Your pawns can only promote to knights or bishops, never to queens or rooks.
Minor Nobilityis one of Nerf Chess's secret handicaps. In Nerf mode you choose one of two nerfs before the first move, in secret, and carry it for the whole game.
The board quietly enforces it: any move it forbids is simply never offered, so you cannot break it by accident. Your opponent never sees which nerf you took until the game ends, so every move you make is also a clue they are trying to read.
“The crown ennobles, but only so far.”
Affects your queens, pawns, knights, bishops, and rooks.