BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Create a new rule called “Sides”, with:

Each Captain has one Side, which is either Red, Green, Blue, or None, which is tracked in the GNDT. The default value is None.

Any Captain may randomly assign a Captain with a Side of None to one of the Sides with the least members (excluding None) by assigning them to the side with the least Captains (excluding None) if there is only one, or assigning them to Red if they roll 1, Green if they roll 2, or Blue if they roll 3. If a roll would place a Captain on a Side that is not the smallest (excluding None), the roll shall be rerolled until a valid Side that is the smallest (excluding None) is selected.

If a rule called “Fire Control” exists, make the following changes to that rule:

Replace the text:

“Vessels which are Armed can Shoot; Armed Vessels can Shoot a distance, measured in squares, from a square adjacent to the square they are located in.”

with the text:

“Vessels which are Armed can Shoot; the distance an Armed Vessel can Shoot is called the Range. Range is measured in squares, from a square adjacent to the square the Shooting Vessel is located in, to the square it is Shooting.”

After the text:

“a Battleship can choose to shoot at the same square twice.”

add the text:

“Battleships Shoot a Manhattan distance.”

Replace the text:

“this square must be between the Submarine and the grid edge the Submarine is Facing”

with the text:

“this square must be from a single row (if the Submarine is Facing East (E) or West (W)) or column (if the Submarine is Facing North (N) or South (S)) which is directly between the Submarine and the grid edge the Submarine is Facing.

Create a rule called “Armour Value and Damage”

Vessels have an Armour Value. A Vessel’s Armour Value decreases when the Vessel suffers Damage. Shots cause Damage.

Battleships have an Armour Value of 6; Submarines have an Armour Value of 3.

Shells Shot by Battleships, and Torpedoes Shot by The Submarine decrease the Armour Value of Vessels they hit by 1.

If, when the Admiral has updated the Chart, a Vessel is in the same square as a Shot, that Vessel suffers Damage.

If a Vessel’s Armour Value is reduced to 0 it Sinks. A Vessel which Sinks is removed from the Chart at the next Chart Update.

Create a new rule called Islands, with:

There are an amount of Islands on the Chart, which are on Squares, tracked on the Chart in a format of the Admiral’s choosing. An Island can be Captured by a Captain. The Islands that a Captain has Captured is tracked on a GNDT column named “Captures”. Islands can be Captured (by some Captain) or not Captured, and default to not Captured. The following are the Islands that exist:

- Shrimp Shire
- Cocktail Coasts
- Whiskey Whirlpool
- Tomato Town
- Paella Palace
- Mozzarella Mountains
- Cinnamon City

The Admiral can Spawn the Islands, which is to do the following: create one of each Island on the Chart, make a Blog post that announces this action, then remove this sentence from the ruleset.

Replace “Dynastic data is recorded in the GNDT and in an Excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheet consists of” with:-

The Chart is

And remove “This grid is called the Chart.”

Replace “Recorded on the squares of the Chart are Vessels (and their Facings), Shots and Objects. Vessels are recorded with an identity code in the format “[Initial of Vessel Type][Unique number](Facing)”. For example, B1(N) for a Battleship facing North.” with:-

Each Vessel, Shot and Object has a Location, being a square on the Chart. These Locations are tracked privately by the Admiral.

Kaia idles out after a week’s inactivity. Quorum remains 7.

Make a rule named “Deep-Sea Diving”, as follows:

A Captain may go Diving, as a Maritime action, by rolling a random integer, N, in the range 1-3. On a roll of 1 or a 2, they receive 1 treasure. Then that Captain can’t take any Maritime actions for the next N minus 1 Watches after the current one.

Treasures are tracked in the GNDT, as a number, in a column marked “Treasures”.

Add to Fleets

Outriggers are Vessels; Outriggers are Armed with RPG-7s; Outriggers have a range of 2 squares; Outriggers have an Armour Value of 0.

Add to Navigation

As a Maritime action, an Outrigger may move to an adjacent square.
As a Maritime action, an Outrigger can Shoot at up to 3 squares.
Outriggers are canoes that sit above the water and take up a very small area: whenever an Outrigger is shot at, there is a 75% chance that the shot will miss.

In “The Watch”, replace the text after the first sentence with:

Once per Watch, a Captain may send the Admiral a private message listing the square their Vessel/s moves to, their Vessel/s’s facing, and the square/s their Vessel/s shoot at. Such a private message is known as an Order.

After a Watch has ended, the Admiral may perform the following steps as an atomic action, called a Chart Update:
* Update the Chart to reflect the new positions of all Vessels, Shots and Objects, resolving all Orders received during this Watch before the beginning of the Chart Update in the order that they were received.
* If any Vessels have suffered Damage or have been Sunk, the Admiral will update the GNDT to reflect these changes.
* Removing all Shots marked on the Chart.
* Recording this Chart Update in the wiki, on the page titled Ship’s Log.

Replace “Once per Watch” in this new text with “As a Maritime action”, if “like a craction” has been enacted.

Change
“The dynasty consists of 48-hour periods; each 48-hour period is called a Watch.”
to

A Watch is a period of time, beginning when the Admiral posts a Chart Update, and ending 48 hours later.

Remove “Once the Chart has been updated, a new Watch begins.”

I request to be unidled.

Create a rule called “Talents” with the following:

Each Captain has two Talents, a Primary and a Secondary, noted in the GNDT in a column called “Talents”, with the Primary first and the Secondary second; or no Talents (defaulting to no Talents). A Captain, if they have no Talents, can gain a Primary and Secondary Talent. The following are Talents and their effects (noted as Primary / Secondary):

- Navigator: Their vessels, when their Captain moves them, can move them 2 squares further / Their vessels, when their Captain moves them, can move them 1 square further
- Sharpshooter: Their vessels can Shoot 2 squares further / Their vessels can Shoot 1 square further
- Illusionist: Their vessels require other vessels to be 2 squares closer to Shoot them (up to a minimum of needing to be adjacent) / Their vessels require other vessels to be 1 square closer to Shoot them (up to a minimum of needing to be adjacent)
- Pirate: Their vessels can Shoot vessels that are adjacent to them 2 additional times as a Maritime Action / Their vessels can Shoot vessels that are adjacent to them 1 additional time as a Maritime Action
- Priest: Their vessels cannot Shoot, nor be Shoot-ed at, except by those with an Priest Secondary Talent or Warlord Primary Talent. / Their vessels can Shoot vessels whose Captain have a Priest Primary Talent
- Shipwright: As a Maritime action, they can add Shields to one of their vessels, or a vessel adjacent to one of their vessels / As a Craction, they can add Shields to one of their vessels
- Enchanter: Vessels of other Captains that are adjacent to their vessels can use the effects of their secondary Talent / Vessels of other Captains that are adjacent to their vessels can use the effects of their Primary Talent
- Helmsman: Their vessels, when their Captain moves them, can move their Vessels as far as if any direction was the direction its facing. / No effect
- Warlord: Ignores Shields of other Vessels while performing a Shoot, ignores the effect of Priest Primary Talents, Ignores the effects of Illusionist Talents on other Captain’s vessels / Ignores Shields of other Vessels while performing a Shoot, Ignores the effects of Illusionist Secondary Talents on other Captain’s vessels
- Genius: As a Maritime action, they can change their Secondary Talent to any other Secondary Talent. / No effect

By default, vessels have no Shields, and can’t gain Shields if they already have Shields. Shielded vessels lose their Shields instead of suffering the effects of a Shoot against them. A Vessel with Shields is noted in the GNDT with an asterisk at the end of its information description.

Create a new rule called “Naval Terms” with the text

Maritime(X) actions, where X is a positive non-zero integer, are actions which can only be taken X or fewer times per Watch. If X isn’t present it defaults to 1.

If the text “Once per Watch” exists in the ruleset, change it to “As a Maritime action”

Create a rule called “Fleets”

Battleships are Vessels; Battleships are Armed with Shells; Battleships have a Range of 5 squares; Battleships have an Armour Value of 6.
Submarines are Vessels; Submarines are Armed with Torpedoes; Submarines have a Range of 10 squares. Submarines have an Armour Value of 3.

Create a rule called “Navigation”

Captains can move Vessels they control.

Vessels have a Facing; a Vessel’s Facing is either North (N), East (E), South (S) or West (W).
A Vessel’s Facing is defined by the direction it last moved in. If the last square it moved into was North (N) of the previous square, its Facing is North (N); if the last square it moved into was East (E) of the previous square, its Facing is East (E); if the last square it moved into was South (S) of the previous square, its Facing is South (S); if the last square it moved into was West (W) of the previous square, its Facing is West (W).

Once per Watch, a Battleship can move up to 3 squares in the direction it is facing, or up to 2 squares perpendicular to the direction it is facing, or up to 1 squares in the opposite direction to the direction it is facing.

Alternatively, once per Watch, a Battleship may move 1 square in the direction it is facing, then move one square perpendicular to the way it is facing.

Once per Watch, a Submarine can Move up to 3 adjacent squares in any combination of directions.

Create a rule called “Fire Control”

Vessels which are Armed can Shoot; Armed Vessels can Shoot a distance, measured in squares, from a square adjacent to the square they are located in. 

Once per Watch, a Battleship can Shoot at up to 2 squares.
A Battleship cannot Shoot at a square adjacent to the square it is located in; a Battleship can choose to shoot at the same square twice.

Once per Watch, a Submarine can Shoot at up to 1 square; this square must be between the Submarine and the grid edge the Submarine is Facing.

Create a rule called “The Chart”

Dynastic data is recorded in the GNDT and in an Excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheet consists of a 10x10 grid of squares numbered 1-100, with facings North (N) on the top, East (E) on the right, South (S) on the bottom and West (W) on the left of the grid. This grid is called the Chart. 

The Chart is further divided into 4 groups of 25 squares called Quadrants. The 25 squares in the top-left corner of the Chart are called the North-West (NW) Quadrant; the 25 squares in the top-right corner are called the North-East (NE) Quadrant; the 25 squares in the bottom-right corner are called the South-East (SE) Quadrant; the 25 squares in the bottom-left corner are called the South-West (SW) Quadrant.

Recorded on the squares of the Chart are Vessels (and their Facings), Shots and Objects.
Vessels are recorded with an identity code in the format “[Initial of Vessel Type][Unique number](Facing)”. For example, B1(N) for a Battleship facing North.

The GNDT will display a list of Captains, the Vessels they control, and the Armour Values and Facings of those Vessels.

Create a rule called “The Watch”

The dynasty consists of 48-hour periods; each 48-hour period is called a Watch.
Once per Watch, a Captain may send the Admiral a private message listing the square their Vessel/s moves to, their Vessel/s’s facing, and the square/s their Vessel/s shoot at.

After a Watch has ended, the Admiral will update the Chart to reflect the new positions of all Vessels, Shots and Objects. In addition, if any Vessels have suffered Damage or have been Sunk, the Admiral will update the GNDT to reflect these changes.
These updates are called a Chart Update.

When the Chart is Updated, all Shots marked on the Chart at the time it was Updated are removed.
Once the Chart has been updated, a new Watch begins.

Each Chart update will be recorded in the dynastic rules section of the BlogNomic wiki page in a sub-section entitled Ship’s Log.

Despite the discord and in-fighting between the Royal Wizards, the War against the Western Kingdoms was won, their armies driven back to the sea by hordes of magically mutated war-beasts.

However, the fall of the West was good news for others.

The island nations of the Great Sea, long held in thrall to the West, suddenly found themselves free – and determined to remain so. Each nation called up its captains, launched its navy and headed for battle…

Change Wizards to Captains and King to Admiral. Keep all special case rules active.

The Traitor special case rule was active in this last dynasty. To be specific, Kevan was selected as our designated traitor.

Ready for the next dynasty

Farsight has an idea for the new dynasty, and me helped me out early after leaving the Kaia cabal. I hereby pass the role of King of the new dynasty to Farsight. We await his Ascension Address, whenever he is ready. Down with derrick! Long live King Farsight! May his first reign be splendificent!

As per “If there is only one Wizard with an Elimination of 0, that Wizard achieves victory,” I have achieved victory. It was a wild ride ‘til the very end!

Quorum is 5.

The duel at Duel: TyGuy6 vs naught was judged invalidly. (See other CfJ for reasoning.) End that duel, and assign TyGuy6 as the sole Triumphant. Set TyGuy6’s Elimination to 0, and naught’s to 1.

Change
“they may instead fill one of that list’s Creature slots with a Tactic.”
to

they may instead fill one, and only one, of that list’s Creature slots with a Tactic.

(This has always been the correct interpretation.)

Reasoning in Commentary.

Duel: TyGuy6 vs naught was judged invalidly because it was before both players had submitted valid plans, (but without eliminating the wizard who had submitted no valid plan). derrick’s comment (at or around 07-27-2019 13:07:10 UTC) to that purpose may be ignored with regard to gamestate.

Therefore, derrick’s subsequent judgment of Duel: TyGuy6 vs Ienpw III was premature, and may similarly be ignored.

As follows naturally, undo the effects of the above-mentioned judgments, such as Elimination of TyGuy6 and Ienpw III, and the awarding of favor to the supposed Triumphants.

I challenge naught to a duel with derrick as the judge.

Valid Opponents: naught
Valid Judges: derrick

Choice of Battlefields:
Dwarven Fortress: Rich, Walled, Underground
The Worthless Mountains: poor, poor, sloped
Royal Forest: forest nearby level

Create a rule with:

The Wizard named Cuddlebeam has achieved victory

Eliminate naught.

The enacting admin must roll DICEx in the GNDT, where x is equal to the sum of the Food of Kevan, TyGuy6 and Ienpw III.

If the result is greater than the sum of the food of Ienpw III and Kevan, eliminate Ienpw III and Kevan. If the result is not greater than the food of Ienpw III, eliminate Kevan and TyGuy6. Otherwise, eliminate Ienpw III and TyGuy6.

Eliminate naught and TyGuy6 if they are not already eliminated.

The enacting admin must roll DICEx in the GNDT, where x is equal to the sum of the Food of Kevan and Ienpw III. If the result is greater than the food of Ienpw III, eliminate Ienpw III. Otherwise, eliminate Kevan.

Replace “48 hours” with “24 hours” throughout the dynastic ruleset.

Replace “As a weekly action, the King may increase every Wizard’s Food by 10” with:-

As a weekly communal action, any Wizard may increase every Wizard’s Food by 10

Valid Opponents: Kevan
Valid Judges: derrick

Choice of Battlefields:
The Caravan City: Nearby Walled Desert
The Worthless Mountains: poor, poor, sloped
Island Fortress: sloped walled aquatic

Valid Opponents: naught
Valid Judges: derrick

Choice of Battlefields:
The Caravan City: Nearby Walled Desert
The Worthless Mountains: poor, poor, sloped
Island Fortress: sloped walled aquatic

Valid Opponents: Ienpw III
Valid Judges: derrick

Choice of Battlefields:
The Caravan City: Nearby Walled Desert
The Worthless Mountains: poor, poor, sloped
Island Fortress: sloped walled aquatic

If the results of the first duel between Ienpw III and Kaia have not been announced, Ienpw III is the triumphant in that duel.

2 duels are ready for judgment.

Derrick as judge:
*TyGuy6 vs naught, TIMED OUT, started 07-26-2019 00:07:40 UTC
*TyGuy6 vs Ienpw III, TIMED OUT, started 07-26-2019 00:11:03 UTC

Not started:
(None)

This unofficial post will be modified frequently by author as duels progress.

Change “If a Wizard or King is the Judge for more than one Duel for which a Triumphant has not yet been declared or selected, then that Judge cannot take actions on any but the earliest of those Duels.”
to

If a Wizard or King is the Judge for more than one Duel which has begun, and for which a Triumphant has not yet been declared or selected, then that Judge cannot take actions on any but the earliest of those Duels (based on the times at which they had begun, not on the times of their being posted).

To the rule “Duel”, add:-

If a duel has only one valid judge and that judge is the King, then the King becomes its judge automatically. If a duel has no opponent and only one valid opponent, and if its judge is the King, and if the post announcing it is more than 48 hours old, then the challenger may make the duel’s valid opponent its opponent by making a comment to that effect on that post, specifying a battlefield of their own choice from among those specified in the post, which becomes the duel’s battlefield.

Announcing a Duel at a choice of Subterranean Falls, Island Fortress or The Royal Swamp (with Kaia having said “If you make another one I’m happy to pick Subterranean Falls though.”), the list of valid Opponents being “Kaia” and the list of valid judges being “The King”.

In “Showdown”, replace “Each Wizard has an Elimination, tracked in the GNDT, with valid values of 0 (the default) and 1.” with:-

Each Wizard has an Elimination, tracked in the GNDT, with valid values of 1 (the default) and 0.

Add to the rule “Creature”:

The Winged Gaudy Venomous Swan in Farsight’s stable is the dankest creature in the realm.

Valid Judge: derrick
Valid Opponent: Kaia

Battlefields to choose from:
Royal Barrens (Frozen, Desert, Nearby)
City Gates (nearby, walled, level)
Island Fortress (sloped walled aquatic)

Let’s do this!

Wherefore, derrick did indeed roll three battlefields in the GNDT, and was expected to use them in campaign 4, but did create an unofficial post in error,
Wherefore, it can be proven neither by gamestate nor by ruleset (which derrick had not touched following the aforementioned post) that he had followed the step of creating the three battlefields,

We agree, therefore, or at least validate herewith, that King derrick did not create the three battlefields prior to the later, official posting of Campaign 4. Thus, he had not begun the atomic action until the time of that posting.

To prevent this from recurring, change

Any time there is no open campaign, the King may “Go on Campaign” as an atomic action with the following steps:
*Create three battlefields with randomly selected battle effects and names chosen by the king.
*Make a blog post listing the battlefields generated, and the campaign number, which for the first campaign is 1 and goes up by 1 for each subsequent campaign. This post is known as a campaign.

to

Any time there is no open campaign, the King may “Go on Campaign” by submitting a blog post including the following:
*Three battlefields with randomly selected battle effects and names chosen by the king.
*The campaign number, which for the first campaign is 1 and which goes up by 1 for each subsequent campaign.

This post is known as a campaign, and the three battlefields described in it are created upon its posting.

Make this post an official post, and render all edits to it as of 0100 UTC on Saturday July 20, 2019 to be legal. Make any and all posts and actions that would not have been illegal if said post was an official post to be legal.

If a number of EVC’s contain the phrase “Fix, maybe?” do the following:

In the Appendix, under “Gamestate Tracking,” amend the following:

A non-official post may not, through editing of the blog or otherwise, be changed into an official post, with the following two exceptions:

To read as:

A non-official post may not, through editing of the blog or otherwise, be changed into an official post, with the following three exceptions:

To that same paragraph, append:

Thirdly, if a post that is not an official post is less than an hour old, and has no comments on it that would constitute as being part of a legal action according to the Ruleset if it were official (such as comments with voting icons for votable matters), then the author may change the category and/or add, edit, or subtract up to ten characters in the post.

Dueling:
Judge: derrick
Opponent: TyGuy6
Royal Barrens: Frozen, Desert, Nearby

Location was determined by a dice roll.

I would like to unidle. It’s good to be back.

Add the prefix “Duel:” to the titles of the following posts: 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Replace “by posting a blog entry with a title including the word “Duel”” with:-

by posting a blog entry with a title including the string “Duel:”

Consider the proposal and enactment of https://blognomic.com/archive/the_hunger_duels to have occurred under the reworded version of rule amended above.

Finally, remove “If the military situation has been greater than 3 or less than negative 3 for 48 hours, and no new court allies have been associated with for 48 hours, a wizard with more influence than any other wizard has achieved victory.” from the ruleset if it’s there, just to make sure.

Remove the following sentence from the rule “Victory and Ascension”:

During this time, the only game actions that may be taken are those covered by Rules “Wizards”, “Votable Matters”, “Calls for Judgement”, “Gamestate Tracking” and “Victory and Ascension”.

Remove the following sentence from the rule “Seasonal Downtime”:

During this time no game actions may be taken except those described in the rules entitled “Votable Matters,” “Gamestate Tracking” and “Call for Judgement”.

Create a new core rule (as rule 1.8) called “Hiatus”:

Core rules and CfJs may cause the game to periodically enter Hiatus. During Hiatus, the only game actions that may be taken are those covered by Rules “Wizards”, “Votable Matters”, “Calls for Judgement”, “Gamestate Tracking” and “Victory and Ascension”.

Notwithstanding these limitations, a rule that has caused the game to enter Hiatus may specify the conditions for it to leave Hiatus. If an enacted CfJ specifies that the game leaves Hiatus, the game cannot enter Hiatus again during the 7 days following that CfJ’s enactment.

During Hiatus, the game’s Hiatus status should be prominantly displayed on the blog, such as in the sidebar or in a sticky post.

Dynastic rules cannot overrule this rule, unless they explicitly say they do.

Move the special case rules “Seasonal Downtime” and “Dormancy” to the core rules as subrules of “Hiatus”.

Amend the text of “Dormancy” to read:

If there are fewer than five Wizards, then BlogNomic enters Hiatus.

I challenge Farsight to deadly game of horseshoes!
Battlefield: The Caravan City
Valid opponents: Farsight
Valid judges: derrick

Having received no battle plans within 48 hours for the “This forest ain’t big enough for the two of us” duel, a GNDT dice roll has determined Kaia to be the Triumphant.

To “Duel”, add:-

If a Wizard or King is the Judge for more than one Duel for which a Triumphant has not yet been declared or selected, then that Judge cannot take actions on any but the earliest of those Duels.

In “Duel”, replace “Any valid opponent may become the opponent by stating such intention in a comment on the blog entry.” with:-

Any valid opponent may become the opponent by stating such intention in a comment on the blog entry; if only one valid opponent was listed by the challenger, they automatically become that duel’s opponent.

Change:

The challenger specifies the duel’s battlefield from the list of current battlefields. Battles conducted during this duel have the duel’s battlefield as their battlefield

To:

The challenger specifies three different battlefields (such that no individual battle effect appears three times in the list) from the list of current battlefields.

Change:

Any valid opponent may become the opponent by stating such intention in a comment on the blog entry

to:

Any valid opponent may become the opponent by making a comment on the blog entry stating such intention and specifying one of the three battlefields listed in the duel’s blog entry. That battlefield then becomes the duel’s battlefield. Battles conducted during this duel have the duel’s battlefield as their battlefield

I call a duel at the Subterranean Falls.

Valid Opponents: Kaia. Valid Judges: The King.

After raising it on Slack a couple of days ago I’ve reformatted sticky posts so that they appear as narrow bars which have to be opened manually - it was getting a bit much that players had to scroll down two or three pages to see if there were any new proposals in the game.

Do people think this is a useful permanent format for sticky posts? Or would it generally be better to have the whole post visible, and to instead discourage the overuse of sticky posts?

Remove from the ruleset:

If the military situation has been greater than 3 or less than negative 3 for 48 hours, and no new court allies have been associated with for 48 hours, a wizard with more influence than any other wizard has achieved victory.

Remove from the ruleset:

if they have not done so in the previous 96 hours,

Add a new rule, Showdown:

Each Wizard has an Elimination, tracked in the GNDT, with valid values of 0 (the default) and 1.

If there is only one Wizard with an Elimination of 0, that Wizard achieves victory. A Wizard with an Elimination of 1 is said to have been Eliminated. To Eliminate a Wizard is to cause their Elimination to become 1.

A Wizard who loses a Duel against a Wizard who has not been Eliminated becomes Eliminated. The Triumphant of a Duel may, within 48 hours of winning it, transfer one creature from their opponent’s stable to their own (removing a creature from their stable if necessary).

Eliminated Wizards can freely transfer their Favor and Food to other Wizards.

Eliminate the Druid. Eliminate the King.

The campaign number is 4. The battlefields are as follows:

The Slums: Walled, Poor, Poor
Dwarven Fortress: Rich, Walled, Underground
Royal Barrens: Frozen, Desert, Nearby

The enemy has penetrated even deeper into our lands, and laid siege to several vital locations! I call upon all of my wizards. We must prevail! we must not let our way of life perish! We must not simply throw these battles!

Create a rule called “Destiny” with:

The Wizard named Kaia has achieved victory.

Announcing a duel in the Royal Forest:
Valid opponents: Kaia
Valid judges: Derrick

Increase the Favor of all Wizards who can have Favor increased, by 10.

Announcing a duel in the Royal Forest:
Valid opponents: Default
Valid judges: Default

They say it stalks the grounds of the castle on the darkest of moonless nights: https://imgur.com/a/jdhlKeA

https://wiki.blognomic.com/index.php?title=File:WingedSwimmingGiantEmu.jpg

https://i.gyazo.com/83d30690f746379a790dfd6d99a52bac.png

Change
“If the military situation has been greater than 3 or less than negative 3 for 48 hours, and no new court allies have been associated with for 48 hours, a wizard with more influence than any other wizard has achieved victory.”
to

If, for the previous 48 hours, the military situation has been greater than 3 or less than negative 3, and if no court allies, aside from Councilor Arnok, have been associated with during that period, then a wizard with more influence than each other wizard has achieved victory.

Wizards may not announce duels while the military situation is less than negative 3 (even if they have not done so in the previous 96 hours).

Add “Councilor Arnok” to the list of “the possible identities of Court Allies”, then add Councilor Arnok to a random Wizard’s court allies, with 5 trust.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/MSC3AmV1NtTPSdMB8

Change
“If the military situation has been greater than 3 or less than negative 3 for 48 hours, and no new court allies have been associated with for 48 hours, a wizard with more influence than any other wizard has achieved victory.”
to

If the military situation has been greater than 3 or less than negative 3 for 48 hours, and no court allies, aside from Councilor Arnok, have been associated with for 12 hours, a wizard with more influence than each other wizard has achieved victory.

Add “Councilor Arnok” to the list of “the possible identities of Court Allies”, then add him (Councilor Arnok) to a random Wizard’s court allies, with 5 trust.

Having not commented or posted in more than a week.

7 Wizards, quorum of 4.

Increase the Favor of all Wizards by 10.

Announcing a duel in the Royal Forest:
Valid opponents: Kaia
Valid judges: Cuddlebeam

Remove “As a daily action, a Wizard may submit a Portrait post to the blog, which contains the word “Portrait” in the title, an animal which exists in a stable and has not appeared in a portrait post before and a link to an image of the animal of the Wizard’s own rendition. When a Wizard makes a Portrait post, they may gain 1 Food.” from the rule “Creature”.

Add to “Food”:

As a daily action, a Wizard can spend up to 10 Food to gain Favor equal to that amount spent, or reduce another player’s Favor by that amount spent.

Replace the paragraph:

If a wizard has been allied to His Majesty for more than 48 hours and the military situation has been greater than 3 for 48 hours, that wizard has achieved victory. If a wizard has been allied to the ambassador for more than 48 hours and the military situation has been less than negative 3 for 48 hours, that wizard has achieved victory.

with:

If a wizard has been allied to His Majesty for the preceding 48 hours and the military situation has been greater than 3 for the preceding 48 hours, that wizard has achieved victory. If a wizard has been allied to the ambassador for the preceding 48 hours and the military situation has been less than negative 3 for the preceding 48 hours, that wizard has achieved victory.

Update each Wizard’s Allies so that each Wizard is allied to no identities.

Then, for each of the identities of Court Allies, make a random Wizard become allied to that identity with a Trust of 5.

A rare glimpse of this reclusive creature: https://imgur.com/a/oEqzFxh

Full-sized rendition.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/b5ph6jgF88j6Wgv6A

Amend:

A wizard may “associate” with a court ally by selecting an identity, spending an amount of favor greater which is both greater than zero and greater than the trust of any court allies in the GNDT with that identity, removing any courtly allies in the GNDT with that identity, and adding to their court allies an ally with the chosen identity and a trust equal to the court favor spent.

To:

A wizard may “associate” with a court ally by selecting an identity, spending an amount of favor which is both greater than zero and greater than the trust of any court allies with that identity, then transferring (or adding, if they are associated to nobody yet) to their court allies an ally with the chosen identity and setting their trust to the court favor spent.

Battlefield: Subterranean Falls.
Valid Opponent: Kaia.
Valid Judge: Derrick.
No items
Fox only
Final destination

Add to the rule “Court Politics”:

A wizard’s influence is equal to the number of his court allies, plus two if the military situation is greater than three and they allied to his majesty, plus two if the military situation is less than negative three and they are allied to the Ambassador.

As a weekly communal action, the trust of all courtly allies may be raised by the campaign number of the most recent campaign

Change:

If a wizard has been allied to His Majesty for more than 48 hours and the military situation has been greater than 3 for 48 hours, that wizard has achieved victory. If a wizard has been allied to the ambassador for more than 48 hours and the military situation has been less than negative 3 for 48 hours, that wizard has achieved victory.

To:

If the military situation has been greater than 3 or less than negative 3 for 48 hours, and no new court allies have been associated with for 48 hours, a wizard with more influence than any other wizard has achieved victory.

Announcing a duel in the Royal Forest, known for it’s unsensational, upside-down trees, and for being located conveniently nearby.
Valid opponents: Farsight; Ienpw III; Kaia; Kevan; ubq323; The Druid
Valid judges: derrick

In Fair Play, change
“A Wizard should not deliberately and unreasonably prolong the performance of a game action once they have started it.”
to

A Wizard should not deliberately and unreasonably prolong the performance of a game action once they have started it, nor similarly prolong the non-performance of a game action which is required of them by the rules.

Add a new rule called “The Strongest Spell”:

As a weekly action, a Wizard can cast the Strongest Spell by pointing their finger at a screen their choice, having their thumb raised too, and saying “Bang!” out loud; along spending an amount of Food equal to the Upkeep of a Creature plus 3 and making a blog post that is clearly for the purpose of this action. Upon doing so, that Creature is unceremoniously removed from its Wizard’s stable.

That blog post shall then be also considered a Duel, with the City Gates as battlefield, the King as its only valid Judge and the Druid as its only valid Opponent. The Druid should accept this Duel whenever possible, stating how guns aren’t real magic, with the challenger optionally scoffing back smugly with conviction that they actually are.

In “Creature”, replace “If a Wizard has not done so in the previous 24 hours they may” with:-

As a daily action, a Wizard may

In “Duel”, replace “The duelists must submit a plan by sending a private message” with “Each duelist may submit a plan by sending a private message”.

Replace “If 48 hours have passed since the start of the duel and only one of the duelists has submitted a valid plan, that duelist is the Triumphant. If 48 hours have passed and neither duelist submitted a valid plan, a Triumphant is decided by way of a random DICE2 roll in the GNDT. ” with:-

If 48 hours have passed since the start of the duel and only one of the duelists has submitted a valid plan, the Judge may declare that duelist to be the Triumphant. If 48 hours have passed and neither duelist submitted a valid plan, the Judge may randomly select one of those duelists as the Triumphant.

Replace “The judge must then post a comment on the duel’s blog entry detailing the creature slots, Strengths, wins, and which duelist was the Triumphant.” with:-

The judge may then post a comment on the duel’s blog entry detailing the creature slots, Strengths, wins, and which duelist was the Triumphant.

Add a new rule called “Compulsory”:

An action is Compulsory if:
- The rules compel a Wizard to perform it (eg. “a Wizard must...”).
- The Wizard can perform it.
- The Wizard has all of the minimum amount of information needed to perform the action, granted via explicit rule-defined mechanisms.

While a Wizard has an action that is Compulsory for them to do, they cannot perform any non-Compulsory dynastic actions.

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Another ten-second masterpiece: https://imgur.com/a/nBiprIs

Inspired by Farsight’s latest tactic.
https://wiki.blognomic.com/index.php?title=File:CaterpillarPackHunting.jpg

This is campaign number 3: our battlefields are as follows:

Subterranean Falls: sloped aquatic underground
Island Fortress: sloped walled aquatic
Royal Forest: forest nearby level

The enemy assault continues. We lost near the desert, but our aquatic defenses remain strong. We should push through the subterranean falls to secure an avenue of attack. We also need to take care of enemy forces ravaging our lands. We cannot loose this war!

Add to the rule “Duel”:

If seven days have passed since a duel’s blog entry was posted and it has no opponent, any wizard or the king may close it by making a comment on the entry stating that they are doing so. A closed Duel ceases to be a duel.

And Change:

The Triumphant’s favour increases by the mean average Strength for that Battle of the other duelist’s creature slots, rounding up.

to:

The Triumphant’s favour increases by three, plus one if creature with gaudy is in their stable.

https://i.gyazo.com/563f27048c0e679b6d7983601092b5ff.png

Just claiming the daily Food bonus: https://imgur.com/a/ibhBxeE

https://photos.app.goo.gl/C5a2yNShbmuqLnKf9

I’m doing a rare (for me) color image.

Add to the rule “Duel”:

If seven days have passed since a duel’s blog entry was posted and it has no opponent, any wizard or the king may close it by making a comment on the entry stating that they are doing so. A closed Duel ceases to be a duel.

And Change:

The Triumphant’s favour increases by the mean average Strength for that Battle of the other duelist’s creature slots, rounding up.

to:

The Triumphant’s favour increases by three, plus one if creature with gaudy is in their stable.

Behold the swan in all its wrongness!

https://wiki.blognomic.com/index.php?title=File:Winged_Gaudy_Venomous_Swan2.jpg

...

The Druid Challenges Ienpw III to a duel!

The battle field is the city walls. Any wizard except Ienpw II may be judge. Ienpw III is the only valid opponent.

Change “Any Wizard may announce a duel,” to

The Druid may announce a duel,

Remove Queen from among TyGuy6’s court allies.

Amend the first paragraph of “Food” to:

Each Wizard has an amount of Food stockpiled for their creatures, tracked in the GNDT and defaulting to zero.

As a weekly action, the King may perform a Harvest, which is the following Atomic action:
- Increase each Wizard’s food by 10.
- Increase the Food of the Wizards allied to the Chamberlain or Treasurer by 3.
- For each Wizard, be their X the sum of their total Upkeep of every Creature in their Stable plus (if the Wizard has it) the Upkeep of their Underling Type. If X is greater than their Food amount, lower their Favor by the (math) difference between X and their Food amount (down to a minimum of 0), then set their Food to 0. Otherwise, decrease their Food by X.

Replace “Two creatures with the same qualities (not considering order) and creature type are the same creature.” with:-

Two creatures with the same qualities (not considering order) and creature type are considered to be Equivalent.

Replace “A wizard may not add a creature to their stable if that creature is in another wizard’s stable.” with:-

A wizard may not add a creature to their stable if an Equivalent creature is in another wizard’s stable.

https://imgur.com/a/qgj8Kfh

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For each Creature which has more than one of the same Quality, remove all but one copies of that Quality from it.

In “Creature”, replace “A quality may be added to a creature more than once, but no creature may have more than 3 of the same quality.” with:-

A Creature may not have more than one of the same Quality.

Royal Swamp
Judge: Derrick
Rest default
Let’s go

This dynasty is neat, but I can’t keep up! Idling myself. Quorum becomes 5.

For reference, “Numbers and Variables” stated:
“If a set of valid values is not specified in their definition, game variables defined to hold numeric values can hold only non-negative integers. Any action that would set those values below zero is an illegal action unless explicitly otherwise stated in the ruleset.”

Change
“The kingdom has a military situation, tracked as an integer in the GNDT field of the king for courtly favor.”
to

The kingdom has a military situation, tracked in the GNDT field of the king for courtly favor, with the set of all integers as it’s valid values.

Set the military situation to -1.

Add to the first paragraph of Duels:

The Judge can be specified to be “Hash” by the Challenger, in which case the Hash variant applies.

Add to Duels:

The Hash variant of a Duel requires the challenger to state their list of creature slots for the battle as a comment to the duel’s post instead, in a hash, once the Opponent has been assigned and within 48 hours. Within 48 hours from that, the opponent must publicly post their list of creature slots as a comment to the Duel’s post. Within 48 hours of that, the challenger must reveal the hash they used and the creature list that they submitted for this Duel, as well as resolve the Duel as a judge would with the two given lists.

In the subrule Closing a Campaign replace

(excluding creatures which are Armored or forces commanded by Wizards who are allied with the Northern General).

with

(excluding creatures which are Armored or forces commanded by Wizards who are allied with the Southern General).

Add to the rule “The Druid”.

If the creatures in a Wizard’s Stable contain between them 3 or more instances of the Quality “Wild”, that Wizard may not be considered “Unnatural”.

Aka armadillo! :P
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2qzE5eNQPmbw5Ht99

A quick sketch of this majestic creature: https://imgur.com/a/OaFc9CI

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In the subrule Closing a Campaign replace:

it destroys the creature in the same slot number of each opposing force (excluding creatures which are Armored).

With :

it destroys the creature in the same slot number of each opposing force (excluding creatures which are Armored or forces commanded by Wizards who are allied with the Northern General).

Append the following to the rule Court Politics:

A Wizard who is allied with the ArchBishop may as a weekly action name a quality to be considered Unholy. This type is tracked in the GNDT under the ArchBishop’s entry in the Wizard’s allies section, with the format ArchBishop([trust])([quality]). An unholy quality has its upkeep increased by 1.

Append the following to the rule The Druid:

The Druid is pals with the Most Eligible Courtier. Consequently, the Druid may not take action against a Wizard who is allied with the Most Eligible Courtier.

In Creatures, replace:

A quality may be added to a creature more than once

with

A quality may be added to a creature more than once, but no creature may have more than 3 of the same quality.

Replace any creatures with more than 3 of the same quality with a creature of the same creature type and same qualities, except that if a quality has already appeared 3 times in the list of qualities it is not included in the new creature.

Change:

The duelists must submit a plan by sending a private message to the judge listing an ordered list of 5 elements, each being either a creature or left empty

To:

The duelists must submit a plan by sending a private message to the judge specifying which duel the message is for and listing an ordered list of 5 elements, each being either a creature or left empty.

The Triumphant’s favour increases by the mean average Strength of the other duellist’s creature slots, rounding up.

To:

The Triumphant’s favour increases by three, plus one if a gaudy creature is in their stable.

Add to the list of Qualities:

- Merging (1)
- Mechanical (2)
- Mutant (3)

Amend, if it exists:

a Wizard is Unnatural if they have a Creature in their Stable with more than three Qualities, or which is Spectral.

to:

a Wizard is Unnatural if they have a Creature in their Stable with more than three Qualities, has a Miraculous Quality, or which is Spectral.

Add to Creature:

Mechanical, Mutant and Merging are Miraculous Qualities. A Mechanical Creature cannot be selected as Stock. A Mutant Creature can be selected as Stock by the Wizard that owns that creature, bypassing the normal restriction for Stock selection. A Merging Creature adds its Strength value to the Strength of the creature slot listed above itself in a Battle, and for the purpose of calculating its win or the opposing win against an opposing creature during a Battle, it has 0 Strength.

Remove “has infinite food, ” from the rule “The Druid”.

Set the Druid’s Food to 50.

Replace “The King should also cause The Druid to accept challenges of Wizards they deem to be particularly unnatural.” with:-

The King should also cause The Druid to accept challenges of Unnatural Wizards, where possible: a Wizard is Unnatural if they have a Creature in their Stable with more than three Qualities, or which is Spectral.

Create a new rule called “Tactics”:

When a Wizard submits their list of Creatures for a Battle (Duel, Campaign, etc), they may instead fill one of that list’s Creature slots with a Tactic. A Tactic has 0 Strength unless otherwise stated. A Wizard’s Panache is equal to the Upkeep of the Quality of their Underling. If their Underling is Blank, their Panache is 0. A Wizard can only use Tactics with a Panache Requirement that is equal to their Panache value, or their Panache value +/- 1.

The following is a list of all valid Tactics, written as [name]([Panache Requirement])[Effect]:

- Druid’s Concoction (-2): All Creatures with more than 5 Strength during this Battle are instead considered to have 5 Strength.
- Stealth Tactics (-1): All of your Stealthy Creatures gain +3 Strength
- Bait X (0): Clearly name a Creature Type for the purpose of this Tactic when submitting this. If the opposing Creature to this Tactic has the named Creature Type, all enemy Creatures with that Creature Type during the Battle have -5 Strength.
- Outmaneuver (1): Clearly name a Tactic for the purpose of this Tactic when submitting this. If the opponent uses the named Tactic during the Battle, this Tactic has 10 Strength.
- Pack Hunting X (2): Clearly name a Creature Type for the purpose of this Tactic when submitting this. All Creatures on your side during that Battle with that Creature Type gain +3 Strength
- Proud Trumpeting (3): Double the Strength of what is in the slot listed below this Tactic, after all other bonuses and maluses.
- Combat Wizard (4): This Tactic, for the Battle, is considered to be a Creature, with Creature Type being the submitting Wizard’s name, with a Quality that is their Underling’s Quality, and +5 Strength. This Tactic can only be submitted by an eligible Player up to once per Battle.

A Wizard allied with the Northern General can use (submit for a Battle) any Tactic, regardless of Panache Requirement.

Amend:

The Triumphant’s favour increases by the mean average Strength of the other duellist’s creature slots, rounding up.

To:

The Triumphant’s favour increases by the mean average Strength for that Battle of the other duelist’s creature slots, rounding up.

Add to Creature

If a Wizard has not done so in the previous 24 hours they may submit a Portrait post to the blog, which contains the word “Portrait” in the title, an animal which exists in a stable and has not appeared in a portrait post before and a link to an image of the animal of the Wizard’s own rendition. When a Wizard makes a Portrait post, they may gain 1 Food.

Add a fourth paragraph in Atomic Actions

If a Wizard arrives at a step in an Atomic Action and they cannot perform that step, they undo all the steps that they performed of that action and are never considered to have performed that action.

Amend

If a Wizard allied to the Royal Mistress or Queen would receive courtly favor, they receive that much favor plus 1 favor instead.

to

If a Wizard allied to the Royal Mistress or Queen would receive courtly favor, they receive that much favor plus 1 favor instead. This does not apply to favor created or altered by this rule.

Add to the bottom of “Food”:

A Wizard can Visit the Soup Kitchen. A Wizard who Visits the Soup Kitchen receives 7 Food per each time that the King has performed the weekly action of increasing every Wizard’s Food described above but didn’t alter that Wizard’s (the one who is Visiting the Soup Kitchen) Food during that action. A Wizard can Visit the Soup Kitchen once per dynasty.

We fight in The Royal Swamp! (Chosen so that flying is not quite so much of an advantage, hopefully making a fair fight possible for more opponents.)
Default the rest of the things.

As Farsight was first to use the bug to spend -1 food on breeding a wild creature, he may keep his 1 food. Sustain his atomic action attempt to breed a Wild Numbat as legal, which occurred at (or nearly at) 02/07 14:57 (UTC) as recorded in the GNDT.

Dismiss and undo all other attempted actions (or atomic actions) which result in spending negative food values between that time and the time of the passing of this CfJ.

In the rule, “Creature”, change “3. spends food equal to the stock’s upkeep (unless the Whelp has the Spectral quality)” to

3. spends food equal to the stock’s upkeep (unless the Whelp has the Spectral quality or the stock’s upkeep is a negative value)

Add to the subrule “closing a campaign”:

If a campaign was not successful, decrease the Favor of each wizard who did not fight in a battle in that campaign by 2, to a minimum of 0.

This is campaign number 2. Our battlefields are as follows:

The Royal Swamp: Nearby Aquatic Forest
The Worthless Mountains: poor, poor, sloped
The Caravan City: Nearby Walled Desert

The enemy has struck deep, threatening our homelands. We have the opportunity to stop them at city walls and natural barriers. As we drive them back, it is key to secure the passes in the Worthless Mountains, to prevent our lands from being pillaged. We must prevail!

Add to Stables

The King has a Stable, tracked in the GNDT. There is no limit to the number of animals which may be present in the King’s Stable.

At any time a Wizard may sell an animal by moving it to the King’s Stable and then gaining Food equal to half of that animal’s upkeep.

A Wizard may buy an animal that is in the King’s Stable by spending food equal to its upkeep, removing it from the King’s stable and adding it to their stable.

change “if that creature is in another wizard’s stable.” to

if that creature is in another stable.

Alter the rule “Duel”:

Replace the text:

The Triumphant’s favour increases by the average Strength of the other duelist’s creature slots, rounding up.

with

The Triumphant’s favour increases by the mean average Strength of the other duellist’s creature slots, rounding up.

In addition, remove the text:

The non-Triumphant duellist’s favour is decreased by half, rounding up, of the amount the Triumphant gained. (Favour can become negative in this way.)

If the Special Case rule “The Traitor” does not exist, this proposal has no effect.

Add to the Special Case rule “The Traitor”:

If Blognomic has a current Dynasty which is not on hiatus, the rule “The Traitor” is either active or inactive, defaulting to inactive.

If the rule “The Traitor” is currently inactive, the King may activate it by making a blog post stating that the rule “The Traitor” is active.

If the rule “The Traitor” is active, the next time an Ascension Address is made, the rule “The Traitor” becomes inactive.

Enact a new Special Case rule, “The Traitor”:-

The Traitor for a particular dynasty may be a Wizard (including an idle one), or may be nobody, and it defaults to being nobody. The Traitor’s identity in the current dynasty is tracked privately by the King.

If there is no Traitor for the current dynasty, the King may secretly randomly select a Wizard and privately inform them that they are the Traitor for the current dynasty.

A Traitor is under no obligation to honour any informal promises they have made with other Wizards, nor to tell the truth to them, and is encouraged to betray other Wizards in order to achieve victory.

under “Prioritisation” change
“If two parts” to

If two or more parts

To rules 1.6 and 4.3.6, add the text:

CfJs with a number of FOR Votes that exceed or equal Quorum and with no against votes can override any aspect of the ruleset or gamestate.

Add a new dynastic rule called “The Druid”:

There exists an entity called The Druid, tracked in the GNDT. The Druid counts as a Wizard for the purposes of dynastic rules, except that:

* The King generally controls (ie. performs actions on behalf of) The Druid.
* The Druid cannot achieve victory, has infinite food, has zero favour, and cannot have court allies.
* The Druid’s Underling type is always Wild.
* The Druid’s creatures gain +1 Strength in Forest Battlefields.
* The Druid cannot participate in campaigns.
* If The Druid’s stable is not full, as a weekly communal action any Wizard may breed a creature on The Druid’s behalf.
* If The Druid announces a duel with a list of one valid opponent, that opponent is deemed to automatically accept the challenge (but has 72 hours to submit a plan). If The Druid wins a duel, The King must as an atomic action remove a creature from The Druid’s stable, remove another creature from any Wizard’s stable, and add that creature to The Druid’s stable (this is an atomic action). If The Druid loses a duel, their opponent may add a free quality to one of their creatures, in addition to the normal rewards.

The Druid’s raison d’etre is to restore harmony to nature by battling unnatural forces. For the purposes of the rules, this means that the King should as frequently as possible cause The Druid to announce Duels with a list of any one valid opponent. The King should also cause The Druid to accept challenges of Wizards they deem to be particularly unnatural. The King should consider The Druid’s flavour whenever performing actions on behalf of The Druid.

 

Add to the list of Court Ally Identities:

*His Majesty
*Ambassador

Add to the rule “The War”

The kingdom has a military situation, tracked as an integer in the GNDT field of the king for courtly favor.

If a wizard has been allied to His Majesty for more than 48 hours and the military situation has been greater than 3 for 48 hours,  that wizard has achieved victory. If a wizard has been allied to the ambassador for more than 48 hours and the military situation has been less than negative 3 for 48 hours,  that wizard has achieved victory.

Add to the subrule “Closing a campaign”:

If closing a campaign generates at least one battle for each battlefield in it in which a wizard is the triumphant, that campaign is said to be successful. Increase the military situation by 1. Otherwise, decrease the military situation by 1.

To the first paragraph in “Fair Play”, add:-

Wizards should vote against any DoV that relies on having broken a fair play rule.

Add to the list of Court Ally Identities:

*His Majesty
*Ambassador

Add to the rule “The War”

The kingdom has a military situation, tracked as an integer in the GNDT field of the king for courtly favor.

If a wizard has been allied to His Majesty for more than 48 hours and the military situation has been greater than 5 for 48 hours,  that wizard has achieved victory. If a wizard has been allied to the ambassador for more than 48 hours and the military situation has been less than 5 for 48 hours,  that wizard has achieved victory.

Add to the subrule “Closing a campaign”:

If closing a campaign generates at least one battle for each battlefield in it in which a wizard is the triumphant, that campaign is said to be successful. Increase the military situation by 1. Otherwise, decrease the military situation by 1.

In the rule, “Duel”, replace

average score of the other duelist’s creature slots,

with

average Strength of the other duelist’s creature slots,

Create a new rule: Courtly Requests

As a weekly communal action, a Wizard or the King may create a random Request. A Request has a Requester, of which the valid options are the list of possible identities of Court Allies, and a Requested Creature, of which the valid options are the set of all creatures with two qualities and a creature type chosen from the [[list of animals]]. The Request shall be announced in a blog post, and the Request shall be recorded in the [[list of requests]].

As an atomic action, a Wizard may Fulfill a Request, by completing the following steps in order.
1. Remove the Requested Creature from their stable
2. Gain Courtly Favor equal to 5 + the trust of any Court Ally whose identity is the Requester, or 5 if no Court Ally exists with that identity.
3. Associating with the Requester as normal.
4. Removing the Request from the [[list of requests]]

I summon any brave combatant to face me (for glory!) upon the Ice Floes battlefield. Defaulting to any Wizard for opponent and for judge is fine. (King Derrick would be my first choice for judge if he would deign.)