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abovegrounds2015-08-08 10:27 pm
undergroundmods) wrote in abovegrounds2015-08-08 10:27 pm
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Night Council Representatives, Bribery, & You
The results of the Night Council and Guardian nominations are in! Congratulations to Lancelot Dulac (knightscode) and Faolan O'Neill (reticence) who will be joining the Night Council as Guardians.
Your Esteemed Representatives
The Night Council representatives are listed in the Elites information post. But they're not just a bunch of pretty faces, oh no. They can be influenced.
Bribe a Night Council Member
Ah, the sweet smell of corruption... From today onwards, there will be a new activity reward available to level 2 and above characters!
• Bribe a Night Council member.
This reward will cost six points, and can be used to influence any level 4 or above Council member i.e. the Representatives, Vice President, President, etc. Essentially, you'll be influencing a Night Council member to either act more favourably or less favourably to a faction/species of your choice. You can do this in any way you want. Take them out for a big fancy meal. Buy them a car. Shower them with gifts. Every Council member can be influenced, even Sylvia. Generally speaking, these bribes will be hand-waved unless you want to play any particular aspect out in which case you can either play the NPCs yourself or ask me for a log with Sylvia.
You can bribe each Night Council member no more than once every month. This means that you can bribe multiple members in the same month, if you have enough activity points. For example, if you wanted to bribe two Night Council members, this would cost twelve points.
Now why would you bother bribing a Night Council member? Well...
Make a Petition
You can now petition the Night Council to pass or repeal laws in your favour! This doesn't have to be a law as such, it could be anything that the Night Council might have the power to do something about e.g. pardoning a criminal, changing the rules about who can join the Night Council, even intervening in territory disputes.
To make a petition, fill in this form:
Your petition must be seconded by three different characters (not played by you) in order to be put forward as a motion to the Night Council.
Now here's where it gets interesting. The Night Council will vote on whether or not to pass the motion, and which way they vote will depend on how favourable they are to the various factions and supernatural communities. That vote can be influenced by your bribes. The results of the vote will be calculated and announced by the mod in the next scheduled plotting post, so it could take anywhere up to a month for the Night Council to make their decision. Once announced, the motion will be considered an IC action and characters can react accordingly.
Summary
Okay. This might seem a bit complicated, so let's break it down. Here's the process:
1. You want the Night Council to do something that either benefits your faction or screws over your enemies.
2. You bribe the Night Council members.
3. They like you. They hate your enemies.
4. You petition the Night Council to do what you want.
5. Thanks to your successful bribe, the Night Council passes your motion. Hurrah! Democracy in action.
Any questions, let me know! I look forward to receiving your petitions...
knightscode) and Faolan O'Neill (reticence) who will be joining the Night Council as Guardians.Your Esteemed Representatives
The Night Council representatives are listed in the Elites information post. But they're not just a bunch of pretty faces, oh no. They can be influenced.
Bribe a Night Council Member
Ah, the sweet smell of corruption... From today onwards, there will be a new activity reward available to level 2 and above characters!
• Bribe a Night Council member.
This reward will cost six points, and can be used to influence any level 4 or above Council member i.e. the Representatives, Vice President, President, etc. Essentially, you'll be influencing a Night Council member to either act more favourably or less favourably to a faction/species of your choice. You can do this in any way you want. Take them out for a big fancy meal. Buy them a car. Shower them with gifts. Every Council member can be influenced, even Sylvia. Generally speaking, these bribes will be hand-waved unless you want to play any particular aspect out in which case you can either play the NPCs yourself or ask me for a log with Sylvia.
You can bribe each Night Council member no more than once every month. This means that you can bribe multiple members in the same month, if you have enough activity points. For example, if you wanted to bribe two Night Council members, this would cost twelve points.
Now why would you bother bribing a Night Council member? Well...
Make a Petition
You can now petition the Night Council to pass or repeal laws in your favour! This doesn't have to be a law as such, it could be anything that the Night Council might have the power to do something about e.g. pardoning a criminal, changing the rules about who can join the Night Council, even intervening in territory disputes.
To make a petition, fill in this form:
Your petition must be seconded by three different characters (not played by you) in order to be put forward as a motion to the Night Council.
Now here's where it gets interesting. The Night Council will vote on whether or not to pass the motion, and which way they vote will depend on how favourable they are to the various factions and supernatural communities. That vote can be influenced by your bribes. The results of the vote will be calculated and announced by the mod in the next scheduled plotting post, so it could take anywhere up to a month for the Night Council to make their decision. Once announced, the motion will be considered an IC action and characters can react accordingly.
Summary
Okay. This might seem a bit complicated, so let's break it down. Here's the process:
1. You want the Night Council to do something that either benefits your faction or screws over your enemies.
2. You bribe the Night Council members.
3. They like you. They hate your enemies.
4. You petition the Night Council to do what you want.
5. Thanks to your successful bribe, the Night Council passes your motion. Hurrah! Democracy in action.
Any questions, let me know! I look forward to receiving your petitions...
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