Sacrifice is not a casual evant - you have to include the whole ritual leading up to the moment you kill/burn/destroy the sacrificial object. A battle isn't the right "atmosphere" for a sacrifice in this way. Now, there probably are certain rites that a humakti can perform before the battle to "sanctify" his actions, but then he'd better not deviate *in any way* from the requirements of the ritual - no sparing an enemy just because he happens to means something to you (whether freiendship or ransom). No retreat, no quarter asked or given - you either kill all or die trying (humakt doesn't care either way).
This is sort of how I imagine the "Death Song Berserk" to work - it's not a casual feat, and scares the h*ll out of your opponents (and when an entire hero band does it...)
Roderick
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