Sunday, January 24, 2010

Proposal: Order up!

Passed 14-1—Rodlen

Adminned at 25 Jan 2010 19:16:35 UTC

The Cook calls out from the kitchen:

“Order up!  Reheated powers on roles, patch the prof, hold the jeweler.”

Part 1:
Remove “Laborer” from the list of valid Roles in the ruleset.

Part 2:
Add the following text to “Functions of Roles” (with the entry for each Role in that subrule, including the new ones added by operation of this proposal, being alphabetized for easy reference):

Athlete.  The Athlete has a remarkable facility to recover from injury.  If at any time the Athlete becomes Wounded, the Athlete may change his state from Wounded to Asleep.

Gangster.  The Gangster is a notorious break-in artist.  The Gangster, if not Dormant, may ignore any prohibition on entering a particular Room that would otherwise be applicable as a result of a Crisis or the exercise of another Role’s special power by operation of the “Functions of Roles” subrule.

Professor.  The Professor has made a career out of formulating and testing hypotheses.  As a weekly action, the Professor may contact the Executor by telegram, stating that he is theorizing. Such telegram shall contain exactly one declarative statement with respect to no more than one Guest (such as “Guest X has the lowest absolute relation to Lord Cartlesham”, or “Guest X performed the attack that wounded a guest in the Library last night”) to which the Executor shall privately reply by repeating the declarative statement and including one of the words “TRUE”, “FALSE”, and “UNANSWERABLE”.  Such TRUE or FALSE reply by the Executor shall be an accurate characterization of the truth or falsity of the statement 66% of the time (with the Executor determining the outcome of this percentage in whatever manner the Executor deems suitable). An UNANSWERABLE reply by the Executor shall be a characterization of the statement as paradox, requiring action from the Executor beyond replying TRUE or FALSE, requiring knowledge of future events, or otherwise not classifiable as true or false to the best of the Executor’s abilities.

Curator.  The curator is a careful observer of his surroundings.  If the Curator is in a particular room when the lights were switched from on to off, and is in that same room the next time the lights are switched from off to on, the Executor shall privately notify the Curator whether any Dark Actions took place in that room while the lights were off (whether or not any Noise was heard).  The Executor shall, with respect to any such Dark Action, also provide information to the Curator as to the identity of the Guest whom the Curator suspects of having taken that Dark Action; in that case, there is a 50% chance that the information provided by the Executor will be accurate and a 50% chance that the information will be false.

Inventor.  The Inventor is a genius capable of constructing useful items.  As a weekly action, the Inventor may contact the Executor by private telegram, stating that he is inventing, and stating with as much specificity as possible the attributes of the invention that he wishes to create.  Following the receipt of that private telegram, the Executor shall determine whether or not the attempt to invent was successful (with success occurring on 50% of invention attempts, and the Executor determining the outcome of this percentage in whatever manner the Executor deems suitable.  If the Executor determines that the invention attempt was successful, the Executor shall post a blog post specifying the gamestate effects of the existence of the invention and, if applicable, the rooms and/or Guests (or the manner of determining the rooms and or Guests) experience such gamestate effects; such gamestate effects shall be determined by the Executor in his sole and absolute discretion, with the Executor being encouraged to refer to the Inventor’s telegram for guidance.  No Invention may change or alter the effect of any Core Rule.

Housewife.  The Housewife has a voracious appetite for gossip. Once every 48 hours, the Housewife may contact the Executor by private telegram, stating that she is gossiping. Folowing the receipt of that private telegram, the Executor must privately truthfully reply to the Housewife, naming two Guests specified by the Executor in the Executor’s discretion and stating which of them has the lower degree of relation to Lord Cartlesham.

Chauffeur.  The Chauffeur’s job is personal transportation.  As a daily action, and whether or not the lights are on, if the Chauffeur is in “Room A” and is not prohibited from voluntarily moving to “Room B”, the Chauffeur may move from Room A to Room B and may simultaneously change the location of exactly one other Guest who is in Room A to Room B (even if that other Guest is Dormant or is otherwise prohibited from moving to Room B).

Musician.  The Musician has uncommonly keen hearing.  If the Musician is in a particular Room and a Dark Action occurs in or with respect to that Room that may make a noise, then the Musician hears that noise; additionally, in that event, the Executor shall provide information to the Musician as to what Guest the Musician suspects of having taken the Dark Action that made that noise; this information is accurate 50% of the time (with the Executor determining the outcome of this percentage in whatever manner the Executor deems suitable).

Spiritualist.  The Spiritualist has the astonishing facility to speak with the dead.  If the Spiritualist is in a room with a dead Guest and the lights are out, the Spiritualist may, once every 96 hours, notify the Executor that the Spiritualist is conducting a seance, whereupon: (1) the Executor shall privately notify the dead Guest that the Spiritualist is trying to contact him from beyond the veil, and requesting that the dead Guest deliver a message to notify the Executor what information, if any, the dead Guest chooses to deliver to the Spiritualist.  The Executor may, in his discretion, provide to the dead Guest true or false information regarding the circumstances of the dead Guest’s death, which the dead Guest may incorporate or omit from the dead Guest’s reply to the Spiritualist, as he chooses,  (2) the Executor shall, promptly after receiving from the dead Guest’s message to the Spiritualist, privately communicate the same to the Spiritualist.

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I didn’t carefully read Kevan’s veto to figure out what precisely was wrong with the old power for Jeweler (although I take him at his word that something was broken).  Rather than spend time re-thinking it, I simply omitted Jeweler this time around- perhaps he should merely be a clone of the Curator.  This is the Ornithopter-patched version of Professor.  I left out the “reinvent the inventor” part since not many people seemed to have a problem with the mechanic.

Comments

There:

24-01-2010 02:40:42 UTC

for Looks alright.

Roujo: he/him

24-01-2010 02:57:41 UTC

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Darknight: he/him

24-01-2010 03:26:41 UTC

imperial

redtara: they/them

24-01-2010 04:34:10 UTC

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Klisz:

24-01-2010 05:04:45 UTC

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alethiophile:

24-01-2010 05:52:00 UTC

imperial

Oze:

24-01-2010 08:51:59 UTC

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Anonyman:

24-01-2010 13:34:12 UTC

imperial

Purplebeard:

24-01-2010 13:36:49 UTC

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Keba:

24-01-2010 14:00:13 UTC

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Kevan: he/him

24-01-2010 16:12:39 UTC

The problem with the Jeweler was that his power was “if a Dark Action happened in the previous 24 hours, send him a message” - it didn’t say that this should only happen once, so I’d have to send him a constant stream of true-or-false messages for 24 whole hours.

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Ornithopter:

24-01-2010 17:06:16 UTC

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TrumanCapote:

24-01-2010 20:05:27 UTC

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tecslicer:

24-01-2010 23:07:50 UTC

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Excalabur:

25-01-2010 00:25:13 UTC

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