Re: [HOE] Relic help

["Michael Maguire" <mikejmaguire@hotmail.com>]

Another possible way to go would be to have the weapon itself be the vessel 
of the original assassin's soul (essentially a manitou).  Perhaps while the 
posse member has the gun in his possession (particularly when he or she 
tries to use it), the evil spirit within tries to take possession.  
Essentially this would work very much like the battle for Dominion that a 
Harrowed character must go through, right down to being plagued by 
nightmares - images of the people killed by the assassin and by later 
possessors of the weapon.

Should the character ever lose control to the spirit within the cursed 
weapon, the assassin would be effectively "reborn" for the duration of 
control, possibly seeking to relive his murderous past.

Mac






----Original Message Follows----
From: Richard A Ranallo <toadpooka@juno.com>
Reply-To: hoe@gamerz.net
To: hoe@gamerz.net, lc@gamerz.net
Subject: [HOE] Relic help
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:04:24 -0600

OK, so I got an idea for a particularly evil relic, inspired by the Matt
Ruff novel, Sewer, Gas and Electric.  It's a .30-06 hunting rifle, and it
was the murder weapon in a very high-profile assassination (though not
the same assassination as the rifle in the book).  Such an infamous
weapon is sure to grab the Reckoners' attention, so it becomes the
ultimate assassination tool; when a round hits, the firer can adjust the
hit location up or down a number equal to the target's Reknown edge.
This move can't be used to make the hit less lethal, though; if it's at
all possible to hit the head or gizzards, it does.

Now, a relic like this should have a particularly nasty Taint.  Not just
that it makes the owner really violent; anyone using this thing is
probably going to be Bloodthirsty already.  I'm thinking it should have
some link to the conspiracy theories surrounding political
assassinations, but I cna't put my finger right on it.  Any ideas?

From Whom It May Concern,
Rich Ranallo

"Among the maxims on Lord Naoshige's wall there was this one: 'Matters of
great concern should be treated lightly.'  Master Ittei commented,
'Matters of small concern should be treated seriously.'"
-Hakagure


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