Jeff, I agree this topic could veer too far. I think Jeff hit the nail on the head when he suggested we needed to use the term 'sociopath'. Portraying Humakti as anti-social death monks is one of my pet dislikes, which is why I contributed to this thread.
Certainly, Humakti are accepted by and accept society in a way that Gargarthi are not and do not. If many Humakti were psychopaths/ sociopaths, I don't see how this would be possible. I guess we agree that Gargarthi and Uroxi tend to be sociopaths or psychopaths? If so, for Humakti NOT to have this tendency, I think, makes Humakti more interesting. Otherwise we have an array of rather similar anti-social cultists.
I dislike the equation of killing with anti-social activity. I think that is importing an inappropriate modern notion into Heortling culture. Orlanth is a murderer (and a thief, too); violence is always an option. If Orlanth is happy to murder, and indeed is archetypically normal, why should a death specialist (Humakt) be twisted?
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