Call for Judgment: Reversal effect
1-10, so Bucky’s GPS remains 9. Arrr, that be sneaky, trying to put a desirable choice and an undesirable choice for each vote. -Elias IX
On a side note, it’s much easier to admin failed proposals, C’s fJ, D’s oV and such.
Adminned at 23 Feb 2006 17:45:07 UTC
How do GPS modifiers from special motley work? The only place such a modifier is explicitly mentioned is: “If a Swashbuckler’s Motley is changed to remove Motley which gives a plus or minus to GPS, then that GPS modifier is immediately reversed.” In the special motley, they are referred to as “GPS +3” or “GPS -1 per louse”
The issue in question is what happens if the modifier is removed when GPS is 0. Either a Swashbuckler has a base GPS unaffected by motley and a modifier, which is added to the base GPS to produce a modified GPS, or there is one number, GPS, which is affected by modifiers once when each special motley is added or removed.
In my(Bucky’s) case, my GPS was 9 before I picked up 32 lice, which lowered my GPS to 0. Two lice were then removed. Was my modified GPS 0 (=0+2) or 0 (=9-30 adjusted up to 0) Furthermore, after I lost the lice was my GPS 31(2 -1 from lost duel + 30) or 9 (9+0)?
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if you beleive that GPS modifications take place only when you acquire or a special motley and Bucky’s GPS should be 31.
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if you beleive that GPS modifiers do not change a Swashbuckler’s base GPS and Bucky’s GPS should be 9.
Bucky: