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title: Materia
subtitle: The Elemental Pool
summary: Foundation of the Crucible, the elemental pool
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publishDate: 2026-02-25T23:19:00.000Z
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- Pool is both **identity** and **budget**
  1. **Generate Materia =>** from *material conditions* (environment, subsistence, mythology, history)
  1. **Read Identity =>** From a grid depending on the entity's nature (e.g. *Ethos, Theology, Polity)*
  1. **Spend tokens**
- Leftover tokens are not carried over
