Wednesday, December 07, 2022

Proposal: Let there be light

Reaches quorum with 8-0 and is enacted -SingularByte

Adminned at 09 Dec 2022 06:33:01 UTC

If Proposal “Hello Darkness My Old Bro” is not enacted then this Proposal has no effect.

Add a new Dynastic Rule to the Ruleset. Call it “Items”, and give it the following text:

Items are objects that can be held by an Explorer. Held items are publicly tracked per Explorer in Banewood Mansion. Items can also be picked up, dropped, and used at any time during the Explorers Phase.

If an Item is picked up in a Room, it is considered held by the Explorer. It must be removed from the Items publicly tracked for the Room in Banewood Mansion.

If an Item is dropped, it is no longer held by the Explorer. It must be added to the Items publicly tracked for the Room in Banewood Mansion.

Items may be added to a Room at any time by the Narrator.

Add a subrule to “Items” called “Flashlight” and give it the following text:

When a flashlight is held, the Explorer can use it by renaming it “Lit Flashlight” or “Unlit Flashlight”. Each Explorer may hold a maximum of 1 flashlight at any time.

When named “Lit Flashlight”, a Room is Lit if this Item is in the Room or is held by an Explorer that is in the Room.

Add “Lit Flashlight” to the Items for the Room “Foyer” in Banewood Mansion.

I’m aware that this will chase away the Dark for now, but I’m anticipating a way to limit how long the flashlights last, or other ways to cause them to malfunction and go Unlit.

Comments

SingularByte: he/him

07-12-2022 21:07:29 UTC

For the question of preceding the name with an integer, I would assume that would vanish the moment a player renames it (such as with the flashlight renaming). I’d probably go with giving each one a flavour text label which cannot be changed by anyone but yourself and which explicitly serves to keep track of which one is which.

JonathanDark: he/him

07-12-2022 21:31:31 UTC

Hm, not sure I want to have 20 differently-named flashlights to keep track of. I’ll try something different.

JonathanDark: he/him

07-12-2022 21:38:10 UTC

Ok, if it’s acceptable for the Narrator to add Items at any time, I can just add another flashlight to the same Room if one is picked up by an Explorer, so that I can dynamically adjust how many flashlights the Explorers will have to fight over, or I can add enough for everyone.

If that part is not acceptable, let me know and I can tighten that part up to only be allowed at specific times, like during the Mansion Phase. Suggestions are welcome.

SingularByte: he/him

07-12-2022 21:49:34 UTC

Ah yeah, I was thinking you were meaning for keeping track of differences like battery level or whatever. You can totally just have “20x Flashlight”, and call it a day.

JonathanDark: he/him

07-12-2022 22:00:47 UTC

Yeah, if I need to track stats per Flashlight, that would be part of a separate Proposal.

Josh: Observer he/they

08-12-2022 08:20:31 UTC

imperial

Kevan: he/him

08-12-2022 09:06:17 UTC

for

SingularByte: he/him

08-12-2022 09:20:59 UTC

for

quirck: he/him

08-12-2022 11:31:37 UTC

for

Lulu: she/her

08-12-2022 14:31:26 UTC

for

Brendan: he/him

08-12-2022 21:22:30 UTC

for

Bucky:

09-12-2022 03:12:12 UTC

imperial