Proposal: I once caught an Explorer and it was thiiiis big!
Withdrawn and therefore failed -SingularByte
Adminned at 13 Dec 2022 11:21:23 UTC
Create a subrule of Items called Covert Items:
Some items are Covert Items. While an Explorer is holding such an item, they privately track it rather than publicly keeping it in their items field. If they would ever lose the item in such a way that it would not be immediately revealed to all of the other Explorers, they must inform the Narrator of how they have lost the item as soon as they are aware of it. This is not required if the Narrator is the one who knowingly removes the item from that Explorer, nor if the item is being directly used as part of a Malfeasance which unambiguously costs that item. The Narrator is permitted to request information from any Explorer about which Covert items they have, and that Explorer must respond truthfully when they can.
Make Covert Items the first subrule of Items, and Flashlight the second subrule.
Create a subrule of Items called Snares:
A Snare is a Covert Item. An Explorer holding a Snare gains access to a Special Malfeasance for as long as they are holding it, which is to Lay a Snare Trap. When a Snare Trap is Laid in a room, all Explorers in the room are privately informed that the Explorer has laid a snare trap. Until it is triggered or removed, Explorers that enter the room while it is Lit are privately informed of the presence of the snare trap. The next time an Explorer enters that room while it is Dark and the Snare Trap is present, they are Snared. In the case of multiple explorers entering the room simultaneously while it is Dark, one of those Explorers is privately chosen at random to be Snared. In either case, when it is triggered, all Explorers in the room are privately informed of the Explorer being snared.
An Explorer being Snared prevents that Explorer from willingly setting their ploy to a movement planned action for as long as they are Snared, and Malfeasances used on them ignore all of their Advantages for the purpose of checking Defences. The Snared Explorer’s Malfeasances are considered to take place after any other Explorer’s Malfeasances that turn. For as long as an Explorer is Snared, they gain access to a special malfeasance - Break Free. If an Explorer is Snared and has no Ploy, their Ploy is considered to be Break Free.
There is a Special Malfeasance that everyone has access to: Retrieve Snare Trap.
The attributes of the three Special Malfeasances are:
{| class=“wikitable”
|+ Special Malfeasances
! Name || Effect || Restrictions || Defence || Hindrance
|-
| Lay a Snare Trap || A Snare is removed from the Items of the Explorer using this Malfeasance, and a Snare Trap is laid in the room that the Explorer is in. || The Explorer must have a Snare. || N/A || N/A
|-
| Break Free || The Explorer using this Malfeasance is no longer Snared. If they are Fast, they are nimble fingered enough to disentangle themselves without breaking it, and therefore gain a Snare. || The Explorer using this must be Snared. || N/A || N/A
|-
| Retrieve Snare Trap || The Explorer using this Malfeasance gains a Snare if there is an untriggered Snare Trap in the room. The Snare Trap is removed from the room. || The room has an untriggered Snare Trap in it. || N/A || N/A
This proposal introduces Covert Items, which are used to lay traps. It’s known publicly when you pick one up, but if you could be seen losing it when you activate it, it would defeat the whole point so they effectively turn invisible on being taken although the Narrator should be able to keep track of them at all times easily enough. Just to be on the safe side, I’m giving the ability for the Narrator to ask though.
Brendan: he/him