> >There are then special cases like the
> >Humakti who has severed said relationship but may
> >still retain the knowledge (or would they?),..
> See, if a Humakti severs his relationship with his
> father, it goes from
> Loves Father 17, to Severed Relationship with Father
> 17. Just as when
> another character's father dies, his goes to Loves
> Dead Father 17.
>
> Relationships never die, they just mutate awfully
> (and there are rules for it). :-)
True, and a good point. I'm trying to get straight in my mind what effect magical severing of a relationship will have. It would remove any *magical* connection, that's for sure. And any legal connection. But it can't remove the memories, can it? Nor what passes for genetics in Glorantha: you're still stuck with your father's big nose.
Then there's the question of the relatives who just don't get it and say "yes, you're Humakti, but you're still our cousin, now come and help!"
And history doesn't go away. You still "have been" in the family, they may come and pester you to resheath. I'm not sure if a curse on the bloodline would hit you or not. One on you wouldn't hit them, but is it a two-way thing?
Probably a case of personal interpretation, at a guess. Maybe a contest using the original severing ability (some NPC way back before play started).
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