It looks both simple and elegant; I'm eager to try it with Sundered Isles soon! Though I do wonder how much or little it would interfere with other pacing / prioritizing mechanics from the TTRPG system, such as Legends in the Mist (Abandon), or contending Challenge Pools (Cortex Prime).
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Hi there,
The short version: The Loom doesn't compete with either of those mechanics because it's not operating in the same layer. Abandon and Challenge Pools are live pressure — they fire during scenes, during rolls, while the fiction is moving. The Loom only activates between scenes at Story Beats. It never touches what those systems are doing.
If anything they feed into each other. Abandon forcing a hard choice? That's a Transformation Question waiting at the next Beat. A Challenge Pool completing because you ignored it? That's already a Consequence with timing built in. The Loom catches what those systems leave behind and makes sure it sticks.
Also, I'm dropping an update soon that clarifies how Thread Snap works when the fiction isn't already pointing that direction. Short version: it doesn't rewrite your current scene, it means the world has been moving without you and it's going to catch up at the next moment that can hold it. Felt like that needed to be said explicitly. Have fun! and let me know how it goes.