[Discuss] Re: Change to positions

[Timothy Collett]

On Aug 25, 2006, at 8:51 AM, Vinnie wrote:
> For the external things. I can see a king being imprisoned causing  
> a lot of trouble to a realm, especially if he can be kept there for  
> quite some time. However, when it comes to infiltrator attacks...  
> What's the point? After 3-4 days he's back, and that time ain't  
> long enough to cause sufficient trouble to the realm. Maybe serious  
> wounds need to last for longer again? Make serious wounds caused by  
> infiltrators last longer. Some 5-6 says, with 10 days as a not-that- 
> rare possibility.

Yeah...I seem to recall one of my characters being out of commission  
for ~2 weeks once due to a serious wound, but that was 2 years ago.   
Perhaps serious wounds need to get more serious again ;-)

> Or give infiltrators some sort of "kidnap" feature.

That would be fun, but I think it's already been rejected...

> Or, as was suggested before this new code, make Kings that return  
> from serious wounded after some days unable to take up their job  
> again so quickly. But I don't know how to pull that off with them  
> still being King and all.

*That* one's easy.  Well, you can't prevent them from giving orders-- 
but then you couldn't do that even by making them no longer King.   
What you *can* do quite easily is give them a longer period in the  
"recovering" status, during which they have no access to their  
Command menu :-)

That will prevent seriously wounded Kings (and other seriously  
wounded position holders, if you like) from doing anything  
substantive with their position for quite some time, what with  
seriouswound, wound, healing, and recovering.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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