spoon-business: Proposal: Gender and the Pink Scarf

["Karin L. Kross" <karinlee@xxxxxx>]

Create a rule as follows:

{{
__Girls Will Be Boys and Boys Will Be Girls...and Drones__

Players have an attribute named Gender.  The Gender attribute is
not necessarily the same as the player's biological gender.

A player's Gender attribute may be one of the following: M, F,
Drone, or Undeclared.  By default, all players are Undeclared.  A
player may select or change eir gender by declaring it in a post
to a public forum.

Gender, once declared, cannot be Undeclared, but it may be
changed.

The effects of Gender are currently limited to the possession of
the Pink Cashmere Scarf of Impeccable Style.
}}


Amend Rule 258/1:__The Pink Cashmere Scarf of Impeccable Style__
by changing the statement

{{
The Style Police must make all posts to Fora, with the exception
of Proposals and Calls For Judgement, in eir best imitation of a
lisp, unless The Pink Scarf is Muffling
}}

to the following:

{{
Unless The Pink Scarf Is Muffling, The Style Police must make all
posts to Fora, with the exception of Proposals and Calls For
Judgement according to the following rules:

1) If the player's declared Gender is M, The Style Police must
make eir posts in the best imitation of a lisp.

2) If the player's declared Gender is F, The Style Police must
make eir posts in eir best imitation of Jane Austen.

[[For example, e may use polite backhanded compliments as
criticism.  Refer to Lady Constance in "Gosford Park" as an
example: "Green is such a *difficult* colour..."]]

3) If the player's declared Gender is Drone, the player's posts
must include *buzz* and *crackle* strings at random throughout,
due to the static electricity effects of the Pink Scarf.

4) If the player's Gender is Undeclared, the player must roll
1d6.  If the result is 1 or 2, the Scarf affects the player as if
eir declared gender were M.  On a 3 or 4, the Scarf affects the
player as if eir declared gender were F.  On a 5 or 6, the Scarf
affects the player as if eir declared gender were Drone.
}}

-Congenital Optimist
[[hey, I'm starting to get the hang of this...]]


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