Thursday, August 13, 2020

Proposal: Thingalingalings

Self-killed. Failed by Kevan.

Adminned at 14 Aug 2020 16:40:06 UTC

If Proposal: Location, Location, Location has not been enacted then this proposal does nothing.

Add the following as the fourth item in the list of characteristics a Location can have in the rule Locations:

* A unique Thing, generated as per the process set out in the rule Making New Things. A Location is said to have a Dense concentration of its unique Thing, a moderate concentration of the unique Things of any Location to which it is Linked, and a sparse concentration of any other unique Thing.

Add the following as a subrule to the rule Animals, Vegetables and Minerals, entitled Making New Things:

Whenever a Pathfinder is called upon to create a new Thing, they must do so by carrying out the following atomic action:

  • Give it a name, which must take he format of: the word Unknown, followed by either Animal, Vegetable or Mineral, at random. If the Thing was created in a specific Location then the name should also include the word from the EFF Wordlist randomly selected to be in the name of that Location, with a suffix denoting place of origin (such as (-ian or -ese))
  • Add it to the relevant location in the rule Animals, Vegetables and Minerals.

Comments

Kevan: he/him

13-08-2020 17:05:44 UTC

Should probably make Thing names flavour text, to match Location names. There may be some surprises in the EFF list.

Kevan: he/him

13-08-2020 18:37:39 UTC

Have also just noticed that this crashes with the proposed crafting rule, which “removes the required Things at their Location, and creates the crafted Thing at their Location.” - if you craft Rappel Cords, you must then give them a weird name like “Cortical Vegetable”, at which point I assume they stop being Rappel Cords.

Kevan: he/him

13-08-2020 18:41:31 UTC

against on those grounds. I like the Dense/Sparse thing a lot, but the second half isn’t compatible with the Crafting rule, if that enacts (and it’s currently 6 votes to 1).

Josh: Observer he/they

13-08-2020 18:43:31 UTC

Okie dokes, I’ll fix and repropose, unless anyone else wants to take it up in the meantime.

Josh: Observer he/they

13-08-2020 18:43:58 UTC

against sk

Madrid:

13-08-2020 18:49:58 UTC

I like it arrow