Added rider plugin and turned Empowered Action into a forge-resources-managed ability

addons/rider-plugin/scripts/json_utils.gd

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+@tool
+## Simple JSON helpers for editor/runtime use.
+## Keeps file and JSON parsing concerns out of feature code.
+class_name JsonUtils
+
+static func load_from_file(path: String) -> Variant:
+	# Returns parsed JSON value (Dictionary/Array/etc.) or null on error.
+	var file := FileAccess.open(path, FileAccess.READ)
+	if file == null:
+		push_warning("JsonUtils: Failed to open file: %s" % path)
+		return null
+	var text := file.get_as_text()
+	file.close()
+	var data: Variant = JSON.parse_string(text)
+	if data == null:
+		push_warning("JsonUtils: Invalid JSON in file: %s" % path)
+		return null
+	return data
+
+static func load_dict_from_file(path: String) -> Dictionary:
+	# Returns Dictionary or empty {} on error.
+	var data := load_from_file(path) as Dictionary
+	return data