Friday, March 26, 2021

Proposal: Jokers

Fails 1-6—Clucky

Adminned at 27 Mar 2021 05:42:26 UTC

In Rule “The Deck”, change

The Deck consists of a number of Cards, each having a Rank and a Suit. The Cards (listed in descending rank order for each Suit) are:-

* Suit of Batons: King, Queen, Knight, Knave, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, Ace
* Suit of Coins: King, Queen, Knight, Knave, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, Ace
* Suit of Cups: King, Queen, Knight, Knave, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, Ace
* Suit of Swords: King, Queen, Knight, Knave, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, Ace
* Suit of Arcana: Angel, World, Sun, Moon, Star, Lightning, Devil, Death, Impostor, Magician

Each card has a heft. All cards with numbered Ranks have a heft equal to their Rank; an Ace has a heft of one, a Knave has a heft of 11, a Knight has a heft of 12, a Queen has a heft of 13 and a King has a heft of 14. All other cards have a heft of zero.

To

The Deck consists of a number of Cards, each having a Rank and a Suit. The Cards (listed in descending rank order for each Suit) are:-

* Suit of Batons: King, Queen, Knight, Knave, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, Ace
* Suit of Coins: King, Queen, Knight, Knave, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, Ace
* Suit of Cups: King, Queen, Knight, Knave, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, Ace
* Suit of Swords: King, Queen, Knight, Knave, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, Ace
* Suit of Arcana: Angel, World, Sun, Moon, Star, Lightning, Devil, Death, Impostor, Magician
* Suit of Jokers: Happy Joker, Sad Joker, Mad Joker, Shy Joker, Brave Joker, Clever Joker

Each card has a heft. All cards with numbered Ranks have a heft equal to their Rank; an Ace has a heft of one, a Knave has a heft of 11, a Knight has a heft of 12, a Queen has a heft of 13 and a King has a heft of 14. All other cards have a heft of zero.

And subrule “Jokers” in rule “Tournament Rules of Giolitti” and add the following as a description for subrule “Jokers”:

Similar to Suit of Arcane, Suit of Jokers has effects based on the position they appear in the Player’s Pocket. The effects are shown in the list below.

If a Player’s Pocket contains a Happy Joker, Cards played after Happy Joker have their Heft increased by 2.

If a Player’s Pocket contains a Sad Joker, Sad Joker’s Heft is equal to the Card of the lowest Heft in their opponent’s Pocket.

If a Player’s Pocket contains a Mad Joker, Mad Joker’s Heft is equal to the Card of the highest Heft in their opponent’s Pocket.

If a Player’s Pocket contains a Shy Joker, Suit of Arcanes have no effect the Player’s Pocket nor in their opponent’s Pocket but Suit of Arcanes have a Heft of 2 until the Shy Joker is not longer in the Player’s Pocket.

If a Player’s Pocket contains a Brave Joker, Brave Joker’s Heft is 5 if you have more cards from Suit of Joker in their Pocket more than their oppenent’s Pocket.

If a Player’s Pocket contains a Clever Joker, Clever Joker’s Heft is equal to then number cards from Suit of Joker in their Pocket.

Comments

Josh: Observer he/they

26-03-2021 22:33:11 UTC

against

Raven1207: he/they

26-03-2021 22:43:27 UTC

Good Point. Keep Craziness contained

Brendan: he/him

26-03-2021 23:54:00 UTC

against More interested in seeing tweaks to the existing arcana, which are still fairly unbalanced.

Lulu: she/her

27-03-2021 00:13:53 UTC

against

lemon: she/her

27-03-2021 00:42:33 UTC

against this is really interesting but pretty complicated– i’d rather build onto the systems we already have than add a new one :0

Darknight: he/him

27-03-2021 05:15:04 UTC

against

Clucky: he/him

27-03-2021 05:41:50 UTC

against per Brendan