Pavitra wrote:
A permissively regulated attribute CANNOT be modified, and a
permissively regulated action CANNOT be performed, except by an
instrument with power at least as great as that of the rule
defining that attribute or action as permissively regulated.
How about:
A secured attribute CANNOT be modified, and a secured action CANNOT be
performed, except by an instrument with power at least as great as
that attribute's or action's security level. If a rule specifies that
an attribute or action is secured, but does not list the security
level of that attribute or action, then the security level defaults to
the power of that rule.
I like "secured attribute".
There's little point in a security level higher than the power of the
securing rule, because a rule of equal power can simply claim precedence
over the securing rule (the point of this construction is to save it the
trouble of doing so). There might be a point for non-rule instruments,
which are not covered by the current precedence rules; here's the rule
that used to do so:
Rule 1513/4 (Power=1)
Authority of Non-Rule Entities
The Rules may grant to certain entities the power to require
Players to perform (or refrain from performing) actions. Such
Entities shall have whatever power is granted to them by the
Rules. In the event that the requirements of such an Entity
conflicts with the Rules, the Rules shall always take
precedence.
If two or more such Entities conflict with one another, then the
relative precedence of the respective Rules which grant coercive
Power to the Entities in conflict shall determine which
requirements take precedence. If two or more Entities
authorized by the same Rule conflict, then the Entity mentioned
first in that Rule takes precedence over the others.
No entity (including any body of text) may require a Player to
perform or refrain from performing any action unless that
Player has previously been provided with the information of
which actions may be required of or prohibited em by that
entity.
History:
Created by Proposal 1704, Sep. 1 1995
Amended(1) by Proposal 2805 (Andre), Feb. 8 1997, substantial
Amended(2) by Proposal 3884 (harvel), Jul. 26 1999
Amended(3) by Proposal 3999 (harvel), May 2 2000
Amended(4) by Proposal 3999 (harvel), May 2 2000
Repealed by Proposal 4866 (Goethe), Aug 28 2006
