by Wood4Sheep
Either outcome can be chosen, regardless of who has gold or doesn't. The "vote" is only about which option to take - it does not require anything except agreement. If we had intended to require the gold be on hand, it would have read, "If all players pay 1 gold..." If the gold option is agreed to, then those without any gold simply do nothing - the same as if a player with no Clank! cubes on the board gets a negative Clank! effect.Note that, even a player who has no gold could refuse to agree, forcing the second option - although I'm sure only someone very nefarious would do this!