Proposal: A Clockwork Duck a l’Orange
Timed out and enacted, 5 for, 1 against and 4 unresolved DEFs. Josh
Adminned at 21 Mar 2010 08:30:39 UTC
Change all references in the ruleset to the wiki page [[Trade Routes]], so that they refer instead to the wiki page [[County Activity]]. Change the sidebar of the main page to reflect this. Move the content of the [[Trade Routes]] page to the [[County Activity]] page. If the content of the [[Trade Routes]] page changed between the enactment of this proposal and the transfer of data, then the enacting admin must revert that change before transfering the content to the [[County Activity]] page. Change the third set of parentheses in rule 2.7 to read as follows:
(a page which should only be updated in accordance with the ruleset).
Add a new rule to the ruleset, entitled Invasion:
England has been invaded by the French, and each Commoner has an Allegiance, which is either Loyalist or Sympathiser. This choice is tracked in the GNDT and can be changed by the Commoner at any time.
At the time at which this rule was enacted, Invaders have only Occupied Kent (County #18). Every Monday after enactment, they are considered to have spread to every County that neighbours a County which Invaders previously Occupied. If ever it ceases to be Occupied, Kent is always reoccupied on Monday. The names of Counties which are Occupied are coloured red on the [[County Activity]] page of the wiki. Any Trade Route which passes through an Occupied County is considered to end at the last unoccupied County before it; unless the start County is an Occupied County, in which case the reverse is true.
As a weekly action, a Commoner may perform spend 2 Iron, 1 Cog and 1 Coal to build a mechanical army. If they are a Loyalist, this will remove any invader forces that may exist from the County in which the Commoner performs the action, plus all neighbouring counties. If they are a Sympathiser, then Invader forces will Occupy the County in which the action is performed.
Add a subrule to that rule, entitled Regalia Actions:
Any Commoner who possesses an Invention which includes either the Crest of the Mad Prince of the Mark of the Demented Baron may perform one of the actions listed in this rule, instead of the weekly action listed above in the rule entitled “Invasion”.
* Build a sentry tower. By paying 5 Iron and 2 Cogs, a Commoner may build a Sentry Tower. Any County containing a Sentry Tower may not change from Occupied to unoccupied or vice-versa. A County with a Sentry Tower is tracked in the GNDT by putting {ST} after its name.
* Remove a Sentry Tower. A Commoner my remove a Sentry Tower, allowing Occupation or liberation, and gains 2 Iron and 1 Cog for doing so.
* Use an Air Drone. A Commoner may double the cost of any other weekly action to perform it in a neighbouring County to the one that they currently occupy.
Add the following as a subrule to rule 2.2, entitled Crest of the Mad Prince:
Cost: 1 Iron, 1 Quicksilver Power requirement: 0
Any invention consisting of just this Part has a Power Requirement of zero and does not count towards a Commoner’s total number of inventions. A Commoner who posesses an Invention that includes this Part must set their Allegiance to Loyalist and may not change it. That Commoner may perform Regalia Actions as defined under the rule entitled “Invasion”.
Add the following as a subrule to rule 2.2, entitled Mark of the Demented Baron:
Cost: 1 Iron, 1 Gem Power requirement: 0
Any invention consisting of just this Part has a Power Requirement of zero and does not count towards a Commoner’s total number of inventions. A Commoner who posesses an Invention that includes this Part must set their Allegiance to Sympathiser and may not change it. That Commoner may perform Regalia Actions as defined under the rule entitled “Invasion”.
Set up a GNDT column for Allegiance and set all Commoners’ Allegiances to “Loyalist”.
I am Mad Baron Pierre and I have come for your lives!
Would prefer this proposal split into parts, lol.
Keba:
I like the idea of a French Invasion, but this would only affect the Trade Routes for the moment? Of course we chould simply change that by further proposals (a really big Proposal with even more ideas would not be enacted though…), eg. moving into or in an “Enemy County” should not be that easy and mabye this could interact with Liberated Counties, too.
But there are a few problems, I think:
I do not know whether the “Monday Action” is nice. Who does this? Is anyone able to do this? “As a Weekly Action, if possible every Monday, the Mad Prince may” would be better, I think.
“Any Trade Route which passes through an Occupied County is considered to end at the last unoccupied County before it” What happens, if the Trade Route is completely in the French Area? Also Trade Routes should work for the Sympathisers in the French Area…
“A County with a Sentry Tower is tracked in the GNDT by putting {ST}” Not every County is listed in the GNDT, only the Counties, which are currently occupied. Should this only work, if a Commoner is in a County, which has got a Sentry Tower build by them? This would be really strange. Also, currently the Counties in the GNDT are only choices, not text fields… Why don’t use the new wiki page for this?
Finally, I would like a Invasion from Liberated Counties. As a big civil war with some teams this would be even nice for a VC, I think… But it seems nobody likes Liberation…
Nice idea! But needs some fixes.