Tuesday, May 08, 2018

Proposal: Denizens of the Deep

5 to 0 after 48 hours. Enacted by Derrick

Adminned at 10 May 2018 12:50:36 UTC

Create a new Rule named “Creatures”:

A Creature has a name, a speed, a danger, a yield, and an uncommonness. The name is a text string.

Whales are creatures with a name of “Whale”, a speed of 3, a danger of 1, a yield of 2, and an uncommonness of 0.

If an uncommon creature has no name, the narrator shall:
Set its speed to 3 + (its uncommonness modulo 3)
Set its danger to 1 + (its uncommonness /3, rounded down)
Set its yield to 2 if its uncommonness is odd, 3 if its uncommonness is even
Assign it a name as he sees fit

Comments

Madrid:

08-05-2018 14:28:11 UTC

what does “its uncommonness /” mean

Madrid:

08-05-2018 14:29:46 UTC

(Also, minor nitpick but should =/= ability to. I should not steal money from a bank, but that doesn’t mean I actually can)

derrick: he/him

08-05-2018 14:42:28 UTC

“Its uncommonness/3.” Sorry, fixed.

I’ve changed should to shall.

card:

09-05-2018 00:54:44 UTC

maybe rarity would’ve been a better word for conveying that the creature is valuable in some way?
for

Lulu: she/her

09-05-2018 02:06:51 UTC

Why not randomize the values?

Kevan: he/him

09-05-2018 07:53:10 UTC

for

[card] I was just going for an adjective that sounded less videogame-loot, when writing the Goals rule.

ElMarko:

09-05-2018 08:21:09 UTC

for

Brendan: he/him

09-05-2018 14:30:28 UTC

for

derrick: he/him

09-05-2018 17:29:48 UTC

@Jumble:

I thought about randomizing the values, but this way its simple to determine stats, and higher value fish are harder to catch.