Monday, January 06, 2020

Proposal: Breach of Contract

Reached quorum 5 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 07 Jan 2020 19:42:13 UTC

Replace “An Artefact’s Protocol may impose restrictions on how Individuals interact with it.” with:-

An Artefact’s Protocol defines Institute policy on how Researchers should and should not interact with it.

Remove any sentence beginning “If a Protocol has been somehow breached”. Then, add to “Artefacts”:-

If a Researcher fails to follow the recommendation of a Protocol they are considered to have Breached it. If a Researcher (the “Transgressor”) has Breached the Protocol for an Artefact within the past 48 hours, any Researcher may set the Transgressor’s Pursuit to Outsider and (if the Transgressor is in a Secure Place) change the Location of all Artefacts carried by the Transgressor to The Containment Facility, and change the Transgressor’s Location to Unknown.

If it exists, replace “Read the Rulebook at least once a day.” with:-

A Researcher should not carry this Artefact for more than 24 hours without reading it.

Change any Protocols of “[REDACTED]” and “Unknown” to:-

None.

Enact a new subrule of Artefacts, “The Tiepin”:-

Location: Unknown
Description: A small silver clip engraved with roses and thorns. Attaching it to clothing gives the wearer the appearance of a non-specific person from any desired profession.
Protocol: A Researcher should not carry this Artefact in a Public Place.
Effect: An Individual carrying the Tiepin may change their Pursuit to Researcher, Collector or Outsider at any time.

Replace “An Individual may move to any Place at any time by updating their own Location to this effect, with the exception of the Places “The Institute” and “The Containment Facility” - only Researchers may move to these Places.” with:-

An Individual may move to any Public Place at any time by updating their own Location to this effect. A Researcher may move to any Secure Place at any time by updating their own Location to this effect. (The Institute and the Containment Facility are Secure Places; all other Places are Public Places.)

Giving Protocol a clearer scope: defining guidelines the Researchers must follow if they want to keep their job. Collectors and Outsiders don’t have to care about them.

[REDACTED] is definitely something to explore in ruletext, but we should define how it works before using it for anything that affects the legality of game actions.

Comments

Madrid:

06-01-2020 11:37:16 UTC

for

Josh: Observer he/they

06-01-2020 12:51:50 UTC

for

card:

06-01-2020 16:42:07 UTC

for

Brendan: he/him

07-01-2020 18:34:38 UTC

for