[UA] Weirdness: unintentional cannibalism

[Daniel Butler]

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From: "Susan Dohnim" <bibadoo at hotmail.com>
To: <ua at lists.unknown-armies.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:32 PM
Subject: [UA] Weirdness: unintentional cannibalism


> Speaking of hardened notches, earlier this week the question of
self-checks
> came up in the campaign I'm in. It seems as though Mak Attak is working
> locally, and to make a long story short, why is unintentional cannibalism
a
> self-7 check?
>
> Am I just a sociopath, or is that way too high? How would folks here react
> to finding out that they'd unintentionally eaten human meat? I'd be a
little
> disgusted, but if it tasted okay and I wasn't worried about disease I
can't
> see myself minding that much. Yeah I'd be pissed off at whoever served it,
> but a self-check? For doing something unintentionally? Not sure I buy it.
>
> Opins?

How about in utero cannibalism? (huzzah for Dark Half references). "Yes, you
ate your own twin in the womb whilst you were both in the fetal stage, have
a Self-4 stress check!"