Monday, December 18, 2017

Proposal: Lone Wolf

Timed out 3 votes to 0. Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 20 Dec 2017 14:32:09 UTC

Add an Ability called “Lone Wolf”:

- Lone Wolf (Manifest 0): This ability, once per dynasty, can be acquired at any moment, other restrictions on Ability acquisitions notwithstanding. This Ability cannot be transferred or lost once acquired by someone. As a Weekly Action and only if a Group with more than one member exists, a Lone Wolf can set their Suspicion to be half its current amount as they’re able to be more sneaky, or tease a Group which has more than one member and increase the Hunger of each member of it by 50% of their current amount. A Lone Wolf is never part of a Group, other Group mechanics notwithstanding.

In case groups are too strong or you just don’t want to group.

posted by Madrid at 18 Dec 2017 12:05:00 UTC Comments (4)

Comments

ATMunn: he/him

18-12-2017 14:28:09 UTC

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Kevan: he/him

18-12-2017 14:42:16 UTC

against Even with only one Lone Wolf per game (is this intentional?), this seems a big disincentive against ever forming groups, or a reason to only form them at the last possible moment before victory.

Diabecko:

19-12-2017 17:17:15 UTC

Taking the ability is risky because you can’t ever lose it, you would be the target of grouped players attacking you, and the power of a lone wolf is restricted to once a week so I think it’s not too strong an advantage.
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Madrid:

20-12-2017 14:24:25 UTC

Just to note that I personally believe that the power of having allies is absolutely monumental in comparison to any mechanical advantage you might have as a solo player, because of being able to pool resources into a single person, when games are often won by who has the most of a Thing; and because of proposals, which are more powerful than anything else in the game.

Even with this, I’d still much prefer to group. (and even if I become a Lone Wolf, I’d still strive for it informally, which is kind of what really matters anyway)