RE: [DL] Blessed and Grime (Spoilers)

[The Baron Samedi <baron11@netmcr.com>]

At 11:11 AM 4/16/00, you wrote:
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>Question for you, a current thread has involved a former character
>Blessed working for Grime, now although he's unwittingly working for an
>Abomination would this class as a Major Sin and his powers be replaced
>with Black Magic (Which he would'nt realise due to the effects in Lost
>Angels) or not?
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>I would argue that it would not constitute a Major Sin -- or a Minor one for
>that matter -- at the outset.  The theology behind sin is that it requires
>the intent to do evil and the knowledge that you are doing evil.  What may
>be the cause for Sinnin' rolls would be the very difficult task of sorting
>out the good from the evil in a city where the messengers of darkness look
>exactly like the messengers from the light.  Have the messengers from both
>sides begin to appear to the player character in dreams and/or
>hallucinations.  Have Grime (or one of his underlings) begin to council him
>on his visions and the danger of the opposition -- all the stuff about being
>tested and tried in the wilderness.  After all, a blessed is quite a prize
>for both sides of the struggle.
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>Should the blessed make the wrong choice in a decision, then have the
>sinnin' roll.  For example, place the blessed in the role of judge over two
>women both claiming a child.  If the PC instinctively goes for Solomon's
>gambit -- let the child be cut in half -- have both women accept the
>judgment.  Whether one or both are abominations or servants of Grime hoping
>to bring the PC over or if they are both insane from hunger and suffering or
>are waiting for the other to blink is up to you.  No matter what the option,
>the blessed now has a major sin to work off -- murder.  (Solomon, I would
>argue, got away with it because his wisdom didn't point out this as a
>solution but because it allowed him to gauge the women involved.  If the PC
>uses Scrutinize -- I think that's the right skill -- on the women, that will
>be a different ball game.)
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>Hope this helps.
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>Matt
Matt:

I strongly agree.
Also, The Blessed would probably notice they are losing powers (from 
murder) but NOT become Black Magicians.  BM=hood involves study (usually) 
and faith in the powers of darkness (always) they may be dupes, but well 
meaning Blessed will only become them on purpose, not because they were 
taken in by Grimme.
with the changes post Bloody Sunday, the Blessed should have an idea 
something is up (player sections now say Grimme is up to no good) he may 
cease to be a blessed if not, but could not convert to BM any more easily 
then to any other AB.

TBS