Tags are labels. They're short descriptions that are attached to a person, item, or place. Their effect can be good (#faster than greased lightning) or bad (#wanted dead or alive), but the best ones can be either depending on the situation (#never breaks her word). They should always be noteworthy.
In Clout we always preface a tag with the hash symbol ('#'). We also use italics for the tag, so we can tell where the tag ends and normal text begins.
Examples
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On a Place
A river might be #swift and #impassable. It's also #wet but that's not noteworthy enough to mention. A log crossing the river might be #wet, and that's definitely worth mentioning, cause that will make it harder to cross. It would be even more difficult to cross if it was #wet and #slimy.
On an Item
A sword might be #sharp or maybe even #enchanted. Then again, it could be #cursed.
A tag doesn't have to be one word, so maybe a player could find a sword that #magically deflects arrows away from the user.
On the other hand, tags shouldn't be too wordy. Instead of a ring that #makes the wearer invisible while extending his life and controls the other rings (technically that's three tags, but I'm making a point here), it's simpler to say that it's #The One Ring and have a separate write-up about what that means.
On a person
Robin Hood is #The Best Archer in the Land, even though Little John wins when they have a contest. He's also #Devoted to Maid Marian, which is usually used against him. Being the #Leader of The Merry Men is both an advantage (he has manpower at his disposal) and a disadvantage (he'll put himself in jeopardy to protect his men). Even though he's an #outlaw, I would go for the longer form of #Steals from the rich to give to the poor, as this, too, has a good side and a bad side.
Tags Can't Be Too Powerful
Some judges worry that players will take tags that are overly powerful and destroy the game. There is really nothing to worry about.
Let's imagine the worst-case scenario: Jack is a lifelong munchkin, and he gives his character the tag of #Supreme Being.
So what? There's two built-in mechanics the limit Jack's ability to abuse the tag.
Reason 1: Tags only give you a +1
The first is that the text of the tag doesn't increase its effect. When you're walking a tightrope, it doesn't matter if you're a #trained acrobat or the #Supreme Being, the result is the same: the roll is only boosted by one result category.
- Judge:
- Make a Nimbleness roll.
- Jack:
- 5!
- Judge:
- That's a failure. Did you want to apply any tags?
- Jack:
- Yes! I'm the #Supreme Being.
- Judge:
- That will drop your clout one level, and it brings you up to a partial. You make it all the way across, but half way across you lost your balance and fell. You managed to catch yourself, but everything you were carrying has dropped into the crevice.
- Jack:
- But I'm the #Supreme Being! That doesn't make any sense!
- Judge:
- No, it doesn't. But that's the way it works. Don't be such a munchkin in the future.
Reason 2: Tags Burn Clout
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The second mechanic that prevents abuse is that applying a tag to a situation causes the player to lose clout. A character only starts with 3 levels of clout to begin with. Every time Jack wants to apply #Supreme Being, he loses one of those levels. The only way to get clout back is for the character to actually fail at something, or to allow a tag to be applied against him. Jack's best-case scenario is to accept clout for a negative tag, and then to get lucky by rolling a 12 on a good skill. This would normally result in a crit, but now it gets knocked down to a (regular) success. He gets to succeed, and he gets to keep the clout.
- Judge:
- Make a Nimbleness roll.
- Jack:
- 5!
- Judge:
- That's a failure. Did you want to apply any tags?
- Jack:
- Yes! I'm the #Supreme Being.
- Judge:
- That will drop your clout one level, and it bring the result up to a partial.
- Jack:
- But my clout is already at zero.
- Judge:
- In that case you're stuck with the failure. You start out across the tight rope, but realize that you can't make it, so you turn back.
- Jack:
- But I'm the #Supreme Being! That doesn't make any sense!
- Judge:
- No, it doesn't. But that's the way it works. Don't be such a munchkin in the future.
Speaking alongside Clarke and Graeme McDowell in a special documentary on the Major-winning Irish trio, which airs on BBC One NI at 10.35pm tonight, McIlroy explains how he lives constantly in fear of being caught off guard by a fan with a mobile phone and a Twitter account.
“Every single person now is a media outlet because they have a Facebook or a Twitter or an Instagram or whatever it is,” he explains to the BBC’s Steve Watson. “You always have that shield up.
“Even when you should be enjoying your time with your friends or your family, you just always have that guard up because if you misstep the slightest bit or put a foot wrong, you do something that people don’t like, it’s going to get pounced on and you are going to get criticised for it. The advice my mum and dad have always given me is be yourself. Be yourself and be happy. People can say and write what they think.”
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Clarke admitted that being “judged all the time” is the toughest thing about sporting celebrity, especially for high profile players like McIlroy and McDowell.
“It takes a very strong person mentally,” McIlroy says. “You need a thick skin because if you start to read what everyone writes about you and the comments you can get sensitive pretty quick.
“But it is part of what we do. It is more a part of my life because of some of the decisions I have made off the course. But at the end of the day I just try to lead my life the way I want to and the way that makes me happy.”
While family men like Clarke and new dad McDowell are taking a step back from the Tour grind and playing less frequently, McIlroy admits that mixing high level sport with relationships is not an easy juggling act.
The disintegration of his relationship with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, culminating in him breaking off their engagement in May, has meant that he is now married to the game itself. “I am taking a leaf out of G-Mac’s book and saying golf is a single man’s game,” he says. “I am at the stage of my career and my life when I am putting golf first.
“Golf is a priority for me right now and for the foreseeable future that is what it is going to be. We travel so much, we are never really in the same place for very long. So it is hard to keep relationships going.
“Golf is my girlfriend at the minute and it is going to be that way for a while.”
Four wins, including two Majors and a World Golf Championship, in the last five months are a testament to the benefits of remaining a bachelor golfer.
Asked what he might be if he hadn’t become a golfer, McIlroy borrowed footballer Peter Crouch’s famous line by answering: “A virgin!”
But apart from the girls, the fame and the money, there is another benefit to McIlroy’s vaunted position in the game — clout.
He is also very much the king-maker having stood up and called for McGinley to get the Ryder Cup captaincy in the run-up to the vote in Abu Dhabi at the start of last year.
Now it looks as though he will have a big say in who gets to succeed the Dubliner — and he’s nailed his colours to the mast for Clarke.
“For a Ryder Cup in the States, I don’t think there is any better candidate from the European side,” McIlroy says. “He is absolutely loved over there.
“He’s hugely popular in the US. They love the whole cigar-smoking aspect and he’ll be just as well received in the US as probably the US captain. So it can only be an advantage for the European team if Darren was to lead us out in the States.”
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McDowell also endorsed the Dungannon man’s candidacy, and although Clarke tried to play it down, indicating that “the committee has to vote,” McIlroy interjected: “There is a bit of player power in there too!”
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As for the future, all three admit that winning golf tournaments is a “drug” that’s hard to give up and while McIlroy originally planned to retire at 40, he now believes he will find it hard to step away from the game.
“When I started my professional career at 18, I said there is no way I am going to go past 40 and that 22 years on tour is enough.
“Now I’m thinking 45 and maybe in a few years I will go to 50. I don’t think you ever lose that competitiveness.”
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n Major Champions, an Imagine Media production for BBC Northern Ireland, airs tonight on BBC One Northern Ireland at 10.35pm and tomorrow on BBC Two at 1.30pm.