BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Add the following to the end of the rule “Statistics”:

An Einherjar’s description on the [[Einherjar]] wiki page may provide that any of the Einherjar’s statistics (other than Binary Einherjar Statistics) may have a different value depending upon the presence or absence of a Statistic Condition (defined below).  An Einherjar’s Statistic that is described as having a different value upon the presence or absence of a Statistic Condition is defined as a Variable Statistic.  A given Variable Statistic may have several different possible values depending upon the presence or absence of various Statistic Conditions as stated in the Einherjar’s description.

The possible Statistic Conditions are:
- The Einherjar in question has been recruited by a Valkyrie who has also recruited X (where X can be a specific named Einherjar, or can be a description that can be met by an Einherjar (such as “Any insane female Einherjar”, or “Any Einherjar whose Combat and Wit statistics sum (-6) or lower”, or “Any Einherjar whose biography specifically identifies him/her as English”).
- The Einherjar in question has been recruited by a Valkyrie who is, at the time in question, engaged in a Skirmish with a different Valkyrie (such other Valkyrie, the “Opponent Valkyrie”), whe has recruited X (where X can be a specific named Einherjar, or can be a description that can be met by an Einherjar (such as “Any insane female Einherjar”, or “Any Einherjar whose Combat and Wit statistics sum (-6) or lower”, or “Any Einherjar whose biography specifically identifies him/her as English”).

By way of illustration, an example of a Variable Statistic is as follows:
Einherjar: Mister X
Combat:
0; but
(5) if Mister X has been recruited by a Valkyrie who has also recruited the Einherjar “Doctor Y”; but
(-5) if Mister X’s Valkyrie is engaged in a Skirmish with a Valkyrie who has recruited a Sane, Honorable, Male Einherjar with Wit > 5.

Under this example, if _both_ the second and third conditions are satisfied (Mister X has been recruited by the same Valkyrie as Doctor Y, and Mister X’s Valkyrie is engaged in a Skirmish with a Valkyrie who has recruited a Sane, Honorable, Male Einherjar with Wit > 5, then Mister X’s Combat statistic is (-5) (parsing the “buts”).

Add to the end of rule “Einherjar”

A Valkyrie is only considered to have “recruited” a particular Einherjar for so long as that Einherjar continues to be listed in that Valkyrie’s section on the Einherjar wiki page.  If the Einherjar ceases to be listed under that Valkyrie’s section on the Einherjar wiki page then the Valkyrie is no longer considered to have “recruited” that Einherjar.

(This is intended to work around a potential problem with the word “recruited”—since it’s past tense, it’s otherwise unclear whether an Einherjar who ceases to be part of a Valkyrie’s portfolio is still considered to have been “recruited” by that Valkyrie.)