I believe he referring to the marginalia on ys278 converning how the swords of the cross channel the faith of all the christians on the planet.
Oh, and Posty McPosterpants? Nice.
Thanks! I'll add an interjection in there ala "—and possibly other faiths as well—" soon as I get a chance. (I mean, they are Swords of the Cross, so I get why it was said that way, but the OP is absolutely right, and I think they're more a focus for faith in the White God in its many forms.)
Also, Sanya is descended from Saladin (IIRC), who was definitely not a Christian.And Shō Tai was? :P
I concur.
I honestly never saw why it was portrayed as evil by that logic the nails that held Him to the cross would be evil as well. Though i can see the spear being a powerful artifact of good or evil depending on who held it as it is imbued with the blood of the divine.I concede that point, more my media colored knowledge of the Spear. But the nails only held him, while the spear actually killed him (or not, I won't pretend to be a expert on the Bible). But still, were I to GM a game with it... the spear would probably be a weapon of darkness, but that's more my familiarity with the spear.
I believe he referring to the marginalia on ys278 converning how the swords of the cross channel the faith of all the christians on the planet.
The spear did kill him, but only because the nails were taking too long and the sun was going down so they had to return to their homes for the Sabbath. But to me that is like saying "No officer I didn't kill him, i just held his arms so the other guy could kill him."
But to each their own
Actually the spear did not kill him. It merely confirmed that he was dead. This was after they had decided not to break his legs to speed up the process. The spear when it entered his side let loose a flow of blood and water. The separation of blood into the red and clear liquids doesn't happen unless you are dead and the blood is no longer moving.
Well there ya go, proof i don't know everything and should stop acting like i do *bows and conceeds point to SaintAndSinner*
Which just puts even more weight behind my not considering and instrument of evil.
Nothing to say that there couldn't be a Muslim equivalent to the Knights of the Cross (the Sword of Allah?), bearing the sword of Muhammad. The sword could only be used by someone willing to submit themselves totally to the will of God. Sort of a Zen combat state.
The Knights do have a varied background, but there's nothing to say that they're the only Champions of God out there.
Exactly ... an other player of my group was tossing aground the idea of some kind of "Staf of Budda" and a Shao-Lin Monk wealding it the other day. If you are going for other deitys just think along the lines of the Shinto Kami ... how many are there? 5 million?
If you want to play a Knight of the Cross kind of PC but want to keep the Dreden-Lore intact it should be easy to find a deity to work with.
A Buddhist Shao-lin Monk who is in everyway like the Knight of the Cross.. except you know. As a Shao-Lin Monk following Buddhism.
This is why one of the character ideas i had in order to play a knight of the cross without breaking cannon was having the Spear of Longinus reforged as a roman gladius with a red blade.
I've always felt that champions of Buddhism/Eastern Martial Artists should have a slightly different set of powers, based around a high Discipline score, rather than a high Conviction score. Just a feeling about the flavor of that sort of archetype, and the portrayal of that tradition in fiction. YMMV.
What would they need to feed on to recover their chi/ki?