DnD-Campaign-Two/.claude/skills/create-faction/SKILL.md

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create-faction

Create a new Faction note (political party, guild, secret order, criminal syndicate, religious body, etc.) for the Baltun'ia campaign from the Faction Framework Template — as a faction folder with its Overview note, wikilinked and slotted into the web of faction relationships. Use when the DM wants to add an organization or power bloc (e.g. "create a smugglers' guild", "add a rival party to the Belters", "make the automaton-rights movement a faction").

Create a Faction

First read .claude/skills/_shared/vault-conventions.md and z_templates/Framework Templates/Faction Framework Template.md. Read a real faction (2. World Almanac/Factions/Belters/Belter Overview.md) and 2. World Almanac/Factions/Faction Relationships.md and Faction Types.md to slot the newcomer into the existing political map.

Steps

1. Place it. 2. World Almanac/Factions/<Faction>/<Faction> Overview.md (folder + overview note, matching e.g. Belters/Belter Overview.md).

2. Mine canon. Read Faction Types, Faction Relationships, and the Campaign Premise. Identify which existing factions this one allies with, opposes, or competes against — especially around the core tensions (automatons, the Crown Elect election, the ley-line conspiracy).

3. Draft Type, Core Focus, Regions/Cities of influence (wikilinked), Structure & Membership, and public-facing Philosophy/Goals.

4. Collaborate on the creative pivots. Use AskUserQuestion for:

   • The faction's true agenda vs. its public face
   • Its stance toward the central conspiracy (unaware / pawn / architect / opposed)
   • Key rivalries and alliances with named existing factions
   • 1–2 plot hooks and a notable NPC leader

5. Write the Overview following the real faction style (concise bold-field header, then ## Ideology & Goals, ## Influence, ## Notes, plus Plot Hooks and Notable NPCs). Wikilink regions, cities, rival factions, and leaders.

6. Connect it. Add the new faction to Faction Relationships.md (and Faction Types.md if it's a new type) and reciprocally note it in the overviews of factions it directly allies/clashes with. Offer to create its leader via create-npc.