Re: [DL] d20 blessed and turn undead.

["cnc80@shaw.ca" <cnc80@shaw.ca>]

theprodgialson@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/11/03 3:29:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> cnc80@shaw.ca writes:
>
>> think I need to explain the blessed.
>>
>> He was a god fearing farmer from ohio who pretty much lived all his 
>> life on one with his wife marthy.
>>
>> 3 years ago a plague hit the farm town, taking away his wife of 20 
>> years as well as other farmers in the area.
>>
>> A few days later, his wife rose from the dead.
>>
>> When he saw his wife, he called upon the Lord to strike down this 
>> abomination...and it worked.
>>
>> He then burned what was left of the body and set off into the 
>> wilderness to serve the Lord whereever he would take it.
>>
>> Ever since then, he has been wandering the land with a bible in his 
>> left hand and a sixshooter in the other.
>>
>> He not really a preacher per say, more a divine vigillante of the 
>> Lord (arguing quite successfully that a blessed does not necessarily 
>> refer to a priest, minister or nun).
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> Yup...  I like that concept.  It's why i really liked the Crusader 
> prestige class in the "Way of the Gun" and cant wait to get my hands 
> on the other "Way of" books.. I really like the 'Way of the Huckster' 
> but i really feel that the Shootist should have been a prestige class 
> the more I read about the Crusader (what appears to be a holy version 
> of the Shootist).


here's my attempt on building a shootist prestige class.

http://crpgn.mortality.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5662#5662


Let me know what you think

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>> He is a very cool character that is very well played and is being 
>> played by an experienced character.
>>
>> He is also a serious pain in the butt sometimes.
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> That's the real sign of a great Player... They can be the cause great 
> things, but they can also be teh cause of alot of problems. But mostly 
> i have found they make the games much more enjoyable.
>
> But i love the character concept. It's simular to the concept i came 
> up with for a teamster whose entire family was wiped out when the 
> Wagon Train he was the trail boss for was attacked by the Lakota 
> indians.  This is what propted the US to send Custer's 7th Cavarly to 
> show the Indians that you don't attack and kill innocent civilians.
>
>> The party is roughly 3-4 level, to give you an idea on levels on 
>> encounters.
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> Hum... In my d20 campaigns I like to start my players out as 3rd to 
> 4th level (sometimes higher) because i have some really intense 
> campaigns. Basicly i put my characters through a "quest campaign" with 
> a loose outline that is simular to a TV Series or Movie format with 
> the PCs as the shows stars. 

>> I'm also trying to make him more apprehensive about using his 
>> miracles.  Any ideas?
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> That's easy.. Take a page right out of the Reverend Grimmes "Big Book 
> of Bad ju-ju" (trademarked by me...).  Have someone preforming 
> 'miracles' as well... but SLOWLY reveal them to be on the other side 
> of the fence. 
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> Basicly a 'dark blessed' character that would be the Deadlands 
> equivilent of a Cleric of an Evil God.

Sounds like "demon come calling" in the name of a bokkor.

>
> Take care and stay safe,
> Richard