Title: Military Base
Active Effect: If one Kaiju has a higher Prestige than all others, their is Prestige halved (rounding up).
Activation Cost: 10
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Location and may only be activated as a Colossal Action.

I propose that the rule “Aspects” be given a sub-rule named “Dishonourable Aspects”, which shall read:

An aspect which is Dishonourable will cause the user to become Dishonoured, unless they pay an additional cost, specified in the Restrictions for that aspect, the first time they use its Active Ability. If an additional cost is not specified, it is assumed to be equal to the Activation Cost of the aspect. An aspect with only Passive Abilities cannot be Dishonourable, and any Passive Abilities on a Dishonourable aspect with an Active Ability can not “trigger” Dishonourable.

Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of any one Kaiju by 10 * the number of Lab Tokens you have.
Activation Cost: 10 Prestige
Restrictions: May only be activated as a Colossal Action. It’s Just A Rubber Suit may not be used to affect any Kaiju who has at least one Lab Token.

In the rule “Prestige”, replace “but may not do so if fewer than 96 hours have passed since the previous meeting” with:-

but may not do so if fewer than 24 hours have passed since the Emperor made a Bid Post

Title: Neodani Fault
Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of every other Kaiju by 15.
Activation Cost: 15 Prestige
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Location, and may only be activated once per Epoch.

To the penultimate paragraph of the rule “Lab Tokens”, add:-

If only one Bid is received, the word “two” in the above list shall instead be treated as if it were “one”. If no bids were received, all the steps are skipped.

Replace “may then increase their Lab Tokens by 1” with:-

may increase their Lab Tokens by 1, once, at any point in the next 24 hours

Title: Escalating Tensions
Passive Effect: Kaiju other than you and your Right Claw may only make Bid Comments that are integer multiples of this Aspect’s Power Score.

In the rule “Lab Tokens,” replace each instance of the text “Bid Post” with “Lab Post.”

Amend the Activation Cost of all Aspects whose Activation Cost is only an integer x to be x Prestige instead.

Add the following Aspects to the rule “Aspects:”

• Title: Denounce
  Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of a target Kaiju by twice the Power Score of this Aspect.
  Activation Cost: (Power Score) Prestige
  Restrictions: May only be activated as a Colossal Action.
• Title: Riposte
  Active Effect: If a target Kaiju has reduced your Prestige by x via an Active Effect since you last used Riposte against them (or since you gained control of Riposte, if you have not used Riposte against them this Epoch), reduce their Prestige by 2 * x.
  Activation Cost: 10 Prestige
  Restrictions: May only be activated as a Colossal Action.
• Title: Tag Out
  Active Effect: If your Right Claw or Left Claw is Disgraced, set their Prestige to 50 and gain control of any Aspects they control.
  Passive Effect: You may not change your Right Claw or Left Claw while you control Tag Out.
  Activation Cost: 10 Prestige
  Restrictions: You may activate Tag Out only once per Epoch.
• Title: Take Dive
  Active Effect: Gain Prestige equal to Take Dive’s Power Score.
  Activation Cost: 0 Prestige
  Restrictions: May only be activated as a Colossal Action. You may only use Take Dive if your Prestige has been reduced by the Active Effect of another Kaiju’s Aspect since you gained control of Take Dive.

If the EVC of more than one player contains the phrase “oppose [x],” where [x] is the name of one of the Aspects proposed above, do not add that Aspect to the Ruleset when enacting this proposal.

Once again we’ve encountered a situation the Lab Token bidding rules don’t cover: only one bid was submitted. I’ve decided to count Kevan as both of the highest-bidding Kaiju, docked him by his bid amount, and awarded NaN to all other Kaiju. It’s up to him whether he wants to grant himself one Lab Token or two. CfJ if you disagree.

Enact a new subrule to “Aspects” called “Imperial Restlessness”:-

If the Emperor did not perform a Colossal Action during the previous day, and if an Aspect is currently offered for bidding which includes a Colossal Action, then the Emperor is Restless. If the Emperor is Restless, then any Kaiju may reduce the Emperor’s Prestige by 10 (to a minimum of 1), so long as no Kaiju has done so under this rule during the current day.

Enact a new rule, “The Military”:-

The Military exists, and is considered to be a Kaiju for the purposes of dynastic rules only. It is tracked in the GNDT as if it were a Kaiju. It may not gain Tokens of Might and it may take actions even if it has no defined Claws.

Any Kaiju may cause the Military to Mobilise, at any time. Upon doing so, that Kaiju (the “Watcher”) takes the following actions on behalf of the Military, in the following order:-

• If this is the first time the Military has Mobilised this Epoch, its Prestige is set to 50.
• The single Technology or Location Bid Post whose Aspect has the lowest Power Score (if one exists) is considered to be the Human Focus. If the Military do not control the Human Focus, they bid 1 more than its current Power Score on it (if possible).
• The Kaiju with the highest Prestige (other than the Military itself) is considered to be the Threat. If the Military have any Aspects which could lower another Kaiju’s Prestige, the Watcher may choose and activate one, once, making any decisions required of that Aspect (provided that the Threat’s Prestige is decreased as a result of the activation).

After “The Emperor should then post Story Posts for the remaining Aspects at their own convenience during the following 24 hours.” in the ruleset, add:-

These are known as Bid Posts.

Set the Military’s Prestige to 50 and its Type to “Robot”.

I propose that the rule “Aspects” be amended to include the sentence:

An aspect which is Dishonourable will cause the user to become Dishonoured, unless they pay two times its Activation Cost.

I propose that the rule “Unnamed Rule” be merged with the rule “Dishonour”, such that the current text of “Unnamed Rule” is appended to the end of “Dishonour”.

Title: Oxygen Destroyer
Active Effect: A Kaiju of your choice loses 5 Prestige for each time that this Aspect has been already been activated this Epoch.
Activation Cost: 5
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Technology, and may only be activated as a Colossal Action.

I propose that the following rule be put into motion:

A Dishonoured Kaiju cannot win.

In accordance with the rules of BlogNomic, I am officially announcing my intention to participate in this Dynasty.

Sylphrena idles out after seven days without any posts or comments. Quorum remains 3.

Replace “Attendant” with “Emperor” throughout the ruleset.

Replace “A Kaiju may, as a daily action, make a Legend Post” with:-

A Kaiju other than the Attendant may, as a daily action, make a Legend Post

Then remove from the ruleset any Aspects added as a result of Legend Posts made by the Attendant. Any Legend Posts made by the Attendant are no longer considered to be Legend Posts, and any Story Posts created for bidding for Aspects which originated from such Legend Posts are no longer considered to be Story Posts.

Repeal the rule “The Attendant.”

Set Brendan’s Prestige to 200.

Add the following sentence to the rule “Lab Tokens:”

The Attendant does not count as a Kaiju for the purposes of this rule.

Add the following sentence to the rule “Might and Disgrace:”

The Attendant may not gain Tokens of Might.

Repeal the rule “The Attendant.”

Set Brendan’s Prestige to 200.

Add the following sentence to the rule “Lab Tokens:”

The Attendant does not count as a Kaiju for the purposes of this rule.

Add the following sentence to the rule “Might and Disgrace:”

The Attendant may not gain Tokens of Might.

“I’m afraid our time in this facility grows short,” says the Attendant, grinning broadly, voice strained. “The Emperor’s warp signature has just been detected out near Pluto, and the emergency shutdown process has initiated. I do believe it will be rather violent! We can exit through the old volcano tunnel, of course, but we will have to leave our work here behind. To attempt to make use of what we have so far bears certain risks, but I for one shall not shrink from them. Shall we toast together, mighty Kaiju?” The Attendant lifts a beaker and sloshes it with one trembling hand. “To progress!”

Bids for the next set of Lab Tokens will now be accepted.

To the rule “Dishonour”, add:-

If there are three or fewer Kaiju, then Kaiju cannot become Dishonoured.

Title: Military Base
Active Effect: If one Kaiju has a higher Prestige than all others, their is Prestige halved (rounding up).
Activation Cost: 10
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Location and may only be activated as a Colossal Action.

Delete the paragraph reading “The time between two consecutive meetings of the Kaiju Court is known as an Epoch.” from the rule “Prestige.” Replace the paragraph in the same rule that begins “The Attendant should call a meeting of the Kaiju Court at least once per week” with the following:

The Attendant should call a meeting of the Kaiju Court at least once per week, but may not do so if fewer than 96 hours have passed since the previous meeting or if a Colossal Action has been used in the previous 12 hours. The time between two consecutive meetings of the Kaiju Court is known as an Epoch.

At each meeting of the Kaiju Court, if there are more listed Aspects than there are Kaiju, the Attendant will offer four Aspects for bidding, selected from the list in the rule “Aspects.” For each Aspect offered, the Attendant shall create a Story Post with the title of the Aspect it represents; such a Story Post is active as soon as it is posted. When calling a new meeting of the Kaiju Court, the Attendant must indicate in the first relevant Story Post that the last Epoch has ended and the new Epoch has begun. The Attendant should then post Story Posts for the remaining Aspects at their own convenience during the following 24 hours.

Title: Marianas Trench
Active Effect: Set your Prestige to 50 and lose control of all Aspects. You may not post Bid Comments nor be the target of opponents’ Colossal Actions for the remainder of the Epoch.
Activation Cost: 0
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Location.

Add the following paragraph after the sentence in the rule “Prestige” that reads “These Aspects are selected from the list in the rule “Aspects,” and for each of them, the Attendant shall create a Story Post with the title of the Aspect it represents.”

For each such Story Post, the Attendant shall roll DICE16 in the GNDT; the result is the number of hours before that post becomes active. The Attendant shall post a comment noting the time when it will become active on each such post.

In “Might and Disgrace”, replace “(A Kaiju with 0 Prestige may not have their Prestige reduced.)” with:-

(A Kaiju with 0 Prestige may not have their Prestige reduced. Otherwise, if a Kaiju’s Prestige would be reduced below zero by another Kaiju’s action, it instead becomes zero.)

Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of each Alien Kaiju by 5.
Activation Cost: 3
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Location. This Aspect may only be activated as a Colossal Action.

Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of any one Kaiju by 3.
Activation Cost: 2 Prestige

Passive Effect: If your Prestige drops below the Power Score of Ultra-Humility, you immediately gain 30 Prestige.
Restrictions: You may only gain Prestige through the Passive Effect of Ultra-Humility once per Epoch.

Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of any one Kaiju by 10. Increase the Prestige of your Right Claw or your Left Claw by 10.
Activation Cost: 15 Prestige
Restrictions: Sly Handoff may only be activated as a Colossal Action.

Enact a new rule, “Patronage”:-

A Kaiju may nominate a single Patron if it has not already done so during the current dynasty, and if the nominating Kaiju either joined BlogNomic or unidled (for the first time this dynasty) within the previous 24 hours. Patrons should be nominated in a post or comment to the BlogNomic blog.

A Kaiju is considered an Elder Kaiju if the following four statements are true for it:-

• It has been a Kaiju in the current dynasty for more than seven days.
• It has made at least two Legend Posts which have been accepted by the Attendant.
• It has submitted at least three Proposals which have been enacted.
• It has taken at least one Colossal Action.

If an Elder Kaiju has not already done so, it may Pay Tribute to its Patron (if it has one): upon doing so, both the Paying Kaiju and its Patron gain 25 Prestige.

Title: DNA Scrambler
Passive Effect: Reduce the Prestige of a Kaiju of your choice by X, where X is the Power Score of a Mutation they control.
Activation Cost: 3
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Technology, and may only be activated as a Colossal Action.

Josh hasn’t posted or commented in seven days, and goes idle. Anybody who had him as their Left Claw cannot take Dynastic actions until they change that.

Add a paragraph before the final one of “Aspects”:-

If a Kaiju has more than one Location Aspect, then the Effects of all of that Kaiju’s Location Aspects are considered to be blank.

Add a subrule to “Lab Tokens” called “Lab Research”:-

A Kaiju may spend a Lab Token to select an Aspect which had an active Story Post during the previous Epoch, and make a new Story Post with the title of that Aspect. This is considered to be equivalent to a Story Post that had been made by the Attendant when calling a meeting of the Kaiju Court, for that Aspect.

Add the following to the list of Aspects in the rule “Aspects:”

• Title: Cryo-Locker
  Active Effect: One Kaiju of your choice may not spend Prestige or Lab Tokens, or use any Aspect’s Active Effect, for the rest of this Epoch. That Kaiju may not have their Prestige reduced by any Active Effect during this time.
  Activation Cost: 1 Lab Token
  Restrictions: Cryo-Locker may only be activated as a Colossal Action.
• Title: Ultra-Humility
  Passive Effect: If your Prestige drops below the Power Score of Ultra-Humility, you immediately gain 30 Prestige.
  Restrictions: You may only gain Prestige through the Passive Effect of Ultra-Humility once per Epoch.
• Title: Escalating Tensions
  Passive Effect: Kaiju other than you and your Right Claw may only make Bid Comments that are integer multiples of this Aspect’s Power Score.
  
• Title: A Thousand Cuts
  Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of any one Kaiju by 3.
  Activation Cost: 2 Prestige

If the EVC of more than one player contains the phrase “oppose [x],” where [x] is the name of one of the Aspects proposed above, do not add that Aspect to the Ruleset when enacting this proposal.

Well, despite the fix for three-way ties, we’ve ended up in a situation I failed to anticipate: one bid is clearly the highest, but the next two are lower and tied. I’m going to treat this as though all three had tied for highest bid; CfJ if you disagree.

Title: Monitoring Station
Active Effect: Choose a Kaiju whose Type is “nothing” (and who has been a Kaiju for the previous seven days) and set their Type to any valid value.
Activation Cost: 2
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Location.

“The Emperor is wise and gracious, of course!” the Attendant chuckles nervously, passing through column after column of ghostly light. “Never let it be said that I would suggest otherwise, praise be to the Imperial name! But with a vision so wide, through so many realms, it can be difficult to see the… potential… of the little things.” A pained smile. “Little things like our operation here. And, relatively speaking, me.

“This despite the vast potential we’ve unlocked in just a week of testing!” An echo rings through the space, past gigantic cylindrical tanks filled with grotesque half-grown limbs and spines, through the space between the reactor’s cooling pipes and massive insulated cables. “And with only two samples. Our knowledge increases geometrically with each new source of data. Why, within a month, we might be able to augment a living being to a level of power to challenge—oh, hypothetically—any being in any dimension…

The Attendant’s glance darts to one side (and up, so far up). “So you understand, mighty Kaiju, that it might be beneficial to everyone if this deal were to remain between us?”

Bids for the next set of Lab Tokens will now be accepted.

Title: Neodani Fault
Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of every other Kaiju by 10. (Reducing the Prestige of a Claw in this way does not Dishonour a Kaiju.)
Activation Cost: 10
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Location, and may only be activated as a Colossal Action.

In “Prestige”, after “and the Story Posts for those Aspects are no longer active.” add:-

Additionally, if a single Kaiju has a higher Prestige than every other Kaiju at this point, that Kaiju gains 1 Lab Token.

Replace “but may not do so if fewer than 96 hours have passed since the previous meeting” with:-

but may not do so if fewer than 96 hours have passed since the previous meeting or if a Colossal Action has been used in the previous 12 hours

Title: EMP Cannon
Active Effect: Choose a Technology Aspect: its Effects are considered to be blank for the remainder of the Epoch.
Activation Cost: 3
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Technology.

To the rule “Prestige”, add:-

The time between two consecutive meetings of the Kaiju Court is known as an Epoch.

Create a new rule called “Might and Disgrace” with the following text:

Each Kaiju has a number of Tokens of Might, which are tracked privately by the Attendant and by each Kaiju individually.

Should one Kaiju reduce another Kaiju’s Prestige to 0, the Kaiju who has 0 Prestige becomes Disgraced, and the Kaiju reducing them (called the attacking Kaiju) gains two Tokens of Might. Any Kaiju who has the attacking Kaiju as Left Claw or Right Claw at that time gains one Token of Might. (A Kaiju with 0 Prestige may not have their Prestige reduced.)

At any time, a Disgraced Kaiju may set their their Prestige to 50. They are then no longer Disgraced.

Should any Kaiju have at least ten Tokens of Might, and more Tokens of Might than any other Kaiju, they have achieved victory.

Change the sentence in the rule “Prestige” that reads “At each meeting of the Kaiju Court, if there are more listed Aspects than there are Kaiju, the Attendant will offer a number of Aspects equal to the number of active Kaiju plus one for bidding.” to read

At each meeting of the Kaiju Court, if there are more listed Aspects than there are Kaiju, the Attendant will offer four Aspects for bidding.

Add the following text to the rule “Lab Tokens:”

Should more than two Kaiju tie for the largest bid, the word “two” in the above list shall instead be treated as if it were the number of Kaiju tying for the largest bid.

Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of a Kaiju of your choice by 5, if that Kaiju has chosen you as a target of an Active Effect since you last activated Vertebral Barbs.

Activation Cost: 3 Prestige

Restrictions: This Aspect is a Mutation. It may only be activated as a Colossal action.

Passive Effect: If the Prestige of the Kaiju who possesses this Aspect would be reduced due to the Active Effect of another Kaiju, the Prestige is either reduced by zero or it is reduced by two minus what the reduction would have been, whichever is greater.

Restrictions: This Aspect is a Technology.

Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of any one Kaiju by 10 * the number of Lab Tokens you have.

Activation Cost: 10 Prestige

Restrictions: May only be activated as a Colossal Action. It’s Just A Rubber Suit may not be used to affect any Kaiju who has at least one Lab Token.

Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of a Kaiju of your choice by 5, if that Kaiju has used an Active Effect since you last activated or gained control of Infravision.

Activation Cost: 3 Prestige

Restrictions: This Aspect is a Technology. This Aspect may only be activated as a Colossal Action.

Active Effect: Gain control of any Aspect with an active Story Post. No further Bid Comments on that Story Post are considered valid thereafter.

Activation Cost: 1 Lab Token

Restrictions: When using Exploit Alliance, you must post a comment noting that you have gained control of it on the relevant Story Post. You may only use Exploit Alliance to gain control of an Aspect that is currently controlled by the Right Claw of your Right Claw, or the Right Claw of your Left Claw.

Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of two other Kaiju of your choice by 5.

Activation Cost: 5 Prestige

Restrictions: This Aspect may only be activated as a Colossal Action.

Change the bullet point in the rule “Lab Tokens” that reads “Reduce the Prestige of those two Kaiju in the GNDT; and” to read:

Reduce the Prestige of each of those two Kaiju in the GNDT by the amount of their respective bids; and

Add the following to the list of Aspects in the rule “Aspects:”

• Title: Pyrrhic Nova
  Active Effect: Cause any one Kaiju to lose half their current Prestige, rounded down.
  Activation Cost: Half your current Prestige, rounded up, or 10 Prestige, whichever is greater
  Restrictions: Pyrrhic Nova is a Mutation, and may only be activated as a Daily Action. You cannot use Pyrrhic Nova against a Kaiju if that Kaiju has already been the target of Pyrrhic Nova since the last call for a meeting of the Kaiju Court.
• Title: Breeder Reactor
  Passive Effect: When the next meeting of the Kaiju Court is called, the Attendant shall increase your Prestige by 2 * x, where x is the number of unbroken hours for which you most recently had control of Breeder Reactor, up to a maximum of 40 Prestige.
  Restrictions: Breeder Reactor is a Location. When you gain control of Breeder Reactor, you must increase the Prestige of its previous controller (if any) by 2 * x, where x is the number of unbroken hours for which they most recently had control of Breeder Reactor, up to a maximum of 40 Prestige.
• Title: Sly Handoff
  Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of any one Kaiju by 10. Increase the Prestige of your Right Claw or your Left Claw by 10. Activation Cost: 15 Prestige
  Restrictions: Sly Handoff may only be activated as a Daily Action.
• Title: Interesting Specimen
  Passive Effect: When you send a bidding message to the Attendant to attempt to gain Lab Tokens, your bid is considered to be twice the value you specify, but only for the purpose of establishing which Kaiju have the highest bids.
  Restrictions: Interesting Specimen is a Mutation.
  

If “A Tanker A Day” has passed, replace “Daily Action” with “Colossal Action” in the Aspects above.

To the end of the rule “Aspects”, add a paragraph:-

A Kaiju may not take an Aspect’s Colossal Action if they have already taken it three times since the most recent meeting of the Kaiju Court.

Replace “daily action” with “Colossal Action” throughout all Aspects listed in the ruleset.

Title: DETI Institute
Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of each Alien Kaiju by 5.
Activation Cost: 3
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Location. This Aspect may only be activated as a Daily Action.

Huge floodgates force back the water of the bay; a few waves crash over their edges to spill down into the vast descending tunnel shaft. “As you can see, advances gleaned from our friends in the Zardeb system have enabled us to increase the, ah, size of our operation significantly!” says the Attendant, from a hovering perch. With a subsonic groan, a mighty elevator rises from the darkness, large enough to convey the chosen few down to the geothermal tunnels miles below. “Although of course that secret shuttered military base gave us our start. Quite a few interesting things they had abandoned down there before the evacuation. At any rate! I’m sure it’s all just idle curiosity to you, mighty Kaiju, but if anyone is interested in a look around…”

Bids for the first two Lab Tokens will now be accepted.

Replace the sentence that reads “To use an Active Effect, a Kaiju must pay its Activation Cost in Prestige.” in the rule “Aspects” with

To use an Active Effect, a Kaiju must pay its Activation Cost.

For every Aspect in that rule whose Activation Cost is an integer x, replace that cost with “x Prestige.”

Add the following to the list of Aspects in the rule “Aspects:”

• Title: Exploit Alliance
  Active Effect: Gain control of any Aspect with an active Story Post. No further Bid Comments on that Story Post are considered valid thereafter.
  Activation Cost: 1 Lab Token
  Restrictions: When using Exploit Alliance, you must post a comment noting that you have gained control of it on the relevant Story Post. You may only use Exploit Alliance to gain control of an Aspect that is currently controlled by the Right Claw of your Right Claw, or the Right Claw of your Left Claw.
• Title: Pyrrhic Nova
  Active Effect: Cause any one Kaiju to lose half their current Prestige, rounded up.
  Activation Cost: Half your current Prestige, rounded down
  Restrictions: Pyrrhic Nova is a Mutation, and may only be activated as a Daily Action.
• Title: Breeder Reactor
  Passive Effect: When the next meeting of the Kaiju Court is called, the Attendant shall increase your Prestige by 2 * x, where x is the number of unbroken hours for which you most recently had control of Breeder Reactor.
  Restrictions: Breeder Reactor is a Location. When you gain control of Breeder Reactor, you must increase the Prestige of its previous controller (if any) by 2 * x, where x is the number of unbroken hours for which they most recently had control of Breeder Reactor.
• Title: It’s Just A Rubber Suit
  Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of any one Kaiju by 10 * the number of Lab Tokens you have.
  Activation Cost: 10 Prestige
  Restrictions: May only be activated as a Daily Action. It’s Just A Rubber Suit may not be used to affect any Kaiju who has at least one Lab Token.

If the EVC of more than one player contains the phrase “oppose [x],” where [x] is the name of one of the Aspects proposed above, do not add that Aspect to the Ruleset when enacting this proposal.

Title: Metallic Plating
Passive Effect: If the Prestige of the Kaiju who possesses this Aspect would be reduced due to the Active Effect of another Kaiju, the Prestige is either reduced by zero or it is reduced by two minus what the reduction would have been, whichever is greater.
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Technology.

Title: Infravision
Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of a Kaiju of your choice by 5, if that Kaiju has used an Active Effect since you last activated or gained control of Infravision.
Activation Cost: 3
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Technology. This Aspect may only be activated as a Daily Action.

Add a subrule to “Alliances” called “Nemeses”:-

Each Kaiju may have a Nemesis, being another Kaiju (or idle Kaiju), and this is tracked privately by the Attendant. Kaiju have no Nemeses by default, and being a Nemesis is not automatically reciprocal. If a Kaiju has no Nemesis, it may select one by sending a private message to the Attendant to this effect.

When the Attendant calls a meeting of the Kaiju Court, every Kaiju who has a higher Prestige than their Nemesis gains 5 Prestige, and every Kaiju who has a lower Prestige than their Nemesis gains 1 Lab Token. (If a Kaiju’s Nemesis is Idle or not a Kaiju or if the Kaiju has the same Prestige as their Nemesis, nothing happens.)

In the rule “Alliances”, remove “A Kaiju may not take any action under a Dynastic Rule if it would reduce the Prestige of their Right Claw or Left Claw.”

Enact a new rule, “Dishonour”:-

Kaiju may be Dishonoured, but are not Dishonoured by default. Such information is tracked privately by the Attendant.

A Kaiju becomes Dishonoured if:

• They take an action under a Dynastic Rule which reduces the Prestige of their Right Claw or Left Claw.

When the Attendant calls a meeting of the Kaiju Court, if any Kaiju are Dishonoured, then he must mention this and halve each such Kaiju’s Prestige (rounding down). Upon doing so, these Kaiju are no longer Dishonoured.

Add a subrule to “Alliances” called “Nemeses”:-

Each Kaiju may have a Nemesis, being another Kaiju (or idle Kaiju), and this is tracked privately by the Attendant. Kaiju have no Nemeses by default, and being a Nemesis is not automatically reciprocal. If a Kaiju has no Nemesis, it may select one by sending a private message to the Attendant to this effect.

When the Attendant calls a meeting of the Kaiju Court, every Kaiju who has a higher Prestige than their Nemesis gains 5 Prestige, and every Kaiju who has a lower Prestige than their Nemesis loses 5 Prestige.

In this proposal, this paragraph is added to the rule “Aspects”:

If an Aspect is described in its restrictions as a Mutation, only Mutants and Aliens may post bids on it. If it’s described in its restrictions as a Technology, only Aliens and Robots may post bids on it. If it’s described in its restrictions as a Location, only Robots and Mutants may post bids on it.

Was that paragraph actually added to the ruleset? If not, why not?

Title: Vertebral Barbs
Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of a Kaiju of your choice by 5, if that Kaiju has chosen you as a target of an Active Effect since you last activated Vertebral Barbs.
Activation Cost: 3
Restrictions: This Aspect is a Mutation. It may only be activated as a daily action.

In the rule “Prestige”, replace “Any Kaiju who has that Kaiju as their Left Claw also has its passive effects applied to them and may use its active effects in the same way” with:-

Any Kaiju who has that Kaiju as their Left Claw may use its active effects in the same way

If “Okay, Let’s Try This” failed, this proposal has no further effect.

Add a subrule to “Secrets” (or to “Aspects” if there is no rule called “Secrets”) called “Legends”:-

A Kaiju may, as a daily action, make a Legend Post, being a blog entry that describes a single Secret. If a Legend Post is more than 24 hours old and if the Attendant does not regard its Secret as being overpowered, vague or otherwise objectionable, the Attendant may add the Secret it describes to the list of possible Secrets in the ruleset.

If the proposal “Mild-Mannered 50-Foot Lizard Reporter” passed, replace “Secret” with “Aspect” in the created rule.

Replace “Secret” with “Aspect” throughout the dynastic ruleset.

Then, to the end of the rule “Aspects”, if it exists, add:-

If an Aspect is described in its restrictions as a Mutation, only Mutants and Aliens may post bids on it. If it’s described in its restrictions as a Technology, only Aliens and Robots may post bids on it. If it’s described in its restrictions as a Location, only Robots and Mutants may post bids on it.

Replace the word “Esteem” in the rule “Alliances” with “Prestige.”

Rename the rule “Secrets and Prestige” to “Lab Tokens,” and reword its first paragraph as follows:

Each Kaiju has a number of Lab Tokens, which are tracked in the GNDT and default to zero.

Add a new rule, inserted in the Ruleset above the rule “Lab Tokens,” called “Prestige” with the following text:

Each Kaiju has an amount of Prestige, which is a nonnegative integer defaulting to 100, and which is tracked in the GNDT. This represents their current standing in the eyes of the Kaiju Court. It is best not to be seen striving too hard for an advantage; however, it is worse to be seen at a disadvantage.

The Attendant should call a meeting of the Kaiju Court at least once per week, but may not do so if fewer than 96 hours have passed since the previous meeting. At each meeting of the Kaiju Court, if there are more listed Secrets than there are Kaiju, the Attendant will offer a number of Secrets equal to the number of active Kaiju plus one for bidding. These Secrets are selected from the list in the rule “Secrets,” and for each of them, the Attendant shall create a Story Post with the title of the Secret it represents.

While such a Story Post is active, Kaiju may post Bid Comments on it; a valid Bid Comment consists of a positive integer x which is greater than the previous valid Bid Comment and less than their current Prestige. They must then decrease their own Prestige by x and increase the Prestige of the Kaiju who posted the last valid Bid Comment before theirs by x. (If there was no previous valid Bid Comment, if the bidding Kaiju themself posted the previous Bid Comment, or the poster of the previous valid Bid Comment has since become idle, then the bidding Kaiju loses x Prestige but no one gains any as a result.) If they fail to pay Prestige in this way within five minutes, or cannot pay, their Bid Comment is not valid. If they do in fact do pay within five minutes of posting the Bid Comment, they gain control of the Secret the Story Post represents, and its previous controller, if any, loses control of it.

As long as a Kaiju controls a Secret, that Kaiju has its passive effects applied to them, if any, and may use its active effects, if any, as laid out in the text of the Secret itself. Any Kaiju who has that Kaiju as their Left Claw also has its passive effects applied to them and may use its active effects in the same way, as long as that Kaiju remains their Left Claw.

When the Attendant calls a new meeting of the Kaiju Court and offers new Secrets, all Kaiju lose control of the Secrets they previously held, and the Story Posts for those secrets are no longer active.

Add a new rule called “Secrets” with the following text:

A Secret consists of a name, a Power Score, zero or one Passive Effects, zero or one Active Effects, an Activation Cost if it has an Active Effect, and possibly Restrictions on its use. A Secret’s Power Score is always equal to the value of the most recent valid Bid Comment on its Story Post. Active and Passive Effects may affect the gamestate as stated in their text. To use an Active Effect, a Kaiju must pay its Activation Cost in Prestige.

The list of possible Secrets is as follows:

• Title: Earsplitting Shriek
  Active Effect: Reduce the Prestige of two other Kaiju of your choice by 5.
  Activation Cost: 5
  Restrictions: This Secret may only be activated as a Daily Action.

I am seeking a return to active status. Please unidle me (Tekneek).

I fear I have to idle out. Have fun!

Replace the second and third paragraphs of the rule “Alliances” with the following:

Each Kaiju has a Right Claw and a Left Claw, collectively called their Claws, each of which is the name of another Kaiju. The Right Claw is a public alliance, and is tracked via a text field in the GNDT. The Left Claw is tracked privately, by the Attendant. Both of these properties default to nothing, and if either property is not set to a valid choice, it is considered to be nothing.

A Kaiju may, as a Daily Action, change their Right Claw to any valid Claw choice by updating the GNDT and making a comment to this effect; OR may change their Left Claw to the name of any valid Claw choice by sending a private message to the Attendant to this effect. Taking one of these actions counts against the daily limit for taking either, unless the Claw they are changing would otherwise be nothing.

The only valid Claw choices for any given Kaiju are the names of active Kaiju besides themself. A Kaiju may never set one Claw to be the same as their other Claw.

In “Kaiju Cladistics”, replace “and for which the valid values are: Mutant, Robot, or Alien” with “and for which the valid values are: Mutant, Robot, Alien or nothing”.

Change every Kaiju’s Type to “nothing”.

If Proposal: Top of the Mothras failed or did nothing, this proposal does nothing.

Add a new rule tot he ruleset, entitled The Lab:

All Kaiju may possess any number of Secret Abilities. These are tracked privately by both each Kaiju individually and the Attendant.

At any time, provided that they are not currently participating in another Lab Challenge, a Kaiju may expend one Lab Token to make a Lab Challenge post.

Optionally, a Kaiju posting a Lab Challenge may name one other eligible Kaiju to participate in the Challenge. A Kaiju must have at least 1 Lab Token to be eligible to included in a challenge, and when a Kaiju posts a Lab Challenge they must reduce the Lab Tokens of any included Kaiju by 1. The named Kaiju then has 24 hours to indicate that they accept their inclusion in the Challenge. If they do not then that Lab Challenge ends immediately and no other actions included in this rule are taken for that Lab Challenge.

Kaiju participating in a Lab Challenge should make a response to the Lab Challenge post detailing what Special Abilities they will be aiming to receive. This response should include the following:

• The name of the proposed new Secret Ability;
• The number of times it can be used before it is Expended;
• Who can be targeted by its use;
• How frequently it can be used;
• What effect it will have when it is used;
• What cost its use will have.

Once all Kaiju have made such a response, the Attendant should evaluate the Lab Challenge as follows:

• Each proposed Secret Abilities should be given a grade out of five, to represent how powerful that Secret Ability is and thus how hard it is to spontaneously develop through Nuclear Genetic Modification. These scores should be announced. If there is more than one Kaiju participating in the Lab Challenge then the grades of all Secret Abilities are increased by 1. The Attendant may give a Special Ability a grade of * if they deem its impact on the game to be too great to allow; any Special Ability with a grade of * may not be learned. The grades given to Secret Abilities should be consider past and anticipated future Secret Ability grades, but are not required to be absolutely consistent and the Attendant’s decision is final.
• The Attendant should then announce how they will evaluate the success or failure of the genetic alteration process. The Attendant may chose any method of determining this that they chose, provided that the method is principally random. This method may, but is not required to, take into account differences in difficulty grade between competing Kaiju. The method may change from one Lab Challenge to the next.
• The Attendant should then resolve the success or failure of the Lab Challenge as detailed in their own post and announce the outcome.

If Proposal: Hell and High Tide passed, or Proposal: Stubs failed, this proposal does nothing.

Repeal the rule entitled “Kaiju Energy”.

Add a new rule to the ruleset, entitled Secrets and Prestige:

Each Kaiju has an amount of Prestige, which is a nonnegative integer defaulting to 100, and which is tracked in the GNDT. This represents their current standing in the eyes of the Kaiju Court. Each Kaiju also has a number of Lab Tokens, which are tracked in the GNDT and default to zero.

No more than once every 96 hours, the Attendant may make a Bid Post, which must be a post in the story post category that offers the Kaiju access to their Underground Atomic Gene Laboratory (which may also be referred to as the UAGL, or just “the Lab”). During the 48 hours following the commencement of such a post, each Kaiju may once privately message the Attendant with a single bid, which must be an amount of Prestige that is lower than the total amount of Prestige that that Kaiju has at the time at which the bids are evaluated. Bid Posts conclude after 48 hours has passed since they were first published to the BlogNomic, or whenever every eligible Kaiju has sent the Attendant a bid; at their first opportunity following the conclusion of a Bid Post, the Attendant must carry out the following steps:

• Evaluate the bids and establish which two Kaiju have made the largest bids;
• Comment on the story post to announce that bidding has closed, which two Kaiju have won, and what the combined total of their Prestige bids was (“the Pot”);
• Reduce the Prestige of those two Kaiju in the GNDT; and
• Increase the Prestige of every other Kaiju in the GNDT by the Pot divided by the number of Kaiju to submit non-successful bids, rounded down if necessary.

The two Kaiju named in the conclusion of a Bid Post may then increase their Lab Tokens by 1.

If the proposal “Stubs” failed, this proposal has no further effect.

Repeal the paragraph beginning “Some Kaiju have Secrets”.

Enact a new rule, “Abilities”:-

Some Kaiju have Abilities, which allow them to attack the Esteem of other Kaiju, or defend from such attacks. The abilities of Kaiju are tracked privately by the Attendant, and Kaiju default to having no Abilities. Each Ability has a Cost and may have a defined Effect; the available Abilities and their Costs and Effects are:-

• Radioactive Fire (9 Esteem) Has no effect.
• Amphibian (5 Esteem) Has no effect.
• Smaller Cousin (1 Esteem) Has no effect.

Any Kaiju may buy an Ability by sending a Private Message to the Attendant specifying the Ability they wish to buy, and the amount of Esteem they wish to pay for it. Such posts are known as Bids, and must be processed in the order they are received. If the amount paid in a Bid is equal to or greater than the Power of the Ability, and equal to or less than the Kaiju’s own Esteem, then the Attendant reduces that Kaiju’s Esteem by the amount paid, and gives them that Ability.

Add a new rule called “Kaiju Cladistics” with the following text:

Each Kaiju has a Type, which defaults to nothing, and for which the valid values are: Mutant, Robot, or Alien; this Type is tracked in the GNDT. If a Kaiju’s Type is nothing, they may set it to Mutant, Robot or Alien at any time.

Add a new rule called “Kaiju Energy” with the following text:

Each Kaiju has an amount of Esteem, which is a nonnegative integer defaulting to 100, and which is tracked in the GNDT. This represents their current standing in the eyes of the Kaiju Court.

Some Kaiju have Secrets, which are one-use abilities that allow them to attack the Esteem of other Kaiju, or defend from such attacks. They bid Esteem among themselves for access to these Secrets, in auctions run by the Attendant. The final bid on a Secret when it is obtained is known as that Secret’s Power.

If a rule called “Alliances” exists, add the following text to it:

A Kaiju may not take any action under a Dynastic Rule if it would reduce the Esteem of their Right Claw or Left Claw.

Add a new rule called “Alliances” with the following text:

Each Kaiju strives to form alliances with the other contenders for the throne. Some such alliances are made known to all; others are negotiated silently, sometimes with half of a partnership unaware it even exists.

Each Kaiju has a Right Claw and a Left Claw, each of which is the name of another Kaiju, which may not both be the same, and which may not be themself. The Right Claw is a public alliance, and is tracked via a text field in the GNDT. The Left Claw is tracked privately, by the Attendant. Both of these properties default to nothing.

A Kaiju may, as a Daily Action, change their Right Claw to the name of any active Kaiju besides themselves or their Left Claw by updating the GNDT and making a comment to this effect; OR may change their Left Claw to the name of any active Kaiju besides themselves by sending a private message to the Attendant to this effect. (Doing one of these things counts against the daily limit for doing either.)

A Kaiju who does not have a Right Claw and a Left Claw each set to a valid, active Kaiju may not take actions under any Dynastic Rules but this one.

Arranged in a circle on a pedestal, five crude dolls stare across at each other, their eyes of wood or soapstone unblinking and their shadows changing in the sinking afternoon light. If one were to sink down and sit on the floor next to them, moving closer, looking upwards, one’s view might change. Focus might turn their rough limbs to claws or haunches. Perspective might grant them monstrous size.

Somewhere, atop a cloud-thick and dormant volcano, a group of enormous beings shifts and fidgets on their perches around the caldera. Their impatience would be devastating if it were set loose, turned to fury; below, among the foothills and plains spreading out from the mountain, tiny humans work without end to rebuild wrecked cities from the last time these creatures came to blows.

“Hello! Yes! Thank you all for waiting,” pipes up a speck on the rocky floor. “The Emperor is busy with intergalactic matters on Xenon VI today, but wishes you to know that the consideration for the role of Imperial Heir is still ongoing! Only the strongest and cleverest kaiju, of course, can be selected for this all-important role, and rule the Nine Dimensions when the Emperor has transcended them all.”

“Now,” says the voice, turning sly, “I happen to know that one member of this court has been carrying on an affair with the Swarm-Mind who resides deep in the core of this planet, and that another has discovered the secret of breathing radioactive fire. Both of these truths, of course, would be looked very poorly upon by the Emperor—IF they were to come out. But perhaps the Emperor need not know. Perhaps, while we wait, we should amuse ourselves… with a bit of bidding?”

Change “Shifter” to “Kaiju” and “Forest” to “Attendant” throughout the ruleset. Repeal all Dynastic Rules except the first.

(I’m pretty busy at a work conference today, but I should have an Ascension Address posted tomorrow. Thank you for your patience.)

I have an Inert figurine of The Lady, obtained in trade with mideg on 06-01-2015 at 18:03:05 UTC on Day Seven.

I have an Inert figurine of The Porter, obtained in trade with Darknight on 06-02-2015 at 04:10:24 UTC on the same New Day.

I have an Inert figurine of The Cook, obtained in trade with mideg on 06-04-2015 at 04:52:51 UTC on Day Eight.

I have an Inert figurine of The Chaplain, obtained in trade with mideg on 06-08-2015 at 14:03:39 on Day Ten.

I have an Inert figurine of The Lord, as referenced in my conversion comment of 14:04:02 on 06-08-2015, also on Day Ten.

I have a figurine collection that includes an Inert figurine of each Individual Human, and have achieved victory.

Add a new action to “Meddling”:-

• Bless: Raise an Individual Human’s Reputation to 40. This action can only be taken by a Shifter taking the Form of the Chaplain.

Two Chaplains cross paths in the empty library, avoiding the Guest making a rapid exit from the north tower. Despite having made a loud announcement that he was leaving for town for the day and the gatehouse guards having seen him leave, the Porter is spotted carrying something across the courtyard. As the figure draws closer to a suspicious pair of guards, they realise they are mistaken and the figure is a Stranger.

Add a new action to “Meddling”:-

• Reflect: Gain an Inert figurine of the Lady. This action can only be taken by a Shifter taking the Form of the Lady, and only if they are the only Shifter to have that Form.

The Lord strides across the courtyard from the gatehouse, into the north tower and up a winding staircase to the solar. Somehow the Porter is in place at both the foot and head of the stairwell to hold the wooden doors open.

As the Cook frowns at some unpalatable spice in the soup, another Cook, having made their separate way to the kitchen, gives them a gentle tap on the shoulder. An unfamiliar figure detaches itself from the gatehouse shadows and reveals itself to be a visiting Guest. The Porter looks up from a comfortable spot by the guardroom fireplace and waves the figure past.

Delete the paragraph

Any Shifter who has a figurine collection that includes an Inert figurine of each Individual Human, and can prove as much by citing specific comments, has achieved victory.

from the rule “Collectibles” and add it to the rule “Victory”.

Add a new rule, Respect:

All Shifters have a Respect score, which is an integer equal to their Cover minus their Form’s Reputation.

Any Shifter may attempt to Merge factions by sending a private message to the Forest stating this intention, and stating a Base faction and a Merging faction. At the next New Day the Merge message coming from the Shifter with the highest Respect takes effect. Any Shifter who would become aligned with the Merging faction instead becomes aligned with the Base faction.

Repeal the rule “Proposal Bonus”.

To the first paragraph of “Collectables”, add:

A figurine may be either Protean or Inert: a Protean figurine is of one or more Humans, and an Inert figurine is of a single Human.

Replace “each of the two Shifters gains a figurine of the other’s Form” with:

each of the two Shifters gains an Inert figurine of the other’s Form

Replace “gain a figurine of any one of the Humans named in their Storytelling Comment” with:

gain a Protean figurine which is of each of the Humans named in their Storytelling Comment

Add a new paragraph before the final paragraph of that rule:

A Shifter may convert a Protean figurine in their possession into an Inert figurine at any time, such that the Inert figurine is of one of the Humans represented in the Protean figurine, by making a comment to this effect in the most recent New Day Dawns post.

Replace “figurine collection that includes each Individual Human” with:-

figurine collection that includes an Inert figurine of each Individual Human

Existing figurines that were carved in foretelling become Protean figurines of all Humans named in the relevant Storytelling Comment; all other figurines become Inert.

Add a subrule to “Meddling” called “Struggle Increase”:-

If a New Day has dawned since the rule “Struggle Increase” came into existence, any Shifter (or the Forest) may change “the Cover of each of its Members by 3” to “the Cover of each of its Members by 7” in the rule “Meddling”, and then repeal the rule “Struggle Increase”.

Two figures exchange a sharp glance as they pass one another in the upper corridors of the castle, and the Lord and Lady descend separate stairwells. By the castle gate, the Porter squints out at the sound of drumming hooves, gripping a dull and uncarved wooden locket in his hand.