Sunday, January 03, 2021

Proposal: Negative Energy

Popular 5-0 with Quorum FOR. -Bucky

Adminned at 06 Jan 2021 04:42:53 UTC

In the rule “DEVAs”, change

Whenever Poindexter has to generate a new Bogey, they should secretly randomly determine its Energy, Attack and Defence based on the published ranges, and secretly randomly determine whether it has any of the special features possible for its sub-species.

to

Whenever Poindexter has to generate a new Bogey, they should secretly randomly determine its Energy, Attack and Defence based on the published ranges, and secretly randomly determine whether it has any of the native special features for its sub-species.  While a Bogey’s numerical statistics can never exceed the maximum of the respective ranges for its subspecies, once it has emerged, it is legal for those statistics to be reduced below the minimums of their respective ranges by various means.

In the rule “DEVA Sub-species”, change

a list of possible special features


to

a list of native special features with the probability a new individual of that sub-species has each of those features

Add a new sub-rule to the rule DEVA Actions. Call it “Hibernate” and give it the following text:

A Bogey can only schedule the Hibernate action when its Energy is below the starting minimum for its sub-species. If a surviving Bogey has 1 or less ENERGY, its next scheduled DEVA action is replaced by a Hibernate action.

A Hibernate action is a staged Timed action with the following stages:
* 8 Hours - Torpor
* X to Y Hours - Dormancy
* 8 Hours - Stirring
where X is half the difference between the Bogey’s current energy and the starting minimum for its subspecies, and Y is half the difference between the Bogey’s current energy and the starting maximum for its subspecies.

When the DEVA starts Stirring, it gains 2 Energy for each hour it spent in Dormancy, rounded to the nearest whole Energy.

Making a distinction between possible starting Bogey states and legal values for the states of a Bogey in play, so that a damaged Bogey’s stats can be reduced and the Bogey can mutate to gain features. Also, giving a consequence for a Bogey running itself out of energy.

Comments

Josh: Observer he/they

04-01-2021 09:09:08 UTC

for Are Bogeys currently spending their energy on anything?

Coderblaze:

04-01-2021 13:19:06 UTC

for

Bucky:

04-01-2021 17:14:29 UTC

I think Basilisk Eyes are the only current way they can spend energy.

Raven1207: he/they

04-01-2021 18:48:28 UTC

for

Darknight: he/him

05-01-2021 15:46:09 UTC

for