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<blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 8098864" data-attributes="member: 40176"><p>I think the running theme of the sacrifices is that the people are sacrificing things that they need. The towns sacrificing food are giving up their day's harvest and going hungry. The towns sacrificing warmth are braving the extreme cold for the night with only blankets and body heat for warmth. And, notably, the towns conducting humanoid sacrifice are not sacrificing criminal townsfolk, or captured bandits - which they surely would do, if they believed it would be an acceptable alternative. It has to be a meaningful loss to them.</p><p></p><p>So yes, they might sacrifice an animal - but only as part of the sacrifice of food, if that animal would have gone to feed the town.</p><p></p><p>Something the book hints at, but which could have been made more explicit, is that, while none of these sacrifices have caused Auril to relent, they have not gone unnoticed. Cold Hearted Killer shows that she's specifically tasked a minion with eliminating those who attempt to cheat their way out of the sacrifice lottery. Whether you choose to keep or remove the humanoid sacrifices, it might be worth doing something to show that, in any instance where a sacrifice fails to take place, there is some form of harsh retribution from Auril.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarkB, post: 8098864, member: 40176"] I think the running theme of the sacrifices is that the people are sacrificing things that they need. The towns sacrificing food are giving up their day's harvest and going hungry. The towns sacrificing warmth are braving the extreme cold for the night with only blankets and body heat for warmth. And, notably, the towns conducting humanoid sacrifice are not sacrificing criminal townsfolk, or captured bandits - which they surely would do, if they believed it would be an acceptable alternative. It has to be a meaningful loss to them. So yes, they might sacrifice an animal - but only as part of the sacrifice of food, if that animal would have gone to feed the town. Something the book hints at, but which could have been made more explicit, is that, while none of these sacrifices have caused Auril to relent, they have not gone unnoticed. Cold Hearted Killer shows that she's specifically tasked a minion with eliminating those who attempt to cheat their way out of the sacrifice lottery. Whether you choose to keep or remove the humanoid sacrifices, it might be worth doing something to show that, in any instance where a sacrifice fails to take place, there is some form of harsh retribution from Auril. [/QUOTE]
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