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I'm kinda realizing how bad Ludivines councilor trait is.
At first I had thought this meant that she would do a extra national but it wouldn't have a councilor bonus so it would be doof+her stats and bonuses on a random project. That's not that bad as that's 38+40 so start at at least 78 right? That's pretty good. We can knock out low stuff thats just sat there for a while. Sounds great. Random free national action.
But apparently that's not how that works. It's literally just her stats. So 40.
That's actually kind of horrible.
We only have a 50 percent chance of hitting a 90 DC. We've only got 5 actions at 90 or lower. Two of those are flubber related. If we get rid of flubber ones the next dcs are in the 110s I belive. Ludivine only has a 30 percent chance of hitting those.
I think this trait might need a rework.
A 1/6th chance of triggering is low enough that I think it makes sense for this to just be a bonus national action with no councilor bonus. Just using Ludivines stats alone would seem to trap her in doing actions she has a very low chance of success at and a increased chance of failure.
The Lovemuffin problem if you will.
I'd much rather it be her getting so hyped on science she takes on a whole other project on her own initiative that would still get the doof bonus and loyalty and so on but no councilor bonus.
That way we would be excited at the chance of knocking out low level products occasionally instead of dreading her trait triggering and seeing what she was probably going to fail at this time.
That's in part of why I chose the personals I did for next turn. If it goes well it could lead to say, Doof helping Ludivine tinker when she wanders.
-[] Personal Actions:
--[] Doof:
---[] Spend Time With Norm
---[] Study Magic
---[] Remove Flubber: Tell Janus to hide the research so it won't tempt you or Ludivine ever again.
---[] Chat with the Bossman (Ludivine)
--[] Council
---[] [Ludivine] (Reflect on what almost happened)
Regarding turn planning, I think I will be going with these 5 personals next turn. I think this could be a good character moment. For both Doof and Ludivine!