>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.

There are some interesting concepts in here. I think the biggest obstacle to overcome is that you can't make the taking of other cabal items put the victor that much ahead or all you will do is force the pendulum to stop swinging in that cabalwar. There always has to be a viable counter-raid scenario and if all you are doing is piling power upon power to the winner it's not going to work.