Kinstrife

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 16:49:36 +1300


Andrew Larsen:

> In my campaign, some bad guys tricked one of the Orlanthi PCs into
>committing a kinslaying during a heroquest. Two questions:
> 1) what might the mythic effect of kinslaying be? I've got a few ideas,
>but I want to see if anyone has any neat ideas.

The cosmic law is turned upside down and chaos becomes more prominent in the vicinity of the wrongdoers.

>2) Are there any quests that might be used to atone for kinslaying? I
>have this nagging idea that there is, but I can't think of one.

I'm not so sure that it's something that can be atoned for. By his actions, the PC will have kin who want to see him done in. Their hatred fuels the kinstrife and to halt it, the Hero will have to satisfy their vengeance in some way.

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