Re: [HoE] John Hopler (time travel)

[Lister2500@aol.com]

 << Syker powers would work just fine in the Weird West, they've just found a 
  new, more efficient way of channeling energy from the Hunting Grounds. 
  Templars, Doomsayers, and Junkers, however, are out of luck. In the case of 
  Templars, many of the Saints are still alive or haven't been born yet, so 
  their powers won't work. Likewise, Doomsayers don't have the high 
background 
  radiation level they need to perform their miracles. There are very few 
  "free" tech spirits in the Hunting Grounds during the Weird West period. so 
  the TN of all junker tool tricks and powers are increased by a whopping +8.
   >>
 
<< Nah!!! Now i agree with the junker thing, but Doomsayers and templars 
would 
 still work out fine.  I mean, there would be a much stricter rule on strain 
 (maybe decreading it by 1/3) but they still have rads to draw off of on 
there 
 own mutations. But it never said WHY templars had their powers, so we'd 
still 
 be left wonderin'. >>

Okay, first and foremost I shall smack you quite painfully for arguing with 
John Hopler about a rules decision.  And then I shall state that WHY Templars 
have their powers doesn't really matter.  In the Weird West, the SOURCE of 
their powers doesn't even exist.  They'd still be badasses with a sword, but 
they'd lose all their special skills.  The only argument against this could 
be that the Saints bestow the rewards on Templars in much the same manner as 
a blessed, so that the Templar himself has that power now, instead of the 
spirits of dead heroes giving it to him at all times.

As for Doomsayers, I was never really clear on how their powers worked, 
except for the fact that the radiation already in their bodies made them more 
open to the Glow.  If that's the correct interpretation, then they, too, 
would be bereft of their powers in the Weird West, as there is no Glow in 
1876.