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Ductus base_pattern · cumulative_layering

Themes are introduced, left, taken up again, varied, overlaid – cumulative layering into a growing web without a climax. Intensity arises not from sharpening but from accumulation and participation; players help shape the course.

Design question – What may players contribute to the course? How does the web grow?

Reference example – Dungeons & Dragons: a campaign over years – every session adds characters, places and stories, and everyone at the table weaves along. Dwarf Fortress: the legends of every fortress grow into a chronicle no one knew beforehand.

Intensity

A growing web through accumulation and participation, without a directed climax.

Compatible with

• Cumulative Narrative (NA-09) – Direct correspondence: a growing web.
• Frame Narrative (NA-06) – Layering as inner stories.
• Fragmented Narrative (NA-08) – The web as a puzzle.