diff --git a/scripts/vps-paragon-diagnostics.sh b/scripts/vps-paragon-diagnostics.sh
index 4a8fe15..a96256d 100755
--- a/scripts/vps-paragon-diagnostics.sh
+++ b/scripts/vps-paragon-diagnostics.sh
@@ -239,22 +239,48 @@ if [[ -n "${FRACTURED_MYSQL:-}" ]]; then
   IDS_CSV=$(echo "$SPELL_IDS" | tr ' ' ',')
   echo "--- spell_dbc table size (world DB overrides; 0 rows = all spells from disk DBC only) ---"
   $FRACTURED_MYSQL acore_world -e "SELECT COUNT(*) AS spell_dbc_rows FROM spell_dbc;" 2>/dev/null || echo "(spell_dbc missing or no access)"
-  echo "--- chrclasses_dbc class 12 (DisplayPower: 0=mana, 5=POWER_RUNE in AC) ---"
+  echo "--- acore_world.version (last core revision written by worldserver) ---"
+  $FRACTURED_MYSQL acore_world -e "SELECT * FROM version LIMIT 5;" 2>/dev/null || echo "(version table missing?)"
+
+  echo "--- chrclasses_dbc class 6 + 12 (DisplayPower: 0=mana, 5=POWER_RUNE in AC) ---"
   $FRACTURED_MYSQL acore_world -e "
 SELECT ID, DisplayPower, Name_Lang_enUS FROM chrclasses_dbc WHERE ID IN (6,12);
 " 2>/dev/null || echo "(query failed — chrclasses_dbc missing?)"
-  echo "--- spell_dbc sample (PowerType 5 = rune for server checks) ---"
+  echo "Note: If only ID=12 appears, class 6 (DK) is not overridden in DB — loaded from disk DBC (normal)."
+
+  echo "--- spell_dbc: are sample DK spells overridden in DB? ---"
+  spell_sample_n=$($FRACTURED_MYSQL acore_world -N -B -e \
+    "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM spell_dbc WHERE ID IN ($IDS_CSV);" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+  echo "Row count in spell_dbc for sample IDs ($SPELL_IDS): ${spell_sample_n:-0}"
+  if [[ "${spell_sample_n:-0}" == "0" ]]; then
+    echo "=> 0 means those spells use on-disk Spell.dbc only; the sample block below will be empty (not an error)."
+  fi
+  echo "--- spell_dbc sample (PowerType 5 = POWER_RUNE in AC) ---"
   $FRACTURED_MYSQL acore_world -e "
 SELECT ID, PowerType, ManaCost, RuneCostID FROM spell_dbc WHERE ID IN ($IDS_CSV);
 " 2>/dev/null || echo "(query failed — spell_dbc missing or wrong schema)"
-  echo "--- spellrunecost_dbc for RuneCostIDs from those spells ---"
+  echo "--- spellrunecost join for sample IDs (empty if no spell_dbc rows above) ---"
   $FRACTURED_MYSQL acore_world -e "
-SELECT s.ID AS spell_id, s.RuneCostID, r.Blood, r.Unholy, r.Frost, r.RunicPower
+SELECT s.ID AS spell_id, s.PowerType, s.RuneCostID, r.Blood, r.Unholy, r.Frost, r.RunicPower
 FROM spell_dbc s
 LEFT JOIN spellrunecost_dbc r ON r.ID = s.RuneCostID
 WHERE s.ID IN ($IDS_CSV);
 " 2>/dev/null || echo "(join failed — check spellrunecost_dbc)"
-  echo "Compare this block to a known-good dev DB: mismatched PowerType/RuneCostID on the same spell_id = data drift."
+
+  echo "--- spell_dbc suspicious overrides: RuneCostID>0 but PowerType!=5 (can break rune checks) ---"
+  $FRACTURED_MYSQL acore_world -e "
+SELECT ID, PowerType, ManaCost, RuneCostID FROM spell_dbc
+ WHERE RuneCostID > 0 AND PowerType <> 5
+ ORDER BY ID LIMIT 40;
+" 2>/dev/null || echo "(query failed)"
+  echo "Compare counts/IDs to dev: unexpected rows here warrant a DB diff."
+
+  echo "--- spell_dbc POWER_RUNE (5) spells with RuneCostID (sample) ---"
+  $FRACTURED_MYSQL acore_world -e "
+SELECT ID, PowerType, RuneCostID FROM spell_dbc
+ WHERE PowerType = 5 AND RuneCostID > 0
+ ORDER BY ID LIMIT 15;
+" 2>/dev/null || echo "(query failed)"
 else
   echo "FRACTURED_MYSQL not set — run manually (example: export FRACTURED_MYSQL='mysql -uUSER -hHOST')"
   echo "acore_world:"