Re: [HoE] [HOE] Templar Ideals

["Ryan Moore" <rymoore@hotmail.com>]

Right Exactly my point there is no universal code of worthiness and 
completely up to the Individual Templar. Which results in totol Ambiguity 
and therefore meaningless as taken as whole. One templar may decide to save 
a village or person that another templar would not and therefore even the 
basic ideal of "We are saving only those who would make the world a better 
place" has no meaning.

But there has no some kind of general agreement among templars as to who 
does and does not deserve help or the Oath of Blood also has no meaning.  Or 
it has meaning but its meaning is "Those who disagree with Simon must be 
punished."

Your second point highilghts my problem exactly. The templar "In theory" is 
possibly one of the greatest ideas for Roleplaying a Tragic  Hero. Because 
of the moral ambiguity the Templar often must make hard choices and live 
with them. However, in practive the only way a Templar could be played this 
way is if he was the only character or all the other members of the posse 
share his (or her) ideals.

Ryan "now writing way to much about templars" Moore

----Original Message Follows----
From: "B.D. Flory" <bflory@frontiernet.net>
Reply-To: hoe@gamerz.net
To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Subject: Re: [HoE]  [HOE] Templar Ideals
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 22:16:28 -0400

 > (*whew*)
 > Any suggstions?

Yep.

We must remember that a Templar's code is a very personal ideal.  There is
no universal code of worthiness, nor do the Templars maintain their own
"commandments", as such.  Certainly, there are guidelines established, but
there are exceptions, as well.  Who exactly qualifies as an exception is up
to the individual Templar.

Second, and perhaps more importantly: if a village is deemed unworthy, does
that mean all of it's people are?  Certainly the local barflies who beat
the Templar up (while he was disguised as a mutie, natch), aren't worth the
trouble.  But what of the young girl who helps the Templar to the doc's?
What of the doc who helps a mutant who obviously cannot pay in any currency
except gratitude?  Certainly they are worth saving.

Finally: yes, sometimes the Templar must turn his back.  It's a hard thing,
to watch people die.  What will the Templar's friends think? A marshal who
ignores the dramatic possibilities here is missing out on some powerful
opportunities for role-playing.

B.D. "story marshal" Flory


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