RE: [DL] Becoming Blessed

[Martha Frey <natasha_corey@yahoo.com>]

Sorry for not clarifying; Catholic.

However, in this specific case, SHE is 16.  Obviously
the official route to priesthood is right out, so I
agree with the "called" approach.

Marguerite of EMGB, otherwise known as Maggie Jensen.

p.s.  Happy birthday, Maggie!

--- Jeff Yates <jyates@poboxes.com> wrote:
> Blessed under which religion?  I can't speak for
> most, but Catholics seem to
> only need to be "called."  (The priest that married
> me to my wife has many
> stories of his sordid past before he felt his
> calling to the priesthood.)
> That said, it would seem the character would need
> some Faith, some
> Professional:Theology (you aren't a Catholic priest
> until you've been to the
> seminary, for ex.), and then spend points on the
> Arcane Background.  You've
> gotta believe, you've gotta know about what you
> believe in, and you have to
> be touched by a higher power.  Other religions may
> be more strict about
> entrance requirements.
> 
> That said, any Marshal worth his badge (you all do
> have your badges, don't
> you?) will promptly test this new-found faith in the
> most terrible of ways
> as a matter of course.  It may not be officially
> required to put the new
> Blessed thru Hell -- sometimes literally -- but it
> sure is fun!
> 
> Now, I haven't had the chance to playtest any of
> this, because my players
> are all heathens (or at least play them in game ;-) 
> They also tend to get
> themselves killed on a regular basis, so I don't
> have any problems with
> scores higher than 5 or 6, so I can't comment on the
> other bits of the
> thread.  (There is one exception, but his die types
> are abysmal, so he
> rarely rolls terribly high numbers anyway.)
> 
> Jeff Y.
> Marshal for the Dynomite Gang  (they did manage to
> survive Worms! intact)
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net
> [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net]On
> > Behalf Of Martha Frey
> > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 1:27 PM
> > To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> > Subject: [DL] Becoming Blessed
> >
> >
> > --- Ole Ingvar Stene <oleingva@ifi.ntnu.no> wrote:
> > > Had a huckster with 8 in Soul Blast in my group
> > > once. Also, a blessed with 8 in Faith.
> > >
> > > Never again.
> > > Marshal Ole I. Stene
> >
> > Sheesh!!  I get enough flax for having a crummy
> 2d6!
> >
> > While I'm on the topic, here's a question for the
> > general public.  How would you go about becoming
> > Blessed in game, i.e. not starting with it? 
> Obviously
> > you have to have the points for it, but should
> there
> > be some sort of quest involved?
> >
> > Marguerite of EMGB, otherwise known as Maggie
> Jensen
> >
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