Saturday, July 02, 2022

Proposal: Post-Apocalyptic Transactions

Reaches quorum at 7-0 and is enacted -SingularByte

Adminned at 03 Jul 2022 19:42:41 UTC

Add the following location to Locations:

Name: Open-air markets
Population Size: 3
Description: Throngs of people gather here, perhaps more than in any other settlement.
Prerequisite: The Demiurge journeying to this location must have a non-zero amount of Macca.

Add the following text to Post-Extinction Capitalism:

Every item definition in Items has a publicly tracked cost (defaulting to 100,000), and a publicly tracked list of Shops (defaulting to Open-air markets if that exists as a location, or to Lost and Alone if it does not).

At any time, the Omnipotence may add or remove a location from any item definition’s list of shops. All item definitions must have at least 1 valid location in that item definition’s list of shop otherwise the list reverts to the default.

At any time, a Demiurge may Make a Purchase, which is the following atomic action:
*They choose an item definition which has the Demiurge’s Current Location in its list of shops.
*They pay a number of Macca equal to the item’s cost and receive an item matching the chosen item definition.

Add the following to the rule Items:

Name: Ring of Protection
Effect: When taking damage from the Adventuring action, that damage is three less (to a minumum of zero). Up to ten Rings of Protection can be held at any time by any given Demiurge.
Description: A golden ring topped by a tiny shield.
Types: Buff, Hold

Name: Bragging Rights Trophy
Effect: None
Description: Many awards still exist from the old world; trophies for acting, ribbons for chess competitions, cups for sporting competitions. They have little value now, but having one is still seen as a badge of honour by some.
Type: Hold

Name: Expired blood bag
Effect: This item can be used when at least one Phalanx owned by the Demiurge has the same Current Location as that Demiurge. When used, one of those Phalanxes has its health increased by 20% (rounded down).
Description: Congealed blood, not fit for human medicine.
Types: Buff, Instant

Name: Bonsai Tree
Effect: When used as a weekly action, this tree is not destroyed and it grants 1 Soul to the Demiurge performing that action.
Description: Despite being among the most fragile trees in the old world, this one somehow survived.
Types: Buff

Name: Heart Medication
Effect: When a Demiurge with Heart Medication in their Inventory performs a Beat Action, they may choose to Use Heart Medication rather than increasing their Beat Action Count.
Description: Apparently it works on the fundamental energies of creation itself, not just human hearts.
Types: Buff, Instant

Give all Item definitions a Shop of Open-air markets.
Give all items the following costs:
Raku Gem: 16,000
Taru Gem: 16,000
Ao Gem: 20,000
Midori Gem: 12,000
Gin Gem: 8,000
Ring of Protection: 4,000
Bragging Rights Trophy: 100,000
Expired Blood Bag: 10,000
Bonsai Tree: 30,000
Heart Medication: 300,000

Sorry to go for shops when I know Lendun is also doing them, but I’m kinda chomping at the bit to actually start adventuring. Shop mechanics and/or costs can always be modified in a later proposal.

Comments

Trapdoorspyder: he/him

02-07-2022 05:16:19 UTC

Feels weird to create a new currency when we could use some of the other unused mechanics instead.

SingularByte: he/him

02-07-2022 05:20:48 UTC

What do you mean create a currency? Macca is a currency that exists in the rules already. Rule: Post-Extinction Capitalism

Trapdoorspyder: he/him

02-07-2022 07:09:16 UTC

That’s my bad, misread your proposal.

Snisbo: she/they

02-07-2022 07:23:23 UTC

Hey, one of my friends calls me Macca (long story)

Anyway, green check from me

lendunistus: he/him

02-07-2022 07:40:25 UTC

have we defined what an “item definition” is?

SingularByte: he/him

02-07-2022 07:44:59 UTC

Not formally, which means it reverts to real world meaning. If I just used language that implied you were buying the objects in the Items list, that would mean that you might potentially be deleting them from the ruleset on use, which wouldn’t be great.

Therefore, I’m treating the rules as having the definitions (i.e. they define the description, effects, etc) and you’re grabbing copies of them.

lendunistus: he/him

02-07-2022 11:00:09 UTC

i’d rather have the lists of shops be ruletext instead of being publicly tracked, but this is fine too

for

i’ll pop up a proposal soon to make adventuring possible and also add actions

Brendan: he/him

02-07-2022 14:44:31 UTC

imperial

lendunistus: he/him

02-07-2022 15:49:04 UTC

something worth noting is that bonsai tree is useless right now, since there’s no way to use items as a weekly action. i’ll also fix that in my next proposal

Lulu: she/her

03-07-2022 11:17:43 UTC

imperial

Kevan: he/him

03-07-2022 16:11:39 UTC

imperial I unidle and quorum rises to 7.

Darknight: he/him

03-07-2022 16:27:58 UTC

for

Raven1207: he/they

03-07-2022 19:41:15 UTC

for