rpietila II Coronation Raffle
See previous post for the context.
151,000*RAF-2 tickets will be awarded to living PC in proportion to their achievements in several important areas that do not pay regular dividends. Most important of these are this time Wisdom and Horses+Carriages, with several others also contributing. The evaluation will be done in about 1 year from now and exact time announced beforehand. In addition, 49,000*RAF-2 is allocated to the NPCC's who need to get rid of them competitively (sell either the tickets or the prizes before the term expires).
200 gemstones are the prizes so the chance of winning one is 1:1,000. In addition, the players may donate other prizes as happened in the RAF-1 as well.
1* 20 ct Imperial Diamond
1* 10 ct Diamond
3* 5 ct Diamond
5* 2 ct Diamond
8* 1 ct Diamond
2* Large Ruby
20* Ruby
3* Large Sapphire
30* Sapphire
4* Large Emerald
50* Emerald
10* Large Topaz
63* Topaz
The "large" means that the stone is larger than any of the diamonds and considerably larger than the same type without attribute "large". Large stones are good for coronet/sceptre main stones or magnificent rings, small stones for any purpose. ("Midsize" will possibly be added later, now the fungibility is retained by having a bit less categories.) The 2nd batch of stones, given as presents to the Coronation guests, is 180 stones. There are currently no plans to use the remaining maximum quota of about 210 stones. The benefits from allocating the rest of the quota will be enjoyed by the Town.
If it should happen that our majesty does not win the Imperial Diamond in the raffle, we make the reserve bid of 350,000,000 m for it, expiring end-1638 (allowing the mounting of it in some important piece of regalia before the coronation). We take no grudge if the owner wishes to keep it rather, believing that we can nevertheless make our robes majestic enough using other means in our possession.
The tickets will have a preset spoil schedule and the total length of the raffle is about 1 year (all prizes awarded beginning of -38).