Re: [DL] Re: deadlands-digest.20020524-1

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Fri, 24 May 2002 Nyarlathothep132@aol.com wrote:

> I<<<<<'m not sure if they're related, but there's an Order of St. George
> mentioned in the Call of Cthulu Keeper's Companion if I remember
> correctly. Neat idea, but the CoC KC may be kind of expensive for what
> is, IIRC, a single sidebar piece containing the core idea.>>>>>>>>.
>
> I think you're thinking of the Order of the Sword of St. Jerome, which is the
> Call of Cthulhu Vatican monster hunting group. The Deadlands book "Fire and
> Brimstone" has the sidebar on the Order of St. George, which is the DL
> version of what appears in quite a few RPGs, namely, a Vatican funded and
> organized bunch of monster hunters.

Ah, sorry. That's what I get for running my mouth off when I'm at work
without my books.

Also, apologies in case my tone made it sound like the Deadlands authors
were ripping off this concept... i didn't mean it this way!