Re: [HoE] Re: Templars and Anti-Templars

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>In the case of a Servitor of Plague, that's a threat not just to one town,
>but an entire area (even the whole West) - the Templar is perfectly 
>justified
>to use the unworthy town to help him defeat the Servitor. In fact, he'd
>probably feel better about it, because most likely many of the townsfolk 
>will
>die, and because they're unworthy it doesn't matter.
>

Just as a note, when I originally responded to the first post (Ryan's), it 
was not my intent to suggest that this situation comes up _every_ time, 
against _every_ opponent.

If, say, the Fearmonger of St. Louis (whatever it may be - my PCs are going 
to find out shortly for my campaign-setting...) is kicking butt, the Templar 
ain't going to go around and take a census of everybody still living in the 
ruins to see who's been naughty and who's been nice.  Templars shouldn't, 
and aren't in my setting, going to let Fearmongers have a free walk just 
because (as the Templars themselves admit, or at least Joan does) the 
majority of the world ain't "worthy".

I figure about a third of a time you're going to have that kind of a 
situation.  And about a third of the time, Templars will be dealing in 
non-Fearmonger type situations where the victims _are_ worthy.

That just leaves a third of the time when these potential conflicts can 
arise.

>Actually, I think this is also relevant to the question someone brought up 
>a
>while ago, about the Templar's Oath being a hindrance to party cohesion.
>
>If the threat is big enough (and in most scenarios it probably is) then the
>Templar's obligation is to the world at large, and thus he can help an
>unworthy town, because by doing so, he not only potentially rids the world 
>of
>another servitor (or black cult, or demon, or whatever), but he also 
>doesn't
>risk any good people by doing it. Win-win for the Templar, really.
>

As above, I would agree.  I just don't think it's "most scenarios," but 
maybe about a third.  Your mileage may vary, of course.  I certainly don't 
want my PCs fighting Fearmongers more than, say, a third of the time, 
though.  I haven't worked up to a point where non-Fearmonger threats are 
what I would consider "big enough".  Maybe when Silas and his Grundies start 
pouring back out of Las Vegas, or Samuel and his BHs hit the road, yes, but 
I don't plan to get to that point for a while yet...

>As usual, this is all IIRC and IMHO.
>
>Nick.
>
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