Re: [HoE] Templars and Anti-Templars

[The Baron Samedi <baron11@netmcr.com>]

At 03:47 PM 8/3/99 , you wrote:
>Well, just to cover two things at the same time, then, what is "Jo" short for?

dunno in her case...Joan, Josephine, Joanna, and others...Just trying to 
avoid confusion, not flame you, Sir. I respect your views. Your not the 
only person doing that either (mebbe I should not have used an example)



>>I think the difference here is this:
>>
>>Harrowed, Hucksters, and Mad Scientists are calling on the power of
>>*Manitous* or *Manitous channeling hunting ground power* to be more accurate.
>>
>>Anti-Templars, with their "saints" call on the power of the *Reckoners*
>>themselves, not some mere Manitou.
>>
>>Yea, it will probably look bad fer a Huckster, Mad Scientist, or Harrowed
>>at the Pearly Gates, and they may get a good talking-to, but they are not
>>calling upon powers as dark and Powerful as the Reckoners themselves.
>
>I suppose.  Although it seems like there are various Huckster and Harrowed 
>powers that are at least the equal of some of the AT/"Blessing"/Saint 
>stuff.  So if a Harrowed can cause sickness at about the same level as, 
>say, an AT tapping into Pestilence with a White Chip, why would one get 
>you a pass at the Pearly Gates, and the other not?
I think its not the power level, but WHO your talking to.  a Manitou in one 
case, a Reckoner in another.

Mebbe its not really satisfying, but its something.

>That also leaves the question of what a blackballed Templar is drawing on 
>exactly as far as the lesser stuff.
My guess is its just the Hunting Grounds like Sykers and Doomie.  They 
don't un-learn how to do it.


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