Re: [HoE] A Few Qs

[Jay Wrobel <jayhad@crsa.bu.edu>]

> I didn't know you were on-list...

> Hmm... maybe.  It occurred to me today that Earth's devastation may well 
> be mirrored in the Hunting Grounds (if I was Pure Evil on a Stick, and let
> out of the hellish realm I was trapped in for God knows how long, I'd sure
> wreck some things on my way out).  If that's the case, the nature spirits
> may be too busy fighting for their own survival to honor the ancient
> pacts.  hmm...  sorta like Ravenite spirits (ignoring their vows, to
> concentrate on survival).
> 
> Alternately, you could give Old Ways characters Guardian Spirits but no
> favors (so a PC could spend chips to use favors that the spirit itself
> grants). 
> 
Hey

I just joined minutes ago. 

I had not thought of the Hunting Grounds being a place of ruin like the
earth and it does make sense!  Maybe the Reckoners fight paralleled the
plight of the whiteman.  I hate to say this, but it is the WW Wild West
premise... shudder...

Anyway, maybe Guardian Spirits are the only contact but then again the
spirits may know the only way to fix the Hunting Grounds is to fix the
earth, so they will spend more time trying to rebuild...  

...the form of this aid could be the Old Ways.  But another idea (I just
thought of) is to expand the Guardian Spirit idea to incorporate
additional powers.  Maybe make power mechanics similar to the Templars
(innate abilities).  The end result could be a melding of favors into the
Guardian Spirits to give a player some totem that they gain power from as
they serve that totem's needs.

Jay