Re: [HOE] A Sword for a Hero (And Relics in General)

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 02:33  AM, c m hylton wrote:

> Well, somewhere back in the recesses of the computer void, there was 
> some
> relic data on the sword.  Most involving the "Relic" edge and then 
> give/take
> of the points.  Something like "heartseeker" can find a weekness in 
> any of
> the badguys fought with an expendature of a chip.
>
> But since I know nothing of Urban Renewal, I would only say, that 
> whatever
> the templar died from, his sword has now the power to do more damage 
> to said
> creature(s).  But just normal damage to anything else.

In this case, it's a little weird... The Templar isn't a major 
character, just a member of a previous expedition to the adventure 
site. They've finished the adventure, and there's very little 
background on the Templar as he isn't a key character, just a corpse in 
a stairwell.

So the posse templar is going to take the sword to Boise. I figure that 
since they are making the effort to do the right thing it should be 
rewarded, and a minor relic fits the bill... Something along the lines 
of a 1-2 pointer by Horace Black's nifty rules he sent a link to. I 
need to skim Urban Renewal and figure out some background for this 
ill-fated templar, which will probably help with his sword's abilities.

BTW, is there any offical word on Templars 'trading up' swords? I plan 
to make something of a ceremony of it. Simon (see my post in the Boise 
Horror thread for how this might change) will provide (with assistance 
from the Templar's Pet Librarian) the history of the past wielder(s) 
and say a few words about how much of a responsibility it is to take on 
a sword with so much history... Or, the templar can keep her current 
sword and make it famous.

My posse, in general, has learned to recognize relics, but has trouble 
actually accepting that to get the bonus, you have to pay the price. I 
just handed them a very nice toy from Waste Warriors but they have yet 
to even fire it. It's not as if I've ever really done anything bad with 
a relic... The only one with serious taint is a cavalry saber in my 
Weird West game that came from a crazed killer. The taint's a bit 
obvious, as the blade is permanently blood stained and such, bad the 
martial artist with his own relic sword has a feeling that it's 
trouble, but every other artifact has been mostly good, if they'd just 
use it! If I let them, i think they'd have a room in their home base 
with a rack of relics on one wall that they are too afraid to use...

Their was a South American mask that turned the wearer into a nasty 
cat-beast, but it was never under posse control. The MiBD took care of 
that pretty quick, especially since it was one of their own using it...

Anyone else have this problem?