[Rq-rules] House Rule Query

[Lance Dyas]

Wayne Shaw wrote:
> At 05:11 PM 2/9/2008, you wrote:
>> Hi, All,
>>    I wonder if the following idea for a house rule would be a mistake.
>>    Instead of sacrificing POW, a character may sacrifice an animal at 
>> the
>> temple.  (Said animal must be bought from the temple priests at some
>> inflated price, of course.)  Better spells would require a larger, more
>> expensive animal -- goat for weaker spells, bull for stronger spells,
>> and human sacrifice a possibility for bad guys worshipping disreputable
>> gods.  (Ba'al, anyone?)
>>    So, would this make divine magic _too_ accessible, _too_ cheap?
>
> It essentially allows you to turn money into Divine Magic points, 
> which I think is almost certainly a bad idea.
>  
I guess its already been said.. even rarity is overcomeable with enough 
money...
so the sacrefice might be worded as a wild tiger captured by your own hand..
 and similar things which make it obvious if you do something to get too 
much
help will invalidate the sacrefice.

In effect it is the effort and personal involvement which is 
sacreficed.. you cant
rely on your daddies inheritance for this one boy...