Proposal: Witches Get Stiches
Adminned at 27 Jul 2021 16:33:27 UTC
In the rule “Richardo’s Journey” replace whichever of the following is current in that rule
Witching Hour is a publicly tracked date and time. When Richardo von Nestor or a Vampire Lord Winds the Clock, they take the current time, add 24 hours, roll a DICE24 and add the resulting number in hours, and that becomes the new Witching Hour. Whenever the Crypt Settles, Richardo von Nestor Winds the Clock. If the current time is after Witching Hour, the Organ is Playing. Otherwise the Organ is not Playing. While the Organ is Playing, no Power Actions may be performed.
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Witching Hour is a date and time that is privately tracked by Richardo von Nestor.
There is a variable called the Organ, which may be Playing or Not Playing, and which defaults to Not Playing. If the current time is after Witching Hour, Richardo von Nestor may set the Organ is Playing. While the Organ is Playing, no Power Actions may be performed.
When Richardo von Nestor Winds the Clock, they take the current time, add 24 hours, roll a DICE24 and add the resulting number in hours, and that becomes the new Witching Hour. Whenever the Crypt Settles, Richardo von Nestor sets the Organ to Not Playing and Winds the Clock. When Richardo von Nestor is Wound Up (by default he is not Wound Up) then he may perform a Quick Wind, which works the same as a normal Wind the Clock but he skips the “add 24 hours” step and must make a blog post announcing that he has done so. He then ceases to be Wound Up.
As a Power Action with a cost of 0, a Vampire Lord may Observe the Mansion. When a Vampire Lord Observes the Manion they must spend between 1 and 3 Puissance and then privately notify Richardo von Nestor of their Observing the Manion action. When Richardo von Nestor is notified of a Vampire Lord’s Observing the Mansion Action, he must respond based on how much Puissance the Vampire Lord spent carrying that Action out; if 1 Puissance was spent he should provide a 12hour period in which Witching Hour occurs; if 2 Puissance was spent he should provide an 6 hour period in which Witching Hour occurs; if 3 Puissance was spent he should give the exact time of Witching Hour.
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Sunset is a date and time that are publicly tracked. Witching Hour is a date and time that is privately tracked by Richardo von Nestor.
There is a variable called the Organ, which may be Playing or Not Playing, and which defaults to Not Playing. While the Organ is Playing, no Power Actions may be performed. If the current time is after Witching Hour, Richardo von Nestor may Start the Music. Doing so is an atomic action with the following steps
* Revert all Power Actions which were taken after the current Witching Hour, starting with the most recently performed Power Action and working backwards. If for whatever reason Richardo cannot revert a Power Action, they may skip reverting that action and continue reverting those which he can revert. He should then make public note of all Power Actions which could not be reverted and is encouraged not to perform the Enter the Crypt action until Vampire Lords have had opportunity to discuss how to handle the actions which could not be reverted.
* Set the Organ to be PlayingWhen Richardo von Nestor Winds the Clock, they take the current time, add 24 hours, roll a DICE24 and add the resulting number in hours, and that becomes the new Sunset. They then secretly roll another DICE24 and add that resulting number in hours to Sunset, and that becomes the new Witching Hour. Whenever the Crypt Settles, Richardo von Nestor sets the Organ to Not Playing and Winds the Clock.
As a Power Action with a cost of 0, a Vampire Lord may Observe the Mansion. When a Vampire Lord Observes the Mansion they must spend between 1 and 3 Puissance and then privately notify Richardo von Nestor of their Observing the Manion action. When Richardo von Nestor is notified of a Vampire Lord’s Observing the Mansion Action, he must respond based on how much Puissance the Vampire Lord spent carrying that Action out; if 1 Puissance was spent he should provide a 12 hour period in which Witching Hour occurs; if 2 Puissance was spent he should provide an 6 hour period in which Witching Hour occurs; if 3 Puissance was spent he should give the exact time of Witching Hour.
Set Sunset to the current date and time.
Make Richardo von Nestor Wound Up.
Self Killed—Clucky
Clucky: he/him
This covers my problems with Josh’s proposal.
I’m not sure if the “If for whatever reason Richardo cannot revert a Power Action…” but will ever come up, everything should be revertible as long as you work backwards. But if it is, seemed good to have some kinda idea on how to proceed.
I know the Wound Up mechanic is a little clunky, but helps ensure the times get set fairly (something Josh’s proposal doesn’t address. It just makes the old Witching Hour suddenly privately tracked)