The SwordWeave Library

Grounded, directly observable domains: fire, water, air, earth, metal, stone, wood, ice, lightning, light, darkness, local gravity, motion, force, sound, heat, cold, pressure, friction, vibration, basic weather, terrain, simple tissue, and simple ecosystems.

Hybrid physical and conceptual systems: life, decay, growth, memory, emotion, local time and space, disease, evolution, energy, magnetism, entropy, localized chaos, order, perception, language, adaptation, transformation, networks, resonance, balance, and instability.

Fundamental and reality-defining domains: existence, non-existence, reality, global causality, absolute time, global space, existential identity, probability fields, narrative authority, rule logic, paradox, void structures, origin and termination states, reality layers, and fundamental laws.

Establishes trained competence in one named Practice.

Permanently expands one core Attribute, subject to tier score limits.

Adds full Proficiency Bonus to saves of one chosen Attribute.

Unlock the complete Tier I verb vocabulary for basic physical and perceptual interaction: move, strike, push, pull, lift, drop, interact, sense, observe, touch, grab, throw, break, hold, release, dodge, crawl, run, and similarly direct actions. Buying this primitive grants the whole tier; it is not the purchase of a single verb.

This domain covers metal as a directly observable material: sensing it and using permitted verbs to move, shape, join, separate, heat, cool, or otherwise affect it. The capability's verb tier and other primitives determine which interactions are available and at what scale.

Unlock the complete Tier II verb vocabulary for changing existing states and properties: alter, combine, separate, enhance, weaken, suppress, extend, compress, reshape, redirect, convert, stabilize, amplify, reduce, transfer, infuse, extract, bind, disrupt, and channel. Buying this primitive grants the whole tier; it is not the purchase of a single verb.

Unlock the complete Tier II verb vocabulary for changing existing states and properties: alter, combine, separate, enhance, weaken, suppress, extend, compress, reshape, redirect, convert, stabilize, amplify, reduce, transfer, infuse, extract, bind, disrupt, and channel. Buying this primitive grants the whole tier; it is not the purchase of a single verb.

Unlock the complete Tier I verb vocabulary for basic physical and perceptual interaction: move, strike, push, pull, lift, drop, interact, sense, observe, touch, grab, throw, break, hold, release, dodge, crawl, run, and similarly direct actions. Buying this primitive grants the whole tier; it is not the purchase of a single verb.

Specialist shift. DM must be able to expose the affected Practice in play to grant credit.

+1 to Character DC. Permanently raises the global baseline check threshold (5 + PB + Attribute Modifier) for all saving throws forced by the character.

Fork guidance: Engine flag — raises the global baseline check threshold by +1 for all saving throws forced by the character. (Used a behavior flag because the character.defense.*Dc slots are for the entity's OWN defense, not the DC they force on others.) Mirror: revoke (no global DC bonus).

You are trained to notice magical residue, active spells, enchanted objects, and other thaumaturgic signs. Apply expertise when an Awareness check depends on detecting or interpreting such evidence.

Gain Narrow Advantage on one chosen Narrative Focus (e.g., Awareness when tracking by scent)

Add half Proficiency Bonus (rounded down) to all non-proficient checks. Requires no active Practice Proficiencies.

Fork guidance: The engine reads the 'broad_familiarity' flag and adds half Proficiency Bonus (rounded down) to all non-proficient checks. Prereq: no active Practice Proficiencies. This flag is auto-revoked when the entity gains a Practice Proficiency.

The capability can reach a target up to 120 feet away, spanning most battlefields and other long but directly observable distances.

Global, scene-wide, priority, inclusion/exclusion, state-triggered, recursive, or changing target rules.

Expanding zones, moving fields, branching chains, conditional targets, layered regions, and reactive patterns.

Small multi-target groups, chains, cones, radii, shaped areas, directional spreads, and fields.

Single-target, self, touch, line-of-sight, fixed-object, or direct point application.

Control over the internal structure of systems and entities. Includes restructure, reconfigure, invert, synchronize, entangle, merge or split systems, override local rules, impose constraints, unlock latent states, collapse subsystems, and redirect bounded causal chains.

Distract one listening target during a named repeating mundane task through a resolved sound action. The table determines a single contextual interruption, ending after that next task or recovery. No universal stunned state, lost turn, or fixed penalty follows.

One particular ordinary soot splash obscures a named target's sight until cleared or rinsed. Its exact consequence is described on the receiving effect and resolved at the table; this permission defines no universal blind state or fixed penalty.

Interpose available insulating material between one ordinary heat source and a bounded reachable area. It lasts while held intact and positioned. The table decides reduced exposure; it grants no typed damage resistance or universal immunity.

With clamps, tools, and compatible carried material, join two small ordinary parts for a stated task after setup. State length, load, and ending strain. Nothing is conjured, and unsupported spans still fail.

With purchased material manipulation and an ordinary resolved action, weaken one reachable brittle nonliving section no larger than a handspan. State load that may break it and its repair ending. It does not automatically damage creatures, armor, or reinforced structures.

Pad one accessible small mundane mechanism with compatible material and work time so its usual rattle is reduced. Opening, strain, or worn padding ends it. This does not silence speech, attacks, magic, or all activity nearby.

Place an available rigid panel at a reachable scene point to shelter a stated line of approach until moved or broken. State dimensions and supported load. The table resolves blocked paths and exposure; this grants no automatic personal DC or universal cover bonus.