Sunday, December 11, 2022

Proposal: We don’t need no stinkin’ Room Types

Quorums 8-0. — Quirck

Adminned at 12 Dec 2022 16:43:37 UTC

In the rule “Rooms” remove the following bullet:

* A Type, defaulting to Central Hall

In the rule “Rooms” remove the word “Type” from the following text and fix any grammatical issues with commas or the word “and” that result from removing the word:

All of the qualities of a Room are publicly tracked, except for its Type

In the rule “Rooms” remove the entire paragraph that starts with the text:

Every Room Type has Characteristics

In the rule “Rooms”, remove the “Types” table and add the following text at the end of the rule:

When a Room is added, the Narrator may set the values of any of the Room’s qualities as part of adding the Room.

Room Types don’t really seem to help in room design and just make it that much harder to be flexible. I’d rather clean up the rules a bit by removing them. If you think that they should stay, make the case for it.

Comments

quirck: he/him

11-12-2022 17:36:56 UTC

So rooms become dark by default?

JonathanDark: he/him

11-12-2022 17:47:10 UTC

Sure, why not? At the time the Room is created, by the Narrator or Katastrophe, the Lit/Dark state can be set. Dark is simply the default if the state isn’t specified.

This is supposed to be a haunted house after all. It won’t be very spooky if nearly all the Rooms are Lit. Hence the Flashlights, which there will be more of, I promise.

SingularByte: he/him

11-12-2022 18:54:29 UTC

I’m not sure this actually lets you set rooms as lit. You might need a clause to say that you can set whatever values you want on room creation (i.e. lit/dark, malfeasances, exits, etc).

JonathanDark: he/him

11-12-2022 19:24:43 UTC

Fixed, thanks for pointing that out.

Brendan: he/him

11-12-2022 22:47:52 UTC

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Trapdoorspyder: he/him

11-12-2022 23:13:05 UTC

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SingularByte: he/him

12-12-2022 07:50:09 UTC

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quirck: he/him

12-12-2022 09:01:46 UTC

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Kevan: he/him

12-12-2022 09:33:05 UTC

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Darknight: he/him

12-12-2022 10:57:54 UTC

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Habanero:

12-12-2022 16:24:49 UTC

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