RE: [DL] new relic idea

["Daniel Gwyn" <dgwyn@colba.net>]

A couple of thoughts:
-The King James Bible was the product of a parliamentary committee which
sorted through a number of different translations as well as the Latin
original and to a certain extent mixed and matched. Therefore, there
would never really one handwritten draft of the King James.  I would
suggest a better relic might be a medieval manuscript bible or associate
a particular individual with the relic Bible, say John Wesley and
require the preacher to be Wesleyan. 
-If you do go with the King James, I would further limit the usefulness
to Protestants of British origins, i.e. sects which started with the
King James (Anglicans, Presbyterians, etc.) rather than Lutherans,
German Anabaptists, etc.
    Daniel Gwyn
 
Romeo:  "Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace!
Thou talk'st of nothing."
Mercutio:   "True, I talk of dreams,
which are children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy."
Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, sc. iv.
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net]
On
> Behalf Of Horace Black
> Sent: October 23, 2003 6:41 PM
> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Subject: Re: [DL] new relic idea
> 
>   As others have stated this is to powerful as it
> gives the blessed everything he'll ever need (as far
> as powers go).  However, if you still wanted to go
> this route I would recommend that the blessed would
> have to spend chips for each miracle or gift( a white
> for TN 5 or less, a red for TN 7 or 9 and a blue for
> TN 11, leaving a legend chip for a 24 hour long gift)
> and under no circumstance let them just use divine
> interventions from this relic or if you do then the
> bible should be taken up to heaven as the blessed uses
> the one divine intervention that this relic provides.
>   Also I would only allow this relic to be used by a
> Protestant Christian blessed.
>  Just my 2 cents.
>                                    Horace Black
> 
> 
> --- Marshal Stone <marshal_stone@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Howdy
> > Yall was talkin earlier about relics and I was
> > wondering if you guys would give me your thoughts on
> > this one. It belongs to a Blessed that is one of my
> > NPC's for my game.
> > It is a bible that is hand written by the top
> > scholars of King James (i.e. King James version
> > bible)
> > With this relic a Blessed may cast any miracle or
> > divine intervention ( even if the blessed does not
> > know it) and can have any gift for a temporary time
> > ( 1d4 hour x faith level )
> > The only taint is that you must be a blessed with a
> > faith of 4 or higher to use it.
> > Constructive criticism invited and if you have time
> > would like to have your 2 cents worth Shane.
> >
> >
> >                       Marshal Stone
> >
> 
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