Post by Bane on Jan 7, 2009 12:46:03 GMT -6
Rank is a position everyone wants to have, but not everyone can have it. Frustrating, innit?
The rank most wanted at every single Weyr is Weyrwoman or Weyrleader. Well, the Weyrwoman writer chooses the weyrleader based on his/her own judgment and system. The BoD has very little control over who is Weyrleader so long as it's not too unusual (like a bluerider).
Here at Nurien, the only way to gain the position of Weyrleader is to write REALLY WELL in the senior queens mating flight. Since it is up to the writer of the senior queen to decide who she wants to be her Weyrleader.
The junior queens will fly, but their choices do not necessarily have any impact on the rank of the winner of the flight.
And it's up to the writer of the Weyrleader who he/she wants to write their Weyrsecond. Like with the queen writers choice for Weyrleader, it is then the Weyrleader writers choice for Weyrsecond. The duties of Weyrsecond are basically to assist the Weyrleader in his duties and back him in his decisions. So naturally the Weyrsecond is someone the current Weyrleader really gets along with IC.
Now, that's how the Weyrleader system will work from now on at Nurien.
As for rules...
A single member can have up to 4 ranking characters. *gasp* WTF you might be wondering...
There are ranks other than the Weyrleaders and junior queenriders. To list a few:
Wingleader
Weyrlingmaster
Candidatemaster
Craftmaster
Lord/Lady Holder
Whermaster
All of these count as rank. You may have noticed that journeyman is not on the list. Until your journeyman character is approved to walk the tables as a master, they are not considered ranking characters. This is basically because it takes a LONG TIME for some journeymen to attain master rank.
So we'll keep it at 4 ranking characters per member.
So, if you have the Weyrleader position and 3 other rankers, you must wait until the next deciding flight to see if you can gain another ranker. If you have 4 ranking characters already before trying for Weyrleader, well... I guess you're SOL.
You may have noticed that I left out the bronzeriders that are not wingleaders or Weyrleader. They ride metallic, yes, but other than being a bronzerider they don't really hold any other rank. RANKING CHARACTERS, for the point of the 4 per limitation, are the major ones listed. Wingleaders are rotational... by some random non-system. So watch the winglists if you already have a wingleader. They change periodically, though this will be announced when we do a wholesale shuffling of the wings.
This is subject to change just like any other rule on the board. It is subject to change WITHOUT NOTICE, so check back in periodically.
The rank most wanted at every single Weyr is Weyrwoman or Weyrleader. Well, the Weyrwoman writer chooses the weyrleader based on his/her own judgment and system. The BoD has very little control over who is Weyrleader so long as it's not too unusual (like a bluerider).
Here at Nurien, the only way to gain the position of Weyrleader is to write REALLY WELL in the senior queens mating flight. Since it is up to the writer of the senior queen to decide who she wants to be her Weyrleader.
The junior queens will fly, but their choices do not necessarily have any impact on the rank of the winner of the flight.
And it's up to the writer of the Weyrleader who he/she wants to write their Weyrsecond. Like with the queen writers choice for Weyrleader, it is then the Weyrleader writers choice for Weyrsecond. The duties of Weyrsecond are basically to assist the Weyrleader in his duties and back him in his decisions. So naturally the Weyrsecond is someone the current Weyrleader really gets along with IC.
Now, that's how the Weyrleader system will work from now on at Nurien.
As for rules...
A single member can have up to 4 ranking characters. *gasp* WTF you might be wondering...
There are ranks other than the Weyrleaders and junior queenriders. To list a few:
Wingleader
Weyrlingmaster
Candidatemaster
Craftmaster
Lord/Lady Holder
Whermaster
All of these count as rank. You may have noticed that journeyman is not on the list. Until your journeyman character is approved to walk the tables as a master, they are not considered ranking characters. This is basically because it takes a LONG TIME for some journeymen to attain master rank.
So we'll keep it at 4 ranking characters per member.
So, if you have the Weyrleader position and 3 other rankers, you must wait until the next deciding flight to see if you can gain another ranker. If you have 4 ranking characters already before trying for Weyrleader, well... I guess you're SOL.
You may have noticed that I left out the bronzeriders that are not wingleaders or Weyrleader. They ride metallic, yes, but other than being a bronzerider they don't really hold any other rank. RANKING CHARACTERS, for the point of the 4 per limitation, are the major ones listed. Wingleaders are rotational... by some random non-system. So watch the winglists if you already have a wingleader. They change periodically, though this will be announced when we do a wholesale shuffling of the wings.
This is subject to change just like any other rule on the board. It is subject to change WITHOUT NOTICE, so check back in periodically.