The veil is cool. I like it, and I think the idea of character actions affecting the Theran landscape as a whole should apply to cabal items universally.

I think the possession of other cabal items should, rather than simply depriving the enemy of their powers, affect other external factors as well.

Maybe when Scion holds 3 other cabal items, the day (sun is up) time shortens by half. Maybe when they hold 5, it's always dark, and other nefarious things happen as well.

What if, as Empire collected cabal items, the radius and areas in which they could call Centurions increased.

What if, as Outlander collected cabal items, rooms started turning spontaneously into wilderness and at the far end of the spectrum, city guards started leaving their posts?

This, obviously, is a big project idea. I do think that it would generate some epic cabal wars, create more tenuous alliances as groups form to combat strengthening enemies, and help draw in uncaballed characters to the cabalwars scene. It would also create some stellar RP opportunities. Cabal leaders would really have to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to alliances and peace treaties. When there's no incentive for Empire to raid Trib, it's easy enough for them to say "well, they like order, so it's cool." In this scenario, Empire has to decide whether peace with tribunal is worth foregoing the ability to convert cityguards into centurions, or whatever their last "level" of power would allow.

I'll stop here, in the (likely) event that this gets the big thumbs down. If you like it, we can talk about other ideas.

T