Thursday, April 17, 2025

Proposal: MacGuffin Buff

Popular, 5-0 with 1 DEF and Concierge voting FOR. Enacted by JonathanDark.

Adminned at 18 Apr 2025 15:53:28 UTC

In “Valuables”, replace “There is a list of Artifacts that currently exist. All artifacts have a publicly tracked name, which is one of the listed items on [[Souveniers]] and which is not shared with any current artifacts. When the artifact is created, its creator (normally the Concierge), must select a name from that list to be its name, and it must be unique with respect to all artifacts on the list of Artifacts. That name is flavour text. In the event that any artifacts share a name, it is permissible for any player to append numerical digits onto one of those names such that it becomes unique, and that is considered a valid name.” with:-

There is a publicly tracked list of Artifacts that currently exist; each Artifact in this list has a type which may be either Briefcase, Jewellery, Artwork, Antique, Evidence or Keycard. When an Artifact is created, its creator must select a type for it, which must be unique among Artifacts in the list, where possible.

Remove “, choosing an appropriate name for them as described in the rule Valuables” from the rule.

Add to the same rule:-

Some Artifact types also have effects, as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Type !! Effect
|-
| Antique || When a Burglar holding an Antique gains Infamy during the Breaking In action, they gain an additional 2 Infamy.
|-
| Artwork || A Burglar may not hold both an Artwork and another Artifact; if a rule would cause them to do so, it instead does not.
|-
| Keycard || The Alarmed effects of other Artifacts do not apply if ''any'' Burglar is holding a Keycard.
|}

Remove the “Rare” trait from the Artifact Trait table.

Scope for more complex artifacts (”+2 Infamy but Alarmed”) by allowing Artifact types to also have effects. The proposed Rare trait is moved across to an Antique type.

(What look like quotemarks around “any” Burglar are double-apostrophe italics for the wiki.)

Comments

Trapdoorspyder: he/him

17-04-2025 17:27:48 UTC

for

JonathanDark: he/him

17-04-2025 17:57:04 UTC

for

Darknight: he/him

17-04-2025 20:06:45 UTC

for

SingularByte: he/him

18-04-2025 05:42:29 UTC

for

Kevan: Concierge he/him

18-04-2025 07:50:56 UTC

I think this is probably still okay to enact, despite a new round having started (which I didn’t think I’d need a clause for). Existing Artifacts will lose their Names and become three alphabetically-earliest Antiques, the Rare one ceasing to be Rare.

Kevan: Concierge he/him

18-04-2025 10:44:43 UTC

(Ah, of course, this goes to the Shadow Ruleset so it can’t affect the current round at all!)

Kevan: Concierge he/him

18-04-2025 10:48:15 UTC

(No, wait, it depends if we get to the next stage or not. Carry on.)

ais523:

18-04-2025 14:58:45 UTC

imperial