Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Proposal: Thou Is Spouseless

Timed out and enacted, 6-0. Josh

Adminned at 01 Dec 2023 16:50:25 UTC

Create a new dynastic rule named “Marriage” with the following body:

Each Heir has a Spouse, which is a publicly tracked value that defaults to None. If an Heir’s Spouse is set to the name of a Prospect, they are considered to be Married to that Prospect. Each Prospect has a name and description (which are flavor text), Requirements, optionally a Benefit (which applies to the Heir Married to that Spouse), optionally an Alimony and optionally a Gift. If an Heir is Married to a Prospect, no other Heir may have their Spouse set to the name of that Prospect. The list of Prospects is as follows:

Marriage is an atomic action with the following steps:
* Set your Spouse to the name of a Prospect whose Requirements you have met
* Apply the effects of the Gift of that Prospect (if they have one)

Divorce is an atomic action with the following steps:
* Apply the Alimony of the Prospect you’re currently Married to (if they have one)
* Set your Spouse to None

Add two new claims: one named “Partnership” with a strength of 20 and the condition “You are Married to a Prospect” and one named “Faithful” with a strength of 10 and the condition “You have not performed the Divorce action during this dynasty”.

fleshed out version of the Maidenless proposal

Comments

JonathanDark: he/him

29-11-2023 16:53:26 UTC

The requirement of “Partnership” being “You are Married to a Bride” should be “You are Married to a Prospect”, or if that seems awkward, “Your Spouse is not None”. That keeps your gender-neutral language consistent.

Also, there’s the whole “requirement” vs “conditions”, which I guess we still haven’t settled. Might as well take the opportunity to attempt to keep that consistent unless you have confidence that these will become synonyms.

JonathanDark: he/him

29-11-2023 16:54:33 UTC

Maybe also decide whether it’s “Married to a Prospect” or “Married to a Spouse”. I’m not sure if it matters, but I suppose one could argue that it’s an issue of state: a Prospect is not yet Married, but a Spouse is.

Clucky: he/him

29-11-2023 17:00:32 UTC

” If an Heir’s Partner is set to the name of a Prospect” definitely needs to be ” If an Heir’s Spouse is set to the name of a Prospect”

Not sure what “Married to a Bride” means

Should probably clarify that the marriage and divorce options can be taken at any time

I think this also needs mechanics for adding Prospects

lendunistus: he/him

29-11-2023 18:57:35 UTC

@Jonathan thanks, fixed - I was a bit too absentminded, it seems. regarding the “married” thing: a Spouse is a value given to an Heir, not a Prospect, so I don’t think “Married to a Spouse” works

@Clucky leaving the action-taking undefined was intentional, I’d rather plug it into some existing gameplay loop once we have one (especially given that a prospect can only be married to one Heir at a time). a mechanic for adding Prospects doesn’t seem like a bad idea, but I’d rather leave it for a future proposal.

SingularByte: he/him

29-11-2023 22:12:36 UTC

for

JonathanDark: he/him

29-11-2023 23:50:20 UTC

for

Desertfrog: Jury

30-11-2023 05:45:55 UTC

for

Josh: he/they

30-11-2023 08:18:18 UTC

I would like “is married” to be a criteria for Parliamentarian as well for

Kevan: he/him

30-11-2023 09:13:30 UTC

for