On Wednesday, April 04, 2001 3:21 PM, Jeff [SMTP:jeff.kyer_at_...] wrote:
>
> If someone had a geas "never to fight a god-talker in his house," and
> you fired an arrow in through the window, that's fine. But if you do
> so much as raise a hand to him in his home... its time for penalties.
> (There's a wonderful writeup on how geases work in Irish myth in
> 'Pagan Shore' which I'm very fond of!)
There's another really good one in GURPS Celtic Myth, with tips for the GM on how to foreshadow/scare players into thinking their geasa are about to come home to roost.
> And tricking someone into breaking a powerful geas is just _so_
> spiritually satisfying...
Llew Llaw Gyffes was tricked into revealing his geas so he could be "helped to avoid breaking it". Naturally, precisely the opposite happened, and he died. :)
>From a story point of view, I'm very much of the feeling that, especially for a
Devotee or Disciple of Humakt, breaking a geas should result in death.
Eventually. When it makes a fun story. I'm playing a Humakti at the moment, and
although we're all trying to keep him alive at the moment, I do think his story
*must* end with his death. I've given the issue some thought, and I am planning
to have him break a geas to bring it about. :)
Regards,
Bruce
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