Talk:The Seven Strictures/@comment-27329819-20160704024913/@comment-1500935-20160704225602

When everyone is dying around you and the Overseers and their strictures don't help, you can be tempted to rely on old superstitions and heresy as long as it keeps you alive.

EDIT: Well there's still a 50% chance the charm will cause your death, but that leaves 50% chance that you survive. :D