Monday, March 30, 2020

Proposal: In the Shadow of the Sun King

Timed out 6 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 01 Apr 2020 12:08:55 UTC

Add a new rule to the ruleset, entitled Victory Score:

Each Nobleman has a Victory Score, which is not tracked anywhere but which can be calculated from other gamestate variables, as follows:

* If a Nobleman is the Champion then they gain 100 Victory Score score points. Otherwise, a Nobleman gains 10 Victory Score points for every Ribbon that they are holding;
* A Nobleman gains 5 Victory Score points for every point of Prestige that they have;
* A Nobleman gains 2 VIctory Score points for every Item that they have in their Estate.

If at any time a Nobleman has the highest Victory Score, and has a Victory Score that is at least double that of the Nobleman with the next highest Victory Score, and has a Victory Score of at least 40 points, then that Nobleman is Powerful. A Powerful Nobleman may, as a weekly action, Request an Audience with the King by making a story post to that effect. Louis XIV should then respond at his earliest convenience with either a FOR vote, indicating that the Nobleman is not Dissolute, or an AGAINST vote, indicating that they are Dissolute. If Louis XIV has used a FOR vote on a Powerful Nobleman’s Request for an Audience then that Nobleman becomes Scheduled, and remains Scheduled for 48 hours from the time of Louis XIV’s vote. A Nobleman who is both Powerful and Scheduled has achieved Victory.

Comments

Kevan: he/him

30-03-2020 12:26:23 UTC

Victory might need to be a “then Louis XIV may Knight that Nobleman; a Knighted Nobleman has achieved victory” thing, rather than having players directly achieve victory or not based on privately-tracked gamestate. The First Dynasty of Sphinx had a particularly messy endgame where two players thought they’d probably won but weren’t sure, and the rational move for them was to DoV regardless (and nobody could vote on the DoVs until the Emperor had commented).

Josh: Observer he/they

30-03-2020 12:42:04 UTC

I’ve changed the wording. It’s slightly messy as there’s a lot of moving parts: what if a Nobleman meets the criteria on points but then an Auction resolves and they no longer do? What if Louis XIV Knights someone and they then become Dissolute? So it’s an attempt to constrain the Victory status to a moment when all of the pieces are in place, and having it expire when something slips out of position.

Kevan: he/him

30-03-2020 15:15:12 UTC

for

pencilgame: he/him

30-03-2020 17:55:49 UTC

for

naught:

30-03-2020 19:23:44 UTC

for

Darknight: he/him

30-03-2020 19:29:56 UTC

for

Lulu: she/her

31-03-2020 02:41:48 UTC

for