Could be, but now you're talking about a different theme with the religion one. I like the aesthetic of religion as a part of ancient life more than medicine, although I suppose both are accurate.
-Aris On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:38 AM, Cuddle Beam <cuddleb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hrm, Miasma could work as a more granular kind of system than cards. Maybe > have Miasma go from 0 to 100, and minor punishments grant 0-25 Miasma, > while more severe ones grant 25-50. You'd lose 10 Miasma each month, and > depending on how much Miasma you've got, you'd be more or less "sick" with > different crippling effects (Just the regular "less Agoran decision power" > comes to mind). > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 3:02 AM, Ørjan Johansen <oer...@nvg.ntnu.no> wrote: > >> On Wed, 28 Feb 2018, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> >> Ok folks, what's a set of religious terms for Blots, punishment, temples, >>> and penance that won't be too culturally loaded for anyone? Keeping to the >>> Agoran theme, something ancient Greece and pleasing the gods? Or something >>> else (a little leery after the Karma/Eta thing annoyed some people). >>> >> >> If you want ancient Greece, I think you may be looking for the word >> "Miasma". From <https://en.wiktionary.org/wik >> i/%CE%BC%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek>: >> >> μῐ́ασμᾰ • (míasma) n (genitive μῐάσμᾰτος); third declension >> 1.pollution, defilement [quotations ▼] >> 2.shameful action, crime >> >> The English plural can be either Miasmas or Miasmata. >> >> Mind you, that's definitely not pleasing the gods, quite the opposite. See >> also <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma_(Greek_mythology)> and >> possibly <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma_theory>. >> >> Greetings, >> Ørjan. >>
