Proposal: Knocking on Hades' Door

In Rule 19 (Mariners' Map), change the location of the Isle of the Sun to (25-15), and add to its description:

All Ships must Dock and Resupply at the Isle of the Sun whenever they legally can; however, an Order to Resupply here has a recharge time of three Lacunae. Immediately after any Ship Resupplies at the Isle of the Sun, the Poet shall make the GNDT comment "Hubris: DICE". If the die roll is strictly greater than the Ship's Foresight value, Zeus sends a storm as punishment for eating the cattle of Helios; the Ship gains 32 Distance.

Reword the first paragraph of Rule 22 (Ailments) to read:

Certain game events may cause Mariners and Ships to become afflicted with Ailments, which are tracked in the GNDT. Current Ailments are as follows:

Create the following Ailment:

* Foresight (X): The Ship has Foresight. X is an integer from 1 to 6, and may be referred to as the Ship's Foresight value.

Create a new Order which may be given to Ships:

DESCEND: The Ship loses no Distance, but instead visits Hades to listen to the words of the blind prophet Tiresias. The Ship loses Supplies equal to the number of Mariners aboard the Ship, and all Mariners aboard the Ship lose 10 Morale. Further, the Ship's Foresight value increases by 1 (to a maximum of 6); if it did not have Foresight before, it instead gains Foresight (1). This Order may be given only by a Captain who has previously given the Order to Resupply at the Isle of Aeaea.

Lastly, 3 of the Morale that Satyr Eyes would otherwise receive from this Proposal's enactment are given to Keitalia for her idea of Ship Ailments.

I tweaked the Distance value (32 instead of 40) and the precise mechanics by which visiting Hades works; it's simpler now.


Enacted by Cayvie with voting 13 to 1 8:28 GMT, 4.1.2004. +7 to Satyreyes, +3 to Keitalia, +2 to Cayvie.