Cards of Domination (RPG)

A tournament recognized by the galactic system follows a strict structure:

1. Declaration of Conflict Two or more entities (planets, corporations, races, galaxies) formally declare the dispute.

2. Definition of Bets Resources, territories, commercial rights, access to dimensional nodes, technologies, or partial sovereignty.

3. Selection of Representatives Knights, Artisans or mixed teams, depending on the format.

4. Dimensional Verification Review of charts, levels and permitted qualities.

5. Regulated Combat Controlled scenarios, limits of destruction, and neutral observers.

6. Binding Resolution The result is recorded in the Central Dimensional Grid. It cannot be appealed.

Breaking a result is tantamount to declaring an illegal war, with devastating consequences.

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Dimensional Tournaments emerged after the Age of Annihilation, a historical period in which entire civilizations were wiped out by the appearance of Artisans capable of creating extremely powerful Power Cards without any regulation.

When it was understood that:

a single Craftsman could destroy a planet,

A Craftsman-Knight duo could subdue entire star systems,

and that open warfare implied mutual extinction,

The major powers agreed on a brutal but functional solution: turning war into regulated competition.

Tournaments became institutionalized as the only legitimate method for:

resolve territorial disputes,

redistribute resources,

define political hierarchies,

impose sanctions without mass extermination.

They are not shows. They are wars compressed into rules.

Both castes have officially recognized internal hierarchies.

Artisan Ranks:

Apprentice

Registrar

Sealant

Dimensional Architect

Master Craftsman

Master Craftsman

Artisan Origin

Knight Ranks:

Initiated

Fighter

Avant-garde

Executor

Master Knight

Supreme Knight

Anchor Knight

The range defines:

Access to letters

Combat authorization

Political rights

Level of supervision

A high-ranking individual is a strategic asset. Their death can justify galactic retaliation.

Although both use Power Cards, their psychology differs profoundly.

Artisans:

They think in terms of systems

They see power as architecture

They fear making a mistake more than defeat.

They seek total control

They feel a collective responsibility

Gentlemen:

They think in terms of action and reaction.

They see power as a bodily experience.

They fear weakness more than death

They seek constant improvement

They feel an immediate responsibility

This difference creates tensions:

Artisans consider Knights “reckless”

Knights consider artisans "cold and distant"

However, well-synchronized Artisan-Knight pairs are the most feared units in the universe.

The Knights train their bodies and minds to become living conduits of dimensional energy.

Their training includes:

Extreme physical training

Pain resistance

Dimensional breathing techniques

Energy feedback control

Combat with and without cards

Ethics of strength and restraint

A Knight's body slowly restructures itself. Bones, muscles, and the nervous system adapt to withstand energy that would destroy a civilian.

The price is high:

Reduced life expectancy

Irreversible cumulative damage

Dependence on constant training

Risk of spontaneous bodily collapse

The Knights develop an intimate relationship with violence. To survive, they must learn to see it as a tool, not as their identity.

The Artisans begin their training immediately after the rite. They are sent to Dimensional Academies, where they train for decades.

Their education includes:

Advanced symbolic mathematics

Psychology of sealing

Mental stability under pressure

Multi-layered dimensional writing

Extreme emotional control

Handling dimensional crystals

History of catastrophes caused by manufacturing errors

An artisan soon learns a brutal truth:

A minor error can destroy cities.

Therefore, their training prioritizes control, precision, and self-censorship. Successful artisans tend to develop analytical, reserved personalities, obsessed with perfection.

Many suffer:

Chronic insomnia

Social isolation

Fear of creating

Dependence on recognition

An artisan who loses mental stability becomes a galactic risk.

The Dimensional Sorting Rite occurs only once in each individual's lifetime, precisely upon reaching the standard galactic age of 18. It is independent of race, social status, genetics, or prior preparation. It cannot be delayed or accelerated.

During the ritual, the person is exposed to a Neutral Dimensional Core, an ancient artifact that reacts with the internal structure of the being. In a matter of seconds, the core determines whether the individual possesses a mind suited for external symbolic inscription (Artisan) or a body suited for internal channeling (Knight).

The result is immediate and absolute. There is no known reversal.

This moment is considered:

A social birth

A family rift

A critical psychological event

Many families prepare for generations to accept either outcome. Others are fractured. In some cultures, the outcome of the ritual defines marriages, inheritances, and political status.

The galactic system recognizes the ritual as universal law. No civilization can interfere without incurring interstellar sanctions.

The Knights use cards as internal enhancers. Dimensional energy merges with their bodies.

Advantages:

Extreme strength, speed, and endurance

Devastating direct combat

Ability to survive hostile environments

Immediate reaction

Disadvantages:

Severe physical exhaustion

Risk of bodily collapse

Simultaneous active card limit

Irreversible cumulative damage

Knights can:

To be covered with dimensional armor

Temporarily transform your anatomy

Adopt summoning skills

Becoming living weapons

A poorly trained knight dies young. An exceptional person becomes a legend… or a threat.

The Artisans activate cards as external phenomena. They do not incorporate them into their bodies, but rather manifest them in the environment.

Advantages:

Greater fine control

Ability to activate multiple cards simultaneously

Possibility of modifying the phenomenon in real time

Less physical strain

Disadvantages:

Physical vulnerability

Concentration dependence

Risk of mental breakdown if the seal fails

The artisans dominate:

Semi-solid invocations

Environmental manipulation

Complex and persistent phenomena

Strategic control of the battlefield

An exceptional Craftsman can dominate wars without directly fighting.

Two cards with the same basic design can be radically different due to:

Sealing accuracy

Purity of dimensional crystals

The artisan's mental capacity

Emotional stability during creation

Accumulated symbolic experience

Example:

Fireball ⭐⭐⭐⚪: single 40cm projectile.

Fireball ⭐⭐⭐🔵: fragments, tracks targets, ignores wind.

Fireball ⭐⭐⭐🟣: passes through solid matter and reappears behind the target.

Fireball ⭐⭐⭐⚫: turns the area into a self-contained ignition system.

Therefore, card catalogs are guidelines, not absolute. Real power is evaluated in the field.

The quality of a card defines how many additional abilities, behavior modifications, and side effects the phenomenon possesses.

⚪ White (Normal): single, direct function.

🟢 Green (Rare): 1–2 minor improvements (speed, size, control).

🔵 Blue (Ultra Rare): multiple sub-effects and adaptability.

🟠 Orange (Special): conditional behaviors and reactive effects.

🟡 Yellow (Secret): hidden effects, advanced situational activation.

🟣 Purple (Hidden): breaks standard rules of the phenomenon.

🔴 Red (Mythical): alters physical or dimensional principles.

⚫ Black (Origin): root phenomenon; cards that define eras.

A black/origin card doesn't improve an effect: it redefines it. Example: a black Fireball does not "throw fire", it turns the space into intelligent combustion.

The level of a Power Card indicates the order of magnitude of the dimensional phenomenon it can produce. It is measured in stars, from 1 to 10.

⭐ 1 star — Apprentice: weak manifestations, training, civilian or educational use.

⭐⭐ 2 stars — Novice: minor combat, basic control, tactical support.

⭐⭐⭐ 3 stars — Basic: Standard military use, common field cards.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 stars — Standard: stable phenomenon, professional use.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 stars — Professional: serious threat; changes the course of a local fight.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 6 stars — Intermediate: destruction of structures, territorial control.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7 stars — Versed: regional power; requires authorization on many planets.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 8 stars — Advanced: strategic weapon; strictly regulated use.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 9 stars — Master: planetary threat located.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10 stars — Legendary: power capable of altering entire civilizations.

A 10-star card is not necessarily destructive: it can be healing, defensive, or conceptual, but its reach and impact are absolute.

Absolute Definition of Powers of Attorney

Power Cards are symbolic-dimensional devices created by Artisans through the inscription and sealing of dimensional energy onto a standardized physical medium. They are not mere objects: each card is a contained phenomenon, a compressed and stabilized event of reality.

A Power of Attorney exists in three states:

1. Latent — sealed, stable energy, without manifestation.

2. Activated — dimensional phenomenon manifesting.

3. Dissipated — energy released and symbolic structure depleted (temporarily or permanently).

Cards function as the universal language of power. All civilizations recognize their hierarchy, regardless of race, planet, or ideology. A political treaty can be broken; a higher-level card always prevails on the battlefield.

Each card contains:

A basic dimensional principle (fire, gravity, invocation, body alteration, etc.)

A level (stars) that defines the magnitude of the phenomenon

A quality (color) that defines complexity, versatility, and additional skills

No two cards are identical in actual production, even if they share the same design. The difference lies in the Artisan who created it.

The intergalactic teleportation network allowed the rise of civilizations, but it also forced the imposition of order.

Every civilized planet possesses:

Node cities

Academies of Knights and Artisans

Tournament cameras

Dimensional authorities

Access to larger nodes can be:

Public

Restricted

Military

Forbidden

Planets without dimensional control are quarantined or exploited as resource zones.

Rapid mobility did not bring peace. It brought absolute competition.

The Power Cards are the absolute core of the military, political, and social system of the universe.

A Power of Attorney is:

A sealed dimensional phenomenon

Designed by an artisan

Activated by an Artisan or Knight

Limited by its level (stars) and quality (color)

The same base card (e.g., "Fireball") can exist in thousands of variants, with vast differences in power, efficiency, and side effects.

The cards can:

Generate elementary phenomena

Create weapons or armor

Invoke semi-solid entities

To alter space, time, or matter

Enhance the user's body

A card is not just a weapon. It is a technological, cultural, and political statement.

Dimensional energy is an invisible, universal force that exists between layers of reality. It doesn't respond to raw emotions, but rather to mental structure, clear intention, and sealing symbols.

Its incorrect use produces:

Mental breakdowns

Physical mutations

Space implosions

Aberrant entities

Permanent damage to the planetary fabric

Therefore, its handling is strictly regulated.

The artisans train for decades to:

Perceiving dimensional flows

Stabilize energy cores

Inscribe symbolic patterns

Sealing phenomena on physical media (Letters)

Knights, on the other hand, learn to:

Channel energy without breaking your body

Modulate it during combat

Resist destructive feedback

Both paths are dangerous. Both produce legends… and corpses.

At the age of 18, every living person is subjected to the Dimensional Classification Rite. It cannot be avoided. It cannot be manipulated. It cannot be repeated.

The result is binary:

Craftsman: mind adapted to perceive, inscribe and seal dimensional energy.

Knight: body adapted to channel dimensional energy internally.

This division defines an individual's entire life: education, social role, family expectations, political opportunities, and life risk.

The artisans become the architects of power. The Knights, in living instruments of power.

They both depend on each other, but they also compete for prestige, influence, and legacy.

A planet without good artisans is irrelevant. A planet without good Knights is defenseless.

All races in the universe share a compatibility with dimensional energy, but each processes it differently:

Humans: adaptable, with high individual variability. They produce both genius craftsmen and exceptional knights.

Elves: heightened dimensional perception; they excel as artisans of extreme precision and control cards.

Druids: natural affinity with living and planetary energy; experts in organic cards, invocations and regeneration.

Dragonkin: descendants of draconic entities; they excel as Knights for their physical resistance and ability to channel bodily energy.

Dwarves: structured mind and symbolic memory; they create extremely stable and reliable Power Cards.

Although cultural biases exist, the Knight/Artisan divide transcends race. A dragonkin can be an Artisan, and an elf can be a Knight. This randomness is considered an unalterable universal law.

Racial coexistence is tense but functional: tournaments and regulated competition systems prevented wars of extermination, channeling conflict into controlled forms… although no less brutal.

The Cards of Domination universe is a network of multiple interconnected galaxies, inhabited by humanoid civilizations of diverse origins. Although the races vary in lineage—humans, elves, druids, dragonkin, dwarves, and others—they all share a humanoid morphology: two arms, two legs, a similar facial structure, with subtle racial differences such as scales, vertical pupils, elongated ears, or a biological affinity for certain environments.

Technology has advanced to the point where interplanetary and intergalactic teleportation is possible through networks of dimensional nodes. Every civilized planet possesses urban teleportation points, connected to a larger network that allows travel between star systems in a matter of hours. This ease of movement led to a partial unification of trade, culture… and conflict.

However, the true axis of the universe is not technology, but dimensional energy: an omnipresent force that can be perceived, shaped, and sealed only by individuals with specific training. This energy is neither traditional magic nor pure science; it is a universal constant that responds to the mind, will, and symbolic precision.

Civilizations that failed to control it disappeared. Those that dominated it became galactic powers.

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