On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, ais523 wrote:
> Nowhere in the deputisation rules does it suggest that it's impossible
> to deputise for an illegal action;
Er, stop right there:
Any player (a deputy) CAN perform an action as if e held a
particular office (deputise for that office) if all of the
following are true:
(a) The rules require the holder of that office, by virtue of
holding that office, to perform the action...
I'm pretty sure that "required"=SHALL by our usage. If the net sum of
the rules make it illegal for an action to be performed, it's hard to
say that the rules as a whole require the action be done. So the rules
do say that it's impossible to deputise to perform a non-required action,
of which an illegal action is very likely a subset.
-G.
