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[-] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 44 points 8 months ago

I started reading Jhereg by Steven Brust, and it takes resurrection magic into account with the world building. Part of assassination involves hiding the body until the resurrection window passes. IIRC, the legal penalties for murder are also much less severe if you just kill someone, rather than make sure they're permanently dead.

There are also "Morganti" weapons. They're pretty much the Black Blade from Elric, so they eat souls. So not only do they make resurrection impossible, but the victim is extra dead, not even existing in an afterlife. As a result, using one is a high crime, punishable by death... by Morganti blade.

[-] swordsmanluke@programming.dev 18 points 8 months ago

using one is a high crime, punishable by death... by Morganti blade.

Man, if I were a soul killing assassin, with knowledge that souls and the afterlife is real... Getting my soul dissolved vs going to my eternal reward ... sounds like a pretty good deal.

[-] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 4 points 8 months ago

Fair, I guess it depends on what the afterlife looks like in the fictional world. :P I actually didn't get that far in the series, what with real life getting in the way, but I enjoyed it and mean to return to it.

[-] Neato@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

Lol. It's Morganti blades all the way down.

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