Sunday, May 06, 2018

Proposal: Breaking the Monotony

Reached quorum 7 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 07 May 2018 19:51:26 UTC

Create a new rule named “Events”:

Weekly, On Thursdays, the narrator should randomly determine an event in private, and follow the effects given by the determined event. Possible Events are:

*Gam: Another whaling vessel is nearby, and so the two vessels will meet. The narrator shall make a blog post announcing that another whaling vessel is in the area.
*Uncommon Creature: a creature with a uncommoness of 2DICE10-10 shall be in the area until the next thursday. If the uncommoness of the creature would be negative, no uncommon creature is in the area. The narrator shall not disclose which event was rolled for the week.
*Accident: The narrator shall randomly pick a position that can prevent the accident, between cook, carpenter, blacksmith and none. If the chosen position is not free, no accident occurs. Otherwise, a randomly chosen sailor will have an accident, and the narrator shall make a blog post declaring that the sailor had an accident, and what position would have prevented it. If no sailor has an accident, the narrator shall not disclose which event was rolled for the week.

Storms really should appear on this list, but I couldn’t think of a way to make them exciting.

Accidents currently don’t do anything, and this is intentional. I eventually hope to let the cook, blacksmith, and carpenter aim at people they wish to have accidents!

Gams are the part of the book I remember best, and I hope to attach a good amount of game play to them. Still a stub though!

Comments

Madrid:

06-05-2018 21:30:35 UTC

Its feels a bit premature when it relies on so much stuff that hasn’t been made yet.

pokes:

06-05-2018 21:38:08 UTC

It’s kind of unclear what the Narrator is supposed to do in some cases. Not really my problem though, so I’d vote DEF.

derrick: he/him

06-05-2018 22:16:48 UTC

Cuddlebeam: It doesn’t do anything yet. That’s intentional. “In the area” and “An accident” are intentional stubs. I fully intend to clean them up, and this particular dynasty already has a lot of stubs.

Pokes: In which cases would the course for the narrator be unclear? I’m quite open to clearing things up…

pokes:

06-05-2018 22:46:52 UTC

On another read some was more my reading comprehension than your writing. What does “what position would have prevented it” mean though?

ElMarko:

06-05-2018 22:52:42 UTC

It’s a bit confusing, maybe reword it as:
“The narrator shall randomly pick a position that can prevent the accident, between cook, carpenter, blacksmith and none. If the chosen position is not free, no accident happens. Otherwise, ...”

derrick: he/him

06-05-2018 23:18:08 UTC

Elmarko has it right.  I’ve switched to his phrasing

Kevan: he/him

07-05-2018 07:36:35 UTC

for Remember that dynasties are on average only four weeks long, though.

Madrid:

07-05-2018 10:45:21 UTC

Oh well for

derrick: he/him

07-05-2018 12:39:53 UTC

@Kevan:

Yeah, we’ll want to pick up the pace once the rules are more complete.

Brendan: he/him

07-05-2018 14:57:08 UTC

for

Cpt_Koen:

07-05-2018 16:56:48 UTC

imperial

card:

07-05-2018 16:59:12 UTC

for

Axemabaro:

07-05-2018 18:18:20 UTC

for