I like conversion, but feel like this is too dice-heavy. 

I agree, but couldn’t think of another way to make it happen.

Hmm, did you update the timestamp on this after you posted it? Good thinking if so, but despite the timestamp of 22:29, it’s appearing below a post from 21:49, and the sidebar thinks its 57 minutes old. Sadly we have quite a fight on our hands with this blogging system, and should probably update the FAQ with best-practice advice.

Per Josh’s concerns, but also the unnecessary complexity. Couldn’t the Auspex just roll the dice?

And oh dear, now the sidebar thinks its four minutes old. Even though Josh’s comment is from ten minutes ago.

I noticed the timestamp thing as well, I think it’s because I had the post new message window open for a half an hour before I posted it.

Fair enough - normally the blog just timestamps it at the time you started writing the post, rather than the time you clicked “submit”. Maybe the crazy sidebar timestamps are a caching issue that nobody’s spotted before, because we don’t normally care that much about very-recent timestamps. They seem to be leaping around a lot when I look at individual articles.

For what it’s worth, I’m sorry for the confusion. I wasn’t attempting to trick the system, I was just spending some time to try and make the proposal solid.

No, it’s fine, everyone does it, and it’s the way the system should work, we just can’t see a way to tell the blog engine to behave sensibly. Our fault for not putting it in the new-player FAQ.

because it implies that you can’t join a different Cult, so I could create a Cult with the secret requirement “You cannot attempt to escape”. If you attempt to escape, you are breaking the requirements and so can’t attempt to escape. And now you are stuck and can’t have any fun.

However, the auspex might simply reject that secret requirement…

[Sphinx] The proposed Code of Conduct would encourage me to honour it, as it seems merely a “simple scam”.

Per Josh. Though I like the idea, I’d have to have the dynasty start with a dice-rolling mechanics.

Fair enough, It was a good thought though (:

Looking at the currently available stats, a diceless conversion mechanic could maybe be based on being able to exactly name the Cults that your victim belongs to, and/or having a stronger Infamy than all of those Cults.

Maybe conversion might also have influence on the Infamy? I guess, if a Cult converts everyone, he should be getting a quite high infamy… Also, I like what Kevan suggested.

If someone else would like to tinker with the idea, feel free!