Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Proposal: You want thingamabobs?

Reached Quorum 6-0. Enacted by JonathanDark.

Adminned at 18 Oct 2023 15:34:16 UTC

Enact a new subrule of “Creating A Duel” entitled “Gewgaws” as follows:

There exist a number of Gewgaws, which may be included by the Battle Master as part of a Duel to change the way that Duel is conducted. The list of Gewgaws, and the effect each such Gewgaw has when it is included in a Duel, is as follows:

Contemplation Orb
Before the spells selected for a Duel are cast, each Trendy Wizard named in that Duel’s Wizard Ring gains 1 Star.
Bonsai Volcano
After the spells selected for a Duel are cast, each Wizard who lost Stars in this Duel due to the effects of a Burn spell loses another Star.

In the rule “Creating a Duel” before the list item beginning “Clear the contents of the wiki page…” add the following item:

* Optionally select a Gewgaw to affect this Duel

In the rule “Creating a Duel” reword the text “which consists of the Wizard Ring and Spell List for that duel” to:

which consists of the Wizard Ring and Spell List, and (if one is selected) the Gewgaw, for that Duel

In the rule “Commencing a Duel” insert the following as the first step in that rule’s atomic action:

* Apply the effects of the Duel’s selected Gewgaw, if any, that occur before spells are cast

In the rule “Commencing a Duel” insert the following as the step in that rule’s atomic action before the step that begins “Reply to the duel post…”:

* Apply the effects of the Duel’s selected Gewgaw, if any, that occur after spells are cast

Comments

Clucky: he/him

17-10-2023 18:23:08 UTC

I’d personally rather not have to make a choice like that and have the Gewgaw selection be random.

JonathanDark: he/him

17-10-2023 18:30:22 UTC

To second Clucky’s comments, I’d make it a probability curve so that we don’t constantly have Gewgaws in every Duel/Squabble/whatever we’re calling it. Something like:

Secretly randomly roll DICE6. On a 4 or 5, secretly randomly select 1 Gewgaw to affect this Duel. On a 6, secretly randomly select 2 Gewgaws, rerolling duplicates, or if there are only 2 Gewgaws to select from, select both.

JonathanDark: he/him

17-10-2023 18:40:15 UTC

You also might want to consider whether or not the Battle Master should report the Gewgaw(s) that applied in the Duel. And the Crowd Goes Wild instructs the Battle Master to describe everything about Spells, but might not be enough to include Gewgaws.

Clucky: he/him

17-10-2023 18:50:52 UTC

The Gewgaw gets reported in the duel post. Which I think is the right call, that way people can react accordingly.

Clucky: he/him

17-10-2023 18:51:23 UTC

(Though maybe secret Gewgaws could be interesting as well so you can never be too sure about what the right move is)

Clucky: he/him

17-10-2023 21:56:45 UTC

for As I like the idea. And for now I can just randomly select Gewgaws anyways

JonathanDark: he/him

17-10-2023 23:25:47 UTC

for

Zack: he/him

18-10-2023 05:49:54 UTC

for  I’m not opposed to giving the emperor a little freedom to decide things for the dynasty (or choose to decide randomly), especially when they know things we don’t.

Snisbo: she/they

18-10-2023 06:42:47 UTC

for

Kevan: City he/him

18-10-2023 07:45:02 UTC

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