[DL] Re: deadlands-digest.20011205-1

[Doplegnger@aol.com]

I realize that I'm mega behind on this and the topic may have already 
finishd, but I figure I'll throw my 2 cents in a bit late.   my players 
mentioned that they'd like to get some relics, so I thought about it and 
realized one of them should have created one.   a blessed in the party (who 
had the hinderances heroic, deathwish, and big britches) stayed behind to try 
to hold Stone off while the rest of the party escaped.   since Stone was 
needing to call up a tornado to ride at the time, it actually did give them a 
good 10 seconds or so...   anyway, he called Stone out, I decided stone would 
be amused by this and accept.   and the blessed charged him with a sword 
(which he had just blessed with consecrate weapon) and did like 8 wounds to 
the head in one shot (I really should have blocked, but Stone is an 
overconfident SOB anyway).  'course after I chipped it Stone breather on him 
for 130 odd wind damage and that was the end of him, but I decided that that 
was a good reason for a relic to be created.   The sabre of Loius is now an 
official relic of my game, it's power is that it is does an spirit damage in 
addition to normal damage when used against anything evil.   one of my 
players is on this 'serv so I won't go into the taints which I developed for 
it to have (also I don't have the time to go into how they were developed, 
some require some explanation)   but I think that every now and then a good 
situation develops that warrents the creation of a relic, just watch you 
don't make it too good...


In a message dated 12/5/01 9:59:19 PM, deadlands-owner@gamerz.net writes:

<< Finally, & this goes out to everyone, I have a question about relics of the
West.  Okay, these things are either malignant items put on Earth by the bad
guys, or else some famous guy's mojo rubs off on a particular item he or she
carried around.  Fine.  However, why can't a PC inadvertantly make his or
her own relic of power?  Yeah, I know a huckster has a CHANCE of doing so,
but surely PCs do build up a reputation out there in the Weird West.  Hey,
if Wyatt Earp can make a fancy badge just by wearing for a few months, why
can't a PC?  SO why aren't there guidelines as to what will make a relic?
Yeah, yeah, I know, if you wrote it up, then every single PC would have
one....  Still.... >>