RE: Oaths (was: Plain Sartarite/English)

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:26:15 -0000

> Luckily the gamer I have playing the Household of Death
> humakti really get's into the celtic Sartarite spirit with this.
>
> When the fifteen-year-old faced the dragon guardian of the
> Raven Banner (a somewhat birdlike dream-dragon, with black
> feathers) the dragon was amused and asked something like:
>
> "And if I don't give up the banner, you'll do what exactly?"
>
> Gerlef ansvered: "First I'll blind you, then I'll cripple
> you, and only after you ask me, will I grant you the release of Death"
>
> (Very impressive, thought I,

Me too! That's so dramatic, it would have to succeed in the end. The story demands it.

> So yes, one propably should think about one's oaths and
> promises, but boy do I love those impulsive Heortlings and
> their oaths :)
>
> I bet the player also wouldn't have it any other way...

Very true. I can just see some older and wiser Humakti thinking "been there, done that" and after the first few adventures like that, thinking hard before speaking. Those "silence" geases can be handy.