Re: [HoE] [HoE][Shane or whoever is working on the Templar Book] Templar Question

["Tenandys Qural" <tenandys@hotmail.com>]

>>Also I noted in the CotA book how HoE did not usually allow a 
>>character to have two backgrounds.  Is this now, or will this soon 
>>be the same for Deadlands?  We have a Martial Artist who is also a 
>>Taoist Blessed in our group and I was wondering if this was a legit 
>>configuration?  (the marshal is fine with it, so it's legit in our 
>>game, but as a marshal myself I was wondering for my own games...)

Were it up to me, I'd say not...  But the idea came originally from the 
PEG website, so it's utterly legit.  The only other one that I have seen 
done is the Huxter/Mad Scientist (as shown in the City O' Gloom box 
set), which worls pretty well.  In theory, it would be possible to use a 
Shaman/Martial Artist, as Shaman rules are suggested for one of the 
Eastern religions (Taoism, I actually think...), but that's about as 
good as it gets.

>In HOE a character cannot have more than one arcane background, but >in 
Deadlands you still can.

Well, this -was- the operant theory, until CotA came out...  They have 
suggestions for Sykers and Junkers O' Doom, both of which seem like odd 
combinations to me...  But again, it's not my call.

The only ones that don't seem to be allowed so far are Templar/Sykers, 
but I don't know exactly what the reasoning is on this one considering 
the previous two.

I mark all of this up to the "wait and see" theory.

Oh, and while I'm at it:

>>Can I let a player play a Templar who is not of "WASP" descent or 
>>carry themselves in the traditions spread through the history of 
>>Europe?

I don't see why not, for any of your suggestions...  They all sound 
valid enough.  Figure that the Templars here are based off of the 
Masonic traditions which, while based from the original Templars, were 
diluted from the original form quite a bit.

Just from following the list, I've seen plenty of concepts that live 
well outside of the established rules but are plenty valid.  (The 
alternate Huxter ideas come to mind...  I mean, not every spellcaster is 
going to have to rely on Hoyle for their inspiration...  He's just the 
current fad, really.)  You'd almost have to work at it to get something 
that Shane & Co. would end up contradicting.  I mean, it's implied that 
the Templars themselves don't have a concrete religion, so it would be 
hard for me to see how straightforward variants like yours would hurt 
things.

- Reuben "I want to play the Templar O' Doom with a glowing sword!"

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