Post:Sacrifice Verb - 03/18/2012 - 06:35

Re: Sacrifice Verb · on 03/18/2012 06:35 AM CDT	1148
>>It just seems to me that taking all your favors away is wrong thing IC, even for a Dark god, to do. Sure, take your life, but bleeding off all your favors if you're willing to die for a god? Strange. It was something requested by The Bosses to discourage frivolous sacrifices, as person sacrifice is kind of a big deal and shouldn't be a common occurrence. It's not "wrong" at all; there are several ways a character might interpret it. After all, the associated crime is Forbidden Practices rather than Murder. 1) The dark gods simply hate the mortals. 2) Being sacrificed brings you so close to the gods momentarily that your soul sheds off its favors in an effort to just go to the Starry Road already. 3) Being sacrificed is the ultimate purification. 4) Sacrificers are psychotic individuals who hide the true intent behind the ritual, which may or may not be collecting people's favors to fuel the Elothean mothership. 5) God or demon, when you are sacrificed to it, it probably doesn't want you to stand back up right away. Not easily, anyway. Pick your favorite. >>Usually gods in most mythologies, and in major religions, promise all sorts of "good" things for their "martyrs" "sacrificial lambs", etc. Yes, for the afterlife. GM Grejuva
This message was originally posted in The Clerics \ Communes, Rituals and Devotion, by DR-GREJUVA on the play.net forums.