Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Call for Judgment: To each their own

Reached quorum 3 votes to 0. Final clause has no effect as there is no rule called “Monstrosities”. Enacted by Kevan.

Adminned at 12 Nov 2019 21:43:55 UTC

In the rule “Battles”, after the second paragraph, add a new paragraph as follows:

During a Battle, either the Monster or the Vanguard may take a Battle Action. A Battle Action may be either Monster or Human: any Battle Action that is specifically defined as a Monster Battle Action can be taken only by the Monster, and any Battle Action that is specifically defined as a Human Battle Action can be taken only by the Vanguard.

In the paragraph on the Monster’s Battle Actions (starting “If the Monster is not Recovering…”), replace “Battle Action” with “Monster Battle Action”.

In the rule “Boons”, in the third paragraph, replace “Battle Action” with “Human Battle Action”.

In the rule “Monstrosities”, in the fifth paragraph (starting “Monstrosities are the following…”), replace “Battle Action” with “Monster Battle Action”.

There’s a chance that Boon-enabled Battle Actions cannot be taken by the Vanguard because of the inconsistent application of the “Human” terminology. (We have taken such actions, albeit with no effect, but the wording leaves room for dispute.) So let’s fix this, and tighten the Battle ruleset a little bit in the process. I’m using a CfJ because it could affect my next Battle Action; open proposals are not affected, so far as I can tell.

posted by The Duke of Waltham at 12 Nov 2019 14:26:00 UTC Comments (5)

Comments

Kevan: he/him

12-11-2019 14:56:03 UTC

Hmm, good catch. This would mean that Card’s original Battle Action was illegal, and (since they never passed the Vanguard on) it’s still Card’s turn?

The Duke of Waltham: he/him

12-11-2019 15:23:08 UTC

Eh… maybe? Which rule actually deals with illegal actions? I’m not sure Gamestate Tracking quite fits.

In any case, I haven’t suggested any measures with retroactive application; this could even be a separate CfJ.

God, this Battle will never end… It’s barely even started!

Kevan: he/him

12-11-2019 18:49:10 UTC

I think the last paragraph kicks in (”...may simply undo the effects of that alteration”) if any wiki gamestate has been changed, and otherwise we ignore it - the blog comments weren’t Battle Actions, they were just meaningless blog comments. This assumes we all agree that the actions were illegal and don’t need to CfJ it.

for for the fixes here, anyway.

Madrid:

12-11-2019 19:00:17 UTC

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The Duke of Waltham: he/him

12-11-2019 20:14:29 UTC

[Kevan] This sounds reasonable. Though it’s a good thing your “prayer” idea for the Action label wasn’t adopted and in effect: we could have been penalised for this reversal!