diff --git a/styles/ringbrp.css b/styles/ringbrp.css
index da70305..94abe80 100644
--- a/styles/ringbrp.css
+++ b/styles/ringbrp.css
@@ -139,12 +139,36 @@
    Header — identity
    ============================================================ */
 
+/* Two columns: who they are on the left, how they are on the right.
+   The vitals row is the widest thing in the right column, so the derived numbers
+   and the readied weapons stack underneath it and take their width from it. That
+   is what fills the header — it used to be one flex row with the vitals pinned to
+   the top, which left the whole area under them empty. It also puts damage
+   modifier and readied weapons next to hit points, where they are actually read. */
 .rb-header {
-  display: flex; gap: 14px; align-items: flex-start;
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(320px, 1fr) minmax(0, 1.6fr);
+  gap: 10px 14px; align-items: start;
   padding: 12px 14px 10px;
   background: transparent;
   border-bottom: 3px solid var(--rb-yellow);
 }
+.rb-ident { display: flex; gap: 14px; align-items: flex-start; min-width: 0; }
+.rb-status { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 8px; min-width: 0; }
+/* Inside the header these two are panels, not full-width bands, so they lose the
+   page-width padding and rule and gain a border of their own. */
+.rb-status > .rb-derived,
+.rb-status > .rb-weaponstrip {
+  padding: 6px 10px; border: 1px solid var(--rb-hairline);
+  /* width:0 + min-width:100% keeps these OUT of the auto track's max-content
+     measurement, so the column is sized by the vitals row and these stretch to
+     match it. Without it the readied-weapons line — which is as long as the
+     weapon names happen to be — sets the column width and crushes the portrait
+     and name into a 190px gutter. */
+  width: 0; min-width: 100%;
+}
+.rb-status > .rb-derived { gap: 14px; }
+.rb-status > .rb-weaponstrip { gap: 12px; }
 .rb-portrait {
   width: 84px; height: 84px; flex: 0 0 84px; object-fit: cover;
   border: 1px solid var(--rb-line); background: var(--rb-void);
@@ -179,7 +203,7 @@
 }
 
 /* --- vitals: HP reads as one expression --- */
-.rb-vitals { display: flex; gap: 8px; align-items: stretch; }
+.rb-vitals { display: flex; gap: 8px; align-items: stretch; flex-wrap: wrap; }
 .rb-vitals > div {
   min-width: 78px; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center;
   background: var(--rb-void); border: 1px solid var(--rb-line);
diff --git a/templates/character-sheet.hbs b/templates/character-sheet.hbs
index 3fb2a61..da31033 100644
--- a/templates/character-sheet.hbs
+++ b/templates/character-sheet.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <form class="ringbrp-sheet" autocomplete="off">
 
   <header class="rb-header">
+    <div class="rb-ident">
     <img class="rb-portrait" src="{{actor.img}}" data-edit="img" title="{{actor.name}}"/>
     <div class="rb-headline">
       <input class="rb-name" name="name" type="text" value="{{actor.name}}" placeholder="{{localize 'RINGBRP.Sheet.Name'}}"/>
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@
       </div>
       {{/if}}
     </div>
+    </div>
 
+    <div class="rb-status">
     <div class="rb-vitals">
       <div class="rb-hp">
         <span class="rb-vital-label">{{localize "RINGBRP.Sheet.HP"}}</span>
@@ -76,6 +79,39 @@
       </div>
       {{/if}}
     </div>
+
+    <section class="rb-derived">
+      <div class="rb-derived-group">
+        <span class="rb-dl">{{localize "RINGBRP.Sheet.DamageMod"}}</span><span class="rb-dv">{{sys.damageModifier}}</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="rb-derived-group">
+        <span class="rb-dl">{{localize "RINGBRP.Sheet.MOV"}}</span><span class="rb-dv">{{sys.mov}}</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="rb-derived-group">
+        <span class="rb-dl">{{localize "RINGBRP.Sheet.Carry"}}</span>
+        <span class="rb-dv {{#if sys.encumbrance.steps}}rb-warn{{/if}}">{{sys.carriedKg}} / {{sys.freeCarryKg}} kg</span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="rb-rolls">
+        <button type="button" data-action="roll-attribute" data-attribute="stamina">{{localize "RINGBRP.Roll.stamina"}} {{sys.rolls.stamina}}</button>
+        <button type="button" data-action="roll-attribute" data-attribute="idea">{{localize "RINGBRP.Roll.idea"}} {{sys.rolls.idea}}</button>
+        <button type="button" data-action="roll-attribute" data-attribute="luck">{{localize "RINGBRP.Roll.luck"}} {{sys.rolls.luck}}</button>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+
+    <section class="rb-weaponstrip">
+      <span class="rb-strip-label">{{localize "RINGBRP.Sheet.Readied"}}</span>
+      {{#each equippedWeapons as |w|}}
+        <span class="rb-strip-weapon" data-item-id="{{w.id}}">
+          <a data-action="roll-attack">{{w.name}}</a>
+          <span class="rb-strip-dmg" data-action="roll-damage">{{#if (rbEq w.system.damage.mode "byBand")}}{{w.system.damage.short}}/{{w.system.damage.medium}}/{{w.system.damage.long}}{{else}}{{w.system.damage.formula}}{{/if}}</span>
+          {{#if w.system.rangeSummary}}<span class="rb-strip-range">{{w.system.rangeSummary}}</span>{{/if}}
+          {{#if w.system.ammo.capacity}}<span class="rb-strip-ammo">{{w.system.ammo.loaded}}/{{w.system.ammo.capacity}}</span>{{/if}}
+        </span>
+      {{else}}
+        <span class="rb-strip-empty">{{localize "RINGBRP.Sheet.NothingReadied"}}</span>
+      {{/each}}
+    </section>
+    </div>
   </header>
 
   <section class="rb-characteristics">
@@ -90,38 +126,6 @@
     {{/each}}
   </section>
 
-  <section class="rb-derived">
-    <div class="rb-derived-group">
-      <span class="rb-dl">{{localize "RINGBRP.Sheet.DamageMod"}}</span><span class="rb-dv">{{sys.damageModifier}}</span>
-    </div>
-    <div class="rb-derived-group">
-      <span class="rb-dl">{{localize "RINGBRP.Sheet.MOV"}}</span><span class="rb-dv">{{sys.mov}}</span>
-    </div>
-    <div class="rb-derived-group">
-      <span class="rb-dl">{{localize "RINGBRP.Sheet.Carry"}}</span>
-      <span class="rb-dv {{#if sys.encumbrance.steps}}rb-warn{{/if}}">{{sys.carriedKg}} / {{sys.freeCarryKg}} kg</span>
-    </div>
-    <div class="rb-rolls">
-      <button type="button" data-action="roll-attribute" data-attribute="stamina">{{localize "RINGBRP.Roll.stamina"}} {{sys.rolls.stamina}}</button>
-      <button type="button" data-action="roll-attribute" data-attribute="idea">{{localize "RINGBRP.Roll.idea"}} {{sys.rolls.idea}}</button>
-      <button type="button" data-action="roll-attribute" data-attribute="luck">{{localize "RINGBRP.Roll.luck"}} {{sys.rolls.luck}}</button>
-    </div>
-  </section>
-
-  <section class="rb-weaponstrip">
-    <span class="rb-strip-label">{{localize "RINGBRP.Sheet.Readied"}}</span>
-    {{#each equippedWeapons as |w|}}
-      <span class="rb-strip-weapon" data-item-id="{{w.id}}">
-        <a data-action="roll-attack">{{w.name}}</a>
-        <span class="rb-strip-dmg" data-action="roll-damage">{{#if (rbEq w.system.damage.mode "byBand")}}{{w.system.damage.short}}/{{w.system.damage.medium}}/{{w.system.damage.long}}{{else}}{{w.system.damage.formula}}{{/if}}</span>
-        {{#if w.system.rangeSummary}}<span class="rb-strip-range">{{w.system.rangeSummary}}</span>{{/if}}
-        {{#if w.system.ammo.capacity}}<span class="rb-strip-ammo">{{w.system.ammo.loaded}}/{{w.system.ammo.capacity}}</span>{{/if}}
-      </span>
-    {{else}}
-      <span class="rb-strip-empty">{{localize "RINGBRP.Sheet.NothingReadied"}}</span>
-    {{/each}}
-  </section>
-
   <div class="rb-main">
 
   <nav class="sheet-tabs rb-tabs" data-group="primary">