[Rq-rules] House Rule Query

[Lance Dyas]

Lance Dyas wrote:
> 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...
>  
In fact the above solidifies in my mind things like some of the 
conditionals often
placed on harvesting of magical ingredients .... they become proofs of
commitment too.