Proposal : Storyboards

[ Rearranging the weird Emergency resolution system, which currently has several Heroes actively vanquishing a menace, before we find out which one of them actually vanquished it - this proposes a chronological sequence of events, instead.

It also allows Heroes to impede each other's rescue attempts (giving spare Villains something to do), and determines the winner through simple Power sums, rather than being a capricious story-writing competition. (Although actions can still be rejected if they're logically flawed, or incoherent.) ]

Replace the second and third paragraph of Rule 15 (Emergencies) with:-

Any Hero who has not yet responded to the Emergency may do so in comments to it, and may either:-

• Initiate a fresh attempt at averting the Emergency. This attempt starts with an Effectiveness equal to the Hero's Power, and may not be made if any earlier attempts on this Emergency still have a positive Effectiveness.
  
• Assist the most recent attempt, by responding to the comment. The Hero adds their Power to the attempt's Effectiveness, and the running total is noted.
  
• Hinder the most recent attempt, by responding to the comment. The Hero subtracts their Power from the attempt's Effectiveness; the new total is noted.
  

All of the responses must be specifically described, and the Super Villain may disregard any responses which she feels are contradicted by earlier events, don't make sense, or simply "wouldn't work".

Heroes may use their Powers during an Initiation, Assist or Hindering; Initiators and Assisters may deal damage to the Emergency as if it were a Hero, and add this damage to the attempt's Effectiveness. Hinderers may deal damage to any Initiator or Assistor in the current attempt, and subtract that damage from the Effectiveness.

After 24 hours, if the most recent attempt has a positive Effectiveness, its Initiater (and any Assistants) each gain Power equal to the Danger Level.

Also replace "If no Hero responds to an Emergency within 24 hours" with "If no attempts have a positive Effectiveness, after 24 hours".

Timed out at 8:46 pm GMT on 3.4.2004, 5 votes to 10. -5 to Kevan, +1 to Brendan.