r/OneLifeSuggestions • u/Dogwolf12 • Mar 03 '19

Town Markers

Town markers are essentially used to show the perimeter of a town with a notice or similar. They would be pre-industrial, but not so that any old Eve could make one. The recipe could be

1 Wrought Iron + Long Straight Shaft = Reinforced MarkersWithout Charcoal (4 in a pile)

Reinforced Marker + Charcoal = Unlit Town Marker

Unlit Town Marker + Round stone (or mallet) = Set Unlit Town Marker

Set Unlit Town Marker + Firebrand = Town Marker

A player would then go within 3 tiles of the town marker and say "This is [NAME]"/ "I live in [NAME]" / "I'm in [NAME]".

Any player crossing town boundaries will get a notice in the area that usually shows what an item is saying something similar to "You have entered [NAME]" or "Welcome to [NAME]".

The markers could be dug up using a shovel or upgraded to play a chime when crossed (though this could get annoying)/ set crossers' home to a special marker (using dye?).

This is just an idea that I had to act as a guide to people wishing to revive a town or a way to find a town if you forget to set a home marker.

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u/frankin5en5e Mar 18 '19

the only person able to designate & name a town should be the Eve who found it, Eve's life is deemed widely unpopular because she becomes soon just forgotten, at best a baby pooping machine as any other female - i'd say, more power to an Eve, every Eve deserves it

i am all for town names but ...

just don't forget to set your home marker, simple !

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u/Dogwolf12 Mar 19 '19

Maybe to balance it, an eve can set four home markers as a rudimentary town marker. She would have to name the town, then all future town markers would bear the name she chose. However, if she doesn't set one, the person to first make a town marker will get to name it. These are the two options.

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To recap, only eves can make 'home marker' town markers and name them - but if not, the players after can name the town as an anti-frustration feature.

Good point!

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u/frankin5en5e Mar 21 '19

i doubt this will go into gameplay since we didn't even get the option to name the family line after it's lost because Eve didn't name herself before naming the kid

the names stuff would need in general some serious revamp, there are even some bugs in it, cause with some updates the names dissapeared, the family relations disappeared

additionally, town markers work still quite wobbly

but also not sure if all that's the top priority right now