Proposal: Walking Among the Lowest of the Dead

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 40 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 two Ailments:

* 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.
* Among the Dead: A Ship that is Among the Dead is listening to the words of the blind prophet Tiresias. All Mariners aboard a Ship that is Among the Dead lose 10 Morale every time a Lacuna begins (but do not suffer any penalty from the Rule "Homesickness", if it exists). Further, whenever a Lacuna begins, 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). Ships that are Among the Dead do not act on any Orders, including the default Sail Order, at the end of a Lacuna (this supersedes all Rules requiring an Order to be carried out); however, a Captain may remove this Ailment from his Ship at any time.

Create a new Order which may be given to Ships:

DESCEND: The Ship loses Supplies equal to twice the number of Mariners aboard the Ship. It loses no Distance, but instead visits Hades, gaining the Ailment "Among the Dead." 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.


Failed by Cayvie (self-fail) 8:27 GMT, 4.1.2004. -3 to Satyreyes, +1 to Cayvie.