.balls[0];
@@ -908,8 +936,11 @@ export default class PeggleGame extends Phaser.Scene {
         case 'pegHit': this.onPegHit(e); break;
         case 'longShot': this.banner('LONG SHOT!  +25,000', '#ffd166'); playSound(this, SFX.FIREWORK); break;
         case 'freeBall':
-          this.banner('FREE BALL!', '#8df2a8');
-          playSound(this, SFX.UI_CHIME);
+          // Rewind announces itself; don't double-banner.
+          if (e.reason !== 'rewind') {
+            this.banner('FREE BALL!', '#8df2a8');
+            playSound(this, SFX.UI_CHIME);
+          }
           this.addReservoirBall();
           break;
         case 'bucketCatch': this.portrait?.playEmotion('happy'); break;
@@ -925,6 +956,33 @@ export default class PeggleGame extends Phaser.Scene {
         case 'multiball': this.banner('MULTIBALL!', '#8df2a8'); break;
         case 'spaceBlast': this.onSpaceBlast(e); break;
         case 'zenAdjust': this.banner('ZEN BALL', '#b6e3ff'); break;
+        case 'laserRow':
+          this.flashBeam(this.sx(0), this.sy(e.y), this.sx(BOARD_W), this.sy(e.y), 0xff4d4d);
+          playSound(this, SFX.SCIFI_WOOSH);
+          break;
+        case 'meteorColumn':
+          this.flashBeam(this.sx(e.x), this.sy(0), this.sx(e.x), this.sy(BOARD_H), 0xff9d5c);
+          playSound(this, SFX.SCIFI_EXPLODE);
+          break;
+        case 'shadowSlash': {
+          const R = POWERS.shadowslash.params.radius;
+          const s = Math.SQRT1_2 * R;
+          this.flashBeam(this.sx(e.x - s), this.sy(e.y - s), this.sx(e.x + s), this.sy(e.y + s), 0xb9a7ff);
+          this.flashBeam(this.sx(e.x + s), this.sy(e.y - s), this.sx(e.x - s), this.sy(e.y + s), 0xb9a7ff);
+          playSound(this, SFX.SWORD_SLICE);
+          break;
+        }
+        case 'beamUp':
+          this.banner('BEAMED UP!', '#8df2ec');
+          playSound(this, SFX.SCIFI_REVEAL);
+          break;
+        case 'rewind':
+          this.banner('REWIND!', '#b6e3ff');
+          playSound(this, SFX.UI_CHIME);
+          break;
+        case 'pegsConverted':
+          this.refreshPegTints();
+          break;
         case 'purpleMoved': this.refreshPegTints(); break;
         case 'pegsCleared': this.onPegsCleared(e); break;
         case 'shotEnd':
@@ -964,10 +1022,35 @@ export default class PeggleGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   }
 
   onPowerFired(e) {
-    if (e.powerId === 'fireball') this.banner('FIREBALL!', '#ff9d5c');
+    const FX = {
+      fireball: ['FIREBALL!', '#ff9d5c'],
+      bodyslam: ['BODY SLAM!', '#ffd166'],
+      lasergrid: ['LASER SWEEP!', '#ff8f8f'],
+      beamup: null,                              // beamUp event banners on the return
+      meteor: ['METEOR STRIKE!', '#ff9d5c'],
+      overclock: ['OVERCLOCK ×2!', '#8df2ec'],
+      extremeball: ['EXTREME BALL!', '#ffd166'],
+      cannonball: ['CANNONBALL!', '#d8dee8'],
+      beaverdam: ['BEAVER DAM!', '#c9a44a'],
+      shadowslash: ['SHADOW SLASH!', '#b9a7ff'],
+      cosmicbloom: ['COSMIC BLOOM!', '#8df2a8'],
+    };
+    const fx = FX[e.powerId];
+    if (fx) this.banner(fx[0], fx[1]);
     if (e.powerId === 'spaceblast') playSound(this, SFX.SCIFI_EXPLODE);
   }
 
+  // Short-lived bright line used by the laser / meteor / slash powers.
+  flashBeam(x1, y1, x2, y2, color) {
+    const g = this.add.graphics().setDepth(D.fx);
+    g.lineStyle(10, color, 0.9);
+    g.lineBetween(x1, y1, x2, y2);
+    g.lineStyle(3, 0xffffff, 1);
+    g.lineBetween(x1, y1, x2, y2);
+    this.layer.add(g);
+    this.tweens.add({ targets: g, alpha: 0, duration: 480, ease: 'Cubic.easeOut', onComplete: () => g.destroy() });
+  }
+
   onSpaceBlast(e) {
     const x = this.sx(e.x);
     const y = this.sy(e.y);
diff --git a/src/games/peggle/PeggleLogic.js b/src/games/peggle/PeggleLogic.js
index aa1439e..1a8170f 100644
--- a/src/games/peggle/PeggleLogic.js
+++ b/src/games/peggle/PeggleLogic.js
@@ -66,6 +66,67 @@ export const POWERS = {
     id: 'zenball', name: 'Zen Ball', trigger: 'nextBall',
     desc: 'Your next shot is calmly nudged to a better-scoring angle.',
   },
+  // ── Powers for the next wave of friends (no levels reference these yet) ──
+  bodyslam: {   // The Smasher
+    id: 'bodyslam', name: 'Body Slam', trigger: 'nextBall',
+    desc: 'Your next ball is a massive slam ball that barely slows down when it hits pegs.',
+    params: { radiusScale: 1.6, restitution: 0.95 },
+  },
+  lasergrid: {  // DV-8-2303
+    id: 'lasergrid', name: 'Laser Sweep', trigger: 'instant',
+    desc: 'The green peg fires a laser across the board, lighting every peg in its row.',
+    params: { halfHeight: 34 },
+  },
+  beamup: {     // Steve
+    id: 'beamup', name: 'Beam Up', trigger: 'instant',
+    desc: 'If this ball falls off the bottom, a beam catches it and drops it back in from the top.',
+    params: {},
+  },
+  meteor: {     // Terry
+    id: 'meteor', name: 'Meteor Strike', trigger: 'instant',
+    desc: 'A meteor crashes down through the green peg, lighting every peg in its column.',
+    params: { halfWidth: 70 },
+  },
+  overclock: {  // Nicole
+    id: 'overclock', name: 'Overclock', trigger: 'instant',
+    desc: 'The system is hacked — every peg scores DOUBLE for the rest of this shot.',
+    params: { multiplier: 2 },
+  },
+  extremeball: { // Gerome
+    id: 'extremeball', name: 'Extreme Ball', trigger: 'nextBall',
+    desc: 'Your next ball launches at extreme speed and never slows down off the walls.',
+    params: { speedScale: 1.45 },
+  },
+  cannonball: { // Blackwind
+    id: 'cannonball', name: 'Cannonball', trigger: 'instant',
+    desc: 'Yer ball turns to iron — it plows straight through the next 3 pegs it strikes.',
+    params: { pierces: 3 },
+  },
+  beaverdam: {  // Maurice
+    id: 'beaverdam', name: 'Beaver Dam', trigger: 'charge',
+    desc: 'The free-ball bucket is dammed up to nearly double width for your next 3 shots.',
+    params: { widthScale: 1.9, shots: 3 },
+  },
+  shadowslash: { // Kage
+    id: 'shadowslash', name: 'Shadow Slash', trigger: 'instant',
+    desc: 'A blade of shadow slashes an X through the green peg, lighting pegs along both diagonals.',
+    params: { halfBand: 57, radius: 300 },
+  },
+  tailwind: {   // Schooner
+    id: 'tailwind', name: 'Tailwind', trigger: 'nextBall',
+    desc: 'Your next ball rides the sea breeze — light as a gull, it floats far longer.',
+    params: { gravityScale: 0.55 },
+  },
+  cosmicbloom: { // Aiko
+    id: 'cosmicbloom', name: 'Cosmic Bloom', trigger: 'instant',
+    desc: 'Alien spores drift out — 2 blue pegs bloom into new GREEN power pegs.',
+    params: { blooms: 2 },
+  },
+  rewind: {     // Nadia
+    id: 'rewind', name: 'Rewind', trigger: 'charge',
+    desc: 'Time is on your side — the next ball you lose is rewound back into your hands.',
+    params: {},
+  },
 };
 
 // ── RNG ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -157,6 +218,12 @@ export function createRound(levelDef, opts = {}) {
     superGuideShots: 0,
     fireballNext: 0,
     zenNext: 0,
+    heavyNext: 0,
+    extremeNext: 0,
+    floatyNext: 0,
+    overclockShot: false,
+    wideBucketShots: 0,
+    rewindCharges: 0,
     feverResolved: false,
   };
   assignPurple(state);
@@ -208,6 +275,12 @@ export function aimToVelocity(angle) {
 
 // ── Bucket (kinematic: position is a pure function of the round clock) ──────
 
+// Opening width — Beaver Dam widens it for a few shots.
+export function bucketWidth(state) {
+  const scale = state.wideBucketShots > 0 ? POWERS.beaverdam.params.widthScale : 1;
+  return TUNING.BUCKET_W * scale;
+}
+
 export function bucketX(state) {
   const T = TUNING;
   const minX = T.BUCKET_MARGIN + T.BUCKET_W / 2;
@@ -240,14 +313,38 @@ export function launchBall(state, angle, opts = {}) {
   state.flightTime = 0;
   state.lastPegHit = null;
   state.wallBouncesSincePeg = 0;
+  state.overclockShot = false;
   if (state.superGuideShots > 0) state.superGuideShots--;
+  if (state.wideBucketShots > 0) state.wideBucketShots--;
 
-  const ball = { x: TUNING.LAUNCH_X, y: TUNING.LAUNCH_Y, ...aimToVelocity(a), stuckFor: 0, fireball: false };
+  const ball = {
+    x: TUNING.LAUNCH_X, y: TUNING.LAUNCH_Y, ...aimToVelocity(a),
+    stuckFor: 0, fireball: false, r: TUNING.BALL_R,
+    heavy: false, extreme: false, floaty: false, pierce: 0, spooky: 0,
+  };
   if (state.fireballNext > 0) {
     state.fireballNext--;
     ball.fireball = true;
     events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'fireball' });
   }
+  if (state.heavyNext > 0) {
+    state.heavyNext--;
+    ball.heavy = true;
+    ball.r = TUNING.BALL_R * POWERS.bodyslam.params.radiusScale;
+    events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'bodyslam' });
+  }
+  if (state.extremeNext > 0) {
+    state.extremeNext--;
+    ball.extreme = true;
+    ball.vx *= POWERS.extremeball.params.speedScale;
+    ball.vy *= POWERS.extremeball.params.speedScale;
+    events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'extremeball' });
+  }
+  if (state.floatyNext > 0) {
+    state.floatyNext--;
+    ball.floaty = true;
+    events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'tailwind' });
+  }
   state.balls.push(ball);
   events.push({ type: 'launch', angle: a });
   return events;
@@ -259,7 +356,7 @@ function collideBallPeg(ball, peg) {
   // Returns contact normal if overlapping, else null. Circles only in v1.
   const dx = ball.x - peg.x;
   const dy = ball.y - peg.y;
-  const rr = TUNING.BALL_R + peg.r;
+  const rr = (ball.r ?? TUNING.BALL_R) + peg.r;
   const d2 = dx * dx + dy * dy;
   if (d2 >= rr * rr) return null;
   const d = Math.sqrt(d2) || 0.0001;
@@ -292,7 +389,8 @@ function scorePeg(state, peg, events, { fromBlast = false, ball = null } = {}) {
   peg.litAt = state.clock;
   const multBefore = multiplierFor(state.orangeCleared);
   const base = SCORING.PEG_BASE[peg.color] ?? 10;
-  const points = base * multBefore;
+  const overclock = state.overclockShot ? POWERS.overclock.params.multiplier : 1;
+  const points = base * multBefore * overclock;
   state.score += points;
   state.shotScore += points;
   events.push({ type: 'pegHit', pegId: peg.id, color: peg.color, points, mult: multBefore, fromBlast });
@@ -337,6 +435,19 @@ function checkFreeBallThresholds(state, events) {
 
 // ── Powers ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+// Lights and scores every unlit peg matching `predicate`, tagged with a typed
+// FX event so the scene can draw the blast shape.
+function areaBlast(state, events, type, origin, predicate) {
+  const hit = [];
+  for (const q of state.pegs) {
+    if (q.lit || q.removed || q.id === origin.id) continue;
+    if (predicate(q)) hit.push(q);
+  }
+  events.push({ type, x: origin.x, y: origin.y, pegIds: hit.map((q) => q.id) });
+  for (const q of hit) scorePeg(state, q, events, { fromBlast: true });
+  return hit;
+}
+
 export function applyPower(state, powerId, ctx = {}) {
   const events = ctx.events ?? [];
   switch (powerId) {
@@ -356,16 +467,9 @@ export function applyPower(state, powerId, ctx = {}) {
       const peg = ctx.peg;
       if (peg) {
         const R = SCORING.SPACE_BLAST_RADIUS;
-        const hit = [];
-        for (const q of state.pegs) {
-          if (q.lit || q.removed || q.id === peg.id) continue;
-          const dx = q.x - peg.x;
-          const dy = q.y - peg.y;
-          if (dx * dx + dy * dy <= R * R) hit.push(q);
-        }
-        events.push({ type: 'spaceBlast', x: peg.x, y: peg.y, pegIds: hit.map((q) => q.id) });
+        areaBlast(state, events, 'spaceBlast', peg,
+          (q) => (q.x - peg.x) ** 2 + (q.y - peg.y) ** 2 <= R * R);
         events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'spaceblast' });
-        for (const q of hit) scorePeg(state, q, events, { fromBlast: true });
       }
       break;
     }
@@ -375,6 +479,84 @@ export function applyPower(state, powerId, ctx = {}) {
     case 'zenball':
       state.zenNext++;
       break;
+    case 'bodyslam':      // The Smasher
+      state.heavyNext++;
+      break;
+    case 'lasergrid': {   // DV-8-2303
+      const peg = ctx.peg;
+      if (peg) {
+        const half = POWERS.lasergrid.params.halfHeight;
+        areaBlast(state, events, 'laserRow', peg, (q) => Math.abs(q.y - peg.y) <= half);
+        events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'lasergrid' });
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'beamup': {      // Steve
+      const ball = ctx.ball ?? state.balls[0];
+      if (ball) {
+        ball.spooky = (ball.spooky ?? 0) + 1;
+        events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'beamup' });
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'meteor': {      // Terry
+      const peg = ctx.peg;
+      if (peg) {
+        const half = POWERS.meteor.params.halfWidth;
+        areaBlast(state, events, 'meteorColumn', peg, (q) => Math.abs(q.x - peg.x) <= half);
+        events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'meteor' });
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'overclock':     // Nicole
+      state.overclockShot = true;
+      events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'overclock' });
+      break;
+    case 'extremeball':   // Gerome
+      state.extremeNext++;
+      break;
+    case 'cannonball': {  // Blackwind
+      const ball = ctx.ball ?? state.balls[0];
+      if (ball) {
+        ball.pierce = (ball.pierce ?? 0) + POWERS.cannonball.params.pierces;
+        events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'cannonball' });
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'beaverdam':     // Maurice
+      state.wideBucketShots += POWERS.beaverdam.params.shots;
+      events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'beaverdam' });
+      break;
+    case 'shadowslash': { // Kage
+      const peg = ctx.peg;
+      if (peg) {
+        const { halfBand, radius } = POWERS.shadowslash.params;
+        areaBlast(state, events, 'shadowSlash', peg, (q) => {
+          const dx = q.x - peg.x;
+          const dy = q.y - peg.y;
+          if (dx * dx + dy * dy > radius * radius) return false;
+          return Math.abs(dx - dy) <= halfBand || Math.abs(dx + dy) <= halfBand;
+        });
+        events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'shadowslash' });
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'tailwind':      // Schooner
+      state.floatyNext++;
+      break;
+    case 'cosmicbloom': { // Aiko
+      const blues = state.pegs.filter((q) => q.color === 'blue' && !q.lit && !q.removed).map((q) => q.id);
+      const picked = pickN(state.rng, blues, POWERS.cosmicbloom.params.blooms);
+      for (const id of picked) state.pegs[id].color = 'green';
+      if (picked.length) {
+        events.push({ type: 'pegsConverted', pegIds: picked, color: 'green' });
+        events.push({ type: 'powerFired', powerId: 'cosmicbloom' });
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case 'rewind':        // Nadia
+      state.rewindCharges++;
+      break;
     default:
       break;
   }
@@ -431,7 +613,8 @@ function substep(state, h, events) {
     // resolveFever (triggered by another ball's bottom exit) empties the
     // array mid-loop; any remaining indices are gone.
     if (!ball) continue;
-    ball.vy += T.GRAVITY * h;
+    const br = ball.r ?? T.BALL_R;
+    ball.vy += T.GRAVITY * (ball.floaty ? POWERS.tailwind.params.gravityScale : 1) * h;
     clampSpeed(ball);
     ball.x += ball.vx * h;
     ball.y += ball.vy * h;
@@ -445,36 +628,45 @@ function substep(state, h, events) {
         scorePeg(state, peg, events, { ball });
         continue;                          // burn straight through
       }
+      if (ball.pierce > 0) {
+        // Cannonball plows through; a charge is only spent on fresh pegs.
+        if (!peg.lit) { ball.pierce--; scorePeg(state, peg, events, { ball }); }
+        continue;
+      }
       // Push out and reflect.
       ball.x += c.nx * c.depth;
       ball.y += c.ny * c.depth;
-      if (reflect(ball, c.nx, c.ny, T.PEG_RESTITUTION)) {
+      const rest = ball.heavy
+        ? Math.max(T.PEG_RESTITUTION, POWERS.bodyslam.params.restitution)
+        : T.PEG_RESTITUTION;
+      if (reflect(ball, c.nx, c.ny, rest)) {
         scorePeg(state, peg, events, { ball });
       }
     }
 
     // Walls (left/right/top). Bottom is open.
-    if (ball.x < T.BALL_R) {
-      ball.x = T.BALL_R;
-      if (reflect(ball, 1, 0, T.WALL_RESTITUTION)) { state.wallBouncesSincePeg++; events.push({ type: 'wallHit' }); }
-    } else if (ball.x > W - T.BALL_R) {
-      ball.x = W - T.BALL_R;
-      if (reflect(ball, -1, 0, T.WALL_RESTITUTION)) { state.wallBouncesSincePeg++; events.push({ type: 'wallHit' }); }
+    const wallRest = ball.extreme ? 1 : T.WALL_RESTITUTION;
+    if (ball.x < br) {
+      ball.x = br;
+      if (reflect(ball, 1, 0, wallRest)) { state.wallBouncesSincePeg++; events.push({ type: 'wallHit' }); }
+    } else if (ball.x > W - br) {
+      ball.x = W - br;
+      if (reflect(ball, -1, 0, wallRest)) { state.wallBouncesSincePeg++; events.push({ type: 'wallHit' }); }
     }
-    if (ball.y < T.BALL_R) {
-      ball.y = T.BALL_R;
-      if (reflect(ball, 0, 1, T.WALL_RESTITUTION)) { state.wallBouncesSincePeg++; events.push({ type: 'wallHit' }); }
+    if (ball.y < br) {
+      ball.y = br;
+      if (reflect(ball, 0, 1, wallRest)) { state.wallBouncesSincePeg++; events.push({ type: 'wallHit' }); }
     }
 
     if (state.phase === 'flight') {
       // Bucket rims (two vertical posts) + catch opening.
-      const openHalf = T.BUCKET_W / 2;
+      const openHalf = bucketWidth(state) / 2;
       for (const side of [-1, 1]) {
         const rimX = bx + side * (openHalf + T.BUCKET_RIM_W / 2);
         const dx = ball.x - rimX;
         const dy = ball.y - (T.BUCKET_Y + T.BUCKET_RIM_H / 2);
-        const halfW = T.BUCKET_RIM_W / 2 + T.BALL_R;
-        const halfH = T.BUCKET_RIM_H / 2 + T.BALL_R;
+        const halfW = T.BUCKET_RIM_W / 2 + br;
+        const halfH = T.BUCKET_RIM_H / 2 + br;
         if (Math.abs(dx) < halfW && Math.abs(dy) < halfH) {
           // Resolve along the shallower axis.
           if (halfW - Math.abs(dx) < halfH - Math.abs(dy)) {
@@ -489,7 +681,7 @@ function substep(state, h, events) {
         }
       }
       if (ball.vy > 0 && ball.y > T.BUCKET_Y && ball.y < T.BUCKET_Y + T.BUCKET_RIM_H
-          && Math.abs(ball.x - bx) < openHalf - T.BALL_R * 0.4) {
+          && Math.abs(ball.x - bx) < openHalf - br * 0.4) {
         state.ballsLeft++;
         events.push({ type: 'bucketCatch' });
         events.push({ type: 'freeBall', reason: 'bucket' });
@@ -498,10 +690,25 @@ function substep(state, h, events) {
       }
     }
 
-    // Bottom exit
-    if (ball.y > state.board.height + T.BALL_R * 3) {
+    // Bottom exit: fever resolve → Beam Up return → Rewind refund → lost.
+    if (ball.y > state.board.height + br * 3) {
       if (state.phase === 'fever' && !state.feverResolved) {
         resolveFever(state, ball.x, events);
+        state.balls.splice(bi, 1);
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (ball.spooky > 0) {
+        ball.spooky--;
+        ball.y = br + 1;
+        ball.vy = 0;
+        events.push({ type: 'beamUp' });
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (state.rewindCharges > 0) {
+        state.rewindCharges--;
+        state.ballsLeft++;
+        events.push({ type: 'rewind' });
+        events.push({ type: 'freeBall', reason: 'rewind' });
       } else {
         events.push({ type: 'ballLost' });
       }
diff --git a/tools/verifyPeggle.js b/tools/verifyPeggle.js
index d9af1c1..e0f92bc 100644
--- a/tools/verifyPeggle.js
+++ b/tools/verifyPeggle.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
 import {
   TUNING, SCORING, POWERS,
   mulberry32, multiplierFor, createRound, cloneState,
-  clampAim, aimToVelocity, bucketX,
+  clampAim, aimToVelocity, bucketX, bucketWidth,
   launchBall, stepSim, resolveFever,
   simulatePreview, scoreShot, zenBallOptimize, applyPower,
 } from '../src/games/peggle/PeggleLogic.js';
@@ -377,6 +377,224 @@ console.log('― powers');
   check('zen launch consumes the charge and fires', st.zenNext === 0 && evs.some((e) => e.type === 'powerFired' && e.powerId === 'zenball'));
 }
 
+// ── 3b. New powers (for the next wave of friends) ────────────────────────────
+
+console.log('― powers (new wave)');
+
+{
+  // Body Slam: big heavy ball that keeps its speed off pegs.
+  const st = mkState([{ x: 600, y: 500 }]);
+  applyPower(st, 'bodyslam');
+  check('bodyslam charges', st.heavyNext === 1);
+  launchBall(st, 0);
+  const ball = st.balls[0];
+  check('slam ball is oversized', ball.heavy && ball.r === T.BALL_R * POWERS.bodyslam.params.radiusScale);
+  check('slam charge consumed', st.heavyNext === 0);
+  let vyBefore = null;
+  let vyAfter = null;
+  for (let i = 0; i < 2000 && vyAfter == null; i++) {
+    vyBefore = st.balls[0]?.vy;
+    const evs = stepSim(st, 1 / 240);
+    if (evs.some((e) => e.type === 'pegHit')) vyAfter = st.balls[0]?.vy;
+  }
+  check('slam ball keeps ≈95% speed off pegs',
+    vyAfter != null && near(Math.abs(vyAfter / vyBefore), POWERS.bodyslam.params.restitution, 0.06),
+    `${Math.abs(vyAfter / vyBefore)}`);
+}
+
+{
+  // Laser Sweep: lights exactly the green peg's row.
+  const st = mkState([
+    { x: 600, y: 500 },                 // green
+    { x: 200, y: 505 }, { x: 1000, y: 495 },  // same row
+    { x: 600, y: 300 },                 // off row
+  ], { powerId: 'lasergrid' });
+  st.pegs[0].color = 'green';
+  inject(st, { x: 600, y: 450, vx: 0, vy: 200 });
+  const log = run(st, 2);
+  const laser = log.find((e) => e.type === 'laserRow');
+  check('laser lights exactly its row', !!laser && laser.pegIds.sort().join(',') === '1,2' && !st.pegs[3].lit,
+    laser && JSON.stringify(laser.pegIds));
+}
+
+{
+  // Beam Up: a draining ball returns from the top once, then drains normally.
+  const st = mkState([]);
+  inject(st, { x: 300, y: 700, vx: 0, vy: 400 });
+  applyPower(st, 'beamup', { ball: st.balls[0] });
+  check('beam up arms the ball', st.balls[0].spooky === 1);
+  let beamed = false;
+  let lost = false;
+  for (let i = 0; i < 4000 && !lost; i++) {
+    const evs = stepSim(st, 1 / 60);
+    for (const e of evs) {
+      if (e.type === 'beamUp') {
+        beamed = true;
+        check('beamed ball re-enters at the top, same x',
+          near(st.balls[0].x, 300, 1) && st.balls[0].y < 50, `x ${st.balls[0]?.x} y ${st.balls[0]?.y}`);
+      }
+      if (e.type === 'ballLost') lost = true;
+    }
+  }
+  check('beam up fires once then the ball drains', beamed && lost && st.balls.length === 0);
+}
+
+{
+  // Meteor Strike: lights exactly the green peg's column.
+  const st = mkState([
+    { x: 600, y: 500 },                 // green
+    { x: 640, y: 250 }, { x: 570, y: 700 },   // same column
+    { x: 900, y: 500 },                 // off column
+  ], { powerId: 'meteor' });
+  st.pegs[0].color = 'green';
+  inject(st, { x: 600, y: 450, vx: 0, vy: 200 });
+  const log = run(st, 2);
+  const met = log.find((e) => e.type === 'meteorColumn');
+  check('meteor lights exactly its column', !!met && met.pegIds.sort().join(',') === '1,2' && !st.pegs[3].lit,
+    met && JSON.stringify(met.pegIds));
+}
+
+{
+  // Overclock: doubles peg scoring for the rest of the shot only. An orange
+  // far off the path keeps the round alive; force the target peg blue (the
+  // round's purple assignment would otherwise land on it).
+  const st = mkState([{ x: 600, y: 500 }, { x: 100, y: 780, orangeEligible: true }], { orangeCount: 1 });
+  st.pegs[0].color = 'blue';
+  st.purpleId = null;
+  applyPower(st, 'overclock');
+  check('overclock active', st.overclockShot === true);
+  inject(st, { x: 600, y: 450, vx: 0, vy: 200 });
+  const log = run(st, 10);
+  const hit = log.find((e) => e.type === 'pegHit');
+  check('overclocked blue peg scores 20', hit && hit.points === SCORING.PEG_BASE.blue * 2, JSON.stringify(hit));
+  launchBall(st, 0);
+  check('overclock expires at next launch', st.overclockShot === false);
+}
+
+{
+  // Extreme Ball: faster launch, lossless wall bounces.
+  const st = mkState([]);
+  applyPower(st, 'extremeball');
+  launchBall(st, 0.4);
+  const b = st.balls[0];
+  const speed = Math.hypot(b.vx, b.vy);
+  check('extreme ball launches at scaled speed',
+    near(speed, T.LAUNCH_SPEED * POWERS.extremeball.params.speedScale, 1), `${speed}`);
+  const st2 = mkState([]);
+  inject(st2, { x: 100, y: 300, vx: -900, vy: 0, extreme: true, r: T.BALL_R });
+  let vxAfter = null;
+  for (let i = 0; i < 200 && vxAfter == null; i++) {
+    if (stepSim(st2, 1 / 240).some((e) => e.type === 'wallHit')) vxAfter = st2.balls[0].vx;
+  }
+  check('extreme ball loses nothing to walls', vxAfter != null && near(vxAfter, 900, 1), `${vxAfter}`);
+}
+
+{
+  // Cannonball: plows through exactly 3 fresh pegs.
+  const pegs = [{ x: 600, y: 350 }, { x: 600, y: 430 }, { x: 600, y: 510 }, { x: 600, y: 590 }];
+  const st = mkState(pegs);
+  inject(st, { x: 600, y: 280, vx: 0, vy: 400 });
+  applyPower(st, 'cannonball', { ball: st.balls[0] });
+  check('cannonball arms 3 pierces', st.balls[0].pierce === 3);
+  run(st, 4);
+  const litOrRemoved = st.pegs.filter((p) => p.lit || p.removed).length;
+  check('cannonball pierces the first 3 then bounces', litOrRemoved >= 3 && st.pegs[0].lit !== undefined,
+    `${litOrRemoved} pegs lit`);
+}
+
+{
+  // Beaver Dam: wider opening catches wide, expires after 3 launches.
+  const st = mkState([]);
+  applyPower(st, 'beaverdam');
+  check('dam charges 3 shots', st.wideBucketShots === 3);
+  check('dam widens the bucket', bucketWidth(st) === T.BUCKET_W * POWERS.beaverdam.params.widthScale);
+  st.time = 0;
+  const bx = bucketX(st);
+  const wideX = bx + T.BUCKET_W / 2 + 20;   // outside normal opening, inside dam
+  st.phase = 'flight';
+  st.wideBucketShots = 3;
+  st.balls.push({ x: wideX, y: T.BUCKET_Y - 30, vx: 0, vy: 300, stuckFor: 0, fireball: false, r: T.BALL_R, pierce: 0, spooky: 0 });
+  let caught = false;
+  for (let i = 0; i < 60 && !caught; i++) {
+    caught = stepSim(st, 1 / 240).some((e) => e.type === 'bucketCatch');
+  }
+  check('dam catches outside the normal opening', caught);
+  const st3 = mkState([]);
+  applyPower(st3, 'beaverdam');
+  launchBall(st3, 0); st3.balls.length = 0; st3.phase = 'aim';
+  launchBall(st3, 0); st3.balls.length = 0; st3.phase = 'aim';
+  launchBall(st3, 0);
+  check('dam expires after 3 launches', st3.wideBucketShots === 0 && bucketWidth(st3) === T.BUCKET_W);
+}
+
+{
+  // Shadow Slash: lights the diagonals, not the straights.
+  const st = mkState([
+    { x: 600, y: 500 },                       // green
+    { x: 700, y: 600 }, { x: 480, y: 620 },   // on the two diagonals
+    { x: 720, y: 500 },                       // straight right — off
+  ], { powerId: 'shadowslash' });
+  st.pegs[0].color = 'green';
+  inject(st, { x: 600, y: 450, vx: 0, vy: 200 });
+  const log = run(st, 2);
+  const slash = log.find((e) => e.type === 'shadowSlash');
+  check('slash lights only the diagonals', !!slash && slash.pegIds.sort().join(',') === '1,2' && !st.pegs[3].lit,
+    slash && JSON.stringify(slash.pegIds));
+}
+
+{
+  // Tailwind: floaty ball falls measurably slower.
+  const stA = mkState([]);
+  applyPower(stA, 'tailwind');
+  launchBall(stA, 0);
+  const stB = mkState([]);
+  launchBall(stB, 0);
+  for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) { stepSim(stA, 1 / 60); stepSim(stB, 1 / 60); }
+  check('tailwind ball hangs higher', (stA.balls[0]?.y ?? 9999) < (stB.balls[0]?.y ?? 0),
+    `floaty y ${stA.balls[0]?.y} vs normal y ${stB.balls[0]?.y}`);
+}
+
+{
+  // Cosmic Bloom: exactly 2 blues become green, and they're real power pegs.
+  const st = mkState([
+    { x: 200, y: 300 }, { x: 400, y: 300 }, { x: 600, y: 300 }, { x: 800, y: 300 }, { x: 1000, y: 300 },
+  ], { powerId: 'cosmicbloom' });
+  const evs = applyPower(st, 'cosmicbloom');
+  const conv = evs.find((e) => e.type === 'pegsConverted');
+  const greens = st.pegs.filter((p) => p.color === 'green');
+  check('bloom converts exactly 2 blues to green',
+    !!conv && conv.pegIds.length === POWERS.cosmicbloom.params.blooms && greens.length >= 2,
+    `${greens.length} greens`);
+}
+
+{
+  // Rewind: a drained ball is refunded once.
+  const st = mkState([{ x: 100, y: 500, orangeEligible: true }], { orangeCount: 1 });
+  applyPower(st, 'rewind');
+  check('rewind charges', st.rewindCharges === 1);
+  const before = st.ballsLeft;
+  launchBall(st, 0);                          // misses the lone corner peg
+  const log = run(st, 10);
+  check('rewind refunds the drained ball',
+    log.some((e) => e.type === 'rewind') && log.some((e) => e.type === 'freeBall' && e.reason === 'rewind'));
+  check('ballsLeft restored, charge spent', st.ballsLeft === before && st.rewindCharges === 0,
+    `ballsLeft ${st.ballsLeft} vs ${before}`);
+}
+
+{
+  // Every power id survives applyPower on a bare state.
+  let ok = true;
+  for (const id of Object.keys(POWERS)) {
+    try {
+      const st = mkState([{ x: 600, y: 500 }]);
+      applyPower(st, id, { peg: st.pegs[0] });
+    } catch (err) { ok = false; console.error(`  applyPower(${id}) threw: ${err.message}`); }
+  }
+  check('all POWERS ids apply cleanly', ok);
+  check('all POWERS entries have name/desc/trigger',
+    Object.values(POWERS).every((p) => p.name && p.desc && p.trigger));
+}
+
 // ── 4. Determinism ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 console.log('― determinism');