I was wrong to smite you and not explicitly tell you why. I kind of assumed that you would understand why, but it's clear you didn't and that's not fun or fair. I apologize.

I ended up going back and figuring out who you were and remembering what happened. The reason for the smite was that you sent up a pray that was very much OOC and silly. Some more context: I recall there being kind of a pattern of behavior that I believed was intended to be "chaotic" but was instead occasionally violated the wall between RL and the fantasy world of CF. This tendency was also written out in the character's role. Basically, with all of this in mind, I thought you were intentionally trying to see how far you could push that boundary with that prayer. The smite was just intended to let you know that you had pushed it far enough.

Given that it was a little while ago and a metric ####ton has happened since then both in and out of CF, I don't remember if I ever did anything else to guide you. I remember intending to - I've helped to course-correct more than a couple of characters entering chaotic-stupid territory. But maybe I didn't. I've been busy and have a kid on the way in the next couple of months. If I neglected to follow up, then that's on me.

When I smite someone, especially if they're just chilling at the Inn or in their guild, I hadn't thought of it as an *actual* punishment since it has no consequences beyond very temporarily dropping HP and mana by 50%. I underestimated the emotional damage that a smite can do beyond its mechanical effects.

In the future, I will make sure that the precise reason for a smite is absolutely clear.

I do care about this game. I don't do this for the power-trip. I genuinely dislike enacting punishment (though I clearly relish the occasional smite). I haven't had time to play a mort in a long time now because I feel a responsibility to use what little CF time I have to try to deepen the experience for people who play this game. Sometimes I screw up and/or don't come across as intended. This is one of those cases.