Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Proposal: Shots fired

Withdrawn. Failed by Kevan.

Adminned at 02 Mar 2023 14:03:50 UTC

In the rule “Items”, add a subrule titled “Snowball Slingshot” and give it the following text:

A Villager who has a Location that is Outside and is holding a Snowball Slingshot may use the Shoot action as described in Roughhousing

In the rule “Items”, in the subrule “Cudgel”, replace this text:

If a villager is holding a Cudgel, they are not a valid target for Roughhousing actions, unless the villager performing that action also has a cudgel.

with this text:

If a villager is holding a Cudgel, they are not a valid target for Roughhousing actions, unless the villager performing that action also has a cudgel, or unless the action is Shoot and the villager performing that action is holding a Snowball Slingshot.

In the rule “Roughousing”, add the following row to the table:

|-
| Shoot || 10 Time || The Actor must start the action in an Outside Location and be holding a Snowball Slingshot, and the Target must be in the same Location || Reduce the Heat of the Target by 0.5

In the rule “Crafting”, add the following bullet to the bulleted list:

* Snowball Slingshot. Prerequisite: Branches, Nails, Electric Gloves. Product: Snowball Slingshot

 

If you have an issue with the values used for Time or Heat, suggest alternate numbers that would work, rather than rejecting the whole idea based on the numbers alone.

posted by JonathanDark at 28 Feb 2023 13:38:00 UTC Comments (8)

Comments

SingularByte: he/him

28-02-2023 16:25:40 UTC

Idling myself due to unconsciousness. Player count is 7, quorum is 4.

Brendan: he/him

28-02-2023 16:51:18 UTC

It’s pretty strange to me that this isn’t Roughhousing by virtue of “distance” even though it requires both villagers to be in the same location, while Roughhousing can target players across 32-hour routes. Will be voting against, I think.

JonathanDark: he/him

28-02-2023 17:03:22 UTC

It’s more that it ignores the Cudgel vs no Cudgel issue, and “distance” is the thematic reason, if not the mechanical one. Otherwise, trying to stuff it into Roughhousing while still trying to ignore the Cudgel rules becomes overly complicated.

That said, if your only objection really is that it’s not in Roughhousing, I still have time to amend the Proposal so that it is there. I would still be inclined to add in an “ignore Cudgel” clause, because we already have Douse, and the whole point here is to have a weapon that us non-Cudgel folks can use to effect.

If your issue is with giving non-Cudgel folks parity, that’s fine, just say so, and I’ll stop trying to do that.

Brendan: he/him

28-02-2023 17:10:12 UTC

At the rate you’re searching, I’d be pretty surprised if you remain sans cudgel for long. Also, I have nails and electric gloves, so I’m not blind to the fact that this could help me—unless, of course, two players with Thick Jackets were to both assemble slingshots and team up on the sole occupant of the Village Square.

All that said, my primary issue really is ludonarrative dissonance, and any scams that I’m not seeing that fall under the umbrella of “it’s not roughhousing so…”

JonathanDark: he/him

28-02-2023 17:20:36 UTC

Ok, it’s now under Roughhousing. Got the edit in with a few minutes to spare before the 4-hour edit window

Darknight: he/him

28-02-2023 18:34:42 UTC

imperial

JonathanDark: he/him

28-02-2023 21:52:46 UTC

It’s probably moot, but we’ll see how the CfJ shakes out

JonathanDark: he/him

01-03-2023 21:13:15 UTC

against  withdrawn due to DoV