Re: [HoE] new templar power

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

Hey there,
	+1 AV is a bit strong.  Leave it to +1 to hit bonus, +1 defensive bonus,
+1 damage overall, +1d6 damage vs. a specific type of monster, or 1 level
of armor piercing against a specific monster.  And for 2 points, the weapon
gains one level of armor piercing overall - able to negate one level of
armor off of it's target.  
	After 5 levels paid for in this, the weapon is going to be a mighty one.
The cool part is that this ties in with the ceremony for the new Templar
where the squire gets handed a weapon from a previous Templar, and the
squire has to recite the story of the previous Templar(s).

Ooh.  Each time a Templar sword gets handed down, it could be granted one
of these powers.  IE - the Sword of Bob - Werewolf Killer  - has +1d6
damage vs. Werewolves, 1 level AP vs. Werewolves, and +1 DB.

At 12:20 PM 2/23/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>	I was remembering from my Earthdawn days one of the kewl things was
>that players could pretty much make their own magical items by "naming"
them. I
>felt this should play into Templars (since we hear so much about relics from
>previous templars, how tdo they get that way to begin with?). So here is a
>power i thought up , please critique it so it's balanced. Note for a
templar to
>buy this power he/she should have at least 2 Grit and 4 in Faith. Also the
>templar must choose only one weapon, one that is not already magical in
nature
>(the sword can be a relic the player started with but only if the only
affects
>are the damage increase (eg +1 hit/dmg per relic point taken). if it has chip
>based powers this power can't be bought)
>so here it goes
>NAMED ITEM
>----------
>Standard Reward- For every level in this reward the Templar my impart one of
>the following modifiers: +1 to hit and damage, or +1 DB, or +1 AV. These are
>all cumulative with previous levels(eg if you had level 5 you could have a +5
>DB, etc....)
>Greater Reward- At this point the Templar's very soul has intertwined with
the
>sword. He now knows the general location of the sword at all points, and
he may
>spend a legend chip to further advance the levels of the sword (eg the
hit/dmg
>DB or AV level. If the templar ever looses his sword he looses 1 step in both
>vigor and spirit every two weeks apart. 
>
>
>Please tell me what you think. I want this to be cool, but balanced. 
>Thanks
>Rob
>
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