Peter Metcalfe:
> Since Humakt is the God of Death and has been known to strike
> people dead for breaking an oath (cf the consequences of breaking
> an Oath spell in RQ), I see no reason to abjure the jehovahist
> imagery of being struck dead in favour of a dull mundane explanation.
Also, the Household of Death took more than normal geases, so breaking them would incur a greater than normal penalty.
If you want a mundane explanation, rather than the satisfying "Struck Down by the Gods", try this one. If you become apostate from Humakt, doesn't your sword shatter? Breaking a mega-geas would probably make you instantly apostate in any case, leaving you swordless in combat, which is always a laugh.
See Ya
Simon Received on Wed 02 May 2007 - 04:19:40 EEST
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