This document defines the Favor currency, feat unlock rules, and the full list of available feats tied to faction and unaffiliated paths.
All rules here are authoritative.

Core Concepts

• Faction feats are unlocked by spending Favor
• Favor is an in-game currency, not XP
• Feats unlocked through Favor are permanent
• Each feat represents ideological alignment or rejection
• All feats grant the Tidal language
• Feats are exclusive, you may only take one feat per tier
• Purchasing a second tier one feat replaces any existing feats
• Tier 2 feats require a tier 1 feat of the same Faction

Example:

Landry has 3 Caeluthar Favor and 4 Tidebound Favor. He reviews the feats available to him and decided that he wants to take "Salt-Claimed Initiate." He buys the feat from the marketplace and includes it on his character sheet. He now has 0 Tidebound Favor left. After a few adventures, he decides he would rather take The Caeluthar feat "Relief Marshal". He buys it from the marketplace and adds it to his character sheet. He makes sure to remove the Salt-Claimed initiate feat, as he no longer has it. Later, he can look over any Tier 2 Caeluthar Communion feat and take one once he meets the requirements and has enough favor to spend.

Favor Tracks

Each character tracks Favor separately for each path:

• Tidebound Favor
• Caeluthar Favor
• Redmark Favor
• Independence Favor

Favor tracks are independent and do not convert.

Gaining Favor

A character gains 1 Favor when they:

• Complete a faction-aligned objective
• Publicly advance a faction’s goals
• Accept meaningful cost or risk on a faction’s behalf

Independence Favor

Independence Favor is gained when a character

• Takes action against a faction
• Takes action to assist the Unaffiliated in a way that contradicts Faction interest