bookwormburrows · glossary
the vocabulary of the depth-engine. every characteristic the worm can wear, what it means, and which symbol it answers to. the worm earns these by what you write into the form, not by what you choose. the engine reads, the symbols arrive.
how to read. each symbol is an accessory cluster — a single visual mark on the worm's body that lights up when one or more of its underlying traits accumulate. the cluster has a min threshold. below it, a faint ghost shows the cluster brewing. above it, the cluster is confidently worn. when one trait inside a cluster carries 60%+ of the cluster weight, the symbol pulses and the trait's name appears under it. extreme single-register commitment turns the symbol radiant. weights: +3 marks the deep cognitive moves, +2 the substance markers, +1 the craft markers. negative quirks subtract from hp.
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