Thursday, January 07, 2010

Concept discussion: close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades

“If an Adventurer has the same Location as the Djinni, and the Djinni is in the Lamp, then that Adventurer may Free the Djinni, as a daily action”.  But how close does the Adventurer have to be, and how would the Adventurer know?  Should the Adventurer be required to PM the Djinni and say “I think I’ve found you?” whereupon the Djinni is required to either grant the wish or expressly say “no you didn’t”?  How close would the Adventurer have to be the Djinni: if the Adventurer’s location is, say, “Holy of Holies (LDS Church)” (which is a room in the Salt Lake Temple) and the Djinni’s location is “Salt Lake Temple”, then do they have the same location?  What if the Adventurer is in Salt Lake Temple and the Djinni is in “Holy of Holies (LDS Church)”?  Should, say, a 30-mile radius of any point comprising the Djinni’s Location count as close enough for the Adventurer to be able to free the Djinni?  (30 is approximately the square root of 1000).

posted by spikebrennan at 07 Jan 2010 14:25:36 UTC Comments (6)

Comments

Ornithopter:

08-01-2010 02:58:56 UTC

According to Rule 2.9, after spending 24.000(...)001 hours in the same location as the lamp (as determined by the Djinni), the Djinni awards the lamp to the Adventurer, who can either release the Djinni or put the lamp back where it was.

Darknight: he/him

08-01-2010 05:30:18 UTC

I’ll say that in the event I ever pick a single room then as long as your in the building then you’ll find the lamp.

Aquafraternally Yours:

08-01-2010 07:35:28 UTC

Yeah, this is still awfully kludgy.  What if the only valid locations for relics were nation capitals?  That would greatly eliminate some of the guess work… it makes the game perhaps a bit more abstract, but right now I think we’re swimming in details and lacking anything concrete.

NoOneImportant:

08-01-2010 20:32:52 UTC

How about as long as the location the adventurer is at “contains” the location that the lamp is? For example, if the lamp is at “Louvre”, and I’m at “Paris”, I should be able to get it… right?

Apathetic Lizardman:

08-01-2010 23:46:31 UTC

What if you accidentally stumble upon it? You could just visit all the major cities and hope you get the lamp. Even though it’s kind of a waste. If you were in Paris, and you knew the lamp was at the Louvre, then it shouldn’t take any walking within the city; just set your location to the Louvre.

Apathetic Lizardman:

08-01-2010 23:49:01 UTC

Also, what if, for argument’s sake, that the lamp was at the South Pole? Even though it’s not a “city” perhaps, but who would get the lamp? There are several people still there including myself.