pesky impests

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From: Colin Watson (watson@computing-science.aberdeen.ac.uk)
Date: Tue 05 Jul 1994 - 18:45:36 EEST


Alex:
>>(my [Dave's?] conception of the Orlanthi is that the impests spend their days
>>spying on everybody, tallying up wrong doing).
>
>This is a worryingly totalitarian-sounding picture. I agree that Orlanth
>seems unusual in having SoR for very minor things, but it would be very
>odd if they're the conspicuous exception in having an effective Thought
>Police of them.

Well, I kinda liked the idea of impests spying on folk, but I think it credits them with too much intelligence. There are a couple of other ways I can see them working:

A/ They're let out by the Priests on holy days with orders to strike down

   anyone who isn't on Holy ground.

B/ They simply attack at random (exploiting the premise that

   Everyone Is Guilty Of *Something*).

What the Illuminate Says:
"Nonsense. Of course I'm immune to Spirits of Reprisal. <scratch> <scratch>  However I am allergic to sack-cloth <scratch> and cheese <scratch> <scratch>  and..."
:-)

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CW.

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