> > I think there is, but I don't think it's risk-free in the way
> > you seem to be suggesting.
> Why invoke chaos as your mechanism?
I'm not, I'm saying it's one possible mechanism in extreme cases.
> ...Surely there's divine or spiritual
> retribution (often in the form of player characters). I prefer to
use
> more subtle and 'inside the world' methods of illustrating the
> way-of-the-world than having folks sprout tentacles or sweat acic.
Precisely why I say things like :
"The fact he murdered
his older brother for selfish ends will do nicely thank you,
chaos doesn't have to come into it at all."
> Which means when they DO start sweating acid, everyone is proprely
> shocked and horrified.
As they should be. It's the extreme case.
Simon Hibbs
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