Proposal: Virtual Actions [Building Blocks]
Timed out, 3-2 with 1 DEF. Enacted by JonathanDark.
Adminned at 11 Jan 2024 17:04:17 UTC
Add a new rule to the Building Blocks page called “Virtual Actions” as follows:
A Virtual Action is a type of action that the Grim Reaper performs on behalf of a Necromancer. A Necromancer may initiate a virtual action by privately communicating to the Grim Reaper their request to do so, along with any additional information needed to carry it out. The Grim Reaper shall resolve the Virtual Action by performing the following Atomic Action:
1. Determine whether the Virtual Action fails (if it does not fail, it is successful).
2. If the action is successful, apply any specified effects on the gamestate and/or perform any specified actions on behalf of the Necromancer.If a Virtual Action fails, the Grim Reaper should tell the Necromancer why. A virtual action may fail for any of these reasons:
* Some requirements/prerequisites to perform the action are not met.
* The request does not contain all the information needed to resolve the action.
* The request is unintelligible, or too vague to interpret unambiguously.
* It would require the Grim Reaper to do something they cannot do.
* Any other reason specified by the action itself.Except where otherwise stated by the ruleset, the Grim Reaper must resolve all virtual actions in the order that they are received. A virtual action is considered to have occurred at the time it was resolved.
Until a virtual action is resolved, it is pending. A Necromancer may cancel a pending Virtual Action by privately communicating to the Grim Reaper their request to do so.
We’ve been using this informally for the past few dynasties and it’s been getting more and more complicated, so I think it will be helpful to standardize the mechanic. I actually drafted this for a specific dynasty I am planning, but since we are using it a lot I figured it would be convenient to have as a building block.
naught:
I think putting “except where otherwise stated by the ruleset” makes it more clear that the statement applies to the whole sentence. Otherwise, actions performed on this rule’s wording might be applied immediately, which isn’t always to the player’s benefit.