RE: [DL] Becoming Blessed

["Jeff Yates" <jyates@poboxes.com>]

Well, if staying Catholic then she could be a nun, right?  'Course, readin'
the Good Book should be enough for a couple o' points o' Theology, so
technically a Blessed don't need the whole Church organization.  Besides,
where's the fun in roleplaying your way thru the seminary, or the nun's
equivalent?  OK, so a good GM could make it fun...

(Sorry about the male assumption, but in Real Life(tm) Catholic priests are
men.  And I just blanked on the fact that there were quite a few Sisters
braving the dangers of the west.  Being female didn't keep Joan of Arc from
being Blessed.  Anyone know which of the Protestant flavors didn't keep
women out of the pulpit, if any, during the 1800's?  It doesn't happen much
even today, so I'd guess it was even more restrictive gender-wise 100+ years
ago.)

Jeff Y.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net]On
> Behalf Of Martha Frey
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 2:46 PM
> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Subject: RE: [DL] Becoming Blessed
>
>
> 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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