Devlog#4 Vaultborn mechanics

DEVLOG #4 — Vaultborn Mechanics Preview

“You are not just marked. You are now part of the Vault’s story.”

As the Vault stirs for the last time before release, we’re giving you one final glimpse inside the prototype before it vanishes forever.

Today, we’re spotlighting one of the zine’s most eerie and narrative-rich mechanics:

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Vaultborn: The Cost of Being Remembered

Vaultborn are not a class. Not a species. Not a reward.

They are what’s left when the Vault finishes remembering you.

Once a delver accumulates three Vault Marks, or interacts directly with a Vault Heart, something inside them breaks open — or was never closed to begin with.

As a Vaultborn, you might:

Speak only in dreams, yet understand every tongue.

Have a shadow that moves before you do.

Age forward and backward with each delve.

Cast no reflection in water… but in metal, it smiles back.

And then there are the Archetypes — like The Holder of the Last Ember or The Unwritten — identities you didn’t choose, but now wear like echo-scars across timelines.

Vaultborn are living anomalies. They are hooks for story, for dread, and for transformation.

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 FINAL REMINDER:

The prototype edition of Wandering Vaults and Other Oddities comes down June 13th at 11:59pm PDT.

If you’ve found it strange, useful, or haunting — now’s the time to grab it or leave a review for the Vault.

The full zine launches the next night:

🕯️ June 14th by 11:59pm PDT.

It will include polished layout, glyph art, GM tables, expanded guidance, and every mark the Vault has gathered so far.