Rule of Three

The Rule of Three is a principle that anything done the third time will be affected in some way magically, although whether or not this is a 'positive' thing for those involved varies, one of the simplest of Patterns.. In addition the effect can be stacked, such as holding three defeats over the same family by three members, or collecting 99 scalps which is the effect of the rule of three thirty-three times over.<ref name=":0">“I don’t suppose you know where there are any superior goblins?” she asked.

“I’d be betraying my guests if I directed a practitioner their way.”

“Goes against the whole point, huh?”

“Yes.  In theory, I could point you to a certain individual who betrayed my rules, Rackspatter of the Nine Thousand Scalps, but I wouldn’t be doing you a service.  For one thing, he can’t be bound.  If I remember right, ninety-nine of his nine thousand scalps are from practitioners that tried and failed.  It’s like the rule of three, reinforced thirty three times over.  At this point, it’s a foregone conclusion.  You’d be the hundredth.”

“And he’d be over nine thousand,” she said. - Excerpt from Signature 8.7</ref>

Uses

• Succeeding in an endeavor thrice will make the victory that much more definitive.

• Losing to the same person thrice will make the defeat that much more painful.

• Questioning someone or something thrice makes it so their answers means more to the spirits and the penalty are greater.

• Binding something in three layers have the strongest effect.

• Saying something venomously three times can create a curse.<ref> - Excerpt from Lost for Words 1.5</ref>

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