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Encode low-attribute penalties (RUE printed pp.282-283) #24

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P2 from the 2026-07-03 review (docs/reviews/2026-07-03-rules-layer-review.md, PR #19). Verified against the book by the fidelity sweep — this is an untracked scope gap, not a transcription error.

The content encodes only the bonus side of the attribute rules (minValueForBonus: 16); the book's "Penalties for Low Attributes" (printed pp.282–283) are entirely unmodeled. Characters with attributes of 8 or less should carry negative combat/save/skill modifiers; today their sheets silently show 0.

3D6 rolls make attributes ≤8 common, so this affects real by-the-book characters.

Fix: extend attribute-bonuses.json with the penalty rows (same byValue shape, below-threshold range) and remove/adjust the minValueForBonus early-return in effectBonus.

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