Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Proposal: Two minor tomes

Timed out (2-9)
Failed by Hix

Adminned at 11 Nov 2006 11:52:27 UTC

Add the following tomes to the list in Rule 2.7.1:

Generic Self-Help Book
Self-Control Exercise
Circumstances:This spell may be cast if the Student casting it has not been under any effect of a Self-Control Exercise for 24 hours, and has a mythos knowledge less than 5.
Consequences: If the Student casting this spell has a Sanity between -20 and 0, treat it as 0 for any Sanity checks in the next 12 hours, after which it returns to its original value, modified by any Sanity changes that happened in the meantime.  Otherwise, the Student casting this spell may undo one effect of having a negative sanity that occured in the last hour.

Book of Paper
Reading the Blank Page
Circumstances:This spell may be cast if the Student casting it has a Sanity less than -50.
Consequences:The Student who cast this spell makes a post to the front page describing a fantastic piece of writing they swear appears on that particular page under the right circumstances. (The page is, of course, always blank to sane Students…)

Comments

aran:

08-11-2006 20:03:22 UTC

for

Hix:

08-11-2006 20:47:13 UTC

against The Consequences of the Self-Control Excercise are confusing.  What constitues a sanity check?  The spell doesn’t change anyone’s Sanity (right?), so how does it “return to its original value”?  Does “modified by any Sanity changes that happened in the meantime” imply that such changes are invalid until the 12 hours are up?

I’m also afraid that “undo one effect of having a negative sanity” is very vague.

ChronosPhaenon:

09-11-2006 00:53:20 UTC

against WHat Hix said.

Elias IX:

09-11-2006 00:55:50 UTC

against

Elias IX:

09-11-2006 00:56:13 UTC

What Chronos said.

Rodney:

09-11-2006 17:01:04 UTC

against What Elias IX said.

dogfish:

09-11-2006 17:42:59 UTC

The second tome is funny :), but what Rodney said about the first one

dogfish:

09-11-2006 17:43:29 UTC

whoops. forgot this against

TrumanCapote:

09-11-2006 18:36:36 UTC

against

Duke:

09-11-2006 20:27:21 UTC

against What Hix said - too vague.

Tommy:

10-11-2006 16:11:52 UTC

against

The last sentence in the first Tome seems to assume that the Student’s sanity is both positive and negative.

Ornithopter:

10-11-2006 22:06:30 UTC

against
What Tommy said.