Re: [HoE] Templars working in the posse

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

>Here's an idea for how you could make a Templar fit well into a group.  It 
>takes
>a little pre-game posse juggling, but at least they don't all have to be
>Templars.
>The Templar character has previously judged the POSSE to be worthy, and now
>follows along to protect them.  He might see them as being bass-ackwards 
>wannabe
>heroes, but otherwise good folks.  Therefore, he's taken personal 
>responsibility
>to keep them safe (granted, they may actually be competent, but what 
>Templar is
>gonna let you tell him that?).

Well, actually, I figure that's kind of the attitude that Templars have in 
general towards the rest of any party they join.  :)

But sure and all, by definition most "heroic" groups are worthy, since they 
put their lives on the line to help others.  I don't even want to get into 
trying to fit a Templar into an "evil" (or at least self-centered) bunch of 
PCs.  Don't bother, I'd say.

>So, when the posse decides to defend a somewhat "unworthy" town, the 
>Templar is
>going to be making sure the PC's themselves aren't killed.  If the town 
>happens
>to also be worthy, then he's just saved two birds with one sword.
>

The question conerning that I have is, short of Laying on Hands on his 
buddies and nothing else, how does a Templar do that without assisting the 
unworthy, against relatively minor (by Fearmonger standards - I'm talking 
Black Hat attacks, marauders, Trog sieges, etc.)) threats?

That's where the bypassing of the Templar responsibilities comes in.  If a 
Templar can rationalize helping out "unworthy" types by saying, "Well, I 
wasn't helping them - I just killed ten of the 50 Black Hats attacking the 
town because my comrades needed the help, even though the unworthy benefited 
as a result" there really isn't much "oath" or responsibility to worry about 
here.

Maybe I'm totally misreading the personality asserted by Jo in her two 
narratives to date, but do you think if she heard about a Templar doing that 
kind of thing, she wouldn't have a few...choice words to say to him?

>--
From Whom It May Concern,
>Richard Ranallo, The Man They Couldn't Hang
>
---

Steve Crow

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