[ANSTHRLD] Second Draft of Achievements Proposal Online
Alden Drake
alden_drake at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jun 20 10:19:24 PDT 2012
Sorry to chop out so much of what I think is a good response, but...
Adelaide wrote:
"There are very few styles of portable display that bear a full achievement (a
gonfannon-style banner, what else?)."
I think this is a significant reason why people don't bother to register their
achievement elements. Also, I think people are less likely to commission an
Achievement Scroll (usually paid for in cash or barter) because they want to
wait until they can get a "complete" achievement, as opposed to commissioning a
scroll for each step in which they are entitled to a new element. Thus, they
don't bother registering the elements until they are entitled to all of them and
can just pay for one beautiful, complete scroll.
I tend to agree that conflict checking crests and supporters is not necessary or
period practice. If we change to a system in which achievement elements are no
longer conflict checked, then the purpose of registering them becomes simply one
of recording a database of what a person uses.
A novel idea might be to no longer register achievements by form, but record
achievements that are detailed in an Achievement Scroll, signed by Star
Principal Herald as an official granting of those elements. This would convey
that a person's awards dictate what achievement elements they are entitled to,
but it's the Achievment Scroll issued by Star that is the governing
document which records the achievement elements granted. Sable Scroll office
could then become more of a scribal office for the purpose of
commissioning Achievement Scrolls (matching artists to grantees and facilitating
Star's signature). Current registrations could be grandfathered in the roster.
Stirring the pot,
Alden
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