Proto: Stones
[Reason: we need more things to auction. And vaguely topical.]
New Rules to be created:
Stones
A Stone is a unique indestructable liquid asset defined by the
Rules. To define a stone, the definition must include:
(i) The unique Name of the stone;
(ii) The Frequency of the stone's use, which must be one of
daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or NA.
(iii) The Escape Risk of the stone, which must be a percentage
between 10% and 100% inclusive;
(iii) The Effects of wielding the stone.
Ownership of stones is entirely restricted to Agora and players.
The Stonekeepor is an office, and the recordkeepor of stones.
Wielding Stones
Unless otherwise made IMPOSSIBLE by the rules, the owner of a
stone CAN wield it by announcement, clearly specifying any
values needed to interpret the stone's effects.
If the frequency of a stone is not NA, then it is IMPOSSIBLE to
activate that stone if it has been previously wielded in the
same Agoran time interval as indicated by its frequency (e.g. if
its frequency is daily, if it has been wielded in the same Agoran
day).
When a stone is wielded, the power of the stone is set to the
power of the rule defining that stone, and the stone applies its
defined effects as specified; the power of the stone is immediately
thereafter set to 0.
Distributing Stones
The Stonekeepor CAN initiate an auction for any set of stones
belonging to Agora for which an auction is not ongoing, with each
individual stone being an auction lot. The Stonekeepor is the
Announcer, the auctioneer is Agora, and the auction currency is
Coins.
The Stonekeepor SHALL so initiate an auction for a set of stones
consisting of at least one third the stones eligible for auction
in a timely fashion after publishing a Collection Notice.
Collecting Stones
Once per month, the Stonekeepor CAN publish a Collection Notice.
A collection notice includes, for every stone not belonging to
Agora, a random choice of whether that stone escapes; it escapes
with a probability equal to its escape risk. When a stone
escapes, it is transferred to Agora. The Stonekeepor SHALL
publish such a notice in the first Eastman week of each month.
The Gauntlet
When a player makes a correct announcement that a single specified
player, owns 5 or more stones, the specified player wins the game.
Upon such a win, all existing stones are transferred to Agora.
The Stones
The following stones are defined, one per paragraph, with the
following format: Stone Name (Frequency, Escape Risk): Effects.
- Power Stone (weekly, 40%): The wielder specifies an unresolved
Agoran Decision and a player; that player's voting strength on
that decision is increased by 5.
- Wealth Stone (weekly, 25%): The specified player earns 7 coins.
- Time Stone (weekly, 50%): Specify an act of wielding a different
stone that was performed in the last 7 days; the effects of that
previous wielding are undone. This is not retroactive.
- Reality Stone (monthly, 40%): Specify a valid value for an
instance of any unsecured switch; that switch is flipped to that
value.
- Space Stone (monthly, 25%): Create a Spaceship in the possession
of the specified player.
- Mind Stone (monthly, 50%): Act on behalf of any specified player
to support or object to a specified dependent action, or
withdraw support or objection from a specified dependent action.
- Soul Stone (weekly, 50%): The Soul Stone is transferred to the
owner of a different specified stone, and that stone is
simultaneously transferred to the wielder.
[Other stone ideas very welcome!]
