Re^2: Demotions of monks

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Re^3: Demotions of monks by Fletch (Bishop) on Jan 06, 2022 at 02:34 UTC
And then upon reaching these top levels the newly leveled monk will have to seek out one of the prior holders and defeat them in single combat without using magic weapo . . . wait, are we still doing 1st edition? Slightly (very) more seriously, maybe something like go rankings and numbered ranks (1 Patriarch to 9 Patriarch). Or playing off the lama suggestion, different species of genus Camelidae. Combining the two eventually one could aspire to the revered title of 9 Alpaca. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply]
Re^4: Demotions of monks by LanX (Saint) on Jan 06, 2022 at 02:51 UTC
There are plenty of clerical ranks left in the Catholic church. It even has some patriarchs, so we can reintroduce pope on the next level. Or Nuncio somewhere near Cardinal. No need to break the logic by introducing karate belts or ninja turtles. I'm already confused by non clerical ranks like Sage or Saint. A saint must be dead, JP-II was pope and had to die before canonizing thru the ranks of venerable, blessed and saint. The afterlife offers even more heavenly ranks... Vroom could be an archangle Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery} </d:iv>	[reply]
Re^5: Demotions of monks by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Jan 06, 2022 at 04:45 UTC
Curiously, Perl Monks was developed by students in a town founded by Dutch Calvinist separatists ... or as LanX once put it: Separatist Calvinists founded a Monastery with Popes :) In case they are of use, some more pseudo-religious titles that are not currently used here AFAICT: Cleric Divine Ecclesiastic Evangelist Lama Lay Preacher Mendicant Minister Missionary Oblate Padre Pastor Pontiff Preacher Rector Reverend Some female titles: Clergywoman Churchwoman Deaconess Priestess High Priestess Woman of the Cloth	[reply]
Re^6: Demotions of monks (Hierarchy of the Catholic Church) by LanX (Saint) on Jan 06, 2022 at 16:52 UTC
Re^4: Demotions of monks by bibliophile (Prior) on Apr 01, 2022 at 15:04 UTC
Or - and hear me out here - because with PM XP you start low and increase in rank over time / with contributions, it's more like a queue than a stack. So maybe SHIFTe rather than POPe....	[reply]
Re^3: Demotions of monks by LanX (Saint) on Jan 06, 2022 at 00:08 UTC
Til level 22 Bishop ΔXP was constantly growing, then it stalled at 10000. From there on climbing ranks didn't become harder anymore.˛ see Levels of Monks for details Readjusting those deltas to constant grow would give you your extra levels in a natural way, without needing to invent new ranks.° This would actually mean a demotion, now for real.ł But I wouldn't care. Tho I think the monastery has more urgent problems... Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery} °) Here a rough sketch. The deltas would of course need to be properly rounded to steps modulo 1000 `DB<4> say join ':', $_,$d*=1.25,$xp+=$d for 23..28 23:12500:52500 24:15625:68125 25:19531.25:87656.25 26:24414.0625:112070.3125 27:30517.578125:142587.890625 28:38146.97265625:180734.86328125` [download] as you can see, even BUK would need to reincarnate to reach (28) patriarch again ;-) ˛) well it was far easier in the old times to gather XP, but that's not the point here ł) loss of rank would only happen to less than 20 monks actually	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Demotions of monks by erzuuli (Cannon) on Jan 06, 2022 at 02:11 UTC
No one suggested that vroom's XP be messed with...	[reply]
Re^4: Demotions of monks by LanX (Saint) on Jan 06, 2022 at 02:35 UTC
> No one suggested that vroom's XP be messed with... not yet. my suggestion is lift the plateau to 10 or 100 million, to make the joke more apparent. :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^3: Demotions of monks by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jan 06, 2022 at 09:33 UTC
Suggestions welcome, especially from those with a passion for religious history and tradition I don't pay a lot of attention to religious history and tradition. But, if there's any interest in gender-balance, I would suggest the inclusion of one or more of "Nun", "Sister" and "Mother Superior". Has none of this come up before ?? Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^4: Demotions of monks by hippo (Bishop) on Jan 06, 2022 at 10:02 UTC
Has none of this come up before ? Probably not, mostly for the reason eloquently explained by Fletch. 🦛	[reply]
Re^3: Demotions of monks by jdporter (Chancellor) on Jan 07, 2022 at 16:30 UTC
What's the point? We have only three patriarchs/popes at this point, with no more any time in the foreseeable future.	[reply]
Re^4: Demotions of monks by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Jan 07, 2022 at 21:13 UTC
LanX is right on the button as usual, I was concerned for the mental health of the super-elite top three, staring into the Total Perspective Vortex-like abyss of vroom's unreachable one million XP target, without the protection of a Zaphod Beeblebrox-like ego. This terrifying unreachable target may even have contributed to the dramatic meltdown of a monk with a healthy and vigorous ego.	[reply]
Re^4: Demotions of monks by LanX (Saint) on Jan 07, 2022 at 19:02 UTC
I think eyepops' point was that the patriarchs have no way to improve anymore. ° Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery} °) hmm, could we introduce automatically expanded shortcuts for saints with overly long complicated names? ;)	[reply]
Re^5: Demotions of monks by jdporter (Chancellor) on Jan 10, 2022 at 19:55 UTC
I did create one for MLX a while ago... I reckon we are the only monastery ever to have a dungeon staffed with 16,000 zombies.	[reply]
Re^6: Demotions of monks by jdporter (Chancellor) on Jan 13, 2022 at 13:04 UTC
Re^5: Demotions of monks by afoken (Chancellor) on Jan 10, 2022 at 19:04 UTC
hmm, could we introduce automatically expanded shortcuts for saints with overly long complicated names? ;) `[id://176576]` Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Demotions of monks by LanX (Saint) on Jan 10, 2022 at 19:24 UTC


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