Proposal: Light Rendering Update
Quorums 9-0. — Quirck
Adminned at 12 Dec 2022 16:53:12 UTC
In Rooms, replace the following bullet point “A Dark or Lit state, which is Dark unless otherwise specified” with
A list of light sources in the room. A Room is said to be Dark if this list is empty, or Lit otherwise.
In the rule Flashlight, replace “a Room is Lit if this Item is in the Room or is held by an Explorer that is in the Room.” with:
a Room has a light source of Flashlight in addition to its other sources if this Item is in the Room or is held by an Explorer that is in the Room.
For each room that is currently Lit at the time of this rule being enacted, add Sconces to its light sources.
If We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Room Types was enacted, the rest of this proposal does nothing. Otherwise:
In Rooms, modify “Every Room Type has Characteristics, which act as default settings for the items, dark/lit states” to:
Every Room Type has Characteristics, which act as default settings for the items, any light sources
In the Types table of the same rule, replace Lit with “Lit by Sconces”.
Given how the current rules are written, it’s arguable that lighting a room then removing the torch doesn’t actually darken it again. Even if it does darken it, I’d give 50/50 odds that one room or another will have its previous lit state forgotten by accident when someone leaves with a flashlight unless patched.
Brendan: he/him