Rules update 2023
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==Divination Ritual Updates== | ==Divination Ritual Updates== | ||
We've made | We've made changes to two divination rituals, [[Clear Counsel of the Ever Flowing River]] and [[Combing the Beach]]. Both of these rituals now require you to use a small effigy to send a message to the relevant eternal - a question for Sung with Clear Counsel and a statement for Roshanwe with Combing the Beach. | ||
The key change is that the question or statement must now be submitted the night before the ritual is performed at the latest. Anyone can use [[operate portal]] to submit a | The key change is that the question or statement must now be submitted the night before the ritual is performed at the latest. Anyone can use [[operate portal]] to submit a message to the eternal on behalf of their [[coven]], but doing so requires an appropriate effigy - a unique game item made between events. The effigy must be used the night before the ritual is due to be performed (at the latest) to give the game team sufficient time to prepare the answer to the question. | ||
Anyone who has mastered | Anyone who has mastered Clear Counsel or Combing the beach can make the appropriate effigies in downtime provided they have 2 measures of ambergelt for Sung or 2 measures of tempest jade for Roshanwe in their account. Once made, they do not expire but each effigy can only be used once. | ||
Finally, we've allowed the ritual to be cast at higher magnitude to allow a coven to ask more than one question or send more than one statement at a time - provided they have submitted them all to the eternal in advance with the appropriate number of effigies. | Finally, we've allowed the ritual to be cast at higher magnitude to allow a coven to ask more than one question or send more than one statement at a time - provided they have submitted them all to the eternal in advance with the appropriate number of effigies. | ||
In each case you must prepare the effigy in downtime (anyone who posseses the relevant ritual can do this) for a cost of 2 amberglet or 2 tempest jade respectively. You can make as many effigies as you want - | In each case you must prepare the effigy in downtime (anyone who posseses the relevant ritual can do this) for a cost of 2 amberglet or 2 tempest jade respectively. You can make as many effigies as you want - you'll get them in your pack at the next event you attend. | ||
===Reasoning=== | ===Reasoning=== | ||
These changes follow on from the [[Rules_update_2019#Swim_Leviathan.27s_Depth|changes we made to Swim Leviathans Depths in 2019]] and we've made them for the same reason. We want the ritual itself to culminate in an opportunity to get the answer the ritualists are looking for - getting players to submit the questions well in advance allows us to do that. We feel the change worked well for Leviathan, and so we've extended the idea to other rituals. | These changes follow on from the [[Rules_update_2019#Swim_Leviathan.27s_Depth|changes we made to Swim Leviathans Depths in 2019]] and we've made them for the same reason. We want the ritual itself to culminate in an opportunity to get the answer the ritualists are looking for - getting players to submit the questions well in advance allows us to do that. We feel the change worked well for Leviathan, and so we've extended the idea to other rituals. | ||
===IC Explanation=== | ===IC Explanation=== | ||
In each case, the explanation for the changes is the esoteric conjunction of [[the Key]] and [[the Lock]] that has been going on for some time. | In each case, the explanation for the changes is the esoteric conjunction of [[the Key]] and [[the Lock]] that has been going on for some time. | ||
==Roleplaying in Downtime== | ==Roleplaying in Downtime== | ||
We've updated the rules restrictions for [[https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/Downtime#Social_Media_and_IC_roleplaying|using social media and IC roleplaying between events]]. We've updated some of the language used to make clearer that it applies to things like discord servers and we've changed the wording of the rules so that you can't send large bulk emails of IC messages to email lists if you're pushing an IC agenda or campaigning for a title. "You can send in-character communications by email, provided they represent a letter or the equivalent that you are sending to an individual - but don't mass-send a communication to an email list if it is promoting an in-character agenda or pushing a controversial point of view. Please keep this for when everyone is in-character at the event. " | We've updated the rules restrictions for [[https://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/Downtime#Social_Media_and_IC_roleplaying|using social media and IC roleplaying between events]]. We've updated some of the language used to make clearer that it applies to things like discord servers and we've changed the wording of the rules so that you can't send large bulk emails of IC messages to email lists if you're pushing an IC agenda or campaigning for a title. "You can send in-character communications by email, provided they represent a letter or the equivalent that you are sending to an individual - but don't mass-send a communication to an email list if it is promoting an in-character agenda or pushing a controversial point of view. Please keep this for when everyone is in-character at the event. " | ||
Revision as of 20:28, 6 April 2023
Overview
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Every year we carry out a review of some part of the game looking to see what we improve. Although that process has been slowed this year, we've still been working on some important updates. This page summarizes and explains the changes so that players can identify and understand the changes easily. There were no updates in 2021, due to the pandemic.
We try to include a section after each update to explain the reasoning behind the change, as well as providing a in-character rationale for what has changed where appropriate.