...yep. That's all it was. As soon as I added the missing not, Ninkasi and Hob immediately began acting as I'd have expected. Oof. That's probably one of the worst bugs I've ever let slip by me into live. And I still don't even know how the heck it was playable at all.
Well, I'll be pushing out the fix build soon. Investigating how it ever functioned properly is a mystery for after the fix for this mess is out.
(Out of gratitude, I am pointedly not investigating the Phoenix/link heal bug you also found
That one is hardly critical and can wait for the next real build
)
Thank you VERY much for the save file. This is a case where it was an absolute major help.