Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Proposal: Fundamental Interconnectedness

Reached quorum, 9 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 06 Jul 2006 01:08:02 UTC

[ Mapping the precise scope of Node Events, so that we have a better idea of what’s going to happen next - mucking around powerfully in the early timeline is still possible, but you’ll have to make two changes (adding a keyword, then redescribing again) to affect an arbitrary future event.

Also formalising Hix’s preference that Travellers not alter more than one Node Event per day. ]

Reword Rule 2.6 (The Timeline) to:-

Scattered throughout time (and recorded in the Timeline page of the wiki) are a number of significant Node Events, each with a unique game date and description. Some Node Events may have keywords, which are listed in brackets as part of their description.

Any Traveller may create or redescribe a Node Event at their current Temporal Location, if they have not done so in the previous 24 real-world hours - this is done by editing the wiki page appropriately, and then posting an entry to the weblog that describes their manipulation of the Timeline.

Redescribing a Node Event (the “Trigger Event”) may cause side effects, which must be made as part of the same update and post. For each keyword that the Trigger Event had prior to the change, a single later-occurring Node Event that shares that keyword (if one exists) may also be redescribed. (Node Events altered through side effects do not trigger further side effects.)

The Arbiter may redescribe or delete Node Events anywhere on the Timeline, if he feels their causality to be discordant (including the addition or removal of overlooked or inappropriate keywords).

Add “(Italy, Religion)” to the end of the description of any Node Events that involve the Badia a Passignano, unless they have already had keywords added.

Comments

ChronosPhaenon:

05-07-2006 16:14:23 UTC

for

Excalabur:

05-07-2006 17:54:29 UTC

imperial I think I’d rather see ‘often’, but this works.

Coldspell:

05-07-2006 17:59:36 UTC

for

Hix:

05-07-2006 18:02:37 UTC

for I was hoping that these manipulations might be able to be done anywhere within Range, not just at the current TL.  Any opinions on that point?

Angry Grasshopper:

05-07-2006 18:15:14 UTC

for

TAE:

05-07-2006 18:28:23 UTC

for
I would tend to say that you have to be somewhen in order to alter things at that time.

Shadowclaw:

05-07-2006 19:10:32 UTC

for

Angry Grasshopper:

06-07-2006 06:42:56 UTC

for