Proposal: Tempting Fate
Vetoed. Josh
Adminned at 07 Jun 2023 09:34:41 UTC
In the subrule “Yanking”, replace this text:
Yanking is an Existential Action in which a Mindjacker switches Level with another Mindjacker whose Level was, immediately prior to the Yanking, exactly one greater than their own.
with this text:
Yanking is an Existential Action performed as an atomic action with the following steps:
* Select the Mindjacker performing this instance of the Yanking action as the Yanker.
* Select the Mindjacker whose name is the Anchor of the Yanker as the Target. If the rules for Yanking can not be satisfied with this Yanker and Target, this atomic action can not be completed.
* If the Target’s Level is not exactly one greater than the Level of the Yanker, this atomic action can not be completed.
* Set T to the Suspicion of the Target, or 1 if the Target does not have a Suspicion.
* Set Y to the Suspicion of the Yanker + 1, or 1 if the Yanker does not have a Suspicion.
* Roll DICEX, where X = T + Y.
* If the result of the preceding roll is less than or equal to T, switch the Level of the Yanker with the Level of the Target.
* Set the Anchor of the Yanker to empty. This step explicitly does not change the Yanker’s Suspicion.
Attempting to mitigate the first-mover advantage of Yanking with a dice roll, so that it’s not guaranteed to work, although it becomes more likely as the target’s Suspicion becomes much higher than your own.
darn, this fixes that loophole i saw where a level 1 player could (arguably) Yank someone who had Yanked their way to level 3. had anyone else seen that?
without prejudice - as Yanked is quorate and I think it’s weird for this rule and its complicated interactions to sit in the ruleset for 3 hours or whatever
Kevan: he/him
Existential Vacuum will potentially amend the text you’re quoting here, if it enacts.