Monday, April 23, 2007

Proposal: More Traits & Death Fix

quorum reached. Fails 1-5.—Clucky

Adminned at 24 Apr 2007 05:19:09 UTC

Add the following to the list of Inactive Traits:

Savage Fangs
Cost: 30 DNA Points, 2 Complexity
Requirements: Facial Features 4
Effect: A Lifeform with this trait gains 1 on it’s Fight roll when Hunting. Also, if it’s Hunt is successful, the hunted creature loses 1 Nutrition.

Telepathy
Cost: 60 DNA Points, 3 Complexity
Requirements: Brain Size 4
Effect: Often, a Lifeform with this trait may reduce the energy of another Lifeform by 1. This may cause that Lifeform’s energy value to be set to a negative number.

Symbiosis
Cost: 45 DNA Points, 3 Complexity
Requirements: Body Mass 4
Effect: Often, a Lifeform with this trait may reduce their Nutrition by a certain amount to increase another Lifeform’s Nutrition by the same amount.

Sticky Tongue
Cost: 70 DNA Points, 2 Complexity
Requirements: Facial Features 2, Appendages 4
Effect: When hunting, this Creature may skip the Chase Phase.

Steam Bladder
Cost: 60 DNA Points, 3 Complexity
Requirements: Unique Ability 4
Effect: Whenever a Lifeform sucessfully hunts this Lifeform, that Lifeform loses 2 Nutrition.

In the rule Death change:

A Lifeform may change their status from Dead to Alive by doing the following:

to

A Lifeform may change their status from Dead to Alive by paying 400 DNA Points and doing the following:

Also, append to the end of the rule Death:

A Lifeform whose Status is Dead may not take any Gameplay Actions

Comments

Clucky: he/him

23-04-2007 19:08:05 UTC

We don’t need any more traits. And that would make it impossible to undie. The no gameplay actions is good, but you shouldn’t need to spend 400. You should just… reset.

Amnistar: he/him

23-04-2007 19:42:49 UTC

against no DNA cost.  If you can’t earn DNA you can’t come back.  not so good.

Amnistar: he/him

23-04-2007 19:43:39 UTC

Also, for Fangs, you probably want to say, an additional.

Clucky: he/him

23-04-2007 19:56:47 UTC

Never clicked the against

ChronosPhaenon:

23-04-2007 19:59:19 UTC

against Too expensive to “undie” and no more hunting traits, please.

BobTHJ:

23-04-2007 20:04:10 UTC

Unless I missed something, there is nothing preventing you from earning DNA through proposals while Dead.

If the DNA cost is too high, then tell me what you think an acceptable DNA cost would be. I think there should be at least some cost (or means to prevent instant reset) or else the “last Lifeform alive” victory condition really is meaningless.

Amnistar: he/him

23-04-2007 20:32:08 UTC

Well, I think it’d be better to have DNA gained when you respawnb lessened, like 1/2 or 2/3 of the DNA pool, rather than the full value of.

Seebo:

24-04-2007 00:02:49 UTC

against

Axeling:

24-04-2007 03:17:48 UTC

imperial
Fix a couple of things, though, and I’ll support it for sure.