Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Proposal: I Was Born This Way

Passed 7-0.  Brendan

Adminned at 17 Oct 2007 11:43:22 UTC

Assuming that we will eventually have a Mafialike victory condition, we should try to limit the effect of new players on Werewolf-Villager ratios.  Plus we don’t want the new guys to have a free pass when we start lynching.

Add the following subrule, called “Spontaneous Lycanthropy,” to the rule “Werewolves:”

When a new Villager joins the game, or when an idle Villager who has not previously participated in this Dynasty reactivates, the Mayor may (within 48 hours) determine randomly whether this Villager is a Werewolf and alert him or her via email or some other means.  The chance of the Villager being a Werewolf is (x+1)/2*y, where x is the number of Dead Villagers and y is the total number of active Villagers.

Should idling ever cause the active Villager list to lack any Werewolves at all, the Mayor may randomly select z new Werewolves, where z is the number of Living Villagers divided by 5 and rounded down.  The Mayor shall alert these Villagers to their affliction via email or some other means.

Comments

Kevan: he/him

17-10-2007 15:03:16 UTC

for

aaronwinborn:

17-10-2007 15:04:08 UTC

for as long as it’s clear that idling is the cause of a lack of werewolves, rather than lynching (which should presumably have some other effect, which would normally be the villagers winning, though that wouldn’t apply for a DOV)

Kevan: he/him

17-10-2007 15:14:16 UTC

My concern would be more with a final werewolf trying to game the system by ducking in and out to bring in extra recruits, or something, but it’s using a mayoral “may”, so I’ll only invoke it if I feel like it.

Brendan: he/him

17-10-2007 15:19:47 UTC

If it gets down to 4 or fewer Villagers and they aren’t all already Werewolves, the Mayor can only select 0 new Werewolves anyway.

Hix:

17-10-2007 15:34:34 UTC

for

Shadowclaw:

17-10-2007 15:48:52 UTC

for

Chivalrybean:

17-10-2007 15:49:02 UTC

for

spikebrennan:

17-10-2007 18:32:38 UTC

imperial