Proposal: So Does Repetition
Open for more than 12 hours and quorums 4-0.—Quirck
Adminned at 08 Aug 2012 08:09:18 UTC
If the proposal “Permutations suck” passes, this proposal does nothing.
Replace the text of rule 2.8 “Sacred Things” with the following, but do not change its subrules:
There is a Sacred Word initially known only to the Demon. The Sacred Word is a four-letter English word. Each English letter that occurs in the Sacred Word is called a Sacred Letter, and any English letter may occur in the Sacred Word no more than once. Each Amulet is associated with exactly one Sacred Letter, which means that given the id of an Amulet, the Demon can name the Sacred Letter associated with that Amulet.
If the current Sacred Word contains any English letter more than once, the Demon must select a new Sacred Word. If any Amulet was associated with an English letter which no longer occurs in the Sacred Word, the Demon must tell each Farmer who had been told the Sacred Letter associated with that Amulet the Sacred Letter which is now associated with that Amulet, even if the Farmer no longer has a Manul which possesses that Amulet.
Regarding permutations, given any 4 letters but not placement, there are 4! = 24 possible “words”, of which only some with be English words. Allowing repetition and also without being given placement, there are 4!/2! * 3 = 36 possible “words”.
I don’t really like the permutations thing, since it makes getting the Sacred Word too easy (in my opinion), so this is a way to limit the possibilities without removing possible guesswork. Hopefully.
Clucky: he/him