Re: Re: Questions: Humakti Honor

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From: Benedict Adamson <badamson_at_...>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 18:58:00 +0100

Jeff wrote:
...
> They embody Death by their mere presence. They exude it. They embrace
> it. Its terribly creepy by the standards of the day. Check out some
> of the crimes and punishments: A Humakti entering a home can cause
> miscarriages and slay the weakened by their presence.
...

I'm not so happy about this emphasis. Urox and Zorak Zoranni are scary, but not for supernatural reasons; they are feared because they are uncontrollably violent. If you want Humakti to be scary, I think its better to make them scary for predominantly mundane reasons.