Kickstarter Relics

The best one that I have is a dagger once owned by St. Ignatius of Loyola. While he’s perhaps best known for founding the Jesuits, he also wrote the foundations of the Spiritual Exercises, meaning that this relic gives a bonus to Mysticism.

(Plus it would probably really annoy the Jesuits who hate Witch Hunters, which makes it all the more delightful)

Here are the ones that Antonio Montana Espinoza carries:

• One silver coin found near sarcophagus of St. Francis of Assisi [Animal Care]
• Tooth of Saint Adalbert of Egmond [Charm]
• Piece of the Column of Scourging [Command]
• Wristbone of St. Helena [Craft]
• Piece of St. Joseph of Arimethea’s cloak [Empathy]
• Gold ring from St. Rita of Cascia [Gamble]
• St. Paul’s handkerchief [Heal]
• Knucklebone of John the Baptist [Mysticism]
• First Martyrs of Rome – Soil from the Catacombs of Rome [Navigation]
• Section of rib from St. Bernardine of Siena [Pantomime]
• Link from the chains of Saint Peter [Perform]
• Knucklebone of Benedict of Nursia [Scholarship]
• Thorn from the Crown of Thorns [Speak Language]
• Cloth Second Crusade cross from Bernard of Clairvaux’s garments [Subterfuge]
• Splinter of the Wooden Manger [Survival]

Nope, you can have 1 per Skill per character!

Per the Kickstarter: “This certificate cannot be combined with others to grant more than one die bonus to the same skill, although it can be purchased additional times for different skills.”

The way I see it, they’re all minor relics, and their attractiveness to minions of the Adversary (or anyone else) is proportionate to their mechanical effect. +1d is the same benefit gained from having an exceptional tool, or Tactical Edge. The Adversary would be a lot more interested in stealing Durendal or Joyeuse, and those swords have managed to stay in the hands of Witch Hunters for centuries.

While I agree that it leaves a bad taste in my mouth, RP-wise. At this point, I think Pandora’s box has been opened and people have purchased relics from the Kickstarter. I think that at this point, we just have to accept that there will be some characters carrying around an obscene amount of minor relics. It’s a little unbalancing, and would be quite shocking, in-character, but I doubt that it will be game-breaking.

Scott

John,

You seem to have a real issue with this. It’s only one person with the 15 minor relics in question, so your post is basically asking how to act against that one person.

I don’t think that’s a proper stance to take. It was thanks to the gentleman in question that pledged an inordinate amount of money to make sure all of YOU would be able to get the book from the final stretch goal. As such, he took (and frankly, we gave) what we could to account for the amount pledged.

I hope this puts things in perspective and this line of reasoning ends.

Thank you!

I have to way of knowing that only one person had done this, so you are correct that it’s not a big deal. My concern was sitting down at table after table with people carrying around a treasure trove of relics and how to deal with it, if at all.

I was asking preemptively to avoid any issues should it come up at a table.

Given the answers, I believe I can safely assume then that people who paid for special characters can be fairly certain their characters are not going to be killed in an adventure, unless they do something specifically intended to do so.

For me, the matter is closed, thank you.

John