Friday, November 26, 2021

Proposal: Scene-Setting

Times out 6-3. Enacted by Brendan.

Adminned at 29 Nov 2021 01:18:08 UTC

Replace the term “Contribution” with “Prominence” in the rule “Feudal Contract” and on the dynastic tracking wiki page. Set each Soul’s Prominence to the Contribution that Soul had on Friday, November 26, 2021, at 22:00:00 UTC. Set the Prominence of the Dark Lord to 197.

Create a new rule entitled “Mortality and Darkness” as follows:

Every Soul belongs to either the team Mortals or the team Darkness, by default belonging to the team Mortals; this is publicly tracked. The term “Mortal Soul” is synonymous with “Soul whose team is Mortals.” The term “Dark Soul” is synonymous with “Soul whose team is Darkness.”

Every Soul is either Seen or Unseen, defaulting to Unseen; this is publicly tracked as “Visibility.” If a Soul who is Unseen gains Prominence, that Soul becomes Seen.

If a Soul other than the Dark One is Seen and has zero Prominence, then any player may and should make that Soul Unseen, and when they do so, must simultaneously set that Soul’s team to Mortals (if that Soul was most recently a Dark Soul) or to Darkness (if that Soul was most recently a Mortal Soul).

Assign all Souls with greater than zero Prominence to the team Darkness, and make all such Souls Seen.

Create a new rule entitled “Dark Regard” as follows:

If there is one Mortal Soul whose Prominence is greater than that of each other Mortal Soul, that Soul is Bright.

There may be one Dark Soul who is Favored; this is privately tracked by the Dark One. The Dark One may change the Soul who is Favored at any time. The mantle may be passed between the Dark One and the Soul who is Favored, or vice versa, and the prohibition on deals between players in the rule “Mantle Limitations” does not apply to deals between the Dark One and the Soul who is Favored.

The special case rule “No Collaboration” does not apply to communications among Dark Souls or communications among Unseen Souls.

TLDR: we still have teams, but now all the Heels are more or less Ringwraiths. If you get knocked down from greater-than-0 to 0, you get kicked to the other team. I fully intend to be an unfair emperor who plays favorites.

Comments

redtara: they/them

26-11-2021 23:22:41 UTC

If a Soul other than the Dark One is Seen and has zero Prominence, then any player may and should set that Soul’s Visibility to Unseen, and when they do so, must simultaneously set that Soul’s team to Mortals (if that Soul was most recently a Dark Soul) or to Darkness (if that Soul was most recently a Mortal Soul).

If I’m not mistaken… all the Mortals will immediately be flippable to team Darkness when this proposal enacts.

Brendan: he/him

26-11-2021 23:23:46 UTC

“Every Soul has a Visibility which is either Seen or Unseen, defaulting to Unseen” should take care of that.

redtara: they/them

26-11-2021 23:25:47 UTC

oh! ok.

TyGuy6:

27-11-2021 00:36:40 UTC

So, we all live in Mordor after the Dark Lord has won, 5 of us can’t follow half of what’s going on, and only Brendan can pass the mantle? If the emperor weren’t declared malign I might feel bad about denying his first proposal, but that’s an Against from me.

Brendan: he/him

27-11-2021 00:54:10 UTC

[TyGuy6] The proposal above this one makes provisions for any player to pass the mantle.

Brendan: he/him

27-11-2021 01:08:37 UTC

I’ve also restored a sentence I was waffling on: Unseen Souls can now talk privately to each other as well.

TyGuy6:

27-11-2021 01:12:34 UTC

In that case, I guess I’m impressed at how it gives Contrib relevancy. But I still feel little compunction in voting against your self-interested, super-quorum conspiracy plan.

redtara: they/them

27-11-2021 02:15:58 UTC

idk how much sense it makes to complain about an emperor being self-interested in day 1 of their dynasty… This is as powerful as being an emperor gets. However self-interested they may be, it’s all downhill from here. Like what’s Brendan’s big game supposed to be? Win this dynasty and end up right back here?

Lulu: she/her

27-11-2021 03:23:39 UTC

against

TyGuy6:

27-11-2021 03:57:02 UTC

against

Raven1207: he/they

27-11-2021 04:47:59 UTC

against

Kevan: he/him

27-11-2021 09:39:27 UTC

for

Josh: Observer he/they

27-11-2021 11:42:53 UTC

for

Josh: Observer he/they

27-11-2021 11:43:54 UTC

It’s a mechanic; it’s hard to see how Brendan himself benefits from it. I’m up for seeing where it goes.

Darknight: he/him

27-11-2021 18:00:32 UTC

for

lemon: she/her

28-11-2021 03:47:21 UTC

for

Trapdoorspyder: he/him

28-11-2021 04:32:55 UTC

for