Proposal: Grand Theft Portal
Times out as Popular, 6-1. Enacted by Brendan.
Adminned at 14 Feb 2020 00:39:32 UTC
Remove all paragraphs beginning “As a daily action” from the rule “Position and Prominence”, if it exists.
Add to that rule:-
Scientists may seek to interact with or capitalise on the other universe using the following actions:
* Plagiarism is a Discrepant Action which can only be taken by an Academic Scientist: it raises the Upsider’s Prominence by 1, and decreases the Downsider’s Prominence by 1 (to a minimum of zero).
* Siphoning is a Discrepant Action which can only be taken by a Corporate Scientist: it raises the Upsider’s Budget by 100, and decreases the Downsider’s Budget by 100 (to a minimum of zero).
* Grandstanding is a Discrepant Action which can only be taken by a Political Scientist: it raises the Upsider’s Prominence by 2, and decreases the Downsider’s Prominence by 2 (to a minimum of zero).
* Theft is a Discrepant Action which can only be taken by a Criminal Scientist who does not share a universe with a Law Enforcement Scientist: it raises the Upsider’s Budget by 250, decreases the Budget of any Scientist in any Universe by 250, and sets the Downsider’s Prominence to zero.
To “Discrepant Actions”, to the top of the bullet list, add:-
* If no Portal is Open, they apply its effects with themselves as both its Upsider and Downsider
And replace “If the Scientist is Balanced,” in that list with “If a Portal is Open and the Scientist is Balanced,”.
Replacing the “roll a die to increase a number” position abilities with a corresponding Discrepant Actions that start off boring (“steal money to lose respect!”) but get interesting once the other universe is open and you can pin the blame on your counterpart.
Lulu: she/her