| Name | Color | Description | Strengths | Weaknesses |
|---|
| CONCORD | BLUE | Order and structure over anything else. Rule with an iron fist. | STATE | INTENT |
| SCHISM | YELLOW | The forgotten, the leftovers. Manipulate from the shadows unseen. | INTENT | RESOLUTION |
| RUIN | RED | The oppressed. Revolution by any means necessary. | RESOLUTION | STATE |
Layer strengths by faction:
3 major layers each faction excels at one, moderately good at another and has no skills in the third.
| LAYER | DEFINITION | EXCEL | MODERATE | WEAK |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| STATE | The state of the game; the game board | CONCORD | SCHISM | RUIN |
| INTENT | Why or how an action or observeration moves or resolves | SCHISM | RUIN | CONCORD |
| RESOLUTION | How or if an ability resolves (follows thru w/ success on a target) | RUIN | CONCORD | SCHISM |
| Faction | Reality relationship | Primary pressure |
| ------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Ruin | attacks reality | information distortion, violence, corruption, fate |
| Concord | controls reality | governance, infrastructure, positioning, economy |
| Schism | bends reality | social pressure, identity drift, temporal manipulation || LAYER | DEFINITION | EXCEL | MODERATE | WEAK |
|---|
| STATE | The state of the game; the game board | CONCORD | SCHISM | RUIN |
| INTENT | Why or how an action or observeration moves or resolves | SCHISM | RUIN | CONCORD |
| RESOLUTION | How or if an ability resolves (follows thru w/ success on a target) | RUIN | CONCORD | SCHISM |
| Faction | Reality relationship | Primary pressure |
|---|
| Ruin | attacks reality | information distortion, violence, corruption, fate |
| Concord | controls reality | governance, infrastructure, positioning, economy |
| Schism | bends reality | social pressure, identity drift, temporal manipulation |
Concord
Order and structure. Excels at STATE — controlling the board through governance and infrastructure.Schism
Manipulation from the shadows. Excels at INTENT — bending motivation and visibility.Ruin
Revolution by any means. Excels at RESOLUTION — forcing actions to follow through.Corruption strengths and weaknesses by faction:
| FACTION | STRENGTH | NEUTRAL | WEAKNESS |
|---|
| CONCORD | HEXXED | DRUNK | POISONED |
| SCHISM | POISONED | HEXXED | DRUNK |
| RUIN | DRUNK | POISONED | HEXXED |