[HoE] Re: A Question on moving from Wierd to Wasted West

[Gwydion758@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/19/99 11:50:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
hoe-owner@gamerz.net writes:

 >Oh, another problem just occured to me.  One of the two Templars-to-be
 >already has Faith:Roman Catholic.  Does that mean he has to buy Faith again
 >in the Templar's Saints, do I just convert his faith to Saints
 >automatically, or is he barred from even being a Templar since he already
 >has Faith in something other than the Saints?  I know there's an example in
 >the HOE rulebook of a character losing his faith and then becoming a
 >Templar, but good old Zlywiec has always been played as a devout Roman
 >Catholic, and I don't even think the Apocalypse would change his ways.
 >
 >-Ralph 

Actually I don't think that the character would have too difficult a 
transition to make.  The RC church already has saints which hear prayers for 
aid, so adding a few in a space of 200 years doesn't seem to be too much of a 
stretch.  Even if the templars aren't strictly RC, they are set up as a 
quasi-religious order, so I'd let the character go with his existing faith.  

You also mentioned that you might give them some points for beefing up their 
characters -- don't forget the minimum skills you have to have to be a 
templar. 

Jeff