A shop's look is the combination of one layout + one theme + one palette. The layout sets the screen skeleton, the theme sets the mood, default labels, and accent color, and the palette tweaks the color scheme inside that theme. This chapter walks through the twelve available layout-theme combinations and explains what Theme Data fields control.
GMs pick layouts and themes in Shop Settings > Theme & Appearance. Players see whatever the GM saved.
| Layout | Frame | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Left category panel + a large item catalog + small NPC area. High information density. | Big inventories, list-like shops, computer-interface motifs, bounty boards. |
| Character | A large NPC illustration with category cards and detail panels beside it. NPC-forward. | Persona-style single-vendor shops, smithies, herbalists, any place where the shopkeeper is the focus. |
Switching layouts updates the theme list. The same theme name can look completely different across layouts (default, fantasy etc.).
Each layout has six themes. The identity values below are the defaults the module fills in the first time you select a theme. They are free to edit on the Identity tab afterwards.
| Theme | Mood | Default Identity |
|---|---|---|
| Default | Tokyo back-alley curio shop, Persona-style shopkeeper. | MURASAKI'S **CURIO** — 古道具屋 · 紫屋. Owner 店主 / CURATOR. |
| Fantasy | Moonlit magic shop. Stars and lunar motifs. | **LUNARIA'S** — Arcana & Alchemy · 月の魔女の店. Owner Archmage. |
| SF | Orbital supply terminal with holograms and CRT scanlines. | VEGA**-7** — SUPPLY TERMINAL · ベガ7 補給ターミナル. Owner Tech · Op. #A-1127. |
| Smithy | Japanese smithy (鉄葉鍛冶屋). | **IRON**LEAF — SMITHY · 鉄葉鍛冶屋. Owner Master Smith. |
| Astra | Retrofuture deep-space bazaar with mission-control panels, orbit/mission metadata, porthole art, radar, and a credit ledger. Use it for spaceports, military quartermasters, and orbital resupply scenes. | ASTRA - DEEP SPACE BAZAAR - Deep Space Bazaar / Supply Station 04. Owner Q.M. ARES / QUARTERMASTER. |
| FRENZY | Comic-pop black-market storefront with graffiti poster words, reputation stars, bold category cards, halftone dots, and grain overlay. Use it for loud back-alley dealers and high-energy illegal markets. | FRENZY - BLACK MARKET OUTFITTERS - Frenzy / Back Alley Black Market. Owner BOSS DOKKA / FENCE. |
| Theme | Mood | Default Identity |
|---|---|---|
| Default | Japanese weapon-shop catalog with a Persona feel. | AKIHARA'S — 武器商店 · 秋原武器商店. Owner 元傭兵 / EX-MERCENARY. |
| Fantasy | Grimoire-style sundries (sealed pages, folio numbers). | **ALDENOR'S** GRIMOIRE — Sundries & Sorceries. Owner Grimoire Keeper. |
| Terminal | Hacker terminal ($ prompts, scanlines, anonymous broker). | NODE**-7F** — GREYNET TERMINAL. Owner SysOp · Anonymous Broker. |
| Guild | Adventurer's guild posting board. | SILVERHART — ADVENTURERS' GUILD. Owner Quartermaster · 補給係. |
| Paper Moon | Carnival-curio grid theme with a tent-like booth, ticket-booth wallet, fortune-teller flavor, service seat tag, and marquee notes. Use it for traveling shows, occult fairs, and theatrical shops. | PAPER MOON - Paper Moon Theater - CARNIVAL CURIOS. Owner Ringmaster & Seer. |
| Dustroad | Western trading-post grid theme with wanted poster title, township plate, rope-tag shopkeeper panel, money pouch, bill-of-sale confirmation, pawn labels, and dusty backdrop toggles. | DUSTROAD - Dust Hall - OUTLAW TRADING POST. Owner OUTLAW BARMAN. |
Palettes recolor a theme without touching labels, icons, or text.
| Layout-Theme | Palette options |
|---|---|
| character-default | Default · Phantom Heist · Inaba Sunshine · Velvet Reverie |
| character-fantasy | Default · Verdant Codex · Necromancer's Tome · Royal Library |
| character-sf | Default · Imperial Plasma · Matrix Green · Crimson Market |
| character-smithy | Default · Cold Steel · Brass & Oak · Volcanic |
| grid-default | Default · Akihabara Pop · Leblanc Hideout · Yongen Twilight |
| grid-fantasy | Default · Spellbook of Cinders · Hexweaver's Grimoire · Wyrm's Hoard |
| grid-terminal | Default · Phosphor Green · Red Alert · Cyan Cathode |
| grid-guild | Default · Thieves' Den · Lapis Reliquary · Witchwood Lantern |
| character-astra | Default / Ion Storm / Event Horizon / Ghost Signal |
| character-frenzy | Default |
| grid-papermoon | Default / Midnight Marquee / Sepia Playbill / Absinthe Hour |
| grid-dustroad | Default / Moonlit Prairie / Bloodrock Canyon / Gunsmoke |
When a combo has only one palette (Default), the palette select hides itself. To tweak only the accent color, leave the palette and use the Accent Color picker in the Visual FX section.
Changing layout or theme cleans up the form so it matches the new selection.