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

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

>I'm new to the list and thus the debate. I just had a question regarding
>Templars.
>
>One of my players has a Templar with the Heroic hindrance, which means
>he'll help everyone that asks him for help. Is this a conflict of
>interests with his Oath?
>

Note that the rulebook also says that Heroic "means" that he will never 
resist the pleas of "those in need".  That does not mean "everyone that asks 
him for help."  To take an extreme example, if Pestilence wandered up and 
asked him to help spread disease, would he help?  :)

The Templars are a bit more stringent, but I would certainly play out the 
conflict between the more "generous" "folks in need in general" type 
requirements of Heroic and the more stringent guidelines of Templars.

The issue (stil unanswered since I reraised the point yesterday, but which 
you touch on), is what happens if the Templar PC disregards the Templar 
guidelines?

>If so, should he be black-balled for helping an "unworthy" town fight a
>plague bearing wannabe-servitor? Or should he be given the benefit of the
>doubt by his Templar brethren?
>

His Templar brethren, as represented in the source material by folks like 
Simon and Joan in the upper hierarchy, don't appear to be the types who give 
their members the benefit of the doubt.

So far, there's been no easy answer without compromising the source 
material.  If you want to make Simon and Joan more easy-going types who just 
shrug their shoulders and say, "Oh, you screwed up, no problem - do better 
next time" (and you and they'll probably have to do it ad infinitum), then 
you're okay.

Otherwise you're going to either have to black-ball the "offending" Templar 
or come up with lesser punishments that don't disrupt the basic function and 
cohesion of the play group.  Rotsa ruck.

>Pestilence.
>(Not the Horseman)
>
>"Mundus Vult Decipi"
>	--The world wants to be deceived.
>
>
>To unsubscribe, send a message to esquire@gamerz.net with
>	unsubscribe hoe
>as the BODY of the message.  The SUBJECT is ignored.
>


---

Steve Crow

"Worm Can Opener Extraordinare"

Check out my website at:  http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Stargate/4991/


_______________________________________________________________
Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com