Features

Features can take many forms which results in a more fluid yaml when it comes to effects.

Yaml is incredibly sensitive, be sure to format exactly.

Field Definition

Property	Type	Required	Description
name	string	No	The title or description of the feature
type	string	Yes	Static string "feature"
feature_type	string	Yes	The type of feature ("ability" or "trait")
icon	string	No	The icon of the feature (ex: "🏹")
usage	string	Yes	Usage (e.g., "Action", "Maneuver", "Triggered Action", "Villain Action 1")
cost	string	No	Cost to use the feature (e.g., "5 Essence", "Signature", "2 Malice")
ability_type	string	No	Type of the ability (Signature or Heroic)
keywords	string[]	No	Keywords associated with the feature (e.g., ["Magic", "Earth", "Melee"])
distance	string	No	Distance or area (e.g., "Ranged 5", "2 burst", "Melee 1")
target	string	No	Who or what is targeted (e.g., "All enemies", "One creature", "Self")
trigger	string	No	Trigger condition for triggered actions
effects	Effect[]	Yes	List of effects (flexible formats)
flavor	string	No	Flavor text of the feature
metadata	object	No	Key-value pairs for additional data, often used for frontmatter in markdown
indent	number	No	Left-margin indentation for the block (for nested lists)

Example

type: feature
feature_type: ability
name: Magma Titan
cost: 9 Essence
flavor: Their body swells with lava, mud, and might, towering over their enemies.
keywords:
  - Earth
  - Fire
  - Magic
  - Ranged
  - Void
usage: Main action
distance: Ranged 10
target: One creature or object
effects:
  - name: Effect
    effect: >-
      Until the start of your next turn, the target has the following benefits:

      - Their size and stability increase by 2, with any size 1 target becoming
      size 3. Each creature who is within the target's new space slides to the
      nearest unoccupied space, ignoring stability. If the target doesn't have
      space to grow, they grow as much as they can and become restrained until
      the effect ends.

      - They have fire immunity 10.

      - Their strikes deal extra fire damage equal to twice your Reason score.

      - When the target force moves a creature or object, the forced movement
      distance gains a +2 bonus.

      - They can use their highest characteristic instead of Might for Might
      power rolls.
  - roll: Power Roll + Reason
    tier1: You teleport the target up to 4 squares.
    tier2: You teleport the target up to 6 squares.
    tier3: You teleport the target up to 8 squares.
  - name: Persistent 2
    effect: The effect lasts until the start of your next turn. Additionally, at the
      start of your turn, the target can spend 2 Recoveries.

Effects

Features can have many effects and the order is important.

Property	Type	Description
name	string	Name of the test effect
cost	string	Cost to trigger this test effect
effect	string	Description of the test effect
roll	string	Power Roll expression (e.g., "2d10 + 3")
tier1	string	The tier-1 (11 or lower) result of the Power Roll
tier2	string	The tier-2 (12-16) result of the Power Roll
tier3	string	The tier-3 (17+) result of the Power Roll
crit	string	The crit (nat 19-20) result of the Power Roll
features	Feature[]	A list of Features granted from the effect.

Example Test effect:

effects:
- name: "Effect"
  effect: "Targets make a Might test"
  tier1: "3 sonic damage; slide 1; shift 1"
  tier2: "6 sonic damage; slide 3; shift 3"
  tier3: "8 sonic damage; slide 5; shift 5"

Example Effect with name and cost:

effects:
- name: Malice Boost
  cost: 3 Malice
  effect: Each ally within 3 of a target has their speed increased by 2 until the end of their next turn.

Example Effect without name, cost, etc:

effects:
- effect: Until the end of their next turn, the target halves incoming damage, deals an additional 4 damage on strikes, and their speed is doubled.