RE: Re: HUMAKTI ABILITY

From: guy hoyle <ghoyle1_at_...>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 15:59:16 -0500


Maybe this would be a better subcult of an enemy god of Humakt's such as Zorak Zoran, to be used against swordwielders. Or maybe a Yanafal Tarnils would be more appropriate?

Guy

|-----Original Message-----
|From: guy jobbins [mailto:gej865_at_...]
|Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 3:48 PM
|To: hw-rules_at_egroups.com
|Subject: Re: HUMAKTI ABILITY
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|guy asked:
|> > upon Humakt's authority as god of swords, basically "shaming" the
|> weapon
|> > into missing its attack, slipping from the attacker's grasp, or
|> even being
|> > able to dull the sword. Do these sound appropriate for a devotee
|> of Humakt?
|
|wulf said:
|> If it was RQ, I'd say that was Dullblade, which I believe was
|banned
|> for Humakti. However, your explanation sounds pretty plausible for
|> HW, I think I'd allow it as an offensive attack generating a
|handicap ....
|> Wulf
|
|not sure i agree here... true, humakt has authority as the god of
|swords, but what does it mean to be a devotee of humakt? more than
|the power one gains as an instrument of death, one must embrace death
|itself. using the power of the god of death and swords to turn aside
|a sword stroke strikes me as being... not cowardly, exactly, but
|certainly unworthy...
|
|in myth humakt severs himself from his kin so that he can work
|without favoritism - why, then, should he protect even, or
|especially, his devotees, people who have given themselves to death?
|i'm far from my sources right now, but i don't recall any (rq) divine
|protection magic associated with humakt, just the spirit spell...
|
|humakt gives one power to inflict death, but not does defend one from
|it - for that there is armor, and, more importantly, the skill of the
|warrior. i'd say that just as this logic banned dullblade, humakt
|would not be willing to save a loyal servant of death from a true
|sword stroke.
|
|cheers, guy
|
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