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

[PEGShane@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/25/99 4:57:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
sdnelson@advancenet.net writes:

<< I'm about to start a HoE campaign and I have a question.  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?  What I mean is, could we
 theoretically have a Templar who is of Japanese descent carrying a katana?
 Or one of Scottish descent with a Claymore?  Or one of Russian descent who
 carried a scimitar?  So long as they followed the same code?  Or in the
 Templars book is it going to be much more structured like the Knights
 Templar or knights of old?  I just don't want to let a player choose this
 background if they are going to feel stupid once the Templar sourcebook is
 out and contradicts their concept.  I didn't know how tightly the Templars
 would be tied into the historical idea of a "knight" in medieval European
 terms as opposed to warriors of other cultures.

Templars are *barely* tied to medieval Europeans at all, and they're not
Christians either. A "samurai" Templar works just fine. They just have to
uphold the ideals of the Templars as Simon has defined them.
 
 Also, will Pinnacle be listing their up and coming product line again?  I
 know they used to have a list on the web page that showed what products were
 in the works, and now I cannot find that anymore.  I know some whiners on
 the Deadlands list were uptight about the release dates, but I really liked
 to see what was in the works so I could drool appropriately waiting for it's
 release.
 
Yup.

 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...) >>

Nope. It's HOE only.

Shane