I’m split between deliberately FORing proposals which have flaws so that I can exploit them or asking for them to be corrected so I’ll just do the latter for now.

You’re missing “Needs Nonium”.

“May” is a vulnerable word.

“May” is not vulnerable here, it’s being used to mean “is allowed to”.

I appreciate that. I did edit the most ambiguous instance of “may” to be clearer. I don’t think the other is an issue.

“Egg clusters may be said to require specific nutrients.”

So I’m allowed to say “Egg clusters require specific nutrients?”

Like, out loud?

I know you mean the idiom but its homographic to this other interpretation which makes it a bit vulnerable imo, I dunno.

I think “Egg clusters may be said to require specific nutrients” is a reasonable preamble to the rule. It doesn’t carry any regulatory force itself, it merely signals that the usage of “requires” which follows is meant to be a restricted usage for the purposes of the game.

Let us say I follow the interpretation that you suggest. Whether I say the words aloud or not, the rules that follow, e.g. ‘An egg cluster in the “Needs Nonium” stage requires Nonium’ establishes a clear limitation and is a fully functional rule on its own.

If you can find a way to pervert the rule through that reading of “said”, you are welcome to attempt it!

True, actually. I just found it a funny addition, but it doesn’t actually change the mechanics.

I am now imagining Cuddlebeam occasionally exclaiming “Egg clusters require specific nutrients” to random passers by.

So on a less aggravating note, there’s nothing here saying what happens when an egg cluster is fertilized, and there’s nothing in this proposal or the ruleset that unambiguously states which state the egg cluster is in when it is laid.  The rule lists the states “in order” but it doesn’t say what the order means.  We should probably establish that when eggs are laid they start as Unfertilized and progress through the stages as they gain nutrients (unless you intentionally wanted to leave that for later) because I think otherwise they default to the alphabetically earliest state name.

That’s true. I’m apparently not great at writing proposals. This one is updated.

You may want to add a requirement clarifying that a fertilizing organ gets added to the list of fathers for the egg cluster.

I feel like this is a very cheap way to get to maturity. You may want to increase the nutrient cost.

hmm… yes, if it’s a daily action, it becomes MUCH harder, and multiple people will probably have to cooperate to do it.

Explicitly being able to say “Egg clusters require specific nutrients.” should be golden rule #1 lol.

Because humor and the mechanic actually looks alright.

Warning: This could easily become a case of fool’s gold if you try to rush for as many eggs as possible before an end game is properly defined.

Yeah. It’s a curious case though, because eggs are the only resource you can actually stockpile for yourself.

If that becomes Fool’s Gold, then, well, we’re going to need some other stockpile-able resource or something.