Can Mark of Justice be activated more than once?

[Kahuna Burger]

The phrasing seems ambigious, if you place a mark of justice on someone with the condition of, say "Do not beat up little old ladies" and the recipeint goes out and beats up a little old lady, they are effected as though Cursed. So what if they then go out and beat up another old lady... do they get cursed again?

Also, what official limits have been placed on how specific the mark must be? And can a single target be effected by multiple marks?

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[Kahuna Burger]

Also, what official limits have been placed on how specific the mark must be? And can a single target be effected by multiple marks?

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hrmm, is this so obvious to not be worth answering, or just not anyone here's area? bump...

 

[Antoine]

The phrasing seems ambigious, if you place a mark of justice on someone with the condition of, say "Do not beat up little old ladies" and the recipeint goes out and beats up a little old lady, they are effected as though Cursed. So what if they then go out and beat up another old lady... do they get cursed again?

Also, what official limits have been placed on how specific the mark must be? And can a single target be effected by multiple marks?

OK, I'll give it a try (correct me if I'm wrong) :
Mark of justice : is trespassed, penalty is similar to bestow curse.
Bestow curse, either :
A. -4 penalty to attack rolls… Penalties are like bonus, same source don't stack.
B. -6 decrease to an ability… Decrease is ambiguous (not clearly damage or drain), I'd rule as penalty, no stacking.
C. 50 % chance no to act each round… A 50 % chance is a 50 % chance, no cumulative effect possible here.

So, same mark of justice, multiple offenses : doesn't matter, no cumulative effects.
Multiple marks of justice : may result in several abilities decreased.

Off the rules, I probably wouldn't allow someone to be marked several times for the same offense. Meaning, if you try to refrain someone to beat up old ladies, that's one mark, and only one. But character may be marked again to refrain from killing babies as well.
Means any combination of effect like A + B, B + C, A + C or B + B, but on to different abilities.

I suppose that's it for the most valuable necromantic paladin spell around

 

[Tilla the Hun (work)]

hrmm, is this so obvious to not be worth answering, or just not anyone here's area? bump...

It's definitely an interesting question... Mainly due to the unclear nature of the ability reduction - drain or penalty?

I'd rule it as stacking - for each older lady he beats up, his score keeps dropping in that ability.

Makes sense that eventually, the mark of justice would 'stop' the criminal, not just reduce his effectivity.