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* ''WebVideo/LifeSMP'': In Seasons 2 and 4 of the DeadlyGame setting, the Boogeyman curse functions along the lines of one: the inflicted player(s) must kill another player to cure themselves or face a penalty relating to their lives the next day -- being reduced to their final life in Season 2, and dropping to the next colour grade in hearts (i.e. losing up to a third of their original life-time) in Season 4. [[spoiler:So far in Season 2, exactly one person has refused to commit the mandatory murder upon being cursed and accepted the penalty of having his life prematurely shortened out of UndyingLoyalty.]]

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In Seasons ''WebVideo/LastLifeSMP'' and ''WebVideo/LimitedLifeSMP'' (Seasons 2 and 4 of the DeadlyGame setting, 4, respectively), the Boogeyman curse functions along the lines of one: the inflicted player(s) must kill another player to cure themselves or face a penalty relating to their lives the next day -- being reduced to their final life in Season 2, Last Life, and dropping to the next colour grade in hearts (i.e. losing up to a third of their original life-time) in Season 4. Limited Life. [[spoiler:So far in Season 2, Last Life, exactly one person has refused to commit the mandatory murder upon being cursed and accepted the penalty of having his life prematurely shortened out of UndyingLoyalty.]]]]
** The personalized secret tasks in Season 5, WebVideo/SecretLifeSMP'', must be fulfilled to counter the AntiRegeneration gimmick of the season. If a player fails their task, they get no hearts at the end of the session. If a player fails a rerolled harder task, they lose 10 hearts.
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** Figures prominently into the second book, ''The Jennifer Morgue'' where the protagonist is put under a reality-warping geas that essentially transforms him into a [[Film/JamesBond James Bond-esque]] hero (Turns out [[spoiler:this is exactly what the BigBad wants, as he plans on dismissing the geas right before the protagonist is about to win, at which point a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurred and he can kill the protagonist easily. Fortunately, it turns out the protagonist was actually playing the role of ''Bond girl'']]).

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** Figures prominently into the second book, ''The Jennifer Morgue'' where the protagonist is put under a reality-warping geas that essentially transforms him into a [[Film/JamesBond James Bond-esque]] hero (Turns out [[spoiler:this is exactly what the BigBad wants, as he plans on dismissing the geas right before the protagonist is about to win, at which point a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurred win and he can kill the protagonist them easily. Fortunately, it turns out the protagonist was actually playing the role of ''Bond girl'']]).
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* Dunstan in ''ComicBook/ADistantSoil'' is a FairFolk, and he says he is under a Geas that he can't tell a mortal soul who he really is while he's on mortal soil. However, it applies only to soil, that is to say, the ground - which means when he's on a cruise ship or a spaceship, he can actually mention this without violating it.
* In ''{{ComicBook/DIE}}'', this is part of the Dictator's powerset. The Dictator class is "like Bards, if everyone was fucking petrified of Bards."
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The oaths of the Amazons to Aphrodite act like a set of geas, though the "rule" most commonly broken (not allowing their bracelets to be chained by a man) only results in temporary weakening. The queen losing her girdle is treated much more seriously, but so long as it is recovered in a timely manner things go back to normal. On the other hand letting a man walk in the city on Paradise Island will unmake everything Aphrodite has given to the Amazons, at the very least turning them into regular mortal women. It is heavily hinted that the actual most mild effect the Amazons could hope for is the deaths of all of those who are well older than a normal human lifespan.
* The Principles that guide ComicBook/TheEternals compel them to eliminate whatever they perceive as Deviant.
* This is what ultimately did Dr. Druid, a former member of ComicBook/TheAvengers in ''ComicBook/Druid1995''. After one of his followers was murdered by Damion Hellstrom, he gained new powers, but because he didn't have anyone else with him when he did so, he didn't know what his geis was and ended up hooking up with Nekra Sinclair, a witch -- who was working with Hellstrom and triggered Druid's geis, which was to never fall in love with a witch. Nekra and Hellstrom ended up killing Druid.

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* ''ComicBook/{{DIE}}'': This is part of the Dictator's powerset. The Dictator class is "like Bards, if everyone was fucking petrified of Bards."
* ''ComicBook/ADistantSoil'':
Dunstan in ''ComicBook/ADistantSoil'' is a FairFolk, and he says he is under a Geas that he can't tell a mortal soul who he really is while he's on mortal soil. However, it applies only to soil, that is to say, the ground - which means when he's on a cruise ship or a spaceship, he can actually mention this without violating it.
* In ''{{ComicBook/DIE}}'', this is part of the Dictator's powerset. The Dictator class is "like Bards, if everyone was fucking petrified of Bards."
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': The oaths of the Amazons to Aphrodite act like a set of geas, though the "rule" most commonly broken (not allowing their bracelets to be chained by a man) only results in temporary weakening. The queen losing her girdle is treated much more seriously, but so long as it is recovered in a timely manner things go back to normal. On the other hand letting a man walk in the city on Paradise Island will unmake everything Aphrodite has given to the Amazons, at the very least turning them into regular mortal women. It is heavily hinted that the actual most mild effect the Amazons could hope for is the deaths of all of those who are well older than a normal human lifespan.
* The Principles that guide ComicBook/TheEternals compel them to eliminate whatever they perceive as Deviant.
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''ComicBook/Druid1995'': This is what ultimately did in Dr. Druid, a former member of ComicBook/TheAvengers in ''ComicBook/Druid1995''.Druid. After one of his followers was murdered by Damion Hellstrom, he gained new powers, but because he didn't have anyone else with him when he did so, he didn't know what his geis was and ended up hooking up with Nekra Sinclair, a witch -- who was working with Hellstrom and triggered Druid's geis, which was to never fall in love with a witch. Nekra and Hellstrom ended up killing Druid.Druid.
* ''ComicBook/TheEternals'': The Principles that guide the Eternals compel them to eliminate whatever they perceive as Deviant.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol. 1]]: The oaths of the Amazons to Aphrodite act like a set of geas, though the "rule" most commonly broken (not allowing their bracelets to be chained by a man) only results in temporary weakening. The queen losing her girdle is treated much more seriously, but so long as it is recovered in a timely manner things go back to normal. On the other hand letting a man walk in the city on Paradise Island will unmake everything Aphrodite has given to the Amazons, at the very least turning them into regular mortal women. It is heavily hinted that the actual most mild effect the Amazons could hope for is the deaths of all of those who are well older than a normal human lifespan.

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''Geas'' is a Scottish Gaelic word pronounced as "gesh"; its plural is ''geasan''. This is the spelling most commonly seen in English-language works. ''Geis'' is the Irish equivalent, pronounced the same, and its plural is ''geasa'' (pronounced "GYA-sa"). In the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitive_case genitive case]], Scots Gaelic uses ''geis'' and Irish uses ''geas''.



''Geas'' is a Scottish Gaelic word pronounced as "gesh"; its plural is ''geasan''. This is the spelling most commonly seen in English-language works. ''Geis'' is the Irish equivalent, pronounced the same, and its plural is ''geasa'' (pronounced "GYA-sa"). In the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitive_case genitive case]], Scots Gaelic uses ''geis'' and Irish uses ''geas''.

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