Shoot Your Mate: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''; one of many notorious tests that Lolth demands of drow is like this. First, when the “subject” is chosen, someone close to the subject (spouse, lover, sibling, possibly even parent or offspring) is designated the “enemy”. Then the enemy receives a divine message from Lolth, claiming the subject is a failure who has been condemned to death, ordering the enemy to ambush and kill the subject. Should the enemy agree to do so, Lolth sends a divine message to the subject right before the ambush occurs, ordering her to slay an ally. This test has three possible outcomes. If the subject kills the enemy, she is allowed to take any of the enemy’s belongings, and gains a boon from Lolth that - usually - lasts a month. If the subject is killed, she is deemed a true failure, and Lolth consumes her soul. Should either of the two drow hesitate and refuse to kill the other then (assuming she survives) she is [[Fate Worse Than Death| turned into a drider]] - it is entirely possible that this will happen to both of them.