Re: [HoE] Templar Relic sword any ideas??

[Bax <bax1@concentric.net>]

At 02:28 PM 4/16/99 -0400, you wrote:
>one of my players has paid 5 points for his sword to be a relic,any ideas on
>what this could be?? i thought about making it do wind to undead but this
>seems a bit lame for 5 points any help is welcome.

  For 5 points it should either REALLY kick ass and have a pretty serious 
drawback, or be fairly butch with a minor drawback.  I have a Doomsayer 
with a L5 relic sword and came up with the Sword o' Doom (on the PEG site 
in the HoE library); his is AP4 and he can spend chips for extra 
damage.  On the down side, every Cult o' Doom member in the Wasted West 
would give their eyeteeth to kill him dead and take the sword back to Silas 
for a giant reward.

  I like the idea of it being powerful and notorious (makes 
sense...).  Maybe the sword once belonged to a major bad guy or abomination 
and they (or their followers or heirs, if they were killed off) want it 
back.  You could make it do more damage or whatever, but that's fairly 
simple- maybe it augments the users ability to use Templar powers, or gives 
them access to one they don't have while they're holding it.  There's 
another relic sword floating around our game (from the same player- the 
character got gakked, but the sword's still around...) that increases the 
users leadership and guts in combat...you can go anywhere.  L5 is a major, 
major artifact, though, so aim high.
  Don't be reluctant to give it a lot of power, as long as there is a down 
side to keep it balanced...

  bax