Re: [s-d] [s-b] Proposal: Devices, hey!

["Mike McGann" <nomic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/11/07, Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In general I think it makes sense for the powers to be able to
> override the rules. For example, a blueprint could explicitly forbid
> multiple copies of the object it defines; this would override the
> rule's mechanisms for creating new ones.

If powers can override the rules, then they are above and beyond the
rules. Devices become more powerful than the rules that they were
created from. In the worst case scenario, if a device named
"Nevinyrral's Disk of Armageddon" comes into existence with the power
"0: Repeal all rules", I don't see anyway it could be stopped unless
additional mechanics are already in play. In the event that it did
spawn, all hope is lost because to combat that would take a minimum of
2 ndays through the Artisan route, and a minimum of 4 ndays through
the standard proposal route, while the device could be activated, at a
practical level, instantly. While that would probably never happen,
having devices that override the rules basically creates a new rule
space that starts as a blank slate. It would be too easy for a
malformed device, intentionally or not, to slip through and be
untouchable by the rules.

- Hose
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