Re: [hw-rules] Re: Geas-breaker

From: Mikko Rintasaari <mikrin_at_...>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:07:41 +0300 (EET DST)

> > No, I meant Harshaltars sworn enemy. The Red Emperor personifies all
> > that the Household of Death stand against.
>
> Humakt Doesn't CARE. Not At All. He's a god of OATHS. And Harshaltar,
> a _disciple_ to the god of oaths, was an oathbreaker. Seems very
> simple to me:
>
> You Break Geas, You Pay.

But I mean it's hard to imagine a geas that the red emperor could force Harshaltar to break. That's all I meant. Killing the Emperor must have been a high priority to the Household of Death, so the geases they took will not have anything restrictive of that.

> No weasle wording. No whinning. No whimpering
> about who's fault it was. You broke a sworn bargain with your god.
> Oaths and geas are not trivial things -- just like illumnation
> shouldn't be trival. (sadly, most folks seem to go into the gift/geas
> thing for power, just like most old RQ PC illuminates seemed to
> be out for the array of funky divine powers they can steal)

Uh, this is not at all what I was after.

<snip>
> And tricking someone into breaking a powerful geas is just _so_
> spiritually satisfying...
>
> Hope this clarifies,
>
> Jeff

I'm afraid it doesn't. I know the mechanism, but for the life of me I can't imagine a geas of Harlsatar that the Emperor could trick him to break during their fight.

        -Adept