Re: Olympia Stacking 'Gotcha'

From: rsocia@renaissance.cray.com (Rick Socia)

Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1992 14:12:17 +0000

I like this concept a lot.  I do not know how hard it would be to code, but the
game playing possibilities are enormous!

|> Maybe Observation would let you look "deeper".

Maybe one level deep for every 2 levels of skill?

As for individual characteristics like stealth, IMHO, in stacks are irrelevant.
The quietest sneakiest slipperiest person in the world cannot enhance the
stealth of a bunch of bafoons traveling with him.  Same principle applies to
combat, mining, shipbuilding, construction, etc.

Now the only skill that has real potential in a stack heirarchy like this is
military leader ship.  Units stacked with a militar leader (immeadately above)
would get a bonus in combat.  And military leaders stacked under military leaders
of higher skill should get a bonus to their leadership skills, etc.  Nice for
armies.

Which brings up an idea for a new skill, 'political leadership.'  A skill to
aid in managing stacks of stacks.  Only military or political leaders can have
sub stacks, and the number of sub stacks can be based on skill levels.  Leading
multiple factions has to be a sill in and of itself.  Just ask George Bush.  He
will tell you so.  Just look at his skill level (yuk yuk) in political leadership,
and the stacks of factions he manages (or can't) What do you all think of that?

And so now, a character can be at the top of the stack in a city (the mayor),
the same way you stack with other regional features.  If someone comes to town,
the must be cooperative with the town, or trash it militarily.

Rick Socia

References

Re: Olympia Stacking 'Gotcha'
cedman@714-725-3177.nts.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
Mon, 08 Jun 1992 18:08:37 +0000
Re: Olympia Stacking 'Gotcha'
skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta)
Mon, 08 Jun 1992 19:24:16 +0000
Re: Olympia Stacking 'Gotcha'
M22367@mwvm.mitre.org
Tue, 09 Jun 1992 16:05:32 +0000
Re: Olympia Stacking 'Gotcha'
srt@aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Tue, 09 Jun 1992 17:41:51 +0000