Sneak Bind

Restraint here builds in stages: ropes give way to shackles, then metal devices, then tentacles, each stage taking a little more control off the table until struggling stops being an option. The escalation is the point, not a side effect.

Combat runs turn based, and losing isn't just a failure state, it's how the binding progresses. Positioning and choices in the strategy layer decide how fast a character's freedom of movement erodes, so the tactical side and the restraint scenes aren't separate systems, they feed each other.

A recent patch addressed saves breaking mid-combat, so the turn based structure is meant to be played through properly rather than reloaded around.