Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Proposal: Cold (and Hot) War

Timed out 2-7. Failed by card.

Adminned at 01 Jun 2017 15:28:52 UTC

Replace “Spy:”(in “Backgrounds”) and its contents with:

Spy: Spies start with two Alibis, and gain one per each Mission they Complete (be the Participant of a Stamped, Completed Mission). A Spy’s Alibis is privately tracked by the Spy and the Expedition Leader. Spies can spend one Alibi (if they have at least one Alibi) to perform one of the following:
- Snoop another Explorer, by making a private request for this effect to the Expedition Leader. The Expedition Leader shall then tell them one of their Backgrounds (chosen at random).
- Sabotage a Camp: Via letting all of the cold flow in and other hijinks, that Camp (and all of its content’s) Temperature lowers by 500 BTU. This action is performed by privately communicating it to the Expedition Leader, along their current Camp (this will be the Sabotaged Camp, even if the Spy move later), and then the Expedition Leader applying the effects as appropriate in a timely fashion.

Add to “Camp Rules”:

Any Explorer can, by paying 2 Supplies, Warm a Camp they’re at, by making campfires, improving the camp’s heat insulation or other methods. That camp’s Temperature increases by 100 BTU, but up to a maximum of 300 BTU, as any further would make it a sauna.

We need a Cold-manipulation role I feel.

Comments

Kevan: he/him

30-05-2017 16:01:10 UTC

“This action is performed by privately communicating it to the Expedition Leader.” needs to wait for the Leader to respond (and ideally apply that change): if the act of private communication causes the Camp’s temperature to drop, nobody except the Spy will know that this has happened.

Madrid:

30-05-2017 16:05:20 UTC

Ah, true. Changed it to “This action is performed by privately communicating it to the Expedition Leader and then the Expedition Leader applying the effects as appropriate in a timely fashion.”

Cpt_Koen:

30-05-2017 16:55:22 UTC

I would like it much better if the Spy has to be at the Camp that they Sabotage. It would be better for flavour (how to Sabotage a Camp you’re not at? with a cannon?); and it would also make it a more interesting mechanic in my opinion.

The Spy would be allowed to change Camp before the Expedition Leader’s response if they wish, so as not to be affected by the penalties of the low temperature, but that would make them more suspicious.

Madrid:

30-05-2017 17:22:01 UTC

Ok, done

Gaelan:

31-05-2017 00:17:58 UTC

for

Kevan: he/him

31-05-2017 07:48:55 UTC

against Useful to know that Cuddlebeam is probably a Spy, though.

Cpt_Koen:

31-05-2017 10:41:53 UTC

imperial

card:

31-05-2017 15:23:35 UTC

against Also this will make it possible for someone who is a spy to confirm their role publicly. Kind of a bad idea if we’re going for the secret backgrounds route.

pokes:

31-05-2017 23:45:18 UTC

imperial

duck:

01-06-2017 05:27:19 UTC

for

Gaelan:

01-06-2017 06:21:18 UTC

CoV against

Publius Scribonius Scholasticus: he/they

01-06-2017 09:40:34 UTC

against

Sphinx:

01-06-2017 11:34:47 UTC

against