Re: [s-d] Refresh TODO list

[Elliott Hird <penguinofthegods@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 27 Nov 2008, at 23:12, Jamie Dallaire wrote:

> The whole problem with that and then us trying to separate External  
> Forces
> and Outsiders was the whole brushing-one's-teeth issue... If you're  
> a game
> object and (4E4) game objects can't be changed in any manner not  
> explicitly
> covered by the rules

Please read my refresh proposal. Thanks :-P

(Attributes of objects defined by the rules can't be, is what it now  
says)

> I also think one avenue would be to reunite external forces/ 
> outsiders as one
> concept, along with the rest of the game objects, but change a 4e4- 
> style
> rule to specify that game objects can't be changed if not allowed  
> by the
> rules EXCEPT where the changes do not impact gamestate. I think  
> that sounds
> realistic, except that there has to be some disclaimer on this to  
> prevent
> things like:

That's what my RP does.

> At 5pm tomorrow, I submit the following Transaction: {Wooble has  
> brushed his
> teeth in the last 24h. I Stab Wooble.}

Timed & transactions are gone for precisely that sort of thing.

> I agree to the following Contract: {Whenever Wooble brushes his  
> teeth, I am
> obliged to Stab ehird.}
>
> All of a sudden teeth-brushing affects gamestate... Boo. Any way to  
> fix what
> I just proposed?


Yep, just require "defined by the rules" like my RP.

Although that obligation still works, it's just that there's no way  
to really
be punished for it as it's hard to prove.

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