Thursday, June 01, 2023

Proposal: Unwelcome Guests

reached quorum 6-0, enacted by Chiiika.

Adminned at 02 Jun 2023 00:31:16 UTC

If Proposal: Level Knevel was not enacted then this proposal has no effect.

Add a new dynastic rule, titled “Tier 2: Reality Enforcers”:

Each Mindjacker has a Suspicion, which is a publicly tracked non-negative integer that defaults to 0. When a Mindjacker’s Level is decreased, their Suspicion is set to 0. When a Mindjacker’s Level is increased, their Suspicion is set to 1.

If a Mindjacker’s Suspicion equals or exceeds 10 for one uninterrupted hour, that Mindjacker immediately Descends.

If Proposal: Avs was enacted, append the following to the second paragraph of the subrule “Mindjacking”:

Then, the author’s Suspicion is set to 3.

here’s another bit of rules scaffolding to hook into other mechanics. those reality cops are always on the lookout for body-snatching simulationees!

Comments

JonathanDark: he/him

01-06-2023 15:22:34 UTC

I’m just curious about singling out Mindjacking as setting the author’s Suspicion to 3 when they Ascend due to the Mindjacking. So this elevates their Suspicion more than normal if it was lower than 3, and could significantly decrease their Suspicion if it was above 3, essentially subverting the intent of Suspicion rising as the Mindjacker’s Level rises.

Is that intentional, and if so, what’s the rationale?

Kevan: City he/him

01-06-2023 16:45:13 UTC

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summai:

01-06-2023 17:03:59 UTC

Wouldn’t it be better if we say the Suspicion were to increase by 1 or 3 rather than setting it to 1 and 3?

JonathanDark: he/him

01-06-2023 18:48:26 UTC

Oh, thanks for that! I was completely misreading the Proposal. It’s “set to” in all cases.

lemon: she/her

01-06-2023 19:30:36 UTC

aye, it’s “set to” in all cases because the idea is that your past suspicion doesn’t follow you when you change realities. ascending and mindjacking are just especially suspicious activities!

JonathanDark: he/him

01-06-2023 19:39:15 UTC

Ok, so the triggering of Descent when Suspicion is 10 is theoretical, for now.

JonathanDark: he/him

01-06-2023 19:39:53 UTC

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Josh: he/they

01-06-2023 19:43:58 UTC

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Trapdoorspyder: he/him

01-06-2023 20:45:57 UTC

for

Raven1207: he/they

02-06-2023 00:08:00 UTC

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