Friday, January 24, 2020

Proposal: what you wish for

Self Killed - DK

Adminned at 24 Jan 2020 20:29:32 UTC

Add the following artefacts to the ruleset:

===Unicorn Blood===

*’‘'Description:’‘’ A large clear vial with a silvery liquid inside.
*’‘'Location:’‘’ RAND
*’‘'Protocol:’‘’ A Researcher must drop an artefact when they pick this one up.
*’‘'Effect:’‘’ An individual carrying this artefact may set their Damage tokens to 4, their Soul tokens to 4, their Reality tokens to 9 and their Spatial tokens to 6 and then set this Artefact’s location to a random public location.

===The Magical Lamp===

*’‘'Description:’‘’ A generic desk light, with a compact fluorescent bulb.
*’‘'Location:’‘’ Jerez
*’‘'Protocol:’‘’ A Researcher must pick this artefact up if it is incapacitated and they are in the same location as it.
*’‘'Effect:’‘’ This Artefact is alive. This Artefact may roam to Esoteric places and the Institute in addition to Public places. When this artefact roams, a random damage token is removed from it and roams one additional time. This artefact can only roam a maximum of 2 times per week. When this Artefact roams, a random Artefact that is in an unknown location is set to this Artefact’s location. If the previously unknown artefact is alive, it gains 1 Reality damage.

===The Monkey’s Paw===

*’‘'Description:’‘’ A savage looking mummified hand from a monkey.
*’‘'Location:’‘’ RAND2
*’‘'Protocol:’‘’ A Researcher must use this artefact upon picking it up.
*’‘'Effect:’‘’ An individual carrying this artefact may focus to gain 4 flesh damage and set an artefact’s location (other than the Pencil) from unknown to their own.

When this proposal is enacted, replace RAND and RAND2 with two different random locations other than The Containment facility.

Comments

Josh: Observer he/they

24-01-2020 08:42:37 UTC

against There’s a couple of things in here that I perceive as drafting errors - “set their Damage tokens to 4”, for example, which I think is intended to refer to flesh damage. I’m also not a fan of the lamp.

Kevan: he/him

24-01-2020 08:55:41 UTC

Not sure if “two different random locations” is intentional - this could put an item directly into somebody’s inventory or collection.

against for bad randomness generally: placing objects into random locations broadly just means “enacting admin can immediately buy these for 1 Soul”. We’re nearly all admins now, so admin advantage just means an advantage for whoever checks the blog most often or is in the right timezone for the final vote or timeout.

Tantusar: he/they

24-01-2020 09:09:46 UTC

against I will not be in the right timezone for the final vote or timeout.

card:

24-01-2020 09:10:20 UTC

ah true. i think it also allows for Unknown
against

Kevan: he/him

24-01-2020 09:22:49 UTC

Noting that the Monkey Paw is very similar in effect to the Marble, if it makes a return.

derrick: he/him

24-01-2020 15:29:07 UTC

against

Darknight: he/him

24-01-2020 20:14:09 UTC

against