diff --git a/include/ircd/m/room.h b/include/ircd/m/room.h
index 87faede11..6ede76349 100644
--- a/include/ircd/m/room.h
+++ b/include/ircd/m/room.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ struct ircd::m::room
 	struct members;
 	struct origins;
 	struct head;
+	struct power;
 
 	using id = m::id::room;
 	using alias = m::id::room_alias;
@@ -373,6 +374,62 @@ struct ircd::m::room::head
 	{}
 };
 
+/// Interface to the power levels
+///
+/// This interface focuses specifically on making the power levels accessible
+/// to developers for common query and manipulation operations. power_levels
+/// is a single state event in the room containing integer thresholds for
+/// privileges in the room in addition to a list of users mapping to an integer
+/// for their level. This interface hides the details of that event by
+/// presenting single operations which can appear succinctly in IRCd code.
+///
+struct ircd::m::room::power
+{
+	using closure = std::function<void (const string_view &, const int64_t &)>;
+	using closure_bool = std::function<bool (const string_view &, const int64_t &)>;
+
+	static const int64_t default_power_level;
+	static const int64_t default_event_level;
+	static const int64_t default_user_level;
+
+	m::room room;
+	m::room::state state;
+
+	bool view(const std::function<void (const json::object &)> &) const;
+
+  public:
+	// Iterate a collection usually either "events" or "users" as per spec.
+	bool for_each(const string_view &prop, const closure_bool &) const;
+	void for_each(const string_view &prop, const closure &) const;
+
+	// Iterates all of the integer levels, excludes the collections.
+	bool for_each(const closure_bool &) const;
+	void for_each(const closure &) const;
+
+	bool has_level(const string_view &prop) const;
+	bool has_collection(const string_view &prop) const;
+	bool has_event(const string_view &type) const;
+	bool has_user(const m::id::user &) const;
+
+	size_t count(const string_view &prop) const;
+	size_t count_collections() const;
+	size_t count_levels() const;
+
+	// This suite queries with full defaulting logic as per the spec. These
+	// always return suitable results.
+	int64_t level(const string_view &prop) const;
+	int64_t level_event(const string_view &type) const;
+	int64_t level_user(const m::id::user &) const;
+
+	// all who attain great power and riches make use of either force or fraud"
+	bool operator()(const m::id::user &, const string_view &prop, const string_view &type = {}) const;
+
+	power(const m::room &room)
+	:room{room}
+	,state{room}
+	{}
+};
+
 /// Tuple to represent fundamental room state singletons (state_key = "")
 ///
 /// This is not a complete representation of room state. Missing from here
diff --git a/ircd/m/room.cc b/ircd/m/room.cc
index c1d196c91..ffb7007d6 100644
--- a/ircd/m/room.cc
+++ b/ircd/m/room.cc
@@ -1730,6 +1730,350 @@ const
 	return true;
 }
 
+//
+// room::power
+//
+
+decltype(ircd::m::room::power::default_power_level)
+ircd::m::room::power::default_power_level
+{
+	50
+};
+
+decltype(ircd::m::room::power::default_event_level)
+ircd::m::room::power::default_event_level
+{
+	0
+};
+
+decltype(ircd::m::room::power::default_user_level)
+ircd::m::room::power::default_user_level
+{
+	0
+};
+
+bool
+ircd::m::room::power::operator()(const m::user::id &user_id,
+                                 const string_view &prop,
+                                 const string_view &type)
+const
+{
+	const auto &user_level
+	{
+		level_user(user_id)
+	};
+
+	const auto &required_level
+	{
+		prop == "events"?
+			level_event(type):
+			level(prop)
+	};
+
+	return user_level >= required_level;
+}
+
+int64_t
+ircd::m::room::power::level_user(const m::user::id &user_id)
+const try
+{
+	int64_t ret
+	{
+		default_user_level
+	};
+
+	view([&user_id, &ret]
+	(const json::object &content)
+	{
+		const json::object &users
+		{
+			content.at("users")
+		};
+
+		ret = users.at<int64_t>(user_id);
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+catch(const json::error &e)
+{
+	return default_user_level;
+}
+
+int64_t
+ircd::m::room::power::level_event(const string_view &type)
+const try
+{
+	int64_t ret
+	{
+		default_event_level
+	};
+
+	view([&type, &ret]
+	(const json::object &content)
+	{
+		const json::object &events
+		{
+			content.at("events")
+		};
+
+		ret = events.at<int64_t>(type);
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+catch(const json::error &e)
+{
+	return default_event_level;
+}
+
+int64_t
+ircd::m::room::power::level(const string_view &prop)
+const try
+{
+	int64_t ret
+	{
+		default_power_level
+	};
+
+	view([&prop, &ret]
+	(const json::object &content)
+	{
+		ret = content.at<int64_t>(prop);
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+catch(const json::error &e)
+{
+	return default_power_level;
+}
+
+size_t
+ircd::m::room::power::count_levels()
+const
+{
+	size_t ret{0};
+	for_each([&ret]
+	(const string_view &, const int64_t &)
+	{
+		++ret;
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+size_t
+ircd::m::room::power::count_collections()
+const
+{
+	size_t ret{0};
+	view([&ret]
+	(const json::object &content)
+	{
+		for(const auto &member : content)
+			ret += json::type(member.second) == json::OBJECT;
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+size_t
+ircd::m::room::power::count(const string_view &prop)
+const
+{
+	size_t ret{0};
+	for_each(prop, [&ret]
+	(const string_view &, const int64_t &)
+	{
+		++ret;
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+bool
+ircd::m::room::power::has_event(const string_view &type)
+const try
+{
+	bool ret{false};
+	view([&type, &ret]
+	(const json::object &content)
+	{
+		const json::object &events
+		{
+			content.at("events")
+		};
+
+		const string_view &level
+		{
+			events.at(type)
+		};
+
+		ret = json::type(level) == json::NUMBER;
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+catch(const json::error &)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool
+ircd::m::room::power::has_user(const m::user::id &user_id)
+const try
+{
+	bool ret{false};
+	view([&user_id, &ret]
+	(const json::object &content)
+	{
+		const json::object &users
+		{
+			content.at("users")
+		};
+
+		const string_view &level
+		{
+			users.at(user_id)
+		};
+
+		ret = json::type(level) == json::NUMBER;
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+catch(const json::error &)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool
+ircd::m::room::power::has_collection(const string_view &prop)
+const
+{
+	bool ret{false};
+	view([&prop, &ret]
+	(const json::object &content)
+	{
+		const auto &value{content.get(prop)};
+		if(value && json::type(value) == json::OBJECT)
+			ret = true;
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+bool
+ircd::m::room::power::has_level(const string_view &prop)
+const
+{
+	bool ret{false};
+	view([&prop, &ret]
+	(const json::object &content)
+	{
+		const auto &value{content.get(prop)};
+		if(value && json::type(value) == json::NUMBER)
+			ret = true;
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void
+ircd::m::room::power::for_each(const closure &closure)
+const
+{
+	for_each(string_view{}, closure);
+}
+
+bool
+ircd::m::room::power::for_each(const closure_bool &closure)
+const
+{
+	return for_each(string_view{}, closure);
+}
+
+void
+ircd::m::room::power::for_each(const string_view &prop,
+                               const closure &closure)
+const
+{
+	for_each(prop, closure_bool{[&closure]
+	(const string_view &key, const int64_t &level)
+	{
+		closure(key, level);
+		return true;
+	}});
+}
+
+bool
+ircd::m::room::power::for_each(const string_view &prop,
+                               const closure_bool &closure)
+const
+{
+	bool ret{true};
+	view([&prop, &closure, &ret]
+	(const json::object &content)
+	{
+		const json::object &collection
+		{
+			// This little cmov gimmick sets collection to be the outer object
+			// itself if no property was given, allowing us to reuse this func
+			// for all iterations of key -> level mappings.
+			prop? json::object{content.get(prop)} : content
+		};
+
+		if(prop && json::type(string_view{collection}) != json::OBJECT)
+			return;
+
+		for(auto it(begin(collection)); it != end(collection) && ret; ++it)
+		{
+			const auto &member(*it);
+			if(json::type(member.second) != json::NUMBER)
+				continue;
+
+			const auto &key
+			{
+				unquote(member.first)
+			};
+
+			const auto &val
+			{
+				lex_cast<int64_t>(member.second)
+			};
+
+			ret = closure(key, val);
+		}
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+bool
+ircd::m::room::power::view(const std::function<void (const json::object &)> &closure)
+const
+{
+	static const event::keys keys
+	{
+		event::keys::include
+		{
+			"content",
+		}
+	};
+
+	const m::event::fetch::opts fopts
+	{
+		keys, state.fopts? state.fopts->gopts : db::gopts{}
+	};
+
+	return state.get(std::nothrow, "m.room.power_levels", "", [&closure]
+	(const m::event &event)
+	{
+		closure(json::get<"content"_>(event));
+	});
+}
+
 //
 // room::state::tuple
 //