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Custom unit format

A custom unit has a name, an optional look and flavour line, and exactly one ability in each of three slots: Passive, Active and Ultimate.

Unit fields

Section titled “Unit fields”
Field Type Required Notes
Name text, 2–40 characters yes
Flavour text, up to 120 characters no One line about the kit.
Look a catalog icon tagged for unit looks no Picked from the icon grid; platform icons and your dimension’s own are both available.
Passive / Active / Ultimate ability an ability id yes, one per slot Any platform ability of the matching slot, or one of your dimension’s own composed abilities (Build a custom unit).

Point budget

Section titled “Point budget”

Each ability costs points by its slot: Passive 2, Active 4, Ultimate 6 — plus a surcharge on a handful of platform abilities with an especially strong effect (instant-kill, multi-target damage, or unit duplication). A unit’s total cost is the sum of its three slots, and it must fit your dimension’s unit point budget (14 points by default). A composed ability never carries the surcharge — only its slot’s base cost.

Composing your own ability

Section titled “Composing your own ability”

A dimension owner can compose a new ability instead of picking a platform one, from the UNITS tab’s + COMPOSE ABILITY button. A composed ability grants one or two buffs from a fixed vocabulary, within a power envelope set by its slot.

Ability fields

Section titled “Ability fields”
Field Type Required Notes
Slot PASSIVE, ACTIVE or ULTIMATE yes Fixed once chosen — changing it resets your grants.
Name text, 2–40 characters yes
Description text, 1–200 characters yes
Icon a catalog icon tagged for ability looks yes
BP cost integer Active only Fixed at 0 for Passive, 10 for Ultimate.
Cooldown integer, in turns Active only Fixed at 0 for Passive, 8 for Ultimate.
Grants one or more buff grants yes The builder lets you add up to two.

A grant’s fields

Section titled “A grant’s fields”
Field Type Notes
Buff one of THROUGHPUT, VELOCITY, RESILIENCE, CLARITY, RECON, QUESTION_TIER_MOD, OPTION_ELIMINATION, MISS_ABSORBER, DEADLOCK Which buffs are allowed depends on the slot — see the envelope below.
Target SELF, ALLIES or ENEMIES Which is allowed also depends on the slot and the buff.
Radius integer, hexes from the caster Required (≥1) whenever the target isn’t SELF.
Duration integer, in turns Required.
Charges integer, ≥1 Only allowed on QUESTION_TIER_MOD, OPTION_ELIMINATION or MISS_ABSORBER — the only buffs ever consumed by use. On a Passive, OPTION_ELIMINATION and MISS_ABSORBER must have charges exactly 1, and the field is mandatory there.
Value 1 or -1 Only on QUESTION_TIER_MOD: +1 may only target ENEMIES, -1 may never target ENEMIES.

The envelope, by slot

Section titled “The envelope, by slot”
Passive Active Ultimate
Allowed targets SELF only SELF, ALLIES, ENEMIES SELF, ALLIES, ENEMIES
Allowed buffs RECON, RESILIENCE, MISS_ABSORBER, OPTION_ELIMINATION every buff except THROUGHPUT and DEADLOCK every buff
Max radius 0 1 2 (DEADLOCK capped to 1)
Max duration n/a (always on) 2 2
Max charges 1 2 3
BP cost range fixed at 0 2–8 fixed at 10
Cooldown range fixed at 0 2–9 turns fixed at 8 turns

A few buffs carry extra rules on top of the envelope: RESILIENCE, CLARITY, VELOCITY, THROUGHPUT, MISS_ABSORBER, OPTION_ELIMINATION and RECON may never target ENEMIES; RESILIENCE on an Active may only target SELF; DEADLOCK may only target ENEMIES; THROUGHPUT needs a duration of at least 2 turns; any grant targeting ENEMIES needs a duration of at least 1 turn; a grant can’t repeat the same buff twice on one ability.

Who can author

Section titled “Who can author”

Your dimension’s owner — units and composed abilities are not an organisation admin’s to create or delete. For a dimension owned by an organisation, that’s the owning organisation’s owner. The UNITS tab is hidden from admins.

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