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The entity can express intent as a clean impact, blow, slash, shot, or forceful contact.

Heavy waxed traveling cloak. Item BU separate from character pool.

Descendants of those who walked the comet road. Born with light in their veins and an arcane attunement that manifests as a Cantrip at no cost.

Concrete, physical domains (fire, water, air, earth, metal, stone, wood, ice, lightning, light, darkness, etc.)

Blind Stun is a complete sensory + motor shutdown. The target's vision is fully negated and their reaction slot is suppressed for the duration, leaving them blind, deaf to subtle cues, and unable to mount a counter-response. The effect is the canonical 'stunned' condition in the system — neither attack nor defense is permitted.

Built from a Sensory & Physiological Tag (vision disruption), a Cognitive & Agency Tag (reaction suppression), and a Reactive Bulwark (DEFENSIVE) inverted — instead of granting defense, it denies the target their own reactive response window. Universal stun primitive for physical, magical, or psychic sources.

A heavy physical shield that permanently bolsters defense and can be braced as a reaction to intercept incoming strikes. The wielder gains a permanent +1 to their Physical Defense (AC) score. When targeted by an incoming physical strike, they can choose to spend their Independent Reaction Slot to instantly add +2 to their defense against that specific attack.

Part wizard, part engineer. The Artificer enchants and constructs in the field — the battlefield is their workshop.

Structural/system-level action language. Control over internal structure of systems (restructure, invert, merge, etc.)

Transformative action language. Manipulation of existing states and properties (alter, modify, combine, etc.)

Basic physical + perceptual action language. Ground-level interaction with reality (move, strike, push, sense, etc.)

Shattered Composure is a multi-mechanical hysterical breakdown condition. Combines movement speed zero, reaction locking, and defense penalties to mimic a total psychic collapse. Designed to be nested inside a larger psychic-wave capability to represent the full mechanical surface area of the meltdown.

Composed of Velocity Arrest (no movement), Blind Stun (reaction + perception denied), and a Cognitive & Agency Tag (defense penalty framing). This effect alone doesn't deal damage — it strips the target of all mechanical agency for the duration.

the forces of the storm. Rain, hail, lightning, wind, tornado.

Blind Stun is a complete sensory + motor shutdown. The target's vision is fully negated and their reaction slot is suppressed for the duration, leaving them blind, deaf to subtle cues, and unable to mount a counter-response. The effect is the canonical 'stunned' condition in the system — neither attack nor defense is permitted.

Built from a Sensory & Physiological Tag (vision disruption), a Cognitive & Agency Tag (reaction suppression), and a Reactive Bulwark (DEFENSIVE) inverted — instead of granting defense, it denies the target their own reactive response window. Universal stun primitive for physical, magical, or psychic sources.

Abyssal Despair is a high-tier mentalist projection that unleashes a wave of pure psychic horror across multiple targets. The wave itself deals psychic damage and applies the nested Shattered Composure condition to each affected target — a total hysterical breakdown that pins them in place, locks their reactions, and forces defense penalties for the medium duration.

The capability is built from a Domain Access Tier III (psychic wave domain), an AoE Sphere primitive for the wave's footprint, a Far Range primitive, and the nested Shattered Composure effect. Source Type is psychic — all nested components inherit this designation downward per the Capability Template rules.

Basic physical + perceptual action language. Ground-level interaction with reality (move, strike, push, sense, etc.)

Elemental mastery — take half damage from the chosen domain (Fire, Gravity, etc.).

Concrete, physical domains (fire, water, air, earth, metal, stone, wood, ice, lightning, light, darkness, etc.)

Elemental mastery — take half damage from the chosen domain (Fire, Gravity, etc.).

Concrete, physical domains (fire, water, air, earth, metal, stone, wood, ice, lightning, light, darkness, etc.)

Abyssal Despair is a high-tier mentalist projection that unleashes a wave of pure psychic horror across multiple targets. The wave itself deals psychic damage and applies the nested Shattered Composure condition to each affected target — a total hysterical breakdown that pins them in place, locks their reactions, and forces defense penalties for the medium duration.

The capability is built from a Domain Access Tier III (psychic wave domain), an AoE Sphere primitive for the wave's footprint, a Far Range primitive, and the nested Shattered Composure effect. Source Type is psychic — all nested components inherit this designation downward per the Capability Template rules.

Shattered Composure is a multi-mechanical hysterical breakdown condition. Combines movement speed zero, reaction locking, and defense penalties to mimic a total psychic collapse. Designed to be nested inside a larger psychic-wave capability to represent the full mechanical surface area of the meltdown.

Composed of Velocity Arrest (no movement), Blind Stun (reaction + perception denied), and a Cognitive & Agency Tag (defense penalty framing). This effect alone doesn't deal damage — it strips the target of all mechanical agency for the duration.

Compelled Focus is the system's clean translation of an MMO-style Taunt / Aggro mechanic — built purely by restricting the targets' mathematical options rather than using rigid behavioral mind-control. While active, the affected entity's reaction targeting is restricted: they can only spend their reaction slot against the source of the effect, not against any other target.

Composed of a Cognitive & Agency Tag (attention lock) plus a Behavioral Directive / Data Trace Masking that re-targets reaction permissions. The target still chooses to act — they just can't choose to act on anyone but you.

Vertigo Spasms simulates complete inner-ear or mental disruption. The target experiences severe probability manipulation — every coordinated action becomes unreliable. The character's inner-ear or spatial-perception circuit is overridden, throwing off all coordination rolls for the duration.

Built from a Sensory & Physiological Tag (vestibular disruption) combined with a Cognitive & Agency Tag (motor coordination interference) and a Probability Bias primitive that introduces Negative Bias (Disadvantage) on Physical Checks for the duration. Common in psychic and air-domain attacks.

Corrosive Decay is an ongoing structural erosion condition. While active, the target's physical protections degrade incrementally — each turn their effective defense threshold drops. Does not deal direct damage; instead makes the target a vulnerable target for the rest of the player squad to exploit.

Composed of Sensory & Physiological Tag (biological/material erosion) plus a Structural Hardening (Domain Resistance) inversion — the hardening modifier is applied to the attacker's bypass, not the target's own defense. Pairs naturally with acid or void domains.