Re: [spoon-discuss] Races 2: Movement

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday, April 5, 2003, at 03:25  PM, Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:

> In Rule 301/32, __The Grid__:
> {-{
> Append to section A.1:
> {{Two squares are adjacent if both their x and y coordinates differ by 
> no more than 1.}}
>
> In section A.2, replace the 2nd and third paragraphs with:
> {{
> MO's have the attribute Movement, which is an integer; SO's do not.  
> An object's Movement is set to eir Speed at the beginning of each 
> nweek, or 3 if it does not have a Speed.

Not 'eir' Speed; 'its' Speed. Many objects are neuter.

> Replace section B.2 with:
> {{
> A MO may Walk to any adjacent location, provided that it is legal for 
> the object to enter that location.  When an object Walks to a 
> location, it is moved to that location.  Walking costs 3 Movement.
>
> Walking may also be referred to as Flying, Cruising, or Running. 
> [[Because airspeeders don't walk.]]
>
> Warping costs 8 Movement.  When an object Warps to a location, it is 
> moved to that location. [[Note that permission is not given here for 
> anything to warp -- it's for Aliens and IID's and such, and any other 
> special case we make in the rules.]]

First of all, I'd call these Sliding and Leaping, and not make any 
other names for them. Secondly, I wouldn't have either cost any 
Movement directly, but rather make wrappers around them that do - a 
player can Walk, which is a Slide for 3 Movement; if e plays football, 
e can Run instead, which is also a Sliding move, but only costs 1 
Movement, Speeders can Cruise, Sliding for 2, etc.

> Change Section E.3 to the following:
> {{
> There exists an entity named the Yeti, which has the Race Yeti and 
> Gender Male.  At the start of the 1st nday of each nweek, if the Yeti 
> is on the Grid, he Leaps if able to a random square that is not more 
> than 8 units from his location repeatedly until he cannot.  Leaping 
> costs 8 Movement, and moves the Leaper to the location e Lept to.  At 
> the start of the 1st nday of each week, if the Yeti is Dead, a Winter 
> Gnome appears on a random empty location on the Grid, that location 
> becomes Frozen, and the Yetis is moved to that location.  At the start 
> of the 1st nday of each week, if the Yeti is not on the Grid, he moves 
> to a random Location on the Grid.

Ah, so here it *is* Leaping. But is identical to Warping.

> If any object would be moved illegally as a result of this, the 
> movement does not occur, though it still counts as the player Walking 
> or the Airspeeder Cruising, and still costs the requisite Movement.  
> Note that these effects may result in an object having negative 
> Movement.

Isn't that bad?

> Append to Rule 1186, __Lake Caffeine__, "Players, Barney, and Gremlins 
> gain +X Speed while Wired, where X is eir Constitution divided by 3.  
> When a player, a Gremlin, or Barney becomes Wired, e gains Movement 
> equal to X divided by 3, if e has not already become Wired during the 
> current nweek."

But not the Yeti?

--
Wonko

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