YMMV / Rose of the Prophet

• Cult Classic: One of Weiss and Hickman's lesser-known works, but considered one of their best by those who've read it.
• Draco in Leather Pants: While he's a very cool character, it's still important to remember that Auda is never a good person.
• Evil Is Cool: Auda Ibn Jad, though a despicable and evil man, is actually on the side of the protagonists and more than once risks his life to save Khardan's neck.
• Ho Yay: Auda hits on Mathew throughout, even after discovering "Blossom" isn't a girl, and is very affectionate with his "brother" Khardan as well, in between propositioning Zohra.
• Too Cool to Live: Auda Ibn-Jad dies after killing Feisal.
• Writers Cannot Do Math: The world is inspired by a literal d20 die with 20 faces with 3 axes each, corresponding to 20 gods each with 3 attributes. Unfortunately, even not knowing the 3 attributes of all 20 of the gods, the known ones can't all be mapped onto a d20 without contradicting each other. For example, Promenthas is the god of Goodness, Charity, and Faith, Evren in the god of Goodness, Mercy, and Faith, Kharmani is the god of Faith, Mercy, and Greed, and Benario is the god of Faith, Chaos, and Greed. The remaining face around the Faith axis would have to be Charity, Faith, and Chaos—but Akhran is the god of Chaos, Impatience, and Faith.

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