Re: [HOE] Misc. Saints for All Occasions

["Stephan Elsner" <schnabul@yahoo.de>]

Hi there!

His full name was Manfred von Richthofen.

just for completeness.......

greetings, Stephan
----- Original Message -----
From: "c m hylton" <cmhylton@earthlink.net>
To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [HOE] Misc. Saints for All Occasions


> I was thinking of von Richtofen (Sp?) (can't remember his first name to
save
> my sanity) aka the Red Baron, but purely based on reputation.  That and I
> did a book report in grade school on him.  Must have been the old aviator
> headwear my dad had in his closet back when it was cool to wear that
stuff.
>
> C M Hylton
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kartzoffs" <kartzoffs@optusnet.com.au>
> To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [HOE] Misc. Saints for All Occasions
>
>
> > *snip* I should have a decent Saint of Pilots to work on *snip*
> > Although I'm not intimately familiar with pilots, a couple of
suggestions
> > would be Eddie Richenbacher or the Red Baron. Or alternatively, if you
> > happen to be Australian, Charles Kingsford-Smith.
> >
> > *snip* As for thinking about the
> > > "Saint of Junkers," I realized that someone may have suggested Percy
> > > Sitgreaves.  Did anything come of that? *snip*
> >
> > Yeah, I made Sitgreaves. Republished below for your perusal.
> > R Percy Sitgreaves, Patron Saint of Junkers
> > R Percy Sitgreaves was the first Junker, though not in their current
form.
> > He was the one who
> > created the theories and principles by which Junkers base their own form
> of
> > magic on in his own
> > Thaumaturgic Diffusion; building devices by the use of forcing the
> Manitous
> > of the Hunting
> > Grounds to aid in the construction process.
> > Sitgreaves created these theories of Thaumaturgic Diffusion when he
> > discovered that Mad
> > Scientists unknowingly consorted with Manitous to build their wondrous
> > devices. A good man,
> > Sitgreaves was horrified. He theorised that Mad Science essentially was
a
> > tool of the Reckoners
> > to bring humanity to some infernal end the Reckoners had in plan (with
the
> > development of the
> > City Busters he was proved right) and so he developed Thaumaturgic
> Diffusion
> > to force the
> > Manitous to aid him in the building of any device.
> > His fight against the evil inherent in Mad Science was a lone one in his
> > lifetime but after him
> > there were others who saw the evils of Mad Science and now in the Wasted
> > West there are the
> > Junkers who use inhabitants of the Hunting Grounds called Tech Spirits
to
> > aid them in the
> > development of strange devices. It is a practice similar to shamanism
and
> > one that Sitgreaves
> > also developed
> > Later in his life he had discovered the fledgling Tech Spirits and began
> > using techniques similar
> > to those used by Shamans to acquire the aid of them. However Tech
Spirits
> > proved more willing
> > to serve humanity than the Nature Spirits and Sitgreaves thought he had
> > found the replacement
> > to Mad Science.
> > Sadly however soon after he made this discovery he disappeared, after
> being
> > stalked for many
> > months by a beast known only as "The Gorgon" and his final fate is
> unknown.
> > The Deed:
> > Similarly to Saint Rising, Saint Sitgreaves has only appeared to a
> Companion
> > but differently, one
> > who was a Junker. He blesses Junker Companions who build devices
designed
> to
> > help
> > settlements deemed worthy of aid by the beliefs of the Templars. To
those
> > blessed by him he
> > emulate the effect of Tech Spirits called "Browsers" that the Junker
> > Companion mightn't have.
> >
> > R Percy Sitgreaves, Patron Saint of Junkers
> > Sitgreaves did more for the way of the Junker than any other person and
> > almost 200 years
> > before Junkers even existed. Although he was not remembered after his
> > disappearance by the
> > people of his time he is one of the greatest unsung heroes for what he
did
> > in the Hunting
> > Grounds in the 19th Century and how it has helped the folk of the Wasted
> > West.
> > Deed: Sitgreaves appears to Junker Companions who build a device
designed
> > for the sole
> > purpose of aiding a settlement. It has to be a settlement deemed worthy
by
> > the Junker and the
> > device has to aid the entire settlement so a new rifle for a militia
> member
> > won't cut it. A power
> > generator or a machine that makes medicines will earn Sitgreaves
attention
> > however.
> >
> > Sitgreaves abilities work differently to other Martyrs in that he can
mimc
> > the abilities of a
> > browser. If your Junker has Sitgreaves as a Saint then he can spend
chips
> on
> > a Browser he
> > doesn't have. However he can only use each Browser he doesn't have once
a
> > day. Consider this
> > ability to be using level 5 Browsers.
> > Vexation: Sitgreaves was appalled by the use of New Science as a means
of
> > building weapons
> > of mass destruction and is similarly appalled by Junkers who use Junker
> > Magic for the same
> > purpose. If your Junker builds a weapon designed to kill several people
> > simultaneously then he
> > is immediately forsaken. What exactly falls under the category
> > "weapon designed to kill several people" is up to the Marshal but in
> general
> > things like Machine
> > Guns and Bombs and Missiles is what we mean.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > 2MTD
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "c m hylton" <cmhylton@earthlink.net>
> > To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 6:57 PM
> > Subject: [HOE] Misc. Saints for All Occasions
> >
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Assuming any of you are still here (doubtful), then if you're
> interested
> > > > I'll post any of them you ask about.
> > > > Yep, I really lack a life...
> > > >
> > > > Alex
> > > >
> > > > 2MTD
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Clint Black" <cblack@ohtinc.com>
> > > > To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 3:47 AM
> > > > Subject: RE: [HOE] Road Warrior Second Chance!!!???
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Glad someone was keeping track.  I was but when you delve into the
DLL's
> > of
> > > your computer trying to erase a Trojan Horse, you tend to screw
> something
> > > up.
> > > I think this is more suitable title.  I think we went a bit off target
> > from
> > > the Road Warrior/Redemption/Reward etc that was initially asked.
> > >
> > > Now, maybe I should have a decent Saint of Pilots to work on.  Oh, and
> > what
> > > would be the vexation on the "Saint of Redemption," the former
> > > Biker-turned-do-gooder with a limited lifespan.  As for thinking about
> the
> > > "Saint of Junkers," I realized that someone may have suggested Percy
> > > Sitgreaves.  Did anything come of that?  Or since the Junkers started
to
> > > rise in the aftermath of Judgement Day after the Manitous left the
> "Mads,"
> > > would it be someone after the "Burn."  Need to delve a bit into my
> > lexicons
> > > (ugh, I had to use that word, didn't i?) to see if I can find a likely
> > > subject.  Or if anyone actually has a decent, admirable, or somewhat
> > quirky
> > > Junker who bit the big one and could inspire those in his footsteps to
> do
> > > what's right.  However, I feel that Simon wasn't exactly keen on the
> > > Junker's way.  Not sure if it was concrete but something about them
> didn't
> > > seem to set right with him.  (Mental Note: delve into the "Last
> Crusaders"
> > > once again).
> > >
> > > C M Hylton
> > >
> > >
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