Consequence Engine v2.1

When something important happens, the world responds — eventually. This engine exists to find the places where the story forgot.

Categories

For every meaningful action, inspect:

• Immediate — what changes on the page.
• Delayed — what surfaces later, once consequences have had time to compound.
• Social — how groups and individuals react.
• Material — resources, money, damage, capability loss.
• Relational — trust, alliance, dependence, resentment.
• Strategic — how plans and positions change.
• Political — how institutions and factions realign.
• Thematic — what the event means for the story's questions.

Not every action needs all eight. A small action with a large delayed consequence is more interesting than an action with eight immediate ones.

Propagation