BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Fellow Survivors: I’m afraid that we’ve just lost 6. I think that this has awakened us all to the fact of our dire situation. The mysterious planet stretches in all directions around us, and time is ticking. It’s dangerous here, whether you’re desperately hunting for sustenance in the wilderness or trying to repair our own ship. We must try to manage the inexorable slide into disease and amnesia while combating our eventual starvation. To that end, we have to stick together: we should coordinate our hunting and gathering, and designate a couple of Survivors as reserves of Vitality and Recollection in case of emergency. I’m sure that we will only survive if we act cooperatively. Now, who’s with me?

Jookyle, Urist_McNomic, TheCube, Clucky, Spitemaster, and IceFromHell idle out after 19, 17, 17, 15, 10, and 9 days of inactivity respectively. Quorum falls to four.

Reset all Survivors’ Recollections, Vitalities, and Specializations to their respective defaults. Reset the Food, Power, and Supplies to their respective defaults. Set the Captain’s Recollection to “-” and their Specialization to “Commander Raichu”.

Add the phrase “The MaroonedMap page cannot be altered except by Proposals or Call for Judgements.” to the end of the first paragraph of the Rule “Movement”.

Replace the content of the MaroonedMap page with “http://i.imgur.com/GrY6K5o.png”.

To lessen the strain on the dwindling supplies, and because of an all-consuming interest in the pulchritude of a local native maiden, I will be wandering off into the forest. Please convey my regrets to any family or commitments you discover I may have had in my previous life. Good luck, shipmates.

I believe that the page “MaroonedMap” doesn’t count as gamestate because the rules don’t regulate it; it’s more of a reference. I’m asking because I would have had to blank it upon enacting the proposal “You are now free to move about the cabin”, which would be annoying.

Enact a new Dynastic Rule entitled “Movement”:

Every Survivor is, at any given time, in a Segment, which is an integer between 0 and 16 (inclusive), tracked in the GNDT, and defaulting to 0. Segments are the regions shown on the “Marooned Map”.

Any Survivor, if they have not done so in the past 72 hours, and if their Vitality is not Wounded or Disabled, may Walk. They do so by changing their Segment to one adjacent to the Segment they are in, as shown on the Marooned Map. No Survivor may Move to any Segment pictured in blue (Segments 3 and 9).

In the rule “Health”, change the text “When a Survivor Attempts First Aid, they pick another Survivor and roll a DICE5.” to

When a Survivor Attempts First Aid, they pick another Survivor in the same Segment as them and roll a DICE5.

Octantium have detected a Quasi-Spatial Phase Disturbance in New Sector ω0413.6a. We are sending in an Investigator.

Add a new sub-rule to the rule Memory called “Group Meeting” with the following text:

As a weekly action a survivor may post a “Group Meeting” which is a story post with a title starting with “Group Meeting”. This post may contain a list of survivors. If all the survivors listed cast a FOR vote on the Group Meeting within 12 hours of it’s posting then the author may once give each of the survivors listed X recollection. X is equal to the number of survivors listed.  Immediately after posting a “Group Meeting” the author gains one recollection.

Add a new Rule, entitled “Epiphanies”, containing the following:

The Captain has an ordered list of Epiphanies, consisting of short messages, coupled with a number called a Threshold. If a Survivor has had an amount of Recollection higher than the Threshold of an Epiphany, the Captain should send that Epiphany to the Survivor in a private message, if the Captain has not done so already. If a Survivor has received an Epiphany and no Survivor has Revealed that particular Epiphany yet, they may Reveal it by posting a Story Post highlighting this fact and adding the Epiphany to the wiki page “Epiphanies” in a bulleted list.

Create a new wiki page entitled “Epiphanies” and blank it.

Add the following phrase to the end of the Rule “Memory”:

At the start of each week, any Survivors with a Vitality of Healthy gain one Recollection, and any Survivors with a Vitality of Optimal gain two Recollection.

See title.

Add a subrule “Brain Overdrive to the rule “Memory”

If a Survivor takes a daily or weekly action that requires a die roll, they may choose to use Brain Overdrive before taking that action. If a Survivor uses Brain Overdrive, they may perform any die roll required by an action thrice and choose any one of the three rolls to use for the action. Furthermore, using Brain Overdrive decreases the Recollection of the Survivor by two, in addition to any Recollection cost incurred by the performance of an action.

Add the following text to the end of the rule “Health”

As a weekly action, a Survivor may Attempt Self-Medication. When a Survivor Attempts Self-Medication, they roll a DICE6. If the result is a 1, they have their Vitality increased.

Add the following text to the end of the module “Infirmary”

If this module is active, Survivors may Rest In Infirmary as a weekly action, under two conditions:
a) They have not yet taken a weekly action that week
b) Their Vitality is “Famished” or lower
When a Survivor Rests in Infirmary, they roll a DICE5. If the result is a 1, they have their Vitality set to “Fatigued”. Regardless of the result of the dice roll, the communal Power is reduced by 5, and they cannot take another weekly action that week.

Change the text of the specialization “Doctor” in the rule “Specialists” to:

Doctor: When a Survivor with Specialization of Doctor Attempts First Aid, they roll a DICE4 instead of DICE5. When they Attempt Self-Medication, they roll a DICE5 instead of DICE6

Add a new rule “Blueprints” with the following text:

The following blueprints have been uncovered and their contents may be built using scavenged Supplies.

  - Hydroponic Farm (cost 200): Produces 1 food per active Survivor per week
  - Robotic Assistant (cost 200): Whenever a Survivor explores and gains a positive amount of food, food is increased by an additional 1 point. Whenever a Survivor repairs circuits, the power is increased by an additional 2 points. Whenever a Survivor Gathers supplies, the Supplies are increased by an additional 2 points.

Blueprints are built via Proposal. When a blueprint is built, the ruleset is modified to show that the blueprint has been built by adding the text “BUILT” next to the name of the blueprint and the Supplies are reduced by the cost of the blueprint.

In the rule “Memory” change “Immediately after taking a daily or weekly action” to “Immediately after taking a daily or weekly action that inherently negatively affects recollection”

Immediately after taking a daily or weekly action that inherently negatively affects recollection, a Survivor must reduce their Recollection by 1. If a Survivor’s Recollection is zero, they cannot take daily or weekly actions.

In new rules proposed with a daily action, weekly action, or weekly communal action must state whether the action inherently affects recollection positively, negatively or does not affect recollection.

In the rule 2.2 “Health” add “This action does not inherently affect recollection.”

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As a weekly action, a Survivor may Attempt First Aid. When a Survivor Attempts First Aid, they pick another Survivor and roll a DICE5. If the result is a 1, the chosen Survivor has their Vitality increased.
This action does not inherently affect recollection

In the rule 2.3 “Food” add “This action does not inherently affect recollection.”

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As a weekly action, a Survivor may Explore. When a Survivor Explores, they roll a DICE5. If the result is a 1, their Vitality is Decreased; otherwise the Food is increased by one less than the die roll.
This action does not inherently affect recollection.

In the rule 2.4 “Power” add “This action positively affects recollection.”

There is a communal quantity of electrical power tracked in the Captain’s row of the GNDT in a column called Power, defaulting to 0. As a weekly action, a Survivor may Repair the ships circuits. When a Survivor Repairs circuits, they may decrease their vitality and add 10 to the communal Power.
This action positively affects recollection.

In the rule 2.5 “Modules” add “Unless otherwise specified, modules positively affect recollection.”

The ship has various modules. if a module has a Required Power attribute, it is considered Operational if and only if the communal Power is at least as high as the Required Power attribute.  Unless otherwise specified, modules positively affect recollection.

Rename the Specialization “Captain Raichu” to “Commander Raichu” throughout the ruleset and gamestate.

In the rule “Specialists”, replace “any Legal Specialization which is not on the Crew Manifest” with “any Legal Specialization which is not Commander Raichu and is not on the Crew Manifest”

If any Survivor (including idle Survivors) other than RaichuKFM has a Specialization of “Commander Raichu” set their Specialization to “None”

If the proposal “Supply Route” failed, this proposal has no effect.

Create a new page on the wiki titled “Buildings” or, if the page exists, clear its contents.

Add a new rule “Blueprints” with the following text:

The following blueprints have been uncovered and their contents may be built using scavenged Supplies.

- Hydroponic Farm (cost 50): Produces 1 food per active Survivor per week
- Robotic Assistant (cost 100): Whenever a survivor rolls a Dice, they may reduce OR increase the number on the Dice by 1 (ex: DICE5 becomes DICE4 or DICE6)

Blueprints are built via Story Posts - a Survivor can make a story post with the title “Blueprint” any time the Supplies are greater than the cost of the Blueprint. Other survivors may then vote on the story post, and if it meets the same criteria as a Proposal would to be passed, then the Blueprint is built, and the Supplies are reduced by the cost of the Blueprint.

To build a blueprint, the wiki page Blueprints is modified to include the name of the building. If the wiki page Blueprints includes the name of the building, then it is considered built and its effects are applied at the appropriate times. The Buildings wiki page may not be modified except via the above process.

Rename the Specialization “Captain Raichu” to “Commander Raichu” throughout the ruleset and gamestate.

If the proposal “The Great Outdoors” failed, the rest of this proposal has no further effect.

In the rule “Food”, replace “otherwise the Food is increased by one less than the die roll” with “otherwise the Food is increased by twice the die roll”.

In the Hunter’s effect, replace “produce one additional Food” with “produce two additional Food”.

In Lt Helle’s effect, replace “produce two additional Food” with “produce four additional Food”.

In the rule “Memory”, replace “Immediately after taking a daily or weekly action, a Survivor must reduce their Recollection by 1. If a Survivor’s Recollection is zero, they cannot take daily or weekly actions.” with:-

As a weekly action, a Survivor may take a single Outdoor action, and as a separate weekly action, a Survivor may take a single Indoor action. Immediately after taking an Outdoor action, a Survivor must reduce their Recollection by 1. If a Survivor’s Recollection is zero, they cannot take Indoor or Outdoor actions.

Replace “As a weekly action, a Survivor may Attempt First Aid.” with “As an Indoor action, a Survivor may Attempt First Aid.”

Replace “As a weekly action, a Survivor may Explore.” with “As an Outdoor action, a Survivor may Explore.”

Replace “As a weekly action, a Survivor may Repair the ships circuits.” with “As an Outdoor action, a Survivor may Repair the ships circuits.”

Replace “If this module is active, Survivors may Care For Sick as a weekly action.” with “If this module is active, Survivors may Care For Sick as an Indoor action.”

Replace “If this module is active, Survivors may Recover Logs as a weekly action.” with “If this module is active, Survivors may Recover Logs as an Indoor action.”

Replace “As a weekly action, a Survivor may Gather Supplies.” (if it exists in the ruleset) with “As an Outdoor action, a Survivor may Gather Supplies.”

Add a new dynastic rule called “Supplies” and give it the following text

There is a communal quantity of Supplies tracked in the Captain’s row of the GNDT in a column called Supplies, defaulting to 0.

As a weekly action, a Survivor may Gather Supplies. When a Survivor Gathers Supplies, they roll a 3DICE3 and add the resulting total the the communal Supplies total.

To the list of Specializations in the rule “Specialists”, add

Scavenger: When a Survivor with Specialization of Scavenger Gathers Supplies, they roll a 4DICE3 instead of 3DICE3.

If the proposal “Doctor Spartacus” passes then

a) replace

“may instead set their Specialization to Hunter, Doctor or Technician”.

with

“may instead set their Specialization to any Legal Specialization which is not on the Crew Manifest”

b) Add “Lt. Casey” to the list of names in the Crew Manifest

and

c) To the list of Specializations in the rule “Specialists”, add

Lt. Casey: When Lt. Casey Gathers Supplies, they roll 4DICE4 instead of 3DICE3

Add a new rule “Crew Manifest”:-

The fire-damaged ship’s computer lists the Crew Manifest as:-

• Dr Prestrud
• Dr Larsen
• Engineer Galti
• Engineer Bock
• Lt Helle
• Lt Monsen

If a Survivor’s Recollection is 40 or more, they may Recall their previous identity onboard the ship, by choosing any name on the Crew Manifest which is not currently taken as the Specialization of a Survivor with higher Recollection; upon doing so, this becomes their Specialization, and any other Survivor with that name as their Specialization has it set to “None”.

To the list of Specializations in the rule “Specialists”, add:-

• Captain Raichu: Captain Raichu has no special abilities.
• Lt Helle: When Lt Helle Explores and produces any Food in the process, they produce two additional Food.
• Lt Monsen: When Lt Monsen Explores, they ignore the effects of a roll of 1.
• Dr Prestrud: When Dr Prestrud Attempts First Aid, they roll a DICE3 instead of DICE5.
• Dr Larsen: When Dr Larsen Attempts First Aid, if the result is a 1 then the Survivor has their Vitality increased twice; if the result is 5, the Survivor has their Vitality decreased.
• Engineer Galti: When Engineer Galti Repairs the ships circuits, they add an additional 5 to the communal Power.
• Engineer Bock: When Engineer Bock Repairs the ships circuits, they do not decrease their Vitality.

Replace “may instead set their Specialization to any legal Specialization” with “may instead set their Specialization to Hunter, Doctor or Technician”.

Set the Specialization of the Captain to “Captain Raichu”.

Bucky and Josh go idle. Quorum drops to 8

Space Cadet Urist_McNomic requesting permission to awaken from cryostasis, captain!

Change the text of the module “Infirmary” to the following:

Required Power: 100
If this module is active, Survivors may Care For Sick as a weekly action. When a Survivor Cares For Sick, they pick another Survivor with a Vitality of “Famished” or lower and roll a DICE4. If the result is a 1, the chosen Survivor has their Vitality set to “Fatigued”. Regardless of the result of the dice roll, the communal Power is reduced by 5.

In the rule “Specialists” after “Each Survivor has a single Specialization” add ” tracked in the GNDT in a column called Specialization” and replace “set their Survivor to any legal Specialization” with “set their Specialization to any legal Specialization”

If the proposal “Revisions always Revisions” fails, this proposal does nothing. Otherwise, add the following text to the sub-rule “Evil A.I.” of the rule “Modules”:

If this module is active, Survivors may Recover Logs as a weekly action. When a Survivor Recovers Logs, they roll a DICE4. If the result is a 1, that Survivor gains 10 Recollection.

If the proposal “Revisions always Revisions” fails, this proposal does nothing. Otherwise, add the following text to the sub-rule “Infirmary” of the rule “Modules”:

If this module is active, Survivors may Care For Sick as a weekly action. When a Survivor Cares For Sick, they pick another Survivor with a Vitality of “Famished” or lower and roll a DICE4. If the result is a 1, the chosen Survivor has their Vitality set to “Fatigued”.

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Add a new dynastic rule called “Inventory” and give it the following text

Survivors have an Inventory attribute which is tracked in a special page in the wiki.
The Inventory attribute describes which items a Survivor posses.
Items may be combined to create other items according to future rules.
Some items have the attribute Alien Artifact.
Items which were created by combining an Alien Artifcat with other items have the attribute Augmented.

When enacting this proposal, the words “a special page in the wiki” will be replaced with a link to the page tracking the inventory.