[Rq-rules] House Rule Query

[Wayne Shaw]

At 11:58 AM 2/10/2008, you 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...

As I commented, it might be okay in that case, but at that point I'd 
suggest it not be the only method, as it'd get incredibly tedious 
having to do that for _every_ divine spell you want.